let me introduce to you fire chief gary byrd. >> my name is gary byrd. i'm fire chief for the city of moore. first of all, i want to thank all the mutual aid fire departments, ems services, all the emergency services that came in to help us in the city and we are greatly appreciative of your help and at this time, we do not need any more mutual aid response, and we will contact you if we do, and we do appreciate everything we've received so far. we have plenty of help on scene at this time. i want to thank the red cross, the salvation army, everyone that's been involved so far and i especially want to thank the citizens for being so understanding with us. we are getting ever where we can, as fast as we can. we will do everything we can to help the citizens of this community. thank you. >> i'm jerry stillings, chief of police here in moore. i'd just like to reiterate that our thoughts and prayers are with those individuals who have been affected by this storm in moore, oklahoma city and everywhere. as far as the police department is concerned, we have a p

fire chief gary byrd says he is confident there are no more bodies or survivors of the rubble, but hisarch is of each building. residents also are returned home to pick up what was left of their home yesterday. many people do not have homes to return to. the twister on monday troubled 17 mi. and was 1.3 mi. wide at some point. the tornado killed 24 people and flattened neighborhoods with its strong winds. >>darya: amassed a tornado that hit oklahoma home on monday has left many with nothing. it destroyed homes and businesses, but many stories of survival are shining through. some of the most emotional reunions happen there briarwood. elementary worst of it survived the storm as the school crumbled around them. parents searched for their children and held it close. one man says when he saw his neighbor's son they connected. >> maybe i needed that cut as much as he did at that time. weaver not sure if anyone was going to come out alive and to go over and see one of my favorite neighbors child emerge, it was awesome. it was an amazing feeling. >>darya: that was a good story, but unfortuna

thing that i'm thinking is -- >> well, just to let you know, milissa, we're hearing from fire chief gary byrd there are no more survivors or bodies under the rubble. 98% sure. >> well, i tell you what, that is wonderful news. and here is a possible reason why. in may 3rd of 1999, it happened in the evening, and this is a residential area for the most part. you can see that that's a sprawling suburb. it's a subdivision. it happened in the evening when people were typically at home. this happened in the afternoon where a lot of those people had computed to work in places like oklahoma city which fortunately did not get hit and fortunately hose people were hopefully out of harm's way during their work day. yesterday as you recall, we saw that huge line of traffic that police were desperately trying to get them to turn around. it's probably those people who lived there and was trying to get home and see what was left. >> also governor keating, the former governor of oklahoma who i was describing to moments ago was describing the outlook of the people of that area and described bro ed -- >> it's t

the police chief gary byrd said once is not enough and he hopes by tonight to revisit all of these homes not twice but three times. let's listen. >> we made it through i will say most of the structures, most of the vehicles, most of the homes. but the ones we didn't make it through yesterday we'll make it through today for sure and a second and third time. we will be through every damaged piece of property in this city at least three times before we're done. we hope to be done by dark tonight. >> earlier today, wolf, as you well know that was all complicated by the fact it was cold. we had thunderstorms, lightning. the weather has improved dramatically. we saw dozens come through here with their dogs. the dogs, brave dogs going into these homes and buildings, some stepping on the nails and other dangers. debris here. the search team is coming through. they're finished with this neighborhood and have moved on. i was out with another search team until about 2:00 this morning. they had the dogs as well. at this point they still call it a search and rescue mission but they also say of course

the local fire chief gary byrd says he is confident there are no more bodies or survivors and the rubble goal is to conduct research is of each building. residents also are returned home to pick up was left of their home yesterday. many people do not have homes to return to. the twister on monday traveled 17 mi. and was 1.3 mi. wide at some points. that e f five tornado killed 24 people and slab neighborhoods with a strong winds. >> them as a tornado that hit oklahoma monday has left many with nothing. it destroyed homes and businesses but many stories of survival are shining through. some of the most emotional reunions happened near briarwood elementary, where students survived the storm as the school crumbled around them. parents searched for their children and help them close. one man says when he saw his neighbor's son he got emotional. >> maybe i needed that hug as much as he did. we were not sure if anyone was going to come out alive. to go over and see what might favorite neighbor's child the mergeemerged, it was awesomt was an amazing feeling. the national weather service said th

my name's gary byrd, i'm the fire chief for the city of moore. and just some updated information, we kept over 200 responders out in the field last night. we stayed at the school overnight going through the school, and we stayed in several different locations back and forth changing men out, and we had to pull off several times because of weather, the lightning, but then we went back out. we are out, we started with the primary search yesterday in the secondary search. we made it through i will say most of the structures, most of the vehicles, most of the homes, but the ones we didn't make it through yesterday we'll make it through today for sure, and a second and third time we will be through every damaged piece of property in this city at least three times before we're done. and we hope to be done by dark tonight. and i want to thank everyone that has come in to help from all over oklahoma and all over the nation to help the city of moore. thank you. >> jerry stillings, chief of police here in moore. again, i want to thank the other agencies. w