EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL,
CATCH THE CBS 2 NEWS STARTING
AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING ON
SUNDAY.
THE DEVASTATION FROM IRMA
PART OF A 1-2 PUNCH BEING FELT
BY LATINO'S COMMUNITY.
PUERTO RICO IS FACING A
HUGEBLACK OUT AND WATER
SHORTAGE, THE DEATH TOLL RISES
TO 58 AS RESCUE WORKERS REACH
THE REMOTE MOUNTAIN VILLAGES
IMPACTED BY THE POWERFUL
EARTHQUAKE.
ROSEANNE TELLEZ IS LIVE IN THE
BACK OF THE YARDS NEIGHBORHOOD,
SHE HAS BEEN TALKING WITH
CONCERNED CHICAGOANS, ROSEANNE.
Reporter: SO MANY CHICAGOANS
HAVE TIES TO PUERTO RICO AND
MEXICO LIKE THE OWNERS OF THIS
COFFEE HOUSE WHO HAVE A VERY
CLOSE CONNECTION TO THE
COMMUNITY AT THE END OF A
MEXICAN RAIN FOREST RATTLED.
MANY WERE ASLEEP WHEN THE QUAKE
HIT AND THE GROUND SHOOK
VIOLENTLY.
HERE IN CHICAGO RELATIVES AND
FRIENDS WOKE UP TO THE NEWS.
THEY ARE ALL OKAY BUT THAT
THEY ARE STILL SCARED THEY ARE
GETTING THE AFTER SHOCKS.
JESSE RUNS A CHICAGO COFFEE
SHOP THAT GETS HIS BEANS FROM A
FAM CHI IN CHIAPAS, EAGER TO
HEAR THEY WERE OKAY.
THEY WERE GOING OUTSIDE,
INSIDE, SAY WE JUST WAITED
OUTSIDE AND LEFT IT UP TO GOD.
THESE PICTURES THE GUZMAN
FAMILY TEXTED FROM CHIAPAS SHOW
THE DEVASTATION, THEIR BIGGEST
FEAR NOW FALLING ROCKS AND MUD
SLIDES.
IN HUMBOLDT PARK, FEARS FOR
OTHER LATINOS WHO ARE DEALING
WITH THE WAKE OF HURRICANE
IRMA.
IT WAS HORRIBLE.
CARMEN SHOWS US CELL PHONE
VIDEO SENT BY RELATIVES AS THE
STORM PASSED THROUGH.
THE RAIN IS BLINDING, YOU
CAN'T EVEN SEE.
HER LOVED ONES ARE OKAY.
BUT YOU STILL . YEAH OF
COURSE.
MEMBERS OF THE PUERTO RICAN
AGENDA SAY THEY ARE FOCUSED ON
FLORIDA.
VERY LITTLE MENTION OF PUERTO
RICO.
WE KNOW THAT MORE THAN 63% OF
THE ISLANDS IS IN A BLACK OUT.
IT COULD BE 4 TO 6 MONTHS
BEFORE POWER IS RESTORED.
WE ARE STANDING IN
SOLIDARITY WITH OUR ISLAND, WE
ARE GOING TO COORDINATE EFFORTS
BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN.
THE GROUP IS CONVENING AN
EMERGENCY TASK FORCE FIRST
THING TOMORROW TO FORMULATE A
PLAN TO RAISE MONEY AND GETS
