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An amazing rescue effort has saved the lives of hundreds aboard a ferry. rescue workers have plucked these people off one by one. in all, 427 people managed to escape the burning ship and eight people died. the ferry was going from greece to italy when the fire started. joining me is nema. are there still people aboard this ship at all? >> reporter: my understanding is that there are crew members still being ferried off but the main ship the rescue ship still hasnt stopped and that gives you a s...

We are covering breaking news as unbelievable as it sounds a passenger jet is missing, again in the seas off of southeast asia. the airasia jet was carrying 162 people when it lost contact with indonesia air traffic control early sunday morning. the plane was on a flight from indonesia to singapore and the planes last flight transmission was a request to change altitude because of weather. e rescue workers were at all night with search lights over the java sea. karen mcginnis is at the flight ce...

He is an evil, deranged man, and to associate him with the protesters is to demean a reasonable cause. >> youre going to have an extraordinary hour later tonight at 10:00 p.m. on cnn, don. give us a preview. >> its going to be very emotional. were going to have four of the rescue workers who tried to save these two officers. when my producer spoke to them, they said if we could still be working on those officers right now, we would be working on them. if you read the accounts, they kept saying i...

>> all i could remember seeing and feeling a burst of power hit my chest and explosives hit my chest. and a big ball of orange flame. i was totally engulfed in flame. >> i thought i saw three people die. i really did think i saw three people die. >> incredibly, moments later, the sheriff is back on his feet. then he sees rosland emerge from the burning vehicle. >> he was totally engulfed in flames. >> rosland falls to the ground when a second bomb in the back seat of the car explodes. rescue wor...

Be a more recent victim for any type of prosecution. tom llamas, abc news, new york. authorities are searching for a suspect who shot a fedex driver with a high powered rifle. the suspect jumped out of the van, shot the fedex driver and fled the scene. the driver was rushed to the hospital and is in stable condition. its unclear if the suspect knew the fedex driver or if it was a random act. a mail truck carrying holiday gifts crashed and rolled over in florida. the packages spilled all over...

Everybody on the ground, i didnt know whether i was going to get down or not. i thought that was my end. i just sit there and pray. which is nice to have time to ask god forgiveness before -- ask him to forgive you for anything that you have done to anybody else. >> but first responders arent about to give up. helicopters attempt to approach the top of the crane. >> were going to make a couple of passes just to see what we can do with it. >> the heat and 40-mile-an-hour wind prove to be difficul...

Shaking community. rescue workers arrived on the scene and she was alive barely. what she whispered to them may lead to the killer. heres martin savidge. >> reporter: their teenage daughter burned alive. >> they have ripped everything i have. >> reporter: they report a burning car on a road and within minutes, the volunteer firefighter arrives. >> we just expected a car on fire. >> reporter: a teen burns from the darkness. in this small town, they know her. >> i realized who the victim was. it w...

>> there was another miracle. so we are keyed in on the cab to see if theres any movement, if anything happens with this guy. and when he pops out, we were overjoyed. >> the driver also has a passenger who is nowhere to be found. a closer look at the video shows the man flying out of the crashing truck into the grass. rescue workers find him still alive. >> im up in this helicopter. i have no idea that theres a passenger, and he was blown out of the truck right away as soon as it hit the guardra...

May 7, 2009. a gas leak has firefighters from prince georges county busy evacuating a strip mall in forestville, maryland. a camera on board a fire truck shows two firefighters walking in front of the building when suddenly it explodes. the powerful blast blows out several storefronts and causes the ceiling to collapse onto firefighters still inside. other rescue workers rush to aid those caught in the fireball. >> i know i had injured firefighters down on the ground that were clearly hurt layin...

Lives. but hundreds of rescue workers are searching for several other people still missing. look at that. thousands have been evacuated. storms pounding the region in recent weeks. ivan cabrera is here with us for more about southern france and how long -- >> terrible stuff. its been going on for weeks. just keeps raining there. weve gotten two months of rain in just -- essentially in 12 hours. can you imagine that. thats whats been happening. still imagery but some of these pictures are just dr...