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More than a day as search efforts continue to try to locate seven missing sailors. those search efforts coming to an end with the navy announcing that divers had made a discovery going down into the flooded compartments of a ship that has returned to port now. they say they discovered remains of sailors. the commander of the 7th fleet here spoke to the media today talking about what the final moments on board that ship may have been like. is there anything you can share about the circumstances that those sailors were facing in those moments down in those birthing areas? do we know if these sai...

Fitzgerald which collided with another ship two days ago. it's quite murky this story. we all want to know what happened but let's get the latest on what was discovered in the hull of that ship. >> reporter: the uss fitzgerald took quite a huge hit. there was heavy damage to the starboard side of the ship and the birthing areas where over a hundred sailors were sleeping at the time of the collision. there are certainly a lot of questions. there was a lot of water and very little time. in order for anyone to escape, they described it as a traumatic situation where the entire crew had to fight i...

Divers to go below the water line and see what area was impacted. there were multiple birthing areas that were impacted so it's possible that sailors could have been asleep at the time of theism pact. >> and the u.ss "john mccain" i not named for senator mccain, it was named for his father and grandfather. you can probably only imagine the protection, the gps, the radar that is available to these ships, how does this kind of thing happen? >> we should remember that these are extremely busy shipping lanes, andrea, this is not a ship just in the open ocean with maybe one or two other ships aroun...

Those sailors were facing in those moments down in those birthing areas? do we know if these sailors were awake at the time of the collision, if they were awake afterward and if they tried to escape? also if you could just very briefly give us the mechanics of this crash. are we talking about a t-bone a sideswiping? were there any call for help in advance or any efforts to maneuver to avoid a collision from either vehicle? >> thanks for your comments there. so it was a at 2:20 in the morning. we do have watch teams that are awake throughout the night. but a significant part of the krou w crew ...