george. and when we got back to the area where george was and got out to george, it was really just a situation where i had to go to george and we tried many different methods to get to george and we finally got to george. time was going by pretty quickly, and the situation was just getting worse and as far as strength to get back, i didn t have another option. i mean, it was pretty dicey there for the entire situation. yeah, george i don t know where i got that. i ve been thinking about it. george yesterday said he looked in your eyes and he could tell you were tired and exhausted by the time you got to him. i hate to ask you this, tom, but was there ever a moment you thought you might not make it back? the whole time i went out there, i was trying to just be as safe as possible and just focus on one step at a time, and get closer and closer and be as safe as possible and keep my feet moving and keep on the ground and just keep focused on
stuck to a face. his son brice shot this video has his father made his way to the car. i see this little hand come out of the window and i m like oh my god. that s not what you want to see. so he s waving and that means, you know, you got to go get him. i couldn t stand up. the current was too strong there that would have swept me away. tom hardly could stand on his own feet, now he had to drag me, too. reporter: tom hugged george from the back. george hugged his yorkie. at web point george started to float away and tom grabbed him but couldn t make the last 50 yards. it was his wife and son brice came in the water and to the rescue. bringing george, tom and yes, tila to safety. when you see when somebody left saved your life, really and not only mine, my dog s, too, like, you know, of course. this man is unbelievable.
reporter: certainly is. extraordinary strength and courage on the part of the family and speaking of extraordinary, george is 86 and was driving from his home in ottawa, canada to his condo in florida when he ran into trouble. we wanted to talk to him tonight but he was rested up and back on the road today in a rental car headed to florida. i m honored to talk to tom, julie and brice hall. thank you for being with us. i was so moved by what you-all did and where do you find the strength to carry george and his dog through that flood water? anderson, i don t know how to answer that question. when we got to george, when we found george and we knew he was out there, we basically tried to regroup and go back to my house and get ropes and equipment and kayaks and gear and call 911 to get help to go out and rescue george and when we got back to the area where george was and
not only mine, my dog s, too, like, you know, of course. this man is unbelievable. reporter: certainly is. extraordinary strength and courage on the part of the family and speaking of extraordinary, george is 86 and was driving from his home in ottawa, canada to his condo in florida when he ran into trouble. we wanted to talk to him tonight but he was rested up and back on the road today in a rental car headed to florida. i m honored to talk to tom, julie and brice hall. thank you for being with us. i was so moved by what you-all did and where do you find the strength to carry george and his dog through that flood water? anderson, i don t know how to answer that question. when we got to george, when we found george and we knew he was out there, we basically tried to regroup and go back to my house and get ropes and equipment and kayaks and gear and call 911 to get help to go out and rescue
things to do to stay back. i mean, we all wonder if testing had we would rise to the occasion and i mean, tom, julie and brice, i just, what you did is the greatest thing i ve heard in a long, long time and i so appreciate you talking with us tonight. thank you so much for everything. thank you for focussing on our city and colombia and giving us support and letting people know what s happening down here. we appreciate that. thanks for having us. thank you, take care of yourselves. clshz drk we get up to 10 billion data requests every day. the cloud allows us to scale up so we can handle that volume. we can help keep people safe; and to us that feels really good.