his father saying that charles is, of course, dehydrated. that he is weak. that the muscle tissue was breaking down, so he does need some days to recover because of the sunburn and the bites. he says it s vit s very difficu move. he is in bed at the moment, trying to drink gatorade, trying to eat. the father says he s not eating a lot, not speaking a lot and trying to rest. the father saying charles is going to be okay. but the one thing he did tell me was that at the end of the day, the moral of the story, in his opinion is never give up. camila bernal, cnn, los angeles. just ahead, tragedy overnight involving two firefighting helicopters in california. plus, oregon drivers doing something most of them have
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all three onboard one of the helicopters were kill ed. two of them top officials of cal fire. the assistant chief and a captain dying along with their pilot. abc s will reeve on the scene in california. reporter: tonight, the urgent investigation into what caused the midair collision of two firefighting helicopters in southern california, killing three people, including two high-ranking fire officials. there s midair cli s sierra, 5-alpha sierra. reporter: you can see the damaged blades and scorched hillside where one of the helicopters crashed. they were part of six aircraft battling a small fire in riverside county, near palm springs on sunday evening. it was still light out, with good visibility. a sikorski skycrane helicopter like this one, which typically carries water or retardant, was able to land safely. the bell helicopter that crashed was being used for observation. all three onboard killed. we normally keep those aircraft far enough apart that
celsius. in phoenix, arizona, even fiercer heat with highs of at least 43 degrees, about 110 fahrenheit and that has been for 19 consecutive days. the mediterranean basin is on high alert with temperatures well above 30 degrees for several days, meaning there is a risk to everyone s help, notjust the most vulnerable. let s go to our reporter just north of athens. as we have seen, they are having a huge battle as we get more fires and not fewer? absolutely. right here where i am, we have seen firefighting helicopters travel above us every few minutes, dropping water in the hills behind me. you can see behind me, it is very hazy but that is all smoke from the wildfires that are spreading around athens. in fact, we