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Incredibly heart breaking story is that your brother witnessed it all happening. >> yeah. van go down, knowing his parents are in it, his great nieces and nephews are in it. and its his brothers, which our brother danny, his grandkids. >> how did you get the word today that they had actually found the van? >> danny called me and said his son andrew found the van. >> by himself? >> he went over there by himself to find it. the i dont know if he had anybody else. he just told me andrew was there a...

I cant stop it. >> everybody understands that. i mean in other words, it could have been worse, could have been more loss. >> yes. i mean if he went down. he even said -- whats wrong with you. i mean if if he went down, we wouldnt know. we would still think theyre at a shelter or something or at least hoping thats where they were. we wouldnt know. andrew wouldnt know to go look for the van down there. we wouldnt know what route he took. i told him to take the back roads because the fleeway was f...

>> its just me i guess we got to get out of here. i if tell asleep. neighbor just woke us up. watering coming in the house. >> then, when he realized he had fallen asleep it was starting to get too late. >> yes. >> but then he figured out he could still get out because your brother had left a van. >> yes. >> how did you find out what had happened across that bridge? >> well, my sister-in-law called me, and said that -- she was hysterical and said sammy lost control of the van and mom and dad are...

It could be a days fix, and this is of city without water is going to be a problem especially with all thewater surrounding it that you cant use. the thats one of the bigger problems here. they are going to begin now starting to door to door rescues, checks, to make sure everything is good. but as of right now, the city water supply, that is the big problem in beaumont. >> absolutely, drew. these keep us posted on whats happening there. theres obviously great concern. now to the human tragedy ...

He was able to get out. but he watched as the van then submerged with six of his young relatives and his parents. so, we went and talked to another brother in that family. about the heart breaking turn of events when he had been told that the van and bodies had been found. when you knew hurricane harvey was heading here, your family came up with a plan. what was that plan? >> i said what are you planning on doing? he said well im going to stay and if the water starts coming up ill put them in th...