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>> laura's husband managed to escape. he's hospitalized with broken bones and a collapsed lung. joining me from wimberley, gabe gutierrez. the tragedy of that family and others dislocated those still missing. how are the search and rescue operations going on? >> reporter: hi andrea good afternoon. a lot of heart break here in wimberley. you heard from the sister of laura mccomb. search efforts are still underway this morning. we're in front of the blanco river. this is the river that overflowed saturday night into sunday. keep in mind andrea this river crested at 43 feet. its normal flood stag...

Floating down the river, can you imagine that? >> it was ripped out and floating. >> yes, the pillar it was on stilts and yes it was ripped from those pillars and floating down the river. and she get this is call can you imagine listening on the phone as this happening but she said her sister was calm. her sister told her the family was holding hands. we know later there is at least one survivor from that. authorities found jonathan mccomb. he amazingly survived. it's not clear how but he was found miles away. >> collapsed lung. >> he remains in the hospital as far as we know. and what happene...

Comes blazing through a minnesota hospital with a large metal bar. the patient reportedly getting the bar by disassembling a hospital bed. the nurses running. he follows them injuring four. one nurse suffered a collapsed lung. >> by every stretch of the imagination this was a highly violent incident. >> reporter: police confronted the man with a taser. he died later that night. incredibly, violence at a hospital is not entirely unusual. 60% of all nonfatal assaults and violent acts in the workplace occurred in the health care industry. in fact, 31 states now have laws in place aimed at protect...

We begin this morning with an iconic leader. former south african president and anti-apartheid hero nelson mandela has been admitted to a hospital in johannesburg for what was destroyed as routine tests. however, a source close to the 92-year-old who's battled tuberculosis and prostate cancer in the past says he's recovering from a collapsed lung. still, the nation's deputy president says "there is no need to panic." nbc has more. >> reporter: after 24 hours of virtually no information, a mandela family source has indicated that he's being treated for a collapsed lung, that he's recovering, an...