. when s the last time you ate anything? about 4:00 yesterday. so you re out of food? yes. what about water? no. we don t have any water either. we haven t had water since probably about 3:00 or 4:00 this morning. because we grabbed like three pitchers we had in the ice box, and some lunch meet and bread but we ate it. no water and no hope. that was the situation for cynthia harman. she called into cnn yesterday begging for assistance. an hour later she got a coast guard rescue. of t . they had to tear a hole in the
i think it was cnn that actually got hold to the coast guard to get us out of there quickly because we kept seeing a lot of helicopters by the house, but as much as we kept waving and waving i m sure they had other people. we couldn t actually see them bring people up to the helicopter, but we just saw like we wanted to get out of there quick. we had been up there a couple days, and it was just getting hectic. especially not being able to eat and have water. i haven t slept yet. i ve been up since 7:00 today. it s like being lost at sea, isn t it? and you were rescued. oh, my god, like i was on my own island with the kids. it was scary. it really was scary. cynthia harman, let me say how glad we are you and your family are out safe. we really do wish you the best. thank you all so much. thank you for your efforts. i really appreciate it. cynthia harman rescued as the waters were lapping up, rising
we hear flooded streets often the most dangerous parts in storms like this. drew griffith, thank you so much. we re looking at live pictures and aerials. it is these aerials that give you a sense of the scope of the devastation, the flooding, literally as far as the eye can see. you see some people down there perhaps waiting to see who is going to be next to rescue them. i want to talk now to a storm survivor in port arthur, texas. to be clear, port arthur, a community that the mayor said today is entirely under water. cynthia harman, lucky to be alive now and joining us on the phone right now, rescued after several days in her attic. cynthia, please first just tell us how it feels to be out and to be on safer ground. fantastic. this feels so good, i tell you. i m still trying to calm down. the kids are good. they re taken real good care of. it s just good. we finally got some water. i drank like two bottles.