Don Peritz
Don Peritz
calling hear people
He could hear people calling for help, but he couldn't even see them.
depends takes
It depends on where the investigation takes us.
believe closer deputies unable
Deputies were unable to get everyone off the bus. We believe it's going to be closer to 20 fatalities.
civil criminal information pull
It was a combination of information garnered from the criminal investigation from day one and information that they were able to pull from the civil transcripts.
people thousands trying vehicles
You have thousands of people who are in their vehicles trying to escape.
confusion elderly heavy laying persons smoke
There was heavy smoke and a lot of confusion and very elderly persons laying on the roadway -- eighties, mid-eighties, nineties.
bus certainly clear concerns grim middle remove traffic trying unusual
This is certainly as grim as it gets. What makes this unusual is that we're in the middle of this devastating hurricane. So, one of our big concerns is trying to remove the bus to get the freeway clear and get traffic flowing.
hold judge knew lost says until
He wasn't lost in the system. We knew he was here ... we hold them until the judge says to hold him no longer.
bus concerned fellow smoke suffered
Some of them suffered from smoke inhalation, but they were concerned for their fellow bus passengers.
bathroom letting metal north running texas
All evacuees from North Texas come here first. We're letting them have a bathroom break, running them through metal detectors and going through belongings.
We don't want them to feel like it's a jail.