to put a number on the damage done by an estimated 11 trillion gallons of water. today as the sun came out and the water slowly began to recede, we heard amazing stories of survival. david begnaud is in south carolina. reporter: for angela cole, coming home was hard. oh, god. i can t even breathe right now. oh, my god. this is just-. reporter: but she does appreciate that her family is alive. she snapped photos on her phone as the water was rising, and her family kept climbing higher trying to escape. craig smith is her partner. and by that time, the refridge rairpt was floating in this direction. reporter: they dialed 911 but two hours later still no help. did you think that you and your family were going to die? when i saw the water coming up, yeah. there was nowhere to go. reporter: cole decided post a plea for help on facebook. if anyone has a boat, please help. 4220 timberlane drive. i have two children, one with special needs she wrote. smith feared help
more dead today in the worst flooding the carolinas have ever seen. officials say at least 17 have died, and they can t even begin to put a number on the damage done by an estimated 11 trillion gallons of water. today as the sun came out and the water slowly began to recede, we heard amazing stories of survival. david begnaud is in south carolina. reporter: for angela cole, coming home was hard. oh, god. i can t even breathe right now. oh, my god. this is just . reporter: but she does alive. she snapped photos on her phone as the water was rising, and her family kept climbing higher trying to escape. craig smith is her partner. and by that time, the this direction. help. did you think that you and your family were going to die? when i saw the water coming up, yeah. there was nowhere to go. reporter: cole decided post a plea for help on facebook. if anyone has a boat, please help. 4220 timberlane drive. i have two children, one with special needs she wrote. smit
officials say at least 17 have died, and they can t even begin to put a number on the damage done by an estimated 11 trillion gallons of water. today as the sun came out and the water slowly began to recede, we heard amazing stories of survival. carolina. reporter: for angela cole, coming home was hard. oh, god. i can t even breathe right now. oh, my god. this is just . reporter: but she does alive. she snapped photos on her phone as the water was rising, and her family kept climbing higher trying to escape. craig smith is her partner. and by that time, the this direction. reporter: they dialed 911 help. did you think that you and your family were going to die? when i saw the water coming up, yeah. there was nowhere to go. reporter: cole decided post a plea for help on facebook. if anyone has a boat, please help. 4220 timberlane drive. i have two children, one with special needs she wrote. smith feared help would not get there before his family drowned. from t
to put a number on the damage done by an estimated 11 trillion gallons of water. today as the sun came out and the water slowly began to recede, we heard amazing stories of survival. david begnaud is in south carolina. reporter: for angela cole, coming home was hard. oh, god. i can t even breathe right now. oh, my god. this is just-. reporter: but she does appreciate that her family is alive. she snapped photos on her phone as the water was rising, and her family kept climbing higher trying to escape. craig smith is her partner. and by that time, the refridge rairpt was floating in this direction. reporter: they dialed 911 but two hours later still no help. did you think that you and your family were going to die? when i saw the water coming up, yeah. there was nowhere to go. reporter: cole decided post a plea for help on facebook. if anyone has a boat, please help. 4220 timberlane drive. i have two children, one with special needs she wrote. smith feared help
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