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Story of houston dwikenson, to the cnn weather center, i want to go brian todd who is in houston where rescues continue. brian, i know you have been volunteers, you have been talking with those who are being rescued. what stories are you hearing and seeing? >> we're hearing stories of resilience, of bravery on both the people being rescued and doing the rescuing. incredible heroism and it's all being done on the corner of post oak lane about six miles west of downtown houston. take you down here with eddie gross. you can see over here it's about chest high over here, and all the way back to th...

Lifeguards from the nearby beach rush to the scene on a wave runner. they're trained to combat the monstrous hawaiian waves. but have never had to fight anything like this before. to attempt the rescue, it takes two guys. one to drive and one to swim. they know that one mistake could mean smashing into the sharp rocks and becoming victims themselves. as high tide approaches, they do their best to time lulls between the swells and get close enough to grab alexander. watch how the lifeguard tethered to the wave runner is at the mercy of the sea. >> so, they had to quickly shoot out of the cove a...

And his girlfriend were jet skis off the beach in highlands. and i had ran up to my house to get food and some other stuff for us down there. and he was on the wave runner and he never told me anything what he was going to do and he took off for brooklyn to show his girlfriend the skyline and everything up here. now, i call him and he is like well, we have a problem. i just ran out of gas. so i got into his car, and i got some gas cans and drove up to brooklyn and now i wasn't expecting to get back on the wave runner. i had sweatpants on and was not prepared for it and i got up there and he to...

And then once i got to the buoy i was trying to signal someone with the light. >> night what was going through your head. >> i was concerned i was going to be out there for a little while and no one would actually find me. i had thoughts through my head i wanted to see my family again. he i thought about past actions and thought a lot about life. >> dylan we are so happy you are back in one piece and smiling this morning. are you going to get back on a wave runner or a jet ski? >> god willing, yes. as long as my mom let's me. [ laughter ] >> i tried yesterday but they wouldn't let me. >> nice ...

Alive. >> they're yelling down below. can you hear us? are you okay? can you hear us? yell back at a us. no answer. we all assumed the poor guy was dead. we were waiting for a body to come up. >> from the same spot hugh was swept off earlier waves continue to smash over the rocks, putting everyone here at risk. alexander appears for the first time in a desperate attempt to reach a lifeline. >> that gave us a lot of hope. we knew at that point that he was alive. >> but he mistimes his exit and swims directly into an avalanche of water. >> and the next set came and just washed him right back in....