time is running out for the 226 people stuck aboard this sinking oceanos cruise ship. they re in the tenth hour of their terrifying ordeal. all the rescue boats are either gone or useless. helpless and desperately waiting to be rescued, they know the ship won t stay afloat much longer. then, finally, helicopters arrive and lower rescuers onto the deck. everyone lines up in an orderly fashion except, amazingly, the captain of the ship. the captain strode across the deck, put a harness on himself, and next thing, he was gone.รง it s 7:00 in the morning. julian and one of the navy divers know there are still too many people onboard to be helicoptered out in time. by now, waves are crashing onto the deck of the ship. so they go looking for another way to get people off. they find some zodiac boats. the diver jumps into the water and climbs into the boat while
sinking oceanos cruise ship. they re in the tenth hour of their terrifying ordeal. all the rescue boats are either gone or useless. helpless and desperately waiting to be rescued, they know the ship won t stay afloat much longer. then, finally, helicopters arrive and lower rescuers onto the deck. everyone lines up in an orderly fashion except, amazingly, the captain of the ship. the captain strode across the deck, put a harness on himself, and next thing, he was gone. it s 7:00 in the morning. julian and one of the navy divers know there are still too many people onboard to be helicoptered out in time. by now, waves are crashing onto the deck of the ship. so they go looking for another way to get people off. they find some zodiac boats. the diver jumps into the water and climbs into the boat while julian goes to get some of the strongest swimmers left on the ship.
their terrifying ordeal. all the rescue boats are either gone or useless. helpless and desperately waiting to be rescued, they know the ship won t stay afloat much longer. then, finally, helicopters arrive and lower rescuers onto the deck. everyone lines up in an orderly fashion except, amazingly, the captain of the ship. the captain strode across the deck, put a harness on himself, and next thing, he was gone. it s 7:00 in the morning. julian and one of the navy divers know there are still too many people onboard to be helicoptered out in time. by now, waves are crashing onto the deck of the ship. so they go looking for another way to get people off. they find some zodiac boats. the diver jumps into the water and climbs into the boat while julian goes to get some of the strongest swimmers left on the ship.
it s 7:00 in the morning. julian and one of the navy divers know there are still too many people onboard to be helicoptered out in time. by now, waves are crashing onto the deck of the ship. so they go looking for another way to get people off. they find some zodiac boats. the diver jumps into the water and climbs into the boat while julian goes to get some of the strongest swimmers left on the ship. the ship is listing so much at this time that the passengers on the front of the ship, as the swell came up, the passengers could then jump in the water and then the zodiac would pull around and pull them into the zodiac. other life boats have been hovering in the area but with 20- to 30-foot swells have been unable to get close to the oceanos. but the zodiac boat is easier to maneuver. the operation is very dangerous. but by this time, options have nearly run out.
hitting in. right now, we have my swift water team. county swift water team is a type two team which is two zodiac boats. they are preparing with the equipment to go out. we have a federal response which is missouri task force one. they will be in leeland south of wilmington. the chief will host those people. i believe 45 people and three tractor-trailers. a lot of federal response. we are really appreciative of that. we are preparing, but there will come a time where we will not be able to respond with the high winds. nothing worse than getting a phone call and not being able to help somebody who is crying out for help and we can t do anything about it. it is something you don t want to get out there, it is you can t get out there. when matthew hit in 2016, it was