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This silent body cam footage shows the desperate attempt by police to save a two-year-old boy and his parents as rainwater flooded their new york city basement apartment. with no special equipment, an officer at one point ducks into the murky water to feel for the apartment door as a brown teddy bear floats into view... but the officer comes up empty. the door is locked. back up from fire rescuers eventually arrived, but not in time, the family of three drowned. they were among at least 51 peopl...

Night to now. at this point do you think everyone has been accounted for, any rescues still going on this morning? >> im praying that we have closed the book on this, but, john, it is too early to tell. n.y.p.d., fire, ems, everyones out there still following up. but, look, what we do know, thank god, our roadways are clear again. people, homeowners, store owners yesterday are digging out, getting back to business. new yorkers are incredibly resilient. so, we went through a lot of pain in the la...

From a township perspective and homes and the damage to them and the digging out, cleaning up and rebuilding and look, thats where americans, people from new jersey, come together and we saw it last night and seeing it now. everybody supports one another. the help will be there. well clean up, well dig out and rebuild. i want to make one final comment. the governor -- i cannot thank enough the fact that the level of support from all levels of government. i got my congressman from a different dis...

Homes and the damage to them, and the digging out, cleaning up, and rebuilding. and, look, that is where americans, new jerseyans quintessentially come together. we saw it last night and were seeing it now. everybody supports one another. the help will be there. well clean up. well dig out, rebuild. one final comment that the governor -- again, i cannot thank enough the fact that the level of support from all levels of government. i got my congressman from a different district, by the way. congr...

Flooding with torrential rains. they obviously had no idea it was going to be like it was last night. and they got very nervous. they tried to check in with each other. one woman told me she was on facetime with her neighbor 12 hours as they watched this rainwater come up and down and sneak through their house, wreck a lot of their stuff and really put people in danger. lost the lives of two of their neighbors in the collapse behind me. so, the whole region where i am right now, this whole neigh...

First of all. and therefore if there is a shelter in need or any support, that is coming to us in spades, where were just getting so much offers for that. that will be our focus and we have that coordinated locally from a township perspective and then it becomes about these homes and the damage to them and the digging out, cleaning up and rebuilding. and, look, that is where americans, new jerseyans, quintessential shally come together and we saw it last night and were seeing it right now. every...

Thing begin next year the whole country will be closed down, there is still some states mostly democratic leadership where they still have businesses closed and i think even churches are still closed which i understand due to the first amendment. we didnt take that course instead of trying to close everything down, we try to keep everything open that we could as a result our economy is going and her people are working, theyre prospering again while other states are digging out, weve taken off i ...

Country will be closed down, there is still some states mostly democratic leadership where they still have businesses closed and i think even churches are still closed which i understand due to the first amendment. we didnt take that course instead of trying to close everything down, we try to keep everything open that we could as a result our economy is going and her people are working, theyre prospering again while other states are digging out, weve taken off i think exaggeration almost scare ...

Manager at serve ons international response team and has lead search and rescue missions across the world. he explained what the rescue effort would entail. thoughts go out to those affected and those rescuers who are digging out, trying to help. it is a technical rescue and from a firefighter background it is not like a house fire that is relatively fast in terms of rescue or even a car crash, which can be an hour or two at worst, but this is days and nights, slow methodical work, very technica...

I can now speak to dan cooke, whos operations manager at serve ons international response team and who has lead search and rescue missions across the world. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. first off, i am sure you have been following this story very closely, how would you classify this disaster? ~ , ., , disaster? well, yeah, it is terrible. _ disaster? well, yeah, it is terrible, isnt _ disaster? well, yeah, it is terrible, isnt it? - disaster? well, yeah, it is| terrible, isnt it? th...