amy elliot from the state medical examiner's office joins us.he news keeps getting grimmer but the total is 51 at this time? >> that is correct at this time. we anticipate the number to climb throughout the night. >> do you know how many of those are children? >> i have just been informed that there are over 20 children that are being brought into the office. >> those have been brought in -- those are the ones you have not declared them dead? this could be a 20 on top of the existing 51? >> it could be but i'm not going to say the number is over 51 until they are actually here. >> and how -- by the way how far is the medical examiner's office from the destruction? >> about 15 miles north. >> so you were in some way no doubt a witness to this? >> i have lot of heartache today. we have had family members coming to the office and if their loved ones were here and we have family members trying to find if they are here or not. people have come out of the wood work to our office to see if we needed help in any way, shape, or form. >> i worked on these