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Esurance. now backed by allstate. click or call. thanks for staying with us tonight. police and fmpts are working to get families out of the flooded neighbors tonight. rescue workers carried children to safety in little ferry just a few hours ago. hundreds of thousands of firefighters, police officers and nurses continue to work in harms way tonight. they are members of americas middle class and they are the heroes in the wake of this storm. nearly 200 firefighters struggled to put out this si...

Long time for this to clear up. there are some towns even worse shape than this. well try to get over there later today. as far as damages go, the main pier has been completely chewed up by 15 foot waves we saw last night and there were at least 15 rescues carried out overnight by rescue guard and rescue workers. two fatalities in maryland. one from a tree coming down and a car skidded out of the government officials are really adamant telling people to stay off the roads. of course roads like t...

Officials waiting for the winds to die down. people are stuck on the barrier islands. and we know there is 20 fisher man on the barrier island and they are in contact and they are safe and have water and batteries. but as soon as the winds die down coast guard will go out and about. we know that the vissle 90 miles southeast of the cape hatteras. they sent out a distress call. they cant go rescue them because it is simply too dangerous. it may be a long day ahead for rescue workers. on >> steve:...

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 on to 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, laying in front of me. >> battalion chief kennet...

>> these young men and women who are willing to jump off of a bridge that they didnt know the depth. and a lot didnt know how to swim. just to make room for other people to have a better chance at catching their breath that was pretty extraordinary. >> as the minutes pass, panicked faces begin to look exhausted as rescue workers and journalists gather around them. this is the way of my journalism. take this picture. so my camera just hang up like that. and click. after that, just move a little b...

Hes about to see. >> they call, please get me water. im thirsty. please, help me. i really thought they must be dying. >> rescue workers desperately try to dislodge people one by one from the crush. it is pinning them down with incredible combined forces. >> think of it like dominos. as they fall over, its momentum. its the momentum of the entire mass. it only takes five people pushing against one to break a rib or smash a childs head. >> they had to start at each end and untangle people. pull t...

>> 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...

>> after hearing rumors of what is happening journalist carmichael races to the scene to file a report. by the time he and his friend arrive, survivors and the dead have nearly all been removed by rescue workers. >> were on the bridge. shooting some video and images to help me out. there were hundreds lying on the bridge. there were hundreds of people dead. they were scrambling to receive and retreat the injured. >> we saw the chaotic scenes of the hospital. people looking for friends and relati...

Photographer gets word of the situation and heads to the bridge to take pictures, but hes not prepared for what theyre about to see. >> please get me water. im thirsty. i really thought they must be dying. >> rescue workers desperately try to dislodge people one by one from the crush. and is pinning them down with incredible combined forces. >> think of it like dominos. its the momentum of the entire thing. it only takes five people pushing against one to break a rib or smash a childs head. >> t...

>> they had to stand on the pile. they had to stand on people and take one person at a time off the pile and pull them into safety. they were in cardiac arrest. they were technically dead, and they worked on them and resuscitated them and got a heartbeat and brought them back to life. it takes time for the rescue workers to get there. unfortunately these people didnt have any time. they were being asphyxiated from all the pressure up against them. they had minutes. not tens of minutes. >> despit...