'Miles And Miles Of Massive Devastation': Texas National Guard General Suelzer Recalls Scenes From Kerrville

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During a press briefing on Tuesday, Texas National Guard Major General Thomas Suelzer spoke about scenes he saw of Kerrville, Texas, where flash flooding has killed over a hundred people.

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00:00Now, General Seltzer with the Texas National Guard.

00:06Thank you, Governor.

00:08I just got off about an hour-long helicopter trip with the governor,

00:13and I can tell you what I saw was miles and miles of massive devastation.

00:20The Texas National Guard will stay here working with our federal, state, and local partners

00:26to search for the missing and to help our communities recover.

00:43We will continue using assets such as search crews on the ground, high-profile military vehicles,

00:51Black Hawk helicopters with rescue hoists, and heavy Chinook helicopters

00:56in order to conduct search and rescue, evacuation, and to insert critical safety teams

01:03into austere areas to help life-saving.

01:07Aiding us in the effort today is the arrival of four Black Hawk helicopters from the state of Arkansas.

01:15That grows our agency count to 13 helicopters in support of this effort.

01:21Additionally, overhead, for the last three days, we have had MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft

01:31conducting search and rescue operations.

01:34We are working with other states to get additional crews to support so that we can expand the coverage

01:40of that search and rescue operation.

01:43And lastly, we have shelter management crews that are working within the community to help those in need.

01:54I would like to close by saying something that the governor has said many times before.

01:59He's said it many times today, but I'll emphasize it.

02:01Your National Guard will not leave until every person is found.

02:08And we will not leave until our communities are recovered.

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