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Are you okay? yeah. ill jump -- ill jump on one. yeah. im in rockport. dad, i love you. >> aaron and his dad were later reunited in austin, texas. imagine that desperation multiplied by the tens of thousands all across texas. >> all those folks displaced and trying to make sure everyones okay. the storm is still happening. it is still happening now. a lot more rain to come. lets check cnn "money stream." global stock markets, u.s. stock futures falling after north korea launched a mill over ja...

Harvey, there are stories of courage and survival. aaron mitchell says he lost everything in the storm. he had no cell phone service since thursday. he is frantically searching for his family, even walking 12 miles in the dark to try to find his father. >> cnns nick valencia and crew were able to use a satellite phone to help mitchell make contact. havent gotten ahold of anybody. if my mom and dads watching, im okay. >> reporter: what are their names? >> betty and brian. >> reporter: where wer...

Somewhere. i dont know. maybe i should have left. maybe i should have left. >> were going to get you the help you need, man, and have a satellite phone. well be able to get you in touch with somebody. john, this story is not unique. as hard as it is to hear aaron mitchell tell his story, weve talked to so many residents here that have gone through the same thing. theyve lost their home, their livelihoods. they dont know what to do. local agencies are here, trying to help out. viewers may be aski...

They dont know how to cope with what they experience. when we got here, it was saturday at 7:00 in the morning as the sun had come up. i cannot begin to describe to you the look in the eyes of the individuals who rode the storm out here. it was as if they saw a near death experience. the army is helping those individuals here like aaron mitchell, giving them mris. some of the residents werent able to get the food that was here being provided because they ran out. supplies are limited here. local...

Im going to -- ill be right there. yes. yes, sir. bye, dad. >> reporter: we can report aaron mitchell, a while ago got on one of those buses. they are waiting to depart to austin to be reconnected with his father. so many other residents may take that bus as well. local agencies, theres a dozen or so buses waiting to take people like aaron mitchell north and evacuate them from the area. it is just, i cant tell you what a touching moment that was to witness. being surrounded by this devastation, ...

Those. just a little while ago we were able to help connect aaron mitchell with his father. theres nothing i can do to describe this moment, to give it justice. well let you look >> okay, dad. im going jump on a bus. ill be there. are you okay? yeah. ill jump on one. yeah. im in rockport. okay. dad, i love you. okay. all right. im going to get off here. ill be right there. yes. yes, sir.

Foundation. its a free program where they have developed a prevention program for children and its interactive with rocky, the dalmatian pup, and it trains children to how they can help prevent events from costing them their lives and their families lives. its a great program. >> something everyone needs to think about when the times are not as tough as they are right now, as were seeing in the coast of texas. james lee witt, former director of fema, thanks for being with us. appreciate it. >> t...

His trailer park was leveled. he couldnt get in touch with his family and friends and worried the worst happened to his father. fortunately, we have a satellite phone and we were able to connect aaron mitchell with his father. what happened is nothing short of amazing. >> okay, dad. im going to jump on the bus. ill be there. are you okay? yeah. ill jump on one. yeah, im in rockport. okay. dad, i love you. okay. all right. love you. im going to get off here.

Bye, dad. >> reporter: all the credit goes to our sound tech engineer for making that connection and connecting aaron mitchell to his father. behind us are buses evacuating rockport residents to austin, texas where aaron mitchells father is. you are looking at him talking to a member of the army. aaron is okay and going to be reunited with his family. such an amazing moment to see. we have been surrounded by tragedy and moments like that, tender, beautiful moments dont come often. >> in the few ...

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