Gary Mcphearson News Today

Officials say at least 17 people were killed in the slide on saturday, and at least 90 others perhaps are still missing. the official death toll is expected to rise further as the experts pull the bodies from the debris. >> reporter: these are the latest pictures from the disaster zone. the mud in many places, some three to four stories high that came crashing down from the hillside and within a matter of seconds one square mile of what once was a community, now coated and covered. gary mcphears...

Fight for his and her life. his air force training kicked in. stay calm, try to find a way out. he grabbed a stick. >> i havent got anymore stick left. and i started waving it. >> reporter: a rescuer saw the stick and pulled gary to safety. but all gary could think about was trying to save linda. she didnt make it. >> she was gone. >> reporter: there are so many stories of heartbreaking loss in the oso mudslide. the rising numbers of those who died, the missing and those who survived. the search...