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Over board when the two boats collided. you also have another search that's going on right here at the base of that u.s. vessel "the destroyer" was brought back here. you have divers that are out there now. they have been searching there. they'll be looking at the most heavily portions, of course, of the destroyer. they'll be trying to get into every department. of course, that is to see whether or not any of those sailors could have become trapped when the destroyer was hit. don't forget, there was damage that was happening above and below the waterline. we're now told there was heavy floodin...

Where the collision took place between the fitzgerald and this merchant ship that was traveling across the coast of japan. and so big was it that there was flooding in certain areas, the machine room, in the sleeping quarters, two of the sleeping quarters where more than a hundred of seamen who were aboard the fitzgerald were probably sleeping at 2:30 a.m. so it was definitely a sense of panic as this collision took place. >> i guess there are more people hurt. thankfully, there weren't. but what do we know about the people who were killed, the sailors that didn't make it? >> you happen, there...

In under the waterline to see where and how the damage occurred. because we only see pictures of the damage to the right-hand side above the waterline. but the serious damage is likely to be below the surface. we're talking about areas like the machine room, the radio room, and the u.s. navy said they don't know yet when and how they can get into that area. but divers will be trying to gain access to that area to have more detail into how this accident occurred. 18 hours in, we still have many unanswered questions as to how this collision could have occurred to begin with. >> let me ask you th...

Out of the ship to prevent it from sinking. it came back to yokosca and only early this morning when the divers got a chance to go in were they able to identify the bodies. >> kaori, the vice admiral talked just a bit more about the extent of the damage on the ship. what more did you learn, can you tell us? >> well, unless this news conference a couple hours ago, what we were relying on were the visuals and we could only see what happened above the water line, which was extensive already to begin with. but now we know the serious damage was beneath the water line. we're talking about the berth...