This community went through. Tonight, we are inside the fire zone in maui. For the first time, we see the images captured by two captains who answered the call for help from the water. The coast guard telling them people, families, and children were in desperate need. Tonight, they take us back by water to where they helped those fighting to survive, including a young brother and sister. Their entire bodies covered in soot. And tonight, abc news with a minutebyminute look at how this deadly disaster unfolded. Our indepth timeline. Hourbyhour, putting the pieces of this tragedy together. So much time went by, as the fires grew. Why werent there more alerts . Why were the sirens not sounded . Tonight, authorities defending their reason not to use them. The two Boat Captains describing the moment the coast guard sent them in, telling them, we need help. They could feel the heat, the smoke, and the wind as they pulled into the harbor. Tonight, investigators and what theyre now learning abo
Spread. why did so much time go by without significant alerts? why weren t the sirens used that they have here on maui? authorities and their explanation, right here tonight. more than 100 people have died here. and there are more than 1,000 still unaccounted for. and tonight, the red cross just before we came on the air here has now declared this disaster a mass fatality operation. as they carefully search through the debris for remains, asking loved ones to please provide their dna. we traveled into lahaina today with those two captains, taking the same route in that they took the night of the fires. jumping into action when the coast guard said, we need help. tonight, for the first time, we see the images of the fires they captured themselves, those captains, the fires raging, the blinding smoke in the harbor. the heat they felt when they arrived. asking themselves, how would anyone survive jumping into those churning waters, in those winds? tonight here, some of the evidence. the
Time on the delmarva peninsula would be stunned to drive up and down it right now and find it is literally just completely abandoned. it s almost erie. yeah. i can about imagine. thank you tore staying put there in ocean city, maryland. right now as we move to new york city, that s battery park city. see the statue of liberty there off in the distance. the very left of your convenient. things look calm right now there in new york mash masher. it will not be that way come about 12 hours from now. it s going to be a lot more churning waters for us, and new york city under a hurricane watch there. we re going to get the latest from all the preparations and what you should expect. stay with us here on msnbc. walk into a bar. the fuel economist says, i have an s.u.v. with a v-6 engine that can go up to 500 miles on a single tank of gas. the horsepower enthusiast says, well, my s.u.v. has a v-6 engine with best-in-class towing and power. the punch line is they re both driving a dodge
Day. that s how we do it. reporter: be careful, sal. all right? i ll try. reporter: greg, it is not just bravado, seeing them go out into the rough, rough surf. red flag, warnings. no one allowed in the water except the surfers because their boards are floatation devices. these guys know what they are doing, very, very choppy, churning waters and they were riding the waves. marianne s husband is a surfer. you ever get out in that stuff, rick? reporter: i tried it one time. i think i stood up on the board a second and-a-half. i can check it off the bucket list. that s all i could do, too. me too. my surfing days are over. normally, when we see you covering hurricane, you are just getting blown away and you are hanging onto a pole. reporter: yeah?
Day. that s how we do it. reporter: be careful, sal. all right? i ll try. reporter: greg, it is not just bravado, seeing them go out into the rough, rough surf. red flag, warnings. no one allowed in the water except the surfers because their boards are floatation devices. these guys know what they are doing, very, very choppy, churning waters and they were riding the waves. marianne s husband is a surfer. you ever get out in that stuff, rick? reporter: i tried it one time. i think i stood up on the board a second and-a-half. i can check it off the bucket list. that s all i could do, too. me too. my surfing days are over. normally, when we see you covering hurricane, you are just getting blown away and you are hanging onto a pole. reporter: yeah?