translator: the water was just too strong and swept him away, and i had to leave the poor thing to its death. poor thing. no one could save him. for tense moments, it looks like iliar will also be swept away. it was very, very dangerous. we thought the rope would break. iliar hasn t made a knot to hold on to. with the unrelenting water pulling her down, she hangs on for her life as her neighbors scream in horror. it was her hands that were gripping it. there was no knot. it was loose. with iliar clinging to the rope with all of her strength, the neighbors on the roof brace themselves and pull. translator: we pull and pull. i couldn t see her. i thought, i don t think i can pull anymore. i don t think i can stand it. slowly, painfully, iliar is hoisted up one floor at a time. as she dangles over the raging
roof. he and another neighbor throw it across the raging waters. iliar manages to catch the rope. it s her only hope of survival. she will almost certainly drown if it breaks. reporter: daniel was yelling really loud for me to make a really tight knot. iliar tries to save at least one of her dogs. translator: my greatest anxiety was about my pets. it s a horrifying scene, and there s no time for second guesses. translator: everything was happening so fast. there was no time to stop and think about what was going on. with the rope tied haphazardly and with no second to spare, iliar plunges into the roaring river. she s immediately swept downstream and taken under. as the rapids batter iliar, she grabs onto the slippery rope with both hands, forced to let go of her dog.
translator: the water was just too strong and swept him away, and i had to leave the poor thing to its death. poor thing. no one could save him. for tense moments, it looks like iliar will also be swept away. it was very, very dangerous. iliar hasn t made a knot to hold on to. with the unrelenting water pulling her down, she hangs on for her life as her neighbors scream in horror. it was her hands that were gribbing. there was no knot. it was loose. with iliar clinging to the rope with all of her strength, the neighbors on the roof brace themselves and pull. translator: we pull and pull. i couldn t see her. i thought, i don t think i can pull anymore. i don t think i can stand it. slowly, painfully, iliar is hoisted up one floor at a time. as she dangles over the raging waters, no one is certain that she ll make it to the top without the rope breaking.
quickly becomes stuck. i knew that i was trapped when the water took the stairs away, and then there was no way i could come down. still, iliar believes she and her dogs will be okay. translator: i didn t think it could keep rising and rising like that, so much so that i just sat there on the table, waiting. television reporter bruno macelles is covering the floods. what he sees is terrifying. houses demolished in an instant. ten seconds, the house was there. and you look again, the house doesn t exist anymore. as the cameraman films from above the river, bruno spots iliar alone. she was alone with her dogs, screaming for help. and we saw there was nobody was there to help her. iliar s situation is about to go from bad to worse. bruno watches as her only shelter crumbles all around her. the wall behind her just broke down, and then the terrace was completely filled with
roof. he and another neighbor throw it across the raging waters. iliar manages to catch the rope. it s her only hope of survival. she will almost certainly drown if it breaks. reporter: daniel was yelling really loud for me to make a really tight knot. iliar tries to save at least one of her dogs. translator: my greatest anxiety was about my pets. it s a horrifying scene, and there s know time for second guesses. translator: everything was happening so fast. there was no time to stop and think about what was going on. with the rope tied haphazardly and with no second to spare, iliar plunges into the roaring river. she s immediately swept downstream and taken under. as the rapids batter iliar, she grabs onto the slippery rope with both hands, forced to let go of her dog.