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>> miles from land, a powerful rogue wave shatters one of the vessel's big windows. >> at that stage, the wave came over and actually hit the front of the boat which, in turn, caused the window to break and the water is coming in. priscilla was sitting there looking at me. and i'm looking at the waves and it was just like, hmm, this is quite scary. >> the couple sends an urgent call for help. it it's picked up by the west rescue team in new zealand. >> the hotline rang. so, i thought here we go. what we got now? we were told it was a boat in distress and if we could go out and try to find it. ...

Squalls in the water. >> it's now a nerve-racking 25 minutes since the rescue call was made and at any moment "the tormenter" may sink. finally the rescue crew spots the boat. >> it was in big trouble and the boat was beginning to sink rather rapidly. >> alex stewart an experienced rescue diver is lowered down from the chopper. >> when they placed me on the board, i had about two seconds and then whoosh i was off it. >> alex knows there's very little time. >> i shouted to tina to get into the water and for her husband to go into the dinghy and to get away from the sinking boat. >> tina doesn't...

Driving along so you can get a view. let's take a look straight out the front of the car. you can probably see we're going down. this is the real problem here. the hillary areas. when we get to the lower area this is where the water is likely to collect. we've already had some heavy squalls come through here. the real concern in south carolina, i'm in greenville, is that we're going to get about three months of rain in three days. in fact, we're going to -- try to turn here. let's take a turn. we're near the saluta river. these are areas that are expected to crest in some places as much as 12 ...

How rough are the waters to give people a sense of what these boys would be dealing with? >> pretty calm. one to three foot seas. however, in the afternoons in south florida, squalls come in quickly with heavy winds and high seas. weather can change on a dime. >> are we wrong to think the fact that the life jackets are not around and the cooler was not near the boat that they are using that to stay float? >> we certainly hope so. chances of survival would increase with any flotation device they have. >> do you think it's odd the life jackets and cooler are not around or is that typical with th...

>> it's hard to say right now. we know they left on friday after they purchased gas. we found out about it friday evening, about 5:00. we started our intense search efforts then and saturated the area. it's hard to know exactly what happened to them during the voyage. they could have become disabled. there were squalls in the area severe weather. it's typical of south florida this time of year which they may have gotten caught in. a key thing to know, even for experienced mariners it's dangerous to go to sea. that's why we encourage boaters, when you go to sea, make sure you have the proper li...