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Departing of apalachicola. but at least the fury of the rain and wind has stopped. a.j. smith, the county sheriff, he told us this morning or this afternoon this was absolutely the worst he has ever seen. very dramatic day. now that the bulk of the system is really moving north into georgia and the carolinas, people kind of getting a bit of a reprieve over here in apalachicola. everybody is still supposed to stay inside. we did see some guy off in the distance down water street wadding. he was about waist to chest deep. not sure what he was doing. checking on a business. who knows what. now th...

>> yes! >> okay. >> my son is on my back! >> okay, your son's on your back. okay, come on! >> reporter: after their truck got stuck, the massey family clinging to the trees for dear life for almost five hours. volunteer rescuers finding them. >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: mom kelly, 35 weeks pregnant, holding 6-year-old cameron and 4-year-old celine tight on the rescue boat. they and their father are safe tonight. >> honestly, i kept telling him, you know, if we can make it to sunrise, somebody's coming, you know, somebody's coming. >> reporter: in wilmington, we met karen and robert foster in ...

Me taking care of myself because the first thng i did yesterday is cut my finger real deep. she wanted me to go get a tetanus shot. so i think she must have called and put that question up to you. you know i'll be okay. >> well, she didn't, but i hope you do that because those things can be very, very serious. even a little cut, please do take care of yourself. as you are helping so many. thank you so much. >> well, good, i'm going back out tomorrow and i would suggest anybody who can help, hug your fellow man. that's what we're all about. >> don, thank you very much as we said don manly, help...

Cabins. these are up high. more than 40 feet above where the river sits. you can see the water marks. so water in these cabins were chest deep. they had 450 people here the night of the flood. they evacuated all of them. everyone is okay. that's the good news. they couldn't see anything. it happened at night. all they could do was hear the water. they heard it getting closer and closer and closer. they heard trees snapping limbs breaking and heard cabins going away. that's what they were listening to know they needed to seek higher ground. everyone is okay. the big concern now is more rain. we...

When something goes terribly wrong. the historic firehouse crumbles into a pile of rubble. august 21st, 2008, peekskill, new york, after months of planning, workers begin the slow and delicate operation of moving the firehouse. the firehouse, built in 1890, is home to the centennial hose company. it serves the peekskill community for 90 years before closing in 1980 because of recurring problems with flooding. >> every time we had heavy rains, it would flood out our firehouse. we used to be knee-deep. sometimes chest-deep in water at the fire station. >> despite decades of neglect, firefighters...