Pat: DEVASTATING
SUPERSTORM SANDY, WHEN IT
STRUCK, IT KNOCKED OUT POWER
TO MORE THAN EIGHT MILLION
HOMES.
ONE MONTH LATER, SOME PARTS
OF THE EAST COAST ARE STATE
RECOVERING.
SO "OPERATION BLESSING" IS
STILL ON THE GROUND HELPING
PEOPLE GET THE SUPPLIES THEY
DESPERATELY NEED.
I DON'T SEE A LOT OF NEWS
ABOUT WHAT IS BEING DONE FOR
ROCKAWAY.
WE HEAR ABOUT JERSEY AND
OTHER PLACES.
Reporter: THE
RESIDENTS
OF FAR ROCKAWAY NEW YORK
FEEL LEFT OUT.
WHILE OTHER AREAS OF NEW
YORK HAVE THEIR POWER
RESTORED IN THE AFTERMATH OF
HURRICANE SANDY, THEY'RE
STILL IN THE DARK.
TO MAKE IT WORSE, THEY
WEREN'T EVEN GETTING THE
BASIC NEEDS, LIKE FOOD AND
WATER, THAT IS UNTIL
"OPERATION BLESSING" CAME TO
HELP.
WHEN WE CAME HERE, THE
PEOPLE KIND OF LIT UP.
THEY WELCOMED US IN.
THEY WERE OVERWHELMED THAT
SOMEONE DECIDED TO COME DOWN
HERE TO HELP THEM.
WE WERE THE FIRST TEAM
HERE.
WHEN WE CAME, THEY SAID THEY
HAD NOTHING.
Reporter:
"OPERATION BLESSING" IS
PROVIDING PEOPLE WITH THE
THINGS THEY NEED MOST:
CLEANUP KITS, TOILETRIES,
CANNED FOOD AND WATER.
THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN SERVING
HOT MEALS, A WELCOME TREAT
IN TIMES LIKE THESE.
WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR HELP, FOR THE FOOD, THE
HAMPERS.
WE'RE JUST GRATEFUL.
WE'RE SET UP TO STAY AS
LONG AS WE HAVE THE
RESOURCES, AND AS LONG AS
THERE IS A NEED.
WE REALLY WANT TO BE ABLE TO
MEET THAT NEED.
BECAUSE OF "OPERATION
BLESSING" DISASTER RELIEF,
THE PEOPLE OF ROCKAWAY AND
OTHER COMMUNITIES DON'T HAVE
TO FACE THESE DIFFICULT
TIMES ALONE.
I AM SO HAPPY THAT YOU
GUYS ARE HERE HELPING US.
BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY IN NEED
AT THIS TIME, AND YOU GUYS
HAVE BEEN A BIG BLESSING FOR
US.
I LIKE "OPERATION
BLESSING" BECAUSE WHAT THEY
DO HERE IN THE COUNTRY, AND
WHAT THEY DO AROUND THE
WORLD, THAT'S WHAT MAKES
THIS COUNTRY GREAT.
IT IS NOT JUST LIKE YOU JUST
FEND FOR YOURSELF.
WE HELP EACH OTHER.
YOU HELP YOUR FELLOW MAN.
Pat: WELL, WITH US
RIGHT NOW BY POPULAR DEMAND
IS MY OLD FRIEND BLUE.
BILL, LET ME HAVE HIM.
THERE YOU GO.
Pat: COME HERE, BABY.
COME HERE.
AAHHH.
ALL RIGHT, BLUE, SIT.
DON'T BITE MY HAND.
GOOD GRIEF.
OH, YOUR SO PRETTY.
ISN'T HE GORGEOUS.
HE IS SO BIG.
LIE DOWN, BLUE.
LIE DOWN.
THAT'S A GOOD BOY.
BILL, TELL US ABOUT WHAT
YOU'RE DOING IN NEW YORK.
IT IS REALLY A MESS UP
THERE.
THE DENSITY OF THE
POPULATION IS WHAT MADE THIS
THING AS BAD AS IT IS.
THE DEVASTATION IS FAR
GREATER REALLY THAN WHAT
HAPPENED IN KATRINA BECAUSE
SO MANY PEOPLE WERE
AFFECTED.
WE'RE WORKING NOW IN BREEZY
POINT, AND WE STARTED OUT IN
LOWER MANHATTAN, AND AS THE
POWER WENT ON, WE MOVED, AND
WE'RE WORKING IN STATEN
ISLAND, AND WE'RE IN NEW
JERSEY.
AND WE'RE FOCUSED IN A PLACE
CALLED BREEZY POINT.
AND BREEZY POINT IS A PLACE
WITH ABOUT 2700 HOMES.
MOSTLY FIREMEN, NEW YORK
POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRST
RESPONDERS THAT HAVE LIVED
THERE FOR GENERATIONS, SOME
OF THEM.
EVERY SINGLE HOME WAS
FLOODED.
110 HOUSES WERE BURNED
DOWN.
2700 "THE TRADIN2700
FLOODED, AND WE'RE OUT THERE
HELPING TO ORGANIZE ALL OF
THE VOLUNTEER EFFORTS.
THEY'RE WONDERFUL PEOPLE,
AND THEY'RE HURTING, AND ALL
OF THEIR HOMES ARE FLOODED.
Pat: NOBODY ELSE IS
THERE ACCEPT --
OH, THERE ARE OTHER
PEOPLE THERE.
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, AND
THERE ARE A LOT OF LOCAL
VOLUNTEERS.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
IS A PROBLEM WE DON'T HAVE
HOTELS FOR VOLUNTEERS.
Pat: WHAT DO YOU DO?
USE TRAILERS?
NO.
LOCAL VOLUNTEERS ARE SHOWING
UP.
ON THE WEEKENDS, WE MAY GET
400 OR 500 PEOPLE THERE, BUT
DURING THE WEEK WE COULD
REALLY USE HELP.
Pat: YOU WANT
VOLUNTEERS?
YES.
AND ON THE WEBSITE THERE IS
A PLACE.
Pat: IS BLUE HELPING?
BLUE IS HELPING.
WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO DRIVE
HIM UP, AND I DIDN'T WANT TO
PUT HIM ON THE AIRPLANE,
INTO THE CARGO.
Pat: I DON'T BLAME
YOU.
HERE.
JUMP.
DO IT ONE MORE TIME.
THAT'S A BOY.
SIT.
GOOD BOY.
ALL RIGHT, BLUE, PLACE.
NO.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING
ABOUT, PLACE.
THAT DARN TREAT.
Pat: PLACE.
BLUE, OVER HERE.
Pat: PLACE.
HE GETS THE MESSAGE.
[LAUGHTER]
Pat: YOU ARE SO
PRETTY.
MAN, HE'S PRETTY.
DID YOU BATHE HIM?
HE HAD A SHAMPOO LAST
NIGHT, AND IN THE GREEN
ROOM, HE SAW THE TRAY, AND
HE FELT BECAUSE HE IS THE
ON-AIR TALENT, THAT THOSE
MUFFINS WERE FOR HIM.
Pat: DID HE EAT THEM?
HE TRIED TO, BUT I GOT
THEM.
Pat: BLUE, DO IT
AGAIN.
ALL RIGHT, BUDDY, SIT.
LIE DOWN.
OKAY, THAT'S A BOY.
HERE.
DON'T BITE MY HAND, YOU
SUCKER.
OH, YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL.
YOU LIKE HIM, HUH?
OH, I LOVE HIM.
LAURA AND I HAVE BEEN
MARRIED 40 YEARS, AND WE'VE
HAD DOBERMANS ALL OUR
MARRIED LIFE, AND BLUE IS
THE MOST INCREDIBLE ONE
WE'VE EVER BEEN AROUND.
HE IS A GREAT DOG.
Pat: I RAISED HIM FROM
A BABY, AND HE CERTAINLY --
OH, HE'S GORGEOUS.
YEAH.
Pat: HOW CAN PEOPLE
HELP "OPERATION BLESSING"?
WHAT SHOULD THEY DO?
THE BEST THING THEY COULD
DO, PAT, IS GO TO OUR
WEBSITE, ob.org AND MAKE A
CASH DONATION.
IF THEY CAN COME UP TO
VOLUNTEER, THAT WOULD BE
GREAT.
IN NEW JERSEY, WE CAN PUT
THEM UP IN NE YOU, UP, BUT
IN NEW YORK, WE CAN'T.
WE'RE HOPING THAT A CHURCH
WILL OPEN UP THAT WE CAN PUT
VOLUNTEERS IN.
Pat: THE PEOPLE REALLY
APPRECIATE YOU BEING THERE?
THE PEOPLE -- THIS IS
AMERICANA, AND THESE ARE
HARD-WORKING, MIDDLE INCOME
FAMILIES, THAT REALLY NEED
HELP.
THEY HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED
ANYTHING LIKE THIS, PAT.
Pat:
"OPERATION BLESSING," THE
ADDRESS, "OPERATION
BLESSING," CBN, VIRGINIA
BEACH, AND THERE IS THE
NUMBER.
CBN CENTER.
TURN HIM LOOSE.
SIT.
YES, YOU'RE A GOOD BOY.
I KNOW I'VE GOT TREATS.
LOOK AT HIM.
HE IS GOING TO EAT MY HAND.
YOU KNOW, A DOG LIKE THIS
WOULD GET YOU SCARED, EXCEPT
HE IS SO SWEET.
YOU'RE SUCH A SWEET DOG.
LIE DOWN.
ONE MORE TIME, JUMP OVER MY
LEG.
ONE MORE TIME, BACK OVER.
HE'S SO BIG.
IF I COULD GET A HORSE TO
JUMP LIKE YOU, WE'D WIN THE
OLYMPICS.
OKAY, BILL, GOD BLESS YOU.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WHAT A
TREAT.
HE HAS Facebook FRIENDS.
WHAT DOES HE HAVE, 3500 OR
4,000?
HE HAS 4,025 AS OF THIS
MORNING.
HE COULD USE MORE FRIENDS.
Pat: PEOPLE WRITE HIM
LIKE HE UNDERSTANDS.
THEY EXPLAIN BIBLE THINGS TO
HIM.
YOU ARE SUCH A GOOD BOY.
CAN YOU SHAKE HANDS.
SIT.
SIT.
SHAKE HANDS.
SHAKE --
Pat: HE DOESN'T SHAKE
ANYMORE?
HE'S NOT MUCH ON SHAKING
HANDS.
HE IS CRYING LIKE A LITTLE
GIRL.
Pat: YOU'VE HAD ALL OF
THE TREATS YOU'RE GOING TO
GET.
YOU'LL GET FAT.
YES, YOU'RE A GOOD BOY.
GOD BLESS YOU.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THERE
HE IS.
ISN'T HE BEAUTIFUL.
FOR US DOG-LOVERS -- YES, I
KNOW, LIFE IS TOUGH.
YOU WANT ANOTHER MUFFIN?
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET
ONE.
TERRY, I HATE TO LEAVE
MR. BLUE.
HE IS SUCH A SWEET DOG.
[DOG CRYING SOUNDS]
Pat: WHAT ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT?
THE MINUTE HE SAW YOU ON
THAT SCREEN, HE ALERTS.
EVERY TIME HE HEARS YOUR
VOICE --
Pat: I WAS HIS DADDY
FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS, WHEN
HE WAS A LITTLE BABY.
ALL RIGHT, BUDDY.
YOU WANT TO DO THAT PLACE
THING.
ALL RIGHT, BLUE, PLACE.
PLACE.
[LAUGHTER]
HE SAID IT'S NOT BIG
ENOUGH.
Pat: HE DID IT.
