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capturing the winds, smoke, and flames bearing down on him. >> you can feel the heat off the traffic. it's just -- >> reporter: denny, thinking he wouldn't survive, said his final good-byes. >> my dad and my mom, my son, david, i love you all. >> reporter: speaking with our melissa adan. >> i can honestly say, i've been through hell and back, and thank god they didn't want me. >> reporter: for many in lahaina, jumping into the ocean was their only escape from those thousand-degree flames devouring a mile every minute. >> you're going to be okay. >> reporter: 19-year-old noah tomkinson, along with his mother and younger brother, wading in the water for five hours. >> we're through the worst of it. we're going to be okay. >> reporter: the family of joe schilling, known locally as uncle joe, says they believe he died trying to help his neighbors. sharing the last photos they received from him, homes about