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Through the ice. rescue workers risked their own lives dragging her out of the icy water and back to safety. in western maine, two boys were rescued after spending the night in below zero temperatures when their snowmobiles got stuck in the mountains. they holed up in a shed and built a fire until game wardens found them safe and sound. they were visiting from rhode island and headed to their grandfathers camp. the dangerous conditions arent limited to the northeast. ice and snow from kansas to ...

It w snoet ♪ ♪ it was supposed to be a routine flight from philadelphia to houston but it ended up being a white knuckle heart stopping emergency landing experience for some passengers. >> passengers were told to brace for impact after the planes nose gear failed to deploy. abcs david kerley has the story. >> reporter: that light nearing the runway is a jet in distress. >> emergency in progress on runway 27. >> the u.s. airways embrere jetliner lights up the darkness with sparks landing wi...

Realized that there were more bodies that were under the tables as well people that might have tried to sort of hide from the attackers or -- you know i have no idea -- i dont know what happened but -- so yeah thats what happened and then very very quickly the police came in the rescue workers came in and the place was packed with people so we just decided to withdraw to our offices and to leave room for the emergency professionals to you know to work properly there. >> as he was describing the ...

And then very quickly the police came in. the rescue workers came in and the police sort of -- the place was packed with people so we decided to go to our offices and to leave room for the emergency professionals to work properly there. >> what an awful, gruesome scene you and several others im sure saw this morning. how many people did you see injured? how many bodies did you see? what were people saying? >> it was very weird because as i was running up the stairs with my colleague, he told me ...

It took rescue workers approximately two hours to find the plane. just searching through the woods. there was really nothing reflective on the plane help with their flash lights. a small fire that she told us about had extinguished itself. so we really had nothing to go on. we had general direction to look for. she had the survival mindset she had to get help for her family and she started that trek through the woods. theres not any houses in that area she was in. a lot of the houses that are ac...

Help set the scene for me of what she had to endure to find this man, to find safety. >> on friday night it was raining, there was some fog, some dense fog that was out, no moon light. so almost pitch black. it took rescue workers approximately two hours to find the plane. just searching through the woods. there was really nothing reflective on the plane to help with their flash lights but a small fire that she had told us about had extinguished itself. so we really had nothing to do on. when he...

He still has family members who im in touch with and we get along very well. it was a good match all around. >> what a cool lady. you can catch the acclaimed new cnn film about the life of film critic roger ebert, this sunday at 9:00 eastern. top of the hour. thanks for rolling with us. this is cnns special live coverage of the deadly airasia plane disaster and while search crews may not have found a fuselage yet, they have recovered some bodies. seven of them so far. local reports say a teena...

Effort, what are the chances of us those researchers and rescue workers getting the black bofls in possession. >> i think is excellent. take the shadow out of the picture for a bit. once they ijdhind cast from where they found the debris on the surface it they hind cast using set and drift and current wind conditions, they will search if sonar and find the debris field with sonar and have all the pieces, they will have a good 3d image of what is on bottom. the black boxes are typically located n...

The victims. this is the way of my journalism. i must do it. i take this picture. so, my camera just hang up like that, and click. after that, just move a little bit to see how to help people and release people from the pile. after that, i just asked somebody, why, what has happened? nobody can answer that. >> after hearing rumors of what is happening, journalist carmichael races to the scene to file a report. by the time he and his friend, daravuth arrive, survivors and the dead have nearly all...

Over, they gain momentum, but its the momentum of the entire mass. it only takes five people pushing against one to break a rib, collapse a lung or smash a childs head. >> governments said there could be 8,000 people in the tangled mess on the bridge. they had to start at either end and untangle people, pull them out one by one. >> trying to free up vital room on the bridge, many decide to take their chances in the tunlai sap river. >> these young men and women who were willing to jump off of a ...