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So we stepped out on street and we saw a little float boat and a man named rod helped us load up in the boat and took us to the elementary school just across the street. and then my husband waited out in the water and flagged down a bigger boat which had shannon and travis on that boat and they took us to safety as our neighborhood was impassable by car or foot. >> yeah. >> so they were our heros on monday to help us evacuate. >> nash, what was that like for you to see all of the water? >> not very scary for me. it was kind of fun. kind of scary. >> it was kind of fun? it was kind of fun to se...

Strangers came together to rescue an elderly man, trapped in his car. as he was being swept away by the floodwaters. the group quickly formed a human chain, stretching from dry land to the man's car. >> grab him! >> the car was sinking fast. but rescuers, were able to get the driver's door open and pull the man to safety. he was taken to a local hospital, and reunited with his son. monster truck owners, also answered the call, the self-proclaimed redneck army, used their trucks to rescue people from the floodwaters. from an elderly woman in a wheelchair, to this submerged military vehicle. tru...

And i started to cry. i, myself am a pianist and it occurred to me the musicians and the instruments and that is when i tried to figure out that who that man >> you want to fry to help eric and his family, can you tell us about it? >> yes, i reached out to eric. i found his number and i, i called him this morning. and i reached out to yamaha because i am a, yamaha sponsored musician. thought maybe they could help. and, actually, i haven't told him this yet, yamaha agreed to replace the piano for him. >> wow, that's cool. >> yeah. >> so he doesn't know about that yet? >> no, i don't think he kn...

Nash benson and his family who were rescued from their home in katy, texas, by good samaritans in boats. once on try land nash wanted to find the man he called his hero and say thank you. his mom posted a picture with only a first name of the man that rescued them and the church that he attended and asking if anyone knew who he was. well we found that hero and reunited them just before air. lindsay and nash benson an their hero, shannon townsend, from katy, texas. >> so lindsay, take us through what happened on monday when you saw the water coming up to your home? what did you and your family ...

>> an act of kindness. we have been in texas for a couple days now. the one constant has been all of the just, the all of the heroes of this storm. not just the people whose job it is to help others. the everyday people who have done extraordinary things, jumped in to lend a hand, reached out to help, those in, in the flood waters. complete strangers some times. let's take a look at some of the heroes of the storm and the aftermath. randy kaye reports. >> what will you do? >> reporter: ordinary people, answering the call. now heroes of hurricane harvey. this man and his wife called a fast-food...