reporter: we have seen story after impossible story of survivors beating the odds. this 5-year-old boy was pulled out after eight days and was severely dehydrated. this clerk at a hotel store was found after 11 days. he survived on food and drinks left in the store s wreckage, and that s according to his brother. this man said he was intombed in the rubble with a fractured hip. he survived from rationing water from a 2-gallon jug. and then there is the seemingly impossible image of this girl, rescued after 15 days. rescue workers think she had access to the water in the bathroom where she was trapped. what really dictates somebody s ability to survive? the first requirement would be
people at a time to be able to buy. the line actually has been grow longer and longer since we growing longer and longer since we got here a couple of hours ago. they re rationing water. they only allow family to buy three gallons per family. it s going very, very slowly. i was talking to the owner of the store. he told me that he is surviving on the supplies that he had before the storm. and he has managed to get some suppliers to deliver some goods in the last few days, four days ago. it s when he started getting more supplies. the reality is that this is not a good situation. this is the united states of america. this is a u.s. territory. people are having to wait in line for hours and hours. now it s very hot here. just to give you an idea, 89 degrees in the district of san juan. people standing here, it s just