a hurricane hundreds of miles away that initially kept firefighting helicopters on the ground. miguel almaguer has made his way to maui and has this late report. reporter: the apocalyptic scene in maui unfolded before sunrise. an island wildfire so explosive, flames poured into the desperate to plunge the ocean escape inferno. careful here. reporter: the coast guard quickly plucking roughly a dozen from the water as witnesses say the unstoppable blaze ripped across homes and took at least six lives. the smoke was just so thick, people were running around looking for refuge. it was the heat was unbearable. reporter: during the chaotic evacuation oh, my god. reporter: hospitals treating at least 20 burn victims quickly became overwhelmed. 911 service went down. cell coverage is out, and the national guard was ordered in to help. it really took us by surprise. reporter: as 70-mile-an-hour winds fanned the flames, the air attack was
. in this case. it seems like it. it s a blunder on the part of the pilot. but you did tell his chad that the virginia state police there s searching starts in virginia for that plane down plain and you mentioned how mountainous mountainous the train is. so it makes me think that if there is someone on board who has survived this crash, they may not even be able to get any sort of cell coverage out there to make a phone call. calls you get down in that part of virginia and i ve been down in there are a number of times. in fact, i have a good friend from stanton, who works here in washington, dc news to work on capitol hill and i just know how mountainous and world that area is. in fact, if you if you went back and watched the tv show the waltons that if that was set in that part of virginia bolton s mountain, it s very mountainous there and you re not going to have great cell coverage. the fog can roll in very quickly, and this is where the virginia state police are saying that they ca
they were fired at. as cbs s elaine quijano reports, it comes after a new york man made his first court appearance for allegedly shooting and killing a young woman who drove into his driveway. speed to 65-year-old kevin monahan walked into it upstate new york courtroom today with his feet and hands shackled. a judge denied his request to be released on bail in the shooting death of 20-year-old kaylin gillis. prosecutors say monahan fired a shotgun twice at a car gillis was writing and after she and three friends accidentally grow drove up monahan s driveway saty night. as they were turning to leave, one of the rounds struck gillis. my daughter was an honor student. she had hopes and dreams of becoming [sobs] she had hopes and dreams of becoming a marine biologist. and this man took that away from us. reporter: after the shooting, the group drove about 6 miles looking for better cell coverage to call 911.
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hello, my name is harold henthorn. i m in the rocky mountain park. okay. i need an alpine rescue team immediately. it was just before six, and harold needed help, urgently. my wife has fallen from a rock on the north side of the summit of deer mountain, on the deer mountrail. and she is really in critical condition. harold told the 9-1-1 operator that tony had fallen from the edge of a cliff. we need to be sure that you know my location first. i have really bad cell coverage. okay. so, i m on deer mountain. immediately, the park launched a ranger who was also a trained emt, but the only way to get there from the trail head with on foot, and that would take hours. no, she s not. she s not conscious. she is breathing. heralded, esper, pleaded for rescue helicopter. here s the thing, i will pay any and all expenses for a helicopter. i don t care if it s private. i don t care if it s commercial. i ll pay any price this right