you heard those screams of december per december ter race. yeah, hoping that you could actually get to them in time. this was my safe haven. i was sitting on the top bunk, sitting on the karaoke machine. reporter: and lisa fox says without her son many more of her neighbors would have been killed even though she told him not to come. he was going to save his mother one way or the other. but i know it was a bad idea to stay. but them having to rescue me, that saved a lot of lives. so i don t regret my decision because there was still lives that were saved. we just started lifting, trying to find her, and we never could. reporter: while dozens did make it out, it pains him that he wasn t able to help save everyone. several who were ripped away by the rushing current are still