Mayor Michael Bloomberg Press Conference US Air Crash in the Hudson
River

X80/NET-103 Slugged:1045 BLOOMBERG PLANE X80

10:47:45 WALKIN G IN TO THE ROOM, NYPD AND FDNY OFFICERS

10:48:26 BLOOMBERG ENTERS THE ROOM

MAYOR BLOOMBERG:

10:48:44 WELL GOOD MORNIN G. FIRST LET ME SAY THAT GOV. PATTERSON WANTED TO BE HERE TODAY BUT UNFORTUNATELY HE HAD TO ATTEND A FUNERAL AND HE WANTED ME TO EXPRESS HIS CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE STANDIN G HER E THAT WE'RE GOIN G TO TALK ABOUT. THE GOV WAS WITH US YESTERDAY BUT HAD TO GIVE A EULOGY .

10:49:34 JUST YESTERDAY IN MY STATE OF THIS CITY SPEECH I TALKED ABOUT THE IN DOMITABLE SPIRIT OF THIS CITY AND THAT NO MATTER HOW BAD THIN GS GET NEW YORKERS CAN GET THROUGH ANYTHIN G AS LONG AS THEY WORK TOGETHER. AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER I FIN ISHED THE SPEECH I THIN K WE PROVED THAT ONCE AGAIN .

10:49:51 WHEN A US AIRWAYS MADE A N IN CREDIBLY SKILLFUL EMERGENCY LANDIN G IN THE HUDSON RIVER , NEW YORKERS WASTED NO TIME IN HELPIN G THE PLANES PASSENGERS GET TO SAFETY.

10:50:02 OUR FIN EST AND BRAVEST WORKERS FROM THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, THE PORT AUTHORITY POLICE, THE US COAST GUARD, FERRY CREWS FROM NY WATERWAYS AND CIRCLE LIN E EMT AND EVERYDAY CITIZENS MADE SPLIT SECOND DECISIO NS THAT RESULTED IN A DRAMATIC RESCUE AND BECAUSE OF THEIR EFFORTS AND A CALM STEADY LEADERSHIP SHOWN BY THE PLANES PILOT AND CREW, MIRACULOUSLY ALL 155 PEOPLE ON THAT PLANE MADE IT TO SAFETY.

10:50:30 WE SAW A LOT OF HEROISM IN THE HUDSON YESTERDAY, UNFORTUNATELY ONE OF THOSE HEROES THE PLANES PILOT CAPTAIN CHESLEY SULLENBERGER COULDN'T BE HERE, HE IS NOT ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE MEDIA WHILE THE NTSB IS CONDUCTIN G IT'S IN VESTIGATION.

10:50:50 HEMIN GWAY DEFIN ED HEROISM ONCE AS GRACE UNDER PRESSURE, AND I THIN K IT'S SAFE TO SAY CAPT. SULLENBERGER DISPLAYED THAT YESTERDAY IN HIS BRAVE ACTIONS HAVE IN SPIRITED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THIS CITY AND MILLIONS MORE AROUND THE WORLD.

10:51:03 I HAVE A KEY TO THE CITY RIGHT HERE, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE AND I'M GOIN G TO HOLD ON TO IT UNTIL WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT IT TO THE IN CREDIBLY BRAVE PILOT, COPILOT AND CREW OF US AIRWAYS FLIGHT 1549 .

10:51:26 MANY OF THOSE WHO AIDED IN THE RESCUE EFFORTS WERE OUR NEIGHBORS FROM ACROSS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HUDSON , NJ AND I WANTED TO MAKE MENTION OF THEM AND GIVE THEM CREDIT FOR ALL THEIR IN CREDIBLE EFFORTS AS WELL.

10:51:36 FROM THE RED CROSS WORKERS WHO HELPED KEEP THE PEOPLE WARM TO THE EMERGENCY SERVICE PERSONNEL WHO TRANSPORTED PASSENGERS TO NJ HOSPITALS.

10:51:44 ONE OF THE REASONS THAT OUR RESCUE EFFORT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL YESTERDAY IS THAT WE WERE PREPARED AND WE HAVE 3 OF OUR COMMISSIONERS HERE WHO I WANTED TO POIN T OUT. RAY KELLY OF THE NYPD, NICK SCARPETTA OF THE FDNY, AND JOE BRUNO OF THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO THANK FOR THAT.

10:52:02 OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE AGENCIES, POLICE FIRE AND THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ROUTIN ELY CONDUCT SIMULATIONS AND DRILLS TO STRENGTHEN THEIR DISASTER CAPABILITIES. WE ALSO HAVE A VERY SOUND COMMAND STRUCTURE THAT CLEARLY LAYS OUT HOW EMERGENCY RESPONSE AGENCIES SHOULD WORK TOGETHER AND YESTERDAY I THIN K THEY DID THAT BEAUTIFULLY.

10:52:21 I'D JUST LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY NOW TO RECOGNIZE SOME MEMBERS OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAMS WHO REALLY DISTIN GUISH THEMSELVES YESTERDAY AND TO PRESENT THEM WITH CERTIFICATES OF HONOR .

10:52:34 ALL OF THE TRAIN IN G WHICH WE DON'T PAY AS MUCH ATTENTION TO WHEN WE DO IT BUT WHEN WE NEED IT, IT HAS THANKFULLY BEEN DONE. I THIN K WAS DEMONSTRATED YESTERDAY,.

10:52:43 IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY OUR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS WORK SO HARD IN WHAT THEY DO NORMALLY DAY IN AND DAY OUT, ITS GETTIN G READY FOR THOSE FEW TIMES , THANKFULLY NOT THAT MANY, WHEN IN CREDIBLE HEROISM AND COOPERATION AND SKILLS ALL HAVE TO BE BROUGHT TOGETHER AND YOU SAW THAT YESTERDAY.

10:53:08 I'M GOIN G TO CALL NAMES AND GIVE CERTIFICATE, WE HAVE FANCIER ONES BEIN G PRIN TED BUT AT THE MOMENT WE HAVE A SORT OF MADE UP ONE THAT JUST EXPRESSES OUR THANKS ....

10:53:28 NYPD SERGEANT MICHAEL MCGUNIESS; EMERGENCY SERVICE DET. JAMES COLE, JOHN MCKENNA

10:53:49 DET. SEAN MULCAHEY AND DET. ROBERT MERFIELD

10:54:14 NYPD SCUBA DRIVER S...

10:54:31 FROM FDNY MARIN E CO. 1 CAPT. RICHARD JOHNSON

10:54:41 PILOT ROBERT SPARDARO

10:54:49 MARIN E ENGIN EER PAT ASESTARGAR

10:55:01 FIREFIGHTER JOHN RIZZO

10:55:07 FIREFIGHTER TOM SULLIVAN

10:55:19 MEMBERS OF LADDER CO. 21, CAPTAIN PAUL LAWLER, FIREFIGHTER MICHAEL PULVOLNEY, FIREFIGHTER BRIAN MCLAUGHLIN , FIREFIGHTER STEFAN LARTS, EMS PERSONNEL LT. LUIS CORALES, EMT TERRENCE CHALDARDOT, YAJOSEF,

10:56:32 FROM OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, PLANNIN G SPECIALIST, ERIN MCLAUCHLIN , PORT AUTHORITY POLICE CAPTAIN KEVIN FEENEY, OFFICER JOHN RICE,

10:57:09 ANOTHER BIG PART OF RESPONDIN G TO DISASTER IS TO BE ABLE TO THIN K ON YOUR FEET, AND BE IN NOVATIVE WITH THE RESOURCES AT YOUR DISPOSAL.

10:57:17 OUR FIN EST AND BRAVEST DO THAT EVERYDAY AND YESTERDAY I THIN K THE WHOLE WORLD SAW JUST HOW GOOD THEY ARE.

10:57:25 MANY OTHER NYERS SHOWED TH AT SAME DETERMIN ATION TO DO EVERYTHIN G POSSIBLE TO HELP THOSE IN NEED, FOR EXAMPLE WHEN OUR FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED AT THE SCENE YESTERDAY YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT CIRCLE LIN E SIGHTSEEIN G HAD A BOAT FULL OF TOURISTS IN THE HARBOR. THE CIRCLE LIN E CREW LED BY GENERAL MANAGER ANDRES SAPPOCK AND BOAT CAPTAIN MICHAEL DUFFY QUICKLY GOT ALL OF THE PASSENGERS OFF THE FERRY SO THAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS, RESCUE WORKERS AND DIVERS COULD GET ON AND MAKE THEIR WAY OUT OT THE CRASH SITE AND TO EVERYONE AT CIRCLE LIN E I'D LIKE TO SAY THANKS FOR YOUR QUICK THIN KIN G AND FOR LETTIN G US BORROW THE BOAT, WE DID GIVE IT BACK AT THE END OF THE DAY.

10:58:08 THIS IS A STORY OF HEROES, SOMETHIN G OUT OF A MOVIE SCRIPT, BUT IF IT HAD BEEN A MOVIE , PEOPLE PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE BELIEVED IT, IT WAS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. THE PERFECT LANDIN G, THE PHENOMENAL RESPONSE, THE RESCUE OF EVERY SIN GLE PERSON, BUT IF THERE EVER IS A MOVIE ONE OF THE STAR CHARACTERS ALONG WITH CHESLEY SULLENBERGER, III UNDOUBTEDLY WOULD BE ALLEN WARREN, NY WATER WAYS DIR. OF FERRY OPERATIONS.

10:58:28 ALLEN GAVE THE ORDER TO SEND THE FIRST FERRIES OUT TO THE CRASH SITE AND TO SET UP TRIAGE STATIONS AT POIN TS ALONG THE HARBOR. NEW YORKERS WILL REMEMBER IMAGES OF PASSENGERS MAKIN G THEIR WAY ACROSS THE PLANES WIN GS TO THE SAFETY OF THOSE BOATS.

10:58:48 AND AT YESTERDAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE I THIN K ALLEN WAS VERY HUMBLE ABOUT HIS ACTIONS, HE SAID IT WASN'T EVEN SOMETHIN G THEY THOUGHT ABOUT JUST DID WHAT THEY WERE TRAIN ED TO DO . I HAPPEN TO THIN K IT WAS A LOT MORE THAN THAT, SO ALLEN I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL AND YOUR CREW FOR ALL OF YOUR EXTRAORDIN ARY EFFORTS.

10:59:09 NY WATERWAY IN CLUDIN G ARTHUR IMPERATORI SR, AND ARTHUR IMPERATORI JR. AND BILL ARTELL. AND AS A SMALL TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION THAT NEW YORKERS HAVE FOR THEIR ACTIONS WE HAVE THREE MORE CERTIFICATES FOR ALLEN WARREN, ANDRES SAPOF AND MICHAEL DUFFY.

10:59:45 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU THE GROUP THAT IS WITH US TODAY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A GREAT SUCCESS, BUT IT IS ALSO REPRESENTATIVE OF AN AWFUL LOT OF PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE HEROIC RESCUE.. AND WE KNOW THERE WERE OTHERS AND WE'RE HAPPY TO PRESENT THEM WITH CERTIFICATES AS WELL AND WE'LL TRY TO GET AS IN CLUSIVE A GROUP AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. PULLIN G TOGETHER THE NAMES THIS MORNIN G WE JUST WANTED TO GET A LITTLE BIT FROM EACH AREA BECAUSE THEY DO REPRESENT ALL OF THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT THEY WORK WITH AND TRAIN WITH EVERYDAY.

11:00:13 LET ME MAKE ONE FIN AL POIN T, IN THE STATE OF THE CITY YESTERDAY I SPENT A LOT OF TIME DISCUSSIN G THE CHALLENGES WE FACE AND THOSE CHALLENGES REALLY ARE VERY REAL, BUT LOOKIN G BACK AT THE EVENTS OF THE LAST 20 ODD HOURS, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN HELP BUT BE OPTIMISTIC.

11:00:40 WE LIVE IN A CITY FILLED WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE TO FACE ANY CHALLENGE AND OVERCOME ANY OBSTACLE WHEN THEY WORK TOGETHER AND THAT REALLY DOES MAKE NOT JUST ME BUT ALL OF US SO PROUD TO BE NEW YORKERS TODAY AND EVERYDAY.

11:00:57 THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE WHO IS PRETTY PROUD, AND THAT IS THE CEO OF US AIRWAYS DOUG PARKER

DOUG PARKER,US AIRWAYS CEO:

11:01:07 THANK YOU MAYOR BLOOMBERG, LET ME FIRST SAY HOW HAPPY, YES PROUD AND RELIVED WE ARE FOR OUR PASSENGERS, OUR CREW AND THEIR FAMILIES. YESTERDAYS RESPONSE WAS SIMPLY AMAZIN G.

11:01:30 ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE US AIRWAYS FAMILY WE'RE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE WAY THE PEOPLE OF NYC HELPED THE PASSENGERS AND CREW OF FLIGHT 1549 . WE'D LIKE TO PUBLICLY THANK THE LOCAL NY AND NJ POLICE AND FIRE DEPTS., THE US COAST GUARD, THE HARBOR MASTER, THE MIN I FERRY BOAT OPERATORS AND NY WATER TAXIES AND THE NY PORT AUTHORITY AND EMTS THAT CAME TO OUR AIDE YESTERDAY.

11:01:54 WE ALSO WANT TO THANK OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR NYC, THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, THE SALVATION ARMY AND ALL OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE PART OF OUTSTANDIN G TEAM EFFORT .
11:02:13 I LIKE THE REST OF YOU, ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF OUR CREW FOR THEIR QUICK AND HEROIC ACTIONS. TODAY THEY ARE SAFE AND ARE DOIN G WELL AND ALONG WITH MANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE US AIRWAYS TEAM ARE ASSISTIN G WITH THE IN VESTIGATION. OUR CREW MEMBERS ALSO THOUGH WANT TO EXTEND THEIR THANKS TO ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS, I'M HONORED TOO ON THEIR BEHALF WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DID FOR OUR CREWS AND OUR PASSENGERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, REMARKABLE EFFORT AS THE MAYOR JUST SAID.

11:02:45 YESTERDAYS EVENTS UNFOLDED IN A MATTER OF MIN UTES, DETERMIN IN G EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED WILL TAKE A LOT LONGER THAN THAT. AND THE NTSB IS HERE AND TAKIN G THE LEAD ON THE IN VESTIGATION AND WE AT US AIRWAYS ARE DOIN G WHATEVER WE CAN AND WILL CONTIN UE TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO ASSIST IN THAT EFFORT. IN THE MEANTIME OUR CONTIN UED SUPPORT WILL BE ON OUR PASSENGERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND OUR VERY BRAVE CREW AND ON ALL OF OUR BEHALF THANK YOU ALL SO VERY VERY MUCH.

MAYOR BLOOMBERG:

11:03:13 WRAP UP IN SPANISH OF THE PRESSER

11:04:06 PRESIDENT OF US AIR CANT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS , UNTIL IN VESTIGATION IS FIN ISHED.

11:04:42 CAPTAIN VIN CE LOMBARDI, NY WATERWAY

WE PULLED OUT OF PIER 79 AT 3:30 AS I TURNED THE BOAT AROUND AND STARTED TO PULL OUT IN TO THE MAIN CHANNEL, I SAID TO MY DECK HAND THAT'S AN ODD LOOKIN G BOAT HE SAID I THIN K THAT'S AN AIRPLANE. I SAID GET THE MAN OVERBOARD EQUIP READY AND RADIOED THE COAST GUARD ON VHF-16, AND WE WENT TO IT, DID WHAT WE DO BEST.

11:05:12 I WAS A LITTLE OVERWHELMED, A LITTLE SCARED FOR THE PEOPLE. YOU U KNOW THE WATER IS 32 DEGREES, OUTSIDE AIR TEMP IS IN THE 20'S I WAS WORRIED IF WE DIDN'T GET THEM OUT THERE WOULD BE CASUALTIES

11:05:34 A FEW PEOPLE CHEERIN G, CRYIN G, GET ME OUT OF WATER PLEASE I'M COLD

11:05:57 IF WE WERE COMPLETELY SUBMERGED I WOULD SAY ABOUT 5 MIN UTES, HYPOTHERMIA COULD HAVE SET IN . IF WE WEREN'T THERE IN ANOTHER FEW MIN UTES AND GOT THEM ON BOARD AND GOT THEM WARM THEY COULD HAVE DIED

11:06:18 JOHN PERUGGIA, CHIEF EMS WITH FIRE DEPT.
WITH AIR TEMP AND WATER TEMP, SOMEONE WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN SUBMERGED FOR 2-3 MIN UTES WOULD HAVE SUFFERED SEVERE HYPOTHERMIA AND COULD HAVE POSSIBLY HAD LETHAL CONSEQUENCES.

11:06:49 CLEARLY THE RESCUE EFFORTS BY THE WATER CRAFT IN GETTIN G THE PEOPLE OUT OF THE WATER WAS IMPORTANT AND GETTIN G THEM BACK TO BUILDIN GS WHERE WE HAD GOOD TEMPERATURES SO OUR RESPONDERS COULD ASSESS THEM WAS IMPORTANT IN THIS EFFORT.

11:07:05 SCUBA DIVERS, DETECTIVE DELANEY

WE WERE ASSIGNED TO AIR/SEA RESCUE, WHICH ARE WE ARE TWO DIVERS ASSIGNED TO A HELICOPTER FROM THE TIME WE RECEIVED THE JOB TO THE POIN T WE WERE IN THE WATER WAS ABOUT 5-6 MIN UTES .

11:07:34 WHEN WE PULLED UP ONTO THE SCENE WE SAW A WOMAN IN OBVIOUS DISTRESS , SHE WAS HOLDIN G ON TO ONE OF THE FERRY BOATS, WE SAW THE DISTRESS THAT WAS IN HER FACE, DEPLOYED FROM HELICOPTER SWAM TO HER, PULLED HER OFF AND PULLED HER TO ANOTHER FERRY BOAT

11:08:00 NO ONE REALLY KNEW THE SIZE OF THE OPERATION THAT THIS WAS GOIN G TO BE. WHEN WE HEARD THE JOB COME OVER THE RADIO, WE ASSUMED A VERY SMALL PLANE, A 2 PERSON PLANE, I LOOKED OUT THE FRONT WIN DOW AND SAW IT WAS AN ACTUAL FULL SIZE AIRCRAFT AND SAW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE ALREADY OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ONTO THE WIN G AND ONTO LIFEBOATS.

11:08:29 THAT WASN'T A THOUGHT AT THE TIME, WE WERE JUST THERE TO HELP THE PEOPLE WE COULD AT THE TIME

11:08:42 I THIN K AT THE TIME THE BOAT THE CURRENT WAS PROBABLY MOVIN G AT ABOUT 2-3 KNOTS, WHICH AT THE TIME WAS VERY SWIFT, WE DEPLOYED OUT OF THE HELICOPTER IN THE AREA OF THE IN TREPID AN BEFORE YOU KNEW IT WE WERE WELL SOUTH, CLOSE TO CHELSEA PIERS AT TH E TIME

11:09:12 WE DO DO A LOT OF TRAIN IN G ALONG WITH EMS AND THE FIRE DEP ARTMENT BUT IN MY EXPERIENCES WE'VE NEVER DEALT WITH SOMETHIN G OF THIS SIZE

11:09:56 THERE WAS A FEW PEOPLE THAT WERE IN A PANIC SITUATION, BUT ALL IN ALL EVERYONE WAS VERY CALM, VERY CONTROLLED,A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE OUT ON A LIFE RAFT AND WAITIN G FOR THEIR TIME TO BE PICKED UP OUT OF THE WATER BY THE FERRY BOATS, THE FIRE DEPT. AND EMERGENCY SERVICE

11:10:22 SPANISH TRANSLATIONS

11:13:30 MAYOR BLOOMBERG

THERE WERE VERY FEW FROM THE ONES I TALKED TO ON THE NY SIDE, NOT SURE FROM NJ SIDE

11:13:45 (NOT IDENTIFIED)

THE FREE FLOATIN G VICTIMS WERE APPROXIMATED WERE ABOUT 2, THA T'S 2 WE TOOK OUT OF WATER AWAY FROM THE PLANE ITSELF

11:14:17 BLOOMBERG

NO BUT THEY DO TRAIN WITH THE NYPD AND WITH THE FDNY AND WITH THE CG AND WITH THE PORT AUTHORITY. YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHIN G WITH A VACUUM, AND CANT DO ANYTHIN G BY THEMSELVES AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THIN GS THAT WE FOCUS ON IN THIS CITY IS BEIN G ABLE TO MARSHALL BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECURITY. RAY KELLY WORKS HARD WITH PRIVATE SECURITY OFFICIALS IN BUILDIN GS.

11:14:43 THE DOORMEN IN THIS CITY ARE THE EYES IN THE EARS, THEY ARE THE ONES WHEN THE FIREFIGHTERS SHOW UP DIRECT THEM TO THE APT.

11:14:56 RAY KELLY

WE HAD A SMALL RESCUE BOAT, MARIN E CO. 1 ALPHA, AT THE HUDSON RIVER AND HOUSTON, AND IT WAS AT THE AIRPLANE IN ABOUT 7 MIN UTES, OUR FIRST AMBULANCE 1:12 ONE OF THE BOATS WAS AT THE AIRPLANE IN 6 MIN UTES

11:15:33 NY WATERWAYS

WE BELIEVE LESS THAN 4 MIN UTES FOR NY WATERWAY, DIVERS ABOUT 5 MIN UTES AFTER THEY GOT THE CALL

11:15:58 MAYOR BLOOMBERG

STEWARDESS WITH A BROKEN LEG WE THIN K

11:16:38 HE WAS AS COOL AND AS CALM, I WAS WITH HIM, AS COOL AND CALM AS YOU COULD HOPE FOR, AND AS YOU WOULD EXPECT FOR A PILOT WITH A GREAT AIRLIN E WITH AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE

11:17:04 I DON'T KNOW THAT ITS LEAKED ANYTHIN G OR THAT ITS NEGLIGIBLE, PLANE DIDN'T BREAK UP WITH HOW THE PILOT LANDED IT.

11:17:21 US AIRWAYS CEO

I'M HAPPY TO TELL YOU I CAN'T TELL YOU ANYTHIN G. IN ALL FAIRNESS, WE HAVEN'T DISCLOSED NAMES OF CREW MEMBERS, VERY SERIOUS EVENTS, AND WORKIN G WITH THE IN VESTIGATION.

11:18:09 BLOOMBERG

HE APPARENTLY FROM WHAT WE CAN TELL LOST POWER IN BOTH ENGIN ES, BIG JETS DON'T GLIDE WELL, 1 TO 1 RATIO, THESE THIN GS DROP LIKE A STONE IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY, HE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT O OPTIONS AND KEEP IN MIN D IF HE TRIED TO LAND ON EITHER SIDE, VERY HEAVILY DENSELY POPULATED BUILDIN GS AND PEOPLE.

11:18:34 HAVEN'T HEARD ANYBODY MENTION PETS, WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET IN FORMATION FOR YOU

11:18:46 LOMBARDI

HEARD PEOPLE SAYIN G THANK GOD YOUR HEAR, PEOPLE CRYIN G, SAYIN G HELP, PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHIN G ELSE WAS QUIET I WAS IN FOCUS

11:19:14 ITS QUIET UNLESS THERE ARE HELICOPTERS OVERHEAD OR OTHER VESSELS

11:19:33 DIVER

IN DIVIDUALS WERE IN THE WATER, WHEN WE GOT THERE SHE WAS LETHARGIC, HYPOTHERMIA, WASN'T SURE OF HER SURROUNDIN GS, IN WATER MAYBE 5-10 MIN UTES, WAS HOLDIN G ON TO LIFE JACKETS WHEN WE GOT TO HER GAVE HER MORE FLOTATION

11:20:14 PORT CAPTAIN VIN CENT LUCANTI

VESSEL ON SCENE, ENCOUNTERED TWO CHILDREN, ONE IN FANT AND ONE OLDER(18 MONTHS) AND WARMED IN FANTS AND ONE OF THE PARENTS, HANDED OVER AND BROUGHT THEM IN TO FERRY AND WARMED THEM UP AND BROUGHT THEM BACK TO PORT

11:21:02 IT WAS BEAUTIFUL BROUGHT THEM ON, BROUGHT UP TO SECOND DECK OF THE FERRY WHERE IT IS WARMEST AND THEY STARTED TO CRY WHICH WAS THE BEST SOUND WE COULD HEAR AND EVERYBODY HAD SMILES .

11:21:24 THEY WERE ACTUALLY IN A LIFE RAFT

11:21:29 BLOOMBERG

LET ME FIN ISH BY SAYIN G THANK YOU NOT JUST TO THOSE RESPONDERS STANDIN G HERE BECAUSE THEY REALLY REPRESENT A MUCH LARGER GROUP, BUT THE GROUP THAT DID RESPOND AND WHILE THEY RESPONDED WERE STILL BACK IN THEIR PLACES OF PREPARATION IN CASE WE HAD ANOTHER EMERGENCY. O NE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE THIN GS ABOUT THIS CITY IS THAT WHILE WE'RE RESPONDIN G WE HAVE ENOUGH PERSONNEL TO RESPOND IF GOD FORBID THERE WAS A SECOND OR A THIRD EMERGENCY. YOU SAW THAT ON 9/11 AND I THIN K YOU SAW IT AGAIN YESTERDAY. THERE WA SA MASSIVE AMOUNT OF EQUIP BROUGHT OVER TO THE WEST SIDE, BUT IT WAS ONLY PART O WHAT WE HAVE. THERE WAS AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF EMERGENCY SERVICE PERSONNEL, POLICE, FIRE PORT AUTHORITY BUT THERE WAS AN EVEN LARGER AMOUNT SITTIN G BACK IN THEIR STATIONS, PRECIN CTS READY TO RESPOND IF SOMEBODY ELSE NEEDED HELP.

11:22:33 ITS PERHAPS THE MOST IMPRESSIVE THIN G ABOUT OUR CITY, THANK YOU TO ALL OF THOSE WHO RESPONDED, US AIRWAYS WE TYPICALLY LIKE YOU TO LAND AT OUR AIRPORTS BUT THANK GOD IF YOU HAD TO LAND ON THE WATER IT TURNED OUT TO BE SOMETHIN G BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD FOR A GREAT PILOT AND CREW AND AN AWFUL LOT OF PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED SO IT'S A DAY TO THANK GOD AN HAVE A SMILE ON OUR FACES AND GOES TO SHOW IF WE WORK TOGETHER WE CAN DO ANYTHIN G.

THANK YOU.