roof. e he and a neighbor throw it across the raging waters. iliar manages to catch the rope, it s her only hope of survival. she will almost certainly drown if it breaks. daniel was yelling really loud for me to make a really tight knot. iliar tries to save at least one of her dogs. translator: my greatest anxiety was about my pets. it s a horrifying scene, and there s no time for second guesses. translator: everything was happening so fast. there was no time to stop and think about what was going on. with the rope tied haphazardly and with no second to spare, iliar plunges into the river, she s immediately swept downstream and taken under. as the rapids batter iliar. she grabs onto the slippery rope with both hands, forced to let go of her dog.
waters, no one is certain that she ll make it to the top without the rope breaking. everyone holds their breath. when she reaches the terrace the entire group is overcome with emotion. it was a huge sense of relief. besides all the fear we experienced, there was an intense happiness to have done that and to save someone s life. iliar is one of the lucky ones. the rains wash away entire communities. landslides send homes downhill, burying people in the mud. in the terrible days that follow, weather and rough terrain keep rescue crews from reaching remote areas. survivors, many homeless, are left to recover the missing. more than 900 people died during the floods and mud slides. and more than 300 people are
translator: the water was just too strong and swept him away, and i had to leave the poor thing to its death. poor thing. no one could save him. for tense moments it looks like iliar will also be swept away. it was very dangerous. with the unrelenting water pulling her down, she hangs on for her life as her neighbors scream in horror. there was no knot. the it was loose. with iliar clinging to the rope with all of her strength, the neighbors on the roof brace themselves and pull. we pull and pull. i couldn t see her. i thought, i don t think i can pull anymore. i don t think i can stand it. slowly, painfully, iliar is hoisted up one floor at a time. as she dangles over the raging
the wall behind her just broke down, and then the terrace was completely filled with water. soon iliar will have nothing left to hold onto, and she doesn t know how to swim. the only part left was where i was sitting. i watched it destroy everything else. iliar is in a desperate situation. terrified and alone. all i could do was ask god for help. because nobody else was going to save me. bruno and the cameraman are too far away to offer iliar any then iliar s neighbor hears her screams. i heard hr crying for help, for someone to save her, that she was going to die. he is also trapped on his rooftop. the rushing water makes communication nearly impossible. the river was making so much noise. there was no way for me to hear what anyone was telling me. by a stroke of luck, giberto sees construction rope on his
quickly becomes stuck. i knew that i was trapped when the water took the stairs away, then there was no way i could come down. still, iliar believes she and her dogs will be okay. translator: i didn t think it could keep rising and rising like that, so much so that i just sat there on the table waiting. television reporter bruno macelles is covering the floods. what he sees is terrifying. houses demolished in an instant. as the camera man films from above the river, bruno spots iliar alone. she was alone with her dogs screaming for help. we saw nobody was there to help her. iliar s situation is about to go from bad to worse. bruno watches as her only shelter crumbles all around her.