>> i mean, we all know, we all have cellphones. most of the time, they don't work right outside your house. >> more than an hour has gone by and tensions are at a breaking point. out of desperation, john tries his cellphone again. >> please, give me two bars or something. mayday! mayday! >> when suddenly a welcome noise in the distance. the distress call did get through. >> all eyes were on the airplane. we could see it drop down a little lower and made a 90-degree turn and started heading right towards us and we're like, yeah. >> our tax dollars at work! >> the spotter plane is followed ten minutes later by a coast guard rescue helicopter. >> he opted to back off, drop down and then the diver went in and the diver, man, that guy was quite a swimmer. i mean, he had to swim, you know, 100 yards over to us and then he comes up to the boat and he goes, okay, who wants to be the first one? >> one by one, the seven on the