Coming to an end. Everywhere you looked was on fire. Houses on fire, trees on fire. I was transported into a war zone. I just lost it. I hear my dad screaming, its here, run. You just got to push through. You do not stop. I said, please send somebody. And she said, theres nobody to send. It was, survivors said, like something alive a living, breathing giant that came out of the woods to hunt them down. The flames were so relentless, they burned for a month. So fast, they raced through roughly three football fields per second. Hi, everyone. Im lester holt. Welcome to dateline. It was californias biggest wildfire, one of the most brutal ever recorded. Tonight, youll hear from the people trapped in its path, how they ran for their lives against the flames, against the clock to escape. And it began in one of the most beautiful places on earth. It was perfect. It was our dream home. Its exactly what you want if you want to be away from a city. Its just so peaceful and so calming and just to
Speemac it used to be a fairly straightforward thing where people would use the phone, would probably be a phone that was traceable. It is a lot easier guess for people to hide when they are doing Something Like this. But without revealing anything we do, we have ways of finding out who did these things. And we do find out who did it is a very serious offense. Its a seconddegree felony and you can have that on your record. Speemac for parents they say the phone calls and Text Messages from the schools alerting them of the situation is something they unfortunately are getting used too. Speemac it is what we are facing. Its the kind of life we are now having to face of the horrible reality. Law enforcement hopes getting the word out on how severe and kind of punishment those making threats could face could make a dent in the amount of lot down. Developing tonight, some st. Pete parents want changes when it comes to their childrens education. Schools and f grade , and they are the worst p
The bay area with their newborn baby tonight. After a monthlong legal nightmare in mexico. Good evening, im brian hackney. Im betty yu. Juliette goodrich is at sfo right now with a story you will see only on 5. Juliet . Reporter quite a homecoming. Yes we are at San Francisco International Airport where christie and steve and their little baby grayson touched down and you can see the homecoming. Family and friends, all of them waiting to see grayson for the very first time. This family was stuck in mexico for one month. Because they werent able to obtain a birth certificate after their baby was born by surrogate. And the case down there in ta tabasco mexico, surrogate motsers have the baby and hand mothers hand it off to the baby to the parents and the birt certificate has been stuck and the family is stuck waiting. And finally good news today. They landed in San Francisco. The family made it. A day you will never forget im sure. Yes. This is absolutely incredible. I mean just having t
It was right on top of us. This beast was everywhere. It was all around us. Youve got to push through. You do not stop. I said, please send somebody. And she said, theres nobody to send. I survived. I survived. I survived. I survived. I survived californias largest wildfire. Reporter survivors would later say that it was like something alive. A living, breathing horror. Something monstrous that leaped from the woods near their homes to seemingly hunt them down. Its flames were so powerful, they would burn for more than a month. And so fast, they would tear through roughly three football fields per second. Hi im josh elliott. Welcome to this dateline special presentation. This monster was unlike anything anyone who witnessed it had ever seen. Californias largest wildfire on record, and one of its most destructive. And tonight, youll hear from the people trapped in its path, forced to leave everything behind as they ran wildly for their lives to flee a fire that would destroy all that it
Here, run. It was right on top of us. This beast was everywhere. It was all around us. Youve got to push through. You do not stop. I said, please send somebody. And she said, theres nobody to send. I survived. I survived. I survived. I survived. I survived californias largest wildfire. Reporter survivors would later say that it was like something alive. A living, breathing horror. Something monstrous that leaped from the woods near their homes to seemingly hunt them down. Its flames were so powerful, they would burn for more than a month. And so fast, they would tear through roughly three football fields per second. Hi im josh elliott. Welcome to this dateline special presentation. This monster was unlike anything anyone who witnessed it had ever seen. Californias largest wildfire on record, and one of its most destructive. And tonight, youll hear from the people trapped in its path, forced to leave everything behind as they ran wildly for their lives to flee a fire that would destroy