tough for people who count on the mississippi river for their livelihoods. reporter: along the mississippi, even those who work on the water are underwater. coming past you on there. reporter: but vidalia dock and storage isn t out of business. one of the tugs is helded down the river, though the river has never been like this before. mind boggling. it s really hard to comprehend how much water is coming through here right now. i am ein saw of it have tremendous respect for it and fear of it. it s usually the easiest part of the river to navigate. reporter: not right now because of all this water? exactly. reporter: they tie up to a barge full of chemicals and along with the tow boat push
challenges. right now jonathan is getting ready to compete in his first event of the morning, it is the shotput, so they re going to strap him in to get him in to position. nice throw! reporter: disbro gets the shotput gold and competes in four other events. david oliver medals, too, fighting for the bronze in the 800 meter. i was about to fall on my face, like the last quarter of the thing and i m sitting there thinking to myself, i got my family to think b the army to think about. i haven t pushed myself harder than that in my entire life. reporter: do you remember when you first heard about the idea? it was a blinding flash to the obvious, even as they ve recovered from these wounds and injuries and illnesses to be symbols of the highest and most capable of their type, and i think they must take, i would take extraordinary pride in that. some of these guys that hadn t been involved in sports before, now they re involved in
these servicemen and women who once fought side by side will be competing against each other. being laysiest has not been an option in our life. reporter: army specialist david oliver is ready, so is marine captain jonathan disbro. this whole experience has been an eye opener to are me. reporter: the experience, the warrior games, an olympic style competition for wounded service members. [ cheers and applause ] david oliver lost his right arm during a humvee accident in afghanistan two years ago. jonathan disbros s right leg amputated. there were several surgeries in six months. the challenge is there, it presents itself to you so you can either accept that limitation or take that challenge and overcome it. reporter: there are more than 200 others here eager to show how they ve overcome their
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protect their property, homes and lives. there s a lot of business being impacted on that river right now. reporter: that s right, this particular business obviously has its offices flooded. karla jenkins doesn t think she ll assess the damage until mid-june. on the river her company is hoping to get more calls for assists to help other boats up the river through this area but she s really worried about the longer term. here s one reason why. a lot of her income comes from hauling grain in barges up and down the river. the farmers here are flooded out, so it s a real question when the grain elevators are going to be full again and when she s going to have business, a complicating factor the cost of fuel. carla remembers when diesel was 45 cents a gallon. now it s up to $4 a gallon, that s having a big impact, too. t.j.? just quickly before i let you go, any alligator update? reporter: no, i don t know if he ever showed up over across