through the home. seeing his furniture float by. he was picking up things like photo albums, baby books, a 150-year-old bible that had been in his family 450 years. all of it ruined. take a listen to what he had to say. i m not an emotional guy, i m pretty calm, and this has been too much for me. to be honest, i don t know if i want to be here very long. reporter: is this the worst part, the personal stuff? yeah. i mean, this is the stuff you can t replace, right? i mean, this is these are my son s birth announcements. right? i mean reporter: well, the rain here has stopped as we noted. the water level has gone down here. they re not expecting any more rain. they think this water is going to disappear in about five to six weeks but remains very much to be seen whether these homes are still livable. mr. wolf who i spoke with thought that he might have to
sure they continually make sure these families are all right. i imagine when you re talking to them, you re explaining it, keeps them calm, they re actually suspended in air and being pulled up in a helicopter because it keeps them focused, right? we do try to prepare them to keep them calm and, yeah, some of them get a little scared especially the kids, so, you know, you have to pay attention to which, you know, you send up the mother first then usually we take the kid then the father and, so, yeah, you have to play it in a way that keeps everybody calm and not scared. some of them get a little l nervous. i think you played that video. you can see it. major justin wolf, and major glynn weir, you guys are the best. thank you for what you re doing. continue to do good work down there. okay? all right. we like to thank the people of texas. it s been outstanding. they ve been very helpful and
this one s for you, gloria. only a dignity memorial professional can celebrate a life like no other. find out how at sanfranciscodignity.com. look at that, helicopter teams making some of the most dramatic rescues of flood victims in texas. back with me tonight, members of the new york air national guard 106th rescue wing. joining me now is major justin wolf and major glen weir. thank you first of all for your service, gentlemen. let stalk about what you ve been doing there. major wolf, you first. this is some of the video that your unit shot yes, sir. while conducting rescue operations. what was it like for you? well, don, it was pretty
cnn s alex marquart was with some of them today. so, alex, man, i could only imagine. the damage alex, harvey damaged about destroyed about 100,000 homes. tell me about these families you were with who were evacuated and seeing their homes for the first time. are. reporter: well, when you re going home with these people for the first time and they are seeing the full extent of the damage if is absolutely heartbreaking. we were with several people throughout the course of the day including a man named bill wolf. we d between seen him and his family rescued in the middle l of the horrible storm that followed harvey. he was pulled to safety with his wife, two young boys, their dog and cat. they were relatively optimistic and upbeat at the time. they thought they might be able to go back after a couple days. fast forward to today, we walked into the home, waded into the home through several feet of water with mr. wolf. him by himself. he was crying as he walked