should make the ship safer. in a statement, roil caribbean calling it a tragic incident, saying they have assisted authorities. chloe s mother is a prosecutor herself. she asked authorities in puerto rico not to prosecute, but the justice department there says the evidence will prove anello is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. david? all right, victor oquendo on this again tonight. thank you, victor. and next here, to the dramatic rescue after a terrifying fall from yosemite s el capitan. the celebrated climber, emily harrington, losing her grip. other climbers coming to her rescue, including the climber at the center of that oscar-winning documentary free solo. tonight, how they helped stabilize her and get her to safety. and abc s chief national correspondent matt gutman with the video of the rescue. reporter: tonight, world class climber emily harrington, alive so, injury to the left elbow. yep. injury to the left leg. reporter: surviving what could have been a
that i thought there was glass. reporter: anello is fighting a negligent homicide charge. in july, 18-month-old chloe wiegand was with her family onboard this ship. abc reviewing surveillance video showing the tragedy unfold. he s the first to get, you know, look over the railing and down towards the port. correct. reporter: he then picks her up and stands her on the railing. yeah. reporter: they kind of lean over, he readjusts yeah, i think he sits her down. reporter: sits her down and then they look again. reporter: lean over again, and she disappears off. the wiegand family deciding not to make that video public. anello says this never would have happened if he knew the window was open. abc has reviewed medical documents diagnosing anello as colorblind. i m colorblind. i don t know. i just never saw it. i ve been told that that s a reason that it might have happened. there s nothing worse that they can do to me than what s already happened. reporter: he
bill o reilly repeatedly asked him about this and each time, the president suggested that he just didn t know what rudy giuliani was doing in ukraine. david? jon karl with us again tonight. thank you, jon. next this evening, the indiana grandfather breaking his silence after his granddaughter fell to her death from a cruise ship window. that grandfather now giving his own explanation of what happened while holding his 18-month-old granddaughter when she slipped from his arms and fell to her death. her parents were onboard, too, and they have asked authorities in puerto rico not to prosecute, but they have moved forward with that case. here s abc s victor oquendo. reporter: in his own words tonight, indiana grandfather sam anello describing the horrifying moments he watched his granddaughter fall to her death from an upper deck of a royal caribbean ship. anello telling cbs this morning i saw her fall. i saw her fall through the window. i saw her fall and it was just disbelie