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Throw her a line. but the celebration is premature. >> evidently the person didnt have enough strength to hold on so they could be pulled to safety. >> the powerful falling water keeps sucking her under. further downstream, her husband does not make it out alive and his body is recovered by rescue workers. >> i was already down at that other bridge because i was going to try to save that guy because i thought the woman was okay. and i ran back up here and my boss told me to get the crane closer....

Get as close as they can and throw her a line. but the celebration is premature. >> evidently the person didnt have enough strength to hold on so they could be pulled to safety. >> the powerful falling water keeps sucking her under. further downstream, her husband does not make it out alive and his body is recovered by rescue workers. >> i was already down at that other bridge because i was going to try to save that guy because i thought the woman was okay. and i ran back up here and my boss tol...

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 difficult to overcome. >> we tried to whoevhover up to but its hot. we didnt get that ...

>> sharon remains calm and tries to soothe the upside down arabian. >> i was able to calm her so that she wouldnt panic. i talked to her. >> barry spears is one of the first rescue workers on the scene. >> this is the first time we were called in to rescue somebody that was trapped underneath a horse and the horse was upside down. it just presented new problems we had never dealt with before. >> the rescue teams greatest fear is spooking the horse. >> the horse is already in a predicament its no...

Jenna: this fox news alert. leading loving and tornado watches in effect for parts of louisiana and mississippi as tropical storm isaac stolz. the storm is weakening, but you have drenching rain and the wind that could continue for several days. he paired in his life along the coast and mississippi. the last time we saw you, you are in the water. have you dried up at all? >> still in the water. a different kind of water. these gentlemen are state and county rescue workers. they are bringing a ge...

We have seen a lot of rescue workers, usually driving humvees which can only get to a senator point because it is deep fast. this was a park off to my right and someones house to the left. most of these houses have been the up after katrina seven years ago. a lost them are on bricks 30 high. but when you start to get water 4 or 5 on a main road like this it creates tremendous difficulty for anyone trying to get away or for rescuers to get in. this place is not the worst of it. we have been tryin...

Line to him. there was an idea of somebody crawling up the inside of one of the smoke stacks next to the crane. whos going to be able to jump that far. >> rescue workers decide another airborne attempt is the only way to reach the top of the crane. the plan calls for firefighters matt to dangle 80 feet below the helicopter and be lowered on to the burning hot crane and attach himself to ivers. >> i can remember seconds after being lifted, this calm came over you. there was nothing else you could...

It hit in the trailer and it kind of scooted down the trailer and then it was pushing on the cab. and then it knocked down signal s. rocks were flying everywhere. >> mark skaggs lives in town and videos trains for a hobby. hes recording a different train moments before impact and almost misses the collision. >> i heard the whistle blowing and i spun around and caught it just at that instant. i kind of had a sinking feeling because i thought, oh, man, this guy could be dead. >> the train engineer...

Videos trains for a hobby. hes recording a different train moments before impact and almost misses the collision. >> i heard the whistle blowing and i spun around and caught it just at that instant. i kind of had a sinking feeling because i thought, oh, man, this guy could be dead. >> the train engineer and conductor check on the truck driver. he survives. rescue workers arrive quickly and take him to the hospital. hes released the next day. >> he was fortunate that the train wasnt going any fas...

I kind of had a sinking feeling because i thought, oh, man, this guy could be dead. >> the train engineer and conductor check on the truck driver. he survives. rescue workers arrive quickly and take him to the hospital. hes released the next day. >> he was fortunate that the train wasnt going any faster. it could have been much worse. >> and in the southeastern united states, another train enthusiast gets the shock of a lifetime. november 21st, 2007, salisbury, north carolina. a tractor-trailer ...