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AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY
LONG PROCESS.
Eric: THANK YOU, ERIN.
Debby: MANY OF THE PEOPLE IN
THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ARE ALREADY
MEETING WITH THEIR INSURANCE
AGENTS AS THEY BEGIN TO HEAD
BACK TO THEIR HOMES TO SURVEY
THE DAMAGE.
LET'S HEAD BACK OUT TO THE
RICHMOND HILL NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE
JULIAN GRACE SPOKE TO SOME OF
THE FOLKS WHO SURVIVED THE
DEADLY BLAST.
Reporter: A LOT OF THOSE
RESIDENTS, THEY'RE VERY UPBEAT,
AND THEY'RE READY TO GO BACK TO
THEIR HOMES.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME
RESIDENTS WHO ARE FRUSTRATED BY
ALL OF THIS.
THEY SAY THEY'RE READY TO
REBUILD.
BURNED OUT ROOFTOPS CAN STILL BE
SEEN FROM THE FRONT PORCH.
THE BLAST DAMAGED HER GARAGE AND
LEFT HER CHILDREN IN FEAR.
IT WAS JUST A HUGE BOOM AND
MY CHILDREN SCREAMING.
Reporter: RESIDENTS WALKED
INTO THE SOUTH FORK PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH THIS MORNING.
THEY WERE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS
WHEN THEY COULD RETURN, WHAT
RESOURCES WERE AVAILABLE, AND
THE MOST PRESSING QUESTION, WHAT
CAUSED THE EXPLOSION.
BUT THERE WERE SOME WHO JUST
WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THOSE
WHO WERE SOME OF THE FIRST TO
RESPOND.
I THINK THAT ANYBODY FROM THE
POLICE OFFICERS TO THE INSURANCE
ADJUSTORS TO THE FIREMEN, YOU
KNOW, EVERYONE HAS DONE A SUPERB
JOB IN MY MINE.
Reporter: SEAN WAS ONE OF THE
FORTUNATE ONES.
HE WAS ABLE TO RETURN BACK TO
HIS HOME AND RESUME HIS LIFE.
SO, TOO, WAS ROBERT STEVENSON.
HIS HOME SUFFERED GARAGE DAMAGE
BUT NOTHING MORE.
HE ADDED THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN
GREAT IN TELLING HIS FAMILY
THEIR OPTIONS.
THE WHOLE PROCESS, THE
POLICE, CODE ENFORCEMENT,
INFORMATION, HAS GOTTEN TO US
VERY QUICKLY.
THE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FROM
THE COMMUNITY AND OTHERS HAS
BEEN PHENOMENAL.
Reporter: BACK OUT HERE LIVE
AT THE RICHMOND HILL SUBDIVISION
OFFICERS WERE STANDING IN THE
ENTRY WAY OF THE SUBDIVISION
MAKING SURE THAT EVERY VEHICLE
THAT COMES THIS WAY HAS
RESIDENTS INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE.
NOW HERE IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT
IS VERY REMARKABLE.
THERE IS ANOTHER SUBDIVISION
JUST ACROSS THE STREET HERE.
WE DROVE AROUND THAT
SUBDIVISION, AND WE DIDN'T SEE
ANY DAMAGES THERE.
Debby: THAT'S AMAZING.
HOW LONG DO YOU THINK SECURITY
WILL BE THIS TIGHT, ANYBODY
TALKING ABOUT THAT?
Reporter: WE IMAGINE FOR THE
NEXT 24 HOURS OR SO THEY'RE
GOING TO BE OUT HERE OR UNTIL
THEY GET THE CLEARANCE FROM CODE
ENFORCEMENT AND IMPD.
NOW THEY'RE BEING VERY STRICT
THAT NO ONE TRIES TO SNEAK IN
UNLESS THEY'RE WITH THE
RESIDENTS AND UNLESS THEY HAVE
OFFICIAL BUSINESS INSIDE THE
SUBDIVISION.
WE'RE THINKING THE NEXT 24 HOURS