collapse at a university dorm, and that was before the deep freeze hit. new york made it to two above. it s just frigid. it s just frigid. reporter: on the hudson ferries navigated over and around ice floes. i just came from florida a little while ago, so this is rough for me. reporter: actually, florida was no day at the beach. at 7:00 a.m., it was 49 in miami. in birmingham, it was 13, and a dangerously icy minus 1 in east tennessee. in chicago, aaa was hard at work. they brought david gould s car back to life. what did it do when you turned the key this morning? nothing. reporter: zero. zero, the lights wouldn t go on, nothing, it was totally dead. reporter: unlike these sevengs dogs who were missing overnight when their van was car-jacked. they were found safe but cold near the loop. robert sayre got jaiden back. it s good, it s really good. with this weather, i was so worried. it s good. reporter: it s five degrees above zero right now in chicago,