he managed to get out, and he tried to get around the van, but he couldn't because the current was too strong. he grabbed on to a tree limb and he was telling the kids to open the door, get out. and he said they couldn't get out. it was so fast. he said he couldn't do anything, that the van went into the water, and that was it. he was just left there hanging, and was there for -- he doesn't know how long. he felt like it was like 45 minutes or something, just hanging there. and then some guys came buy and they rescued him. >> how did you find out what happened? >> he actually called my husband, and my husband answered the phone, and my husband said he was like so -- you couldn't understand, he was like a robot like, they're gone. he says, what are you talking about? he said mom and dad, they're gone. he said where are my husband d