>> o'donnell: everyone knows marines are always ready, and they proved it once again with an unexpected amphibious mission. here's cbs' steve hartman "on the road." >> traffic and weather on the 8s. >> reporter: it was a deceptively beautiful morning in the nation's capital. >> severe weather is not expected today. >> reporter: but by that afternoon, several inches of heavy rain had fallen in parts of the district, and no one was caught more off guard that september day than rochelle vira oliver waller of hagerstown, maryland. virginia was coming down this exit ramp when she ran head on into a flask flood, water so deep, her car wouldn't budge. >> it was scary. >> reporter: had you ever felt that scared before? >> no, i thought i could die. >> reporter: virginia is a woman of faith, but she says she's never prayed harder than