with that i would like to introduce mayor ed lee. [ applause ] >> thank you, har land. happy holidays! it's good to be in the bayview in san francisco during the holidays. we have not been able to say that for a long time. but i want to thank har lynn and his staff and commissioner courtney and commissioner moran and puc staff commission and also department of public works, dbi is here tonight, the mta, the ports, treasure islands, they are involved with hundreds of millions of dollars of contracts that will take advantage of this center. it's been a long time coming. to use another sports analogy. you know you practice and practice, you have routes that you practice everyday, contractors practice those routes, the bidders practice that route and then you kind of say, when am i going to get a real pass? then i think the contractors assistance center is like kaepernick tossing a 50-yard bomb to davis and you get it in the end zone and you score. i know that's what mr. birch is trying to do is to get scores. you can get to the plate and eventually the percentages will help

harness, he's successfully airlifted out. >> once they got me into the helicopter, they flew me out of the gorge and landed on top of the roadrom one helicopter to another helicopter, and at that point i got to see my brother for the second time that morning, and it was really cool to see him again. >> with a compound fracture in his femur, a shattered patella, a broken hip and the insides of his knee exposed, alex is in really bad shape. >> when i got to the hospital, they rushed me in. i had about six to ten doctors working on me. i could see bones sticking out, i could see skin and blood and it was -- it was unbelievably painful. i couldn't believe that i had survived the jump. when i watch the footage, i see that i'm really just not focusing on what i'm doing. i'm sort of all over the place. if i could go back there, i would, you know, try to -- i wouldn't jump. >> for alex, the recovery is long and painful. >> i've had about five surgeries. i had one surgery in santa fe, new mexico, and then i was flown back to ohio where i had three more surgeries and basically had a lot of metal put in my body. the initial recovery to