all of us here, we were just praying and hoping it would turn out well. we couldn't envision how it could have turned out well, but this is very relieving. >> anything troubling when you hear more about the family's background the fact that they participated in this reality television show "wife swap" that the father considered himself an amateur scientist, a storm chaser, people describe him as somewhat narcissistic, does any of that bother you? >> that's irrelevant to us. the colorado national guard is to serve the public. the public is who we serve and it doesn't matter their background. i wouldn't want that to be a factor on who we choose to rescue and not rescue. >> at a certain point today, we got these report that the colorado national guard dispatched a helicopter. what had you envisioned at the time when everybody thought the boy was onboard, what did you think you might be able to do? >> we really weren't sure.