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. one hurricane harvey survivor caution our attention and many others with his reaction to the devastation around him. erick hardy is his name. he returned to his flooded houston home to get some of his kids' toys when he spotted his piano with its keys just above the water. he used this initiative to see if it still worked. the video went viral. you'll see why. ♪ a fellow musician, a kindred
But yam may agreed to replace the piano for him. >> that's cool. >> yeah. >> so he doesn't know about that yet? >> no, i don't think he knows about that yet. but, you know he represents a lot of people down there who are musicians and as you know, a lot of these people don't have flood insurance. when they replace their items they are going to replace their essentials first. and, you know, being a musician, music is like -- it's like oxygen. and i think it is an essential and i was just so thrilled to siam may come to the plait and i just hope i'm sort of hear representing all the musicians in...
Show his son that the piano is still okay. obviously it's not okay because it's been submerged in water for so long and will continue to be. this is going to have a huge effect on eric and all his kids as well. i appreciate your time vanessa, thank so much. >> you're so welcome, thanks for having me on. >> an act of kindness. we've been in texas for a couple days now. the one constant has been all the heroes of this storm. the every day people who done extraordinary things, who jumped in to lend a hand. reached out to help those in the flood waters, complete strangers sometimes. let's take a l...
Spirit vanessa carson saw that video and was moved. i spoke to her before air time. vanessa, the video of erick playing the piano what went through your mine when you saw it? >> well, i saw it on my phone, this image of a man playing a piano with a room filled with 6 feet of water and i started to cry. i, myself i'm a pianist and it occurred to me in that moment like oh my gosh, the musicians and instruments and that's when i tried to figure out who that man was. >> you want to try to help eric and his family, can you tell us about it? >> yeah, i reached out to eric, i found his number and i c...
Axelrod, david gergen, thanks very much. when we come back, an update on a story that we brought you last night. the houston dad of seven who played a waterlogged piano in his flooded out home to show his son that the 35piano was still . the video has inspired people around the world. now musician vanessa carlton wants to help his family and she'll tell us her plan next. u t out of every one of them. only proprietary tempur material precisely conforms to your body. you get up to twice as much pressure relieving power, so you won't toss and turn. and tempur-pedic is the best at minimizing mot...