you said no contact yet from the official bahamian government because the conditions just haven't been good enough. when they are able to get helicopters in, patrick, the -- >> reporter: it's got to be today. i understand when we were shooting that story, it was still hurricane forced winds that were knocking the hell out of us. we tried to get on one of those boats. thank god the rescuers said it's too dangerous. because they were getting flipped over on their jet skis and on their boats. as the storm was pulling off the shore, the tides were dramatically going up and down. and they were going into these neighbors full of debris and the tide would very incredibly quickly by several feet. it was very dangerous what they were doing yesterday. these guys are skilled boat men. and they were really on a mission that they said they