someone and actually corroborated with two people that, along the trip, but it was in pennsylvania, that on december 16th, that they were at an auto repair shop. this person tells cnn they were getting some work done on the hyundai elantra. that s the white car, and that the suspect the defendant, kohberger was talkative, and talked about how he had go to desal university here in pennsylvania, was doing his doctoral work in washington. they want he was a little awkward, communicative. hi father was there, too. and then when this all basically exploded on friday, he recognized him, realized the conversation, and contacted the fbi. so december 16th, in pennsylvania december 17th
i have come here tonight as an american who, like all americans, kneels to pray with you today and will stand by you tomorrow. i have just come from the university medical center where our friend gabby courageously fights to recover, even as we speak. gabby, we see you trying to open your eyes. can you open your eyes, sweetie? we re right here. when we heard that gabby had been shot, we were heartbroken and scared. i already knew gabby well, knew mark. and when i visited with gabby, she was out and uncommunicative. and i want to tell you, a few
ambulatory, communicative, but gave really no clear indication of why he fell overboard. what do you think might have made the difference? how is he able to survive? will to live. i think for this particular case, we were out there doing what we practiced, what we joined the coast guard to do. and the fact that he was able to keep himself afloat and above the surface of the water for such an extended period of time is just something you can t take for granted. and it s certainly something that will stick with me forever. stick with a lot of us forever. the man is listed in stable condition at a local hospital in new orleans. that same lieutenant with the coast guard telling us that the family was unable to get off the vessel, so they continued on to mexico. but this individual, victor, is going to have a story for the rest of his life. we re told that the u.s. coast guard is going to release video of this rescue operation later this afternoon. we can t wait to get the details to
but aside from that i don t have any current medical information for you. well, it sounds like he s okay and at least in stable condition so we re glad to hear that. did he manage to tell rescuers what happened, how he wound up falling over? no, so once the coast guard helicopter was able to recover him with a rescue swimmer he was able to identify his name, confirm that he was the individual that fell overboard. he was showing signs of hypothermia, shock, dehydration, but like i said he was ambulatory, communicative but gave no clear indication of why he fell overboard or what time specifically. yeah, and, lieutenant, when you receive that call that a passenger is potentially fallen overboard on a cruise ship, has been in the water as much as 12, 15 hours, what s going through your mind there? did you think this was going to be a rescue or just a recovery? 100% rescue. so any time we get notified of anybody in the water. you know, we re looking for a
operation was launched. the vessel, the cruise ship stopped in its tracks, rerouted and retraced its route to try to participate in that search and rescue to find him. he was spotted floating in the gulf of mexico which had about 70-degree temperature waters by a vessel. crew members from a separate vessel. he was hoisted up by the u.s. coast guard and transported to a local hospital in new orleans where he was treated. he s said to be in stable condition and it s crazy to think about him being in the water for up to 20 hours. here s what he said in an interview earlier this afternoon. he was able to identify his name, confirm he was the individual that fell overboard. he was showing signs of hypot hypothermia, shock, dehydration, but like i said, he was communicative, but gave no clear indication of why he fell overboard. what do you think might have made the difference? how was he able to survive? will to live. i think for this particular case, you know, we were out there doing