gently get into the raft, no one knows if the distress call got through and now that they re in the raft, cell phone service is gone for good. now i got no service on it. john, do you think we got through enough? don t make any rapid movements. want some water. there s some water coming in. john, if you can, why don t you bring something just in case we need to bail this thing out. they re talking about bringing a pump in case water breaches the rubber raft. because, sure enough, the castaways almost immediately notice a hole. that feels like there s a hole? yeah. but it feels like we had the plug out of the raft. so, at that point, i knew, you know, now our time is limited. tensions are rising and so is the 40 degree water. inside the raft. hypothermia is a grave concern.
crowd. wow. that s the grinch on a jet ski. who is that flying in the air like that? we have a number of very talented elves who water-ski inch warmer water and have sacrificed their bodies today to water-ski in very cold water and bring a lot of joy to a lot of people. that s great. put it on rain or shine. what time does it start, captain? it goes on regardless of weather conditions. today, the water is warmer than we re normally expecting, over 40 today. we had water-skiers going in 34 degree water. what time are you getting under way at the national harbor? the show starts promptly at 1:00 p.m. at national harbor, goes on about 40 minutes. captain, thank you. and it is free. 60 people making that happen. instead of going across the lake, she can go to the harbor, jump in and go skiing with
so, at that point, i knew, you know, now our time is limited. tensions are rising and so is the 40 degree water. inside the raft. hypothermia is a grave concern. and there s more danger in store. good thing the water s not rough today. within minutes of abandoning ship, the stern starts to shift and rears vertically up and heads towards them. look out, you guys. it s coming this way. the bow was sticking straight up and i said, hey, watch out. you know, the boat is going to come this way. i thought it was going to swamp us. irene is sinking. push the water in, don t do that. we re taking on water, guys. there was a couple of the passengers actually one in particular that she was really getting uneasy. so, we tried, we tried to calm her down. water coming in.
dan springer has information about where they are in their search for answers. reporter: unbelievable, neil. can you imagine driving ace long and the road in front of you disappears and panic as you go into the river below? only then does the real fight for survival again. these cars started filling up with 45 degree water, very cold. they had to get themselves unbuckled, out of the cars, and to relative safety on the hood of the vehicles. once there, they had to worry if the cars would stay up on the collapsed portion of the bridge because only that was keeping them out of 15 feet of water that was moving rapidly. search and rescue teams were sent scrambling and more than an hour later, they were pulled safely off the wreckage. i kind of wiggled a little bit and got it to go back in. it allowed me to crawl underneath and kind of patted her on the face and asked her if she was okay. she came to, and i asked her if she could move everything, you
john, if you can, why don t you bring something just in case we need to bail this thing out. they re talking about bringing a pump in case water breaches the rubber raft. good thinking because sure enough the castaways almost immediately notice a hole. yeah, there is. that feels like there s a hole? yeah. but it feels like we had the plug out of the raft. so, at that point, i knew, you know, now our time is limited. tensions are rising and so is the 40 degree water. inside the raft. hypothermia is a grave concern. and there s more danger in store. good thing the water s not rough today. within minutes of abandoning ship, the stern starts to sink and rears vertically up and