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They were dying in your arms. how did you do that? >> i don't know. i'm not the most courageous and strongest person. something wouldn't let me run. like, everybody was running out the door and something wouldn't let me go. i was seeing everybody around me, you know, one of two things, either they were running for their lives and they had -- there's no reason why you wouldn't. and then there was just random people stopping and helping people and picking people up off the ground and dragging them through the bar because they couldn't walk. and, you know, there was a whole series of events that ...

That night. it was sunday night. we were headed from the dallas area to houston and our friends, they were contacted saying that this family was left behind and they couldn't get out. it was a complicated situation because of the son that was bedridden. he just had major surgery and he couldn't walk or sit up on his own. they were afraid if they weren't taken out that night they might not make it through the night. so joshua, he obviously spearheaded this whole us coming out here and we got there at about midnight sunday night and we were able to dock off of a highway ramp and make it there by...

Wish you well. >> thank you. >> shepard: matt, water to the gables could -- that's a very frightening thought. if the water gets to the gables, people inside don't have air. they have water. >> here's more children, shepard. more people being propped up against this median. this has served as the base. we've seen some very elderly people that couldn't walk and had to be carried here. they sat in the rain for quite a while. all of these volunteers are doing everything they can. you can see the numbers are somewhat overwhelming right now. >> shepard: matt finn. we don't have communications with ...

House wasn't flooded yet. but in like an hour, his whole house started to flood. he had his grandma, his wife, his kids and we had to get out of there, too. his grandma couldn't walk. baby kids like two or three years old. and we had to carry them, too. we had to help them. >> six people in this house that had to rush out in the flood waters and you see the rest of your neighborhood is under water. >> yes, sir. everybody from that neighborhood that their house got flooded, they left all that neighborhood. everybody left. >> and you guys all just started swimming in. >> yeah, we all started swi...

Moving so quickly and was rising so quickly. here is the mind-boggling thin, jim. yesterday as about this hour, i couldn't walk down this pathway. i wouldn't be able to stand right here where i'm standing, because i would be completely under water. let me show you some debris so you can see. there's barricades, people's belongings. a rug. i mean, all sorts of things. a lot of debris that's been flowing through here. this walkway turned into a pier while that water was raging. now, behind me is -- well, i mean, it's an overflowed buffalo bayou. now, this is where two bayous meet, supposed to em...