. >> reporter: geno munoz said she's fortunate in that she made it inside the arena with irma just hours away. >> now i want to turn the congresswoman who represents the u.s. virgin islands. thank you for joining us. what are you seeing and learning about the devastation there? >> thanks so much for having me. sorry, i'm losing my voice a little bit. i flew into st. thomas courtesy of the coast guard today. did a flyover of sant tt. thoma st. john. absolutely devastating t structures that are gone, hospitals that a compromised, government building roof is gone, police station, fire stations and also we have the real issue where the coast guard is trying to pull debris out of our ports so that the ships can come in so commercial boats, barges can come in, bringing provisions from the other islands. there's quite a bit of desperation going on on st. john with people there. that island was hit extremely hard. wo we're trying to get search and rescue and others on to that island to support them. the good thing is that fema has been on the ground for some time before the storm working with ou