the surf within mere feet of swimmers and sunbathers. a short time ago i spoke with one of those beach goers, and he described the harrowing events that followed. >> yeah, my daughter and i were out just knee-deep in the water, and there's lots of little aircraft going over, and there was a helicopter coming over and it was getting low. i kind of thought that's getting a little low, we should come back a little bit. we took a few steps towards the shore and all of a sudden it dove and started heading towards this couple next to you. and we started yelling at them move, move, move, and the helicopter went straight into the water. we were probably 20 feet from the helicopter. we ran to the helicopter and tried to figure how many people were in there, if they were hurt. >> so walk us through that moment. when it splashes into the water you're trying to yell at people get away. were you afraid of running toward the helicopter as it just