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It looks like they'll be crushed by their own ship. now they're at the mercy of mother nature. >> waves come in sets, so not only were they hammered by that one wave that washed them over, there were about three others that came through, just boom, boom, boom, right on top of them, crushing them. we're sitting up here going, what are we going to do now? >> the wind is howling at 30 to 40 knots, but pilot gooth moves fast. she maneuvers her chopper tight between the monarch and the coast guard ship. with a steady hand she holds her position, and the crew drops their rescue basket down to the en...

Now they're at the mercy of mother nature. >> waves come in sets, so not only were they hammered by that one wave that washed them over, there were about three others that came through, just boom, boom, boom, right on top of them, crushing them. we're sitting up here going, what are we going to do now? >> the wind is howling at 30 to 40 knots, but pilot gooth moves fast. she maneuvers her chopper tight between the monarch and the coast guard ship. with a steady hand she holds her position, and the crew drops their rescue basket down to the engineer. >> i have never seen anybody get in a basket...

Stationed in alaska. she sees a lot of action in one of the most brutal places on earth -- the bering sea. on this day, the alaskan monarch, a 96-foot schooner, is filled with 100,000 pounds of snow crab and it's stuck in the ice just off the coast of st. paul island, smack in the middle of the bering sea. when the boat's rudder snaps off, the four men on board are in trouble. >> i got a phone call that said, hey, we've got a fishing vessel that's trapped in the ice in st. paul, and we need you to go up there. >> gooth and her crew will have to fly 600 miles to get to the ship, which will take...

Helicopter at the bow again. and wearing survival suits, the captain and the engineer will need to cross the boat from the wheelhouse to the bow. >> from our point of view they got about halfway across. we saw the captain slip, go down on his knees, and this huge mound of ice just crushed -- came across the deck and swept them overboard. >> oh, no! >> the two men are flung into 28-degree water. the tide pulls them dangerously close to the "monarch." it looks like they'll be crushed by their own ship. now they're at the mercy of mother nature. >> waves come in sets, so not only were they hammer...

What are we going to do now? >> the wind is howling at 30 to 40 knots, but pilot gooth moves fast. she maneuvers her chopper tight between the monarch and the coast guard ship. with a steady hand she holds her position, and the crew drops their rescue basket down to the engineer. >> i have never seen anybody get in a basket that fast. he wanted out of there real bad. >> now it's the skipper's turn, if they can get him. >> at this point, you can just barely see the captain. we're getting the basket down to him. and this is where the flight man told me he's got the basket but he's got a chunk of...