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Eye can see. Happening now, breaking here. These are all turtle eggs. Going to stay offshore. Sad stories because there was a a cnn crew sees hundreds of they have lost thousands and all eyes need to be on the and it got to the point where things i took news. Utter devastation. Carolinas. For granted got tougher to do. 17yearold girl celebrating her were getfaas the homes underwater as ordinary we are talking about South Carolina, North Carolina, thousands. This is an area that is protected for turtles. Especially charleston, a very thought surgery was my only option. Citizens work to rescue i...

Survivors are five members of the crew. they pounded on bob and shirley hansen's nearby boat for help. >> they were all in their underwear, okay? all five crew members. and while one of them was in levis, but they were torn. it's what he just threw on. >> it was such a hopeless, helpless feeling to watch that boat burn. >> reporter: the surviving crew recalled those who may have been onboard at the time. >> some of the crew told me such sad stories because there was a 17-year-old girl celebrating her birthday with her parents. she might not have another birthday. >> reporter: of the 20 bodies ...

Accident. just tragic numbers we're looking at knowing that 14 more people are still missing with those five that were rescued. they think about this, the crew members that jumped off and swam around and found their way over to the other boat that just happened to be in the area, of course labor day weekend so a lot of people enjoying the weekend here in santa barbara. they managed to pound on the side of the boat that belongs to bob and shirley hansen and just take a listen to the hansens talk about what it was like and how they're feeling about it. >> from bow to stern. >> it was such a hope...

In santa barbara with more. what is the status at this point, stephanie. >> reporter: you take a look at what was supposed to be the perfect get away dive weekend and as the santa barbara county sheriff puts it, it turned into the worst case scenario, a fire in a remote place in the middle of night. a devastating inferno engulfing a dive boat on santa cruz island in california with 39 people on board. >> it's fully engulfed from bow to stern, i mean, and flames probably 30 phofeet high. >> it was such a helpless feeling to watch that boat burn. >> reporter: officials telling "the new york time...

That she was aboard "the conception" we're told that the 31-year-old took an interest as a diver as a little girl. the fire tore through the vessel 20 miles off santa cruz island on the early morning hours of labor day. fire officials believe most of the victims were below deck asleep. interior pictures taken labor day show how close the quarters were. and a mayday call about whether there was lack of fire extinguishers and whether a hatch was locked. the coast guard made it clear that neither was an issue. they inspected it annually. and it was in compliance. a passing boat described the angu...