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Incredibly heart breaking story is that your brother witnessed it all happening. >> yeah. van go down, knowing his parents are in it, his great nieces and nephews are in it. and it's his brothers, which our brother danny, his grandkids. >> how did you get the word today that they had actually found the van? >> danny called me and said his son andrew found the van. >> by himself? >> he went over there by himself to find it. the i don't know if he had anybody else. he just told me andrew was there and he could see the van under the water. >> and he told you that they had found the bodies. >> yea...

I can't stop it. >> everybody understands that. i mean in other words, it could have been worse, could have been more loss. >> yes. i mean if he went down. he even said -- what's wrong with you. i mean if if he went down, we wouldn't know. we would still think they're at a shelter or something or at least hoping that's where they were. we wouldn't know. andrew wouldn't know to go look for the van down there. we wouldn't know what route he took. i told him to take the back roads because the fleeway was flooded. >> what did you say to the deputies? oh, my god. thank you. because he said we were ...

>> it's just me i guess we got to get out of here. i if tell asleep. neighbor just woke us up. watering coming in the house. >> then, when he realized he had fallen asleep it was starting to get too late. >> yes. >> but then he figured out he could still get out because your brother had left a van. >> yes. >> how did you find out what had happened across that bridge? >> well, my sister-in-law called me, and said that -- she was hysterical and said sammy lost control of the van and mom and dad are gone and my grandkids are gone. i said what are you talking about? what happened? sammy lost contr...

It could be a days' fix, and this is of city without water is going to be a problem especially with all thewater surrounding it that you can't use. the that's one of the bigger problems here. they are going to begin now starting to door to door rescues, checks, to make sure everything is good. but as of right now, the city water supply, that is the big problem in beaumont. >> absolutely, drew. these keep us posted on what's happening there. there's obviously great concern. now to the human tragedy and toll of this terrible storm. one of the most heart breaking stories that we have heard is t...

He was able to get out. but he watched as the van then submerged with six of his young relatives and his parents. so, we went and talked to another brother in that family. about the heart breaking turn of events when he had been told that the van and bodies had been found. when you knew hurricane harvey was heading here, your family came up with a plan. what was that plan? >> i said what are you planning on doing? he said well i'm going to stay and if the water starts coming up i'll put them in the truck and take them to your house. that's okay. that will work. >> but then something went wrong...