buddy that i was with, you can see him if the video, hugged him. it was just an emotional break down for me. i thought about my kids again and thought about what i almost missed out on. shepard: how is the bike? the bike is now in route back from colorado to texas. i ll find out friday. all indications are that it fared like about did. we ll see. shepard: so dirt biking is part of your future, not just your past? absolutely. my kids, we ride and we will continue to ride. i made the promise to them that i m not going to ride in these high exposure areas. if i make a mistake, it s a tipover. not a jump off the cliff. shepard: no more cliff diving. that s right. shepard: well, rick hogge, video to prove it. glad you re good and bike is good. hello to the family. thank you. thank you. shepard: stay off the cliffs. avoid them. speaking of that, no cliff for the dow today. the markets went ahh when it was 1/4 point and went down
reporter: it is among the world s best trout streams. and on any other weekend in july this river might be overrun by fishermen. but montana s yellowstone river is flanked by nearly 200 cleanup workers. we understand this is a very serious event. we understand that we need to get our full arms around where the exposure areas are. reporter: an estimated 42,000 gallons gushed into the river this weekend. an early theory is that powerful waters flooding this community and running at four times the normal rate may have damaged the pipeline, which was shut down within six minutes of a huge flux in pressure readings. when you build a pipeline through a river you expect floods. a river like yellowstone floods all the time. we can t expect our pipelines to break every time a flood happens. reporter: local photographers have captured images of birds sitting in oil. but officials say they have no widespread reports of damaged wildlife. exxonmobil believes the oil has been contained to
the exposure areas are. we have not fully completed that yet, so we continue to look downstream to make sure that we ve identified all the areas that we need to address. reporter: now, once the flood waters do go down there are eight small boats that are on standby to do more in-depth response. patti ann? patti ann: i understand some residents who live along the river are complaining about health problems? reporter: yeah, there are property owners that say they are very concerned about exposure to this crude oil that is in the water and lapping up onto the banks. so far at least two people have been hospitalized for symptoms. residents say they believe they are related to the spill. one river front property owner says his partner was sent to the emergency room after she experienced dizziness, nausea and shortness of breath. michael scott said she was diagnosed with acute hydrocarbon exposure. i want to know what we could have potentially been exposed to that s harmful. reporter