the best to help neighbors, friends, but hasn t seen the government people on the ground. certainly we know the u.s. coast guard has been helping the government, they started search and rescue in abaco since two days ago, so they certainly are on the ground. in grand bahama, it was stationary, moving at 1 mile per hour, there for 40 hours. took awhile to get in there. couldn t get in until the storm passed. so we know the damage is very significant and worse than we probably predict because the storm, the hurricane was there so long. just sat there a long time. wasn t moving as you correctly point out. and we have seen the pictures, the destruction, the airport, all of the homes. o what are the urgent needs? other than search and rescue, people need water, tents, i m getting messages where people only have the clothes on their back as they ve lost everything. we haven t seen a hurricane like
adrenaline and not thinking, i just ran over to this super- heated propane tank and i turned it off. stupidest thing i could have done. this was a bomb that i walked over to and just turned off. and then i ran back to the firefighters. i said, i got the gas off. is it off? they go, yeah, but it s still on fire. the pool house was on fire. the firefigters were doing whatever they could to get it out, but they couldn t get it. and i was worried and they were worried that if i didn t get the pool house out that it would catch my main house on fire. so the only thing i could think of was to get my bulldozer. the main house was connected to the pool house by a 20-foot common wall. if the pool house wasn t contained, it could ignite the main house. i ran and got my bulldozer and i just start hittin it as hard as i can. as soon as i crack it open, the flames come flyin out at me. and the firefighters just turn their hoses almost, like, knock
and the families lived right down the street from each other. you can see one house from the other. exactly. reporter: and she s going out with sam. uh-huh. reporter: you marry his older brother. uh-huh. reporter: so that house wasn t just another house on the street. right. reporter: it was family. right. right. reporter: police spoke with members of the lopez family. sam knew cathy the best. how long have you known cathy? jeez, i ve known her for over five years. reporter: they interviewed him down at the station. yeah, i really had fun with her. like i said, that person, i m serious, would always have a smile. we would always be laughing, making jokes. reporter: given their friendship, detectives were curious about what cathy might have shared with sam about albert. since albert tried to commit suicide, she was taking it pretty hard. was she confiding in you?
it was getting ready to explode. because i was so full of adrenaline and not thinking, i just ran over to this super- heated propane tank and i turned it off. stupidest thing i could have done. this was a bomb that i walked over to and just turned off. and then i ran back to the firefighters. i said, i got the gas off. is it off? they go, yeah, but it s still on fire. the pool house was on fire. the firefigters were doing whatever they could to get it out, but they couldn t get it. and i was worried and they were worried that if i didn t get the pool house out that it would catch my main house on fire. so the only thing i could think of was to get my bulldozer. the main house was connected to the pool house by a 20-foot common wall. if the pool house wasn t contained, it could ignite the main house. i ran and got my bulldozer and i just start hittin it as hard as i can. as soon as i crack it open, the
cathy had so much to live for and was a very happy person, a people s person. reporter: that was armando lopez speaking back in 1994. armando was cathy s brother-in-law, tina s then husband. but that wasn t the only connection between the two families. it turned out cathy had dated armando s younger brother, sam, off and on. and the families lived right down the street from each other. you can see one house from the other. exactly. reporter: and she s going out with sam. uh-huh. reporter: you marry his older brother. uh-huh. reporter: so that house wasn t just another house on the street. right. reporter: it was family. right. right. reporter: police spoke with members of the lopez family. sam knew cathy the best. how long have you known cathy? jeez, i ve known her for over five years. reporter: they interviewed him down at the station. yeah, i really had fun with her. like i said, that person, i m serious, would always have a smile.