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Are going off of now. the four crew members were rescued very quickly after our boats got on the scene yesterday morning. we continued to search all yesterday morning with no signs of life for survivors. so just a tragic story all around. and our hearts really are still with the family as we get more information on this story. brian: lastly real quick. i heard one exchange they are locked downstairs and one of the operators, emergency operators said can you get back in and get them out? are you concerned about the actions of the crew or did they not have a choice just to jump overboard? >> wel...

Here. >> you did? >> we did. we operate and get the lay of the land and look around and we check the conditions and we come in a day or two ahead and that is what we do. >> wow. and what brings -- what makes you do this? there are a lot of folks who would like to do something and don't get up and do something like you did. >> you look at it. the conditions are terrible. we've done this before and people don't know how to handle it. unfortunately a lot of us have dealt with this so we help our neighbor. that is what we do. >> you dealt with loss in katrina so you know what it is like to live th...

Place and we are afraid the trees will fall on our emergency personnel and kill them. we have to assess it before we can get out there. i can tell you, they are coming in and the calls are coming in, and for those folks that heeded the advice of the emergency operators, that's what we wanted them to do, but those that rode the storm out we knew we would have these kinds of situations, but we will get out there as soon as we can, and these men and women are dedicated to saving peoples' lives and that's what we are going to do. >> mayor saffo i understand you receive add call from the president ...

Bulldozers and backhoes were cleaning up the debris. the storm surge covered all lanes of the highway. that is open a and has been a long day of cleanup. you see the light at the hard rock they are back up and open. trying to recover the business they lost when everyone evacuated. >> molly: alabama also got hit hard. can you bring us up-to-date on what it's like over there? >> they got 6 feet of storm surge around midnight last night. that caused roads to be covered in water and many cars and trucks had to be pulled out her they were submerged in berlin. about ten people according to emergency...

Bulldozers and backhoes were cleaning up the debris. the storm surge covered all lanes of the highway. that is open a and has been a long day of cleanup. you see the light at the hard rock they are back up and open. trying to recover the business they lost when everyone evacuated. >> molly: alabama also got hit hard. can you bring us up-to-date on what it's like over there? >> they got 6 feet of storm surge around midnight last night. that caused roads to be covered in water and many cars and trucks had to be pulled out her they were submerged in berlin. about ten people according to emergency...