realized it was a body. and instantly, donnie jumped in the vessel, brought her up out of the water. reporter: joshua lincoln and two others got her breathing again and reunited her with her family. good boy. good boy. you get to go home. ready to go home? reporter: rowdy shaw from the humane society of the united states was a hero to this dog and many others abandoned in the storm. is that good? good, are you hungry? reporter: countless citizens opened their businesses and homes to evacuees seeking shelter. including furniture store owner jim mcinveil. his fleet of trucks offered his mattresses to evacuees and rescue workers in desperate need of rest. we are trying to help as many as people reporter: since heavy hero works best on a full belly, one
where are you? still conducting lifesaving missions? i am not. i am hunk eveered down in hum b texas. why were you out there? what possessed you to get out there? i ve got a passion for emergency preparedness and i of been through some events. so anytime i see something like this, a storm into the gulf, it s just automatic in my head what can i do, what can i do, what can i do. so i just packed my bags and headed to houston. you were just moved to act. yes. so i am part of the cajun navy so, i knew all the efforts that were in place, and i just wanted do my part and that s what we all do. joshua lincoln, thank you so much for doing your part. thank you is much for spending some time with us this afternoon. be blessed. maya is still standing by for us in houston.
boost rescue efforts. in houston, there were three guys, they just arrived in the city and they spotted an elderly woman face down in floodwaters. right away they pulled her into their boat, resuscitated her, they saved the woman s life. one of those men, madisonville resident joshua lincoln, joins me now. joshua, i don t know if you know this, but we know this. the woman has been identified as 73-year-old wilma alice. can you tell us how you found her? we had turned down a couple of elderly women that were not medical emergencies, and we turned back to get a 93-year-old woman, pulled up to her house, talked to her for a bit, and decided that it was best that she stay in her house at that