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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 see the water in your neighborhood. kind of cool? at the same time....

Show his son that the piano is still okay. obviously it's not okay because it's been submerged in water for so long and will continue to be. this is going to have a huge effect on eric and all his kids as well. i appreciate your time vanessa, thank so much. >> you're so welcome, thanks for having me on. >> an act of kindness. we've been in texas for a couple days now. the one constant has been all the heroes of this storm. the every day people who done extraordinary things, who jumped in to lend a hand. reached out to help those in the flood waters, complete strangers sometimes. let's take a l...

His home flooded. >> i called chick-fil-a but i ordered two extra burritos with a egg and a boat. >> it's such a blessing. i was there to answer the phone and get him home. >> the quick thinking manager arranged for a boat to go get them. strangers came together to rescue an elderly man trapped in his car as he was being swept away by the flood waters. the group quickly formed a human chain stretching from dry land to the man's car. the car was sinking fast but rescuers were able to get the drivers' door open and pulled the man to safety. he was taken to a local hospital and reunited with his ...

Spirit vanessa carson saw that video and was moved. i spoke to her before air time. vanessa, the video of erick playing the piano what went through your mine when you saw it? >> well, i saw it on my phone, this image of a man playing a piano with a room filled with 6 feet of water and i started to cry. i, myself i'm a pianist and it occurred to me in that moment like oh my gosh, the musicians and instruments and that's when i tried to figure out who that man was. >> you want to try to help eric and his family, can you tell us about it? >> yeah, i reached out to eric, i found his number and i c...

The floodwaters to rescue someone else. that was the case for 7-year-old nash benson and his family who were rescued from their home in katy, texas, by good samaritans in boats. once on dry land, nash wanted to find the man he called his hero and say thank you. his mom lindsey posted a picture that nash drew on facebook with only the first name of the man who rescued him and the church 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 th...