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We are back now with an intriguing development of the battle against alzheimer's disease. there is been a debate for years whether brain exercises can help worn off the disease. today scientists reported for the first time they they do work. morg morg morgan radford has the details. >> today for the first time scientists think they can prove it. it is one of the first interventions that we have found significantly reduced the dent of dementias across time. >> doctor edwards presented the research at the alzheimer's national krch national conversations today. >> she studied over 2785

Will be up over 100 degrees in the northern plains and dangerous types of heat. cecelia. >> it is hot out there. rob thank you. in hawaii there is a stunning story of survival. a small plane crashing into the ocean and the pilots in the water for 20 hours. before being rescued. abc on how they helped each other stay alive. reporter: tonight, two pilots recovering from their harrowing experience. lost at sea for over 20 hours. >> we have a report of two people in the water approximately three miles north of your field. >> reporter: 26-year-old david mcmahon and 22-year-old sidney uemoto, flyi...

Losing altitude at a rate of 56 feet a second. with all systems down, captain mackenzie switches to auxiliary power. with co-pilot keel hand flying the jet, it all comes down to stick and rudder skills. >> they go to hand-flying. that is, they actually physicalically, tactily fly the airplane. is it too slow, too fast? is it banking left or right? >> after losing radio contact for two minutes, first officer keel asks air traffic control to find an airport for emergency landing. the closest runway is 30 miles away at dobbins air force base. but can they make it with no engines? >> i'm surprised...

Minutes, the hail finally relet's not. flight attendant cooper opens the cockpit door. but nothing can prepare her for the look she sees in first officer keel's eyes when he turns to look at her. >> i didn't know the co-pilot that well. but he seemed extremely confident and level headed. and he screamed. he was obviously terrified. i could not see through the windows when i went into the cockpit, they were so cracked. i didn't see how we weren't knocked right out of the sky. i really didn't. >> had they break through the crowds below 3,000 feet, don foster doesn't see any place to land. for th...

>> when the pilot told us to stay seated, we were like, okay, yay. >> pilots here on the radio, "attention all aircraft," a routine advisory for planes in the area. >> the rain was so heavy at times that i couldn't even see the wingtip. >> the pilot is checking the radar to guide the co-pilot who is trying to find his way around the storm. he sees what looks like a patch of weather on the radar screen. >> we did not have doppler radar in those days. you had to use maximum tuning to get the information out of it. >> the weather turns violent. what foster sees next makes his blood run cold. >> t...