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His bravery as he laid on a stretcher with three broken ribs. he translated between the english speaking rescue workers and the spanish speaking bus riders. paramedics showing their appreciation by giving him a rescue helmet while he recovered in the hospital. the crash killed six people and injured 16 others. oscar was on the tour bus with 21 other passengers. this bus was traveling from mexico to los angeles when it hoyt a pickup truck and rolled over on to an embankment. >> gregg: with the ho...

Now, a young boy is hailed as a hero for translating from spanish to english between victims and rescue workers despite his own injuries. he was presented with a special hero of the day certificate for his heroic efforts at a phoenix hospital yesterday. >> he was like a rock. i mean he was worried more about his family than he was himself. >> shannon: there are reports that the bus traveling from mexico to the u.s. had a questionable safety rating and actually had lost its insurance and rights t...

Being watched. a bilingual fourth grader hurt in a bus accident is hailed as a hero as he helped rescue workers speak with nonenglish speaking passengers after the crash. he helped them communicate with non-english speaking passengers after a crash on the interstate. the accident killed six and injured more than a dozen others. those are the headlines and we heard from malini, an eight-year-old who was just allowed to tip his finger not vote. >> the parents love that because he cant wash the ink...

>> reporter: from the shoreline or from the high ground, the coastal town here looks the same. almost total destruction. "this is a catastrophe. this is a great thing. its like fire," he says. this was the scene shot by amateur videographers minutes after three tsunami waves swept through. witnesses say the waves rolled in five meters or 15 feet high shortly after the quake. you can make out a house roof floating off in the towns center flooded. now that same area is dry. fishing boats dragged m...

Still, karl penhaul went to a town hit by three tsunami waves. >> reporter: from the shoreline or from the high ground, the coastal town of dichato looks the same, almost total destruction. "this is a catastrophe. this is a great thing. and now its like fire," he says. this was the scene shot by amateur videographers minutes after three tsunami waves swept through their homes. witnesses say the waves rolled in 5 meters or 15 feet high shortly after the quake. you can make out a house roof floati...

>> reporter: from the shoreline or from the high ground, the coastal town here looks the same. almost total destruction. "this is a catastrophe. this sis a great thing. its like fire," he says. this was the scene shot by amateur videographers minutes after tsunami waves swept through. witnesses say the waves rolled in five meters or 15 feet high shortly after the quake. you can make out a house roof floating off in the towns center flooded. now that same area is dry. fishing boats dragged more t...

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And the town center flooded. now, that same area is dry. fishing boats dragged more than two miles from their moorings by the tsunami. rescue workers comb the sludge and debris for bodies. "were combing the wreckage by following the path the waves took as they swept into the town," he says. then the earth begins to heave again. theres just been an aftershock and the leaders of the firefighters has called for his men to suspend their search and head for what he calls the security zone. police in ...

Amateur videographers minutes after three tsunami waves swept away people and their homes. witnesses say the waves rolled in five meters, or 15 feet high, shortly after the quake. you can make out a house roof floating off, and the towns center flooded. now, that same area is dry. fishing boats drag more than two miles from their moorings by the tsunami. rescue workers comb the sludge and debris for bodies. "were combing the wreckage by following the path the waves took as they swept in to the t...

Even as local forces deal with security issues, emergency crews are still searching for survivors. they have been focusing on this apartment building in the city of concepcion where crews say they have heard tapping in the last few days but no word of any new rescues there today. other searchers in the town of constitution showed how far they can go to save any life as they pulled puppy from the rubble of this house. rescue workers giving that pup plenty of love after its ordeal man and beast to...