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Down because of the floodwaters. we were able to get on a boat and make our way into some subdivisions back behind the tree line where hundreds if not thousands of people have been evacuated throughout the day. main mainly rescued bay fleet of volunteers who showed up in the interstaet and turned this roadway into a boat launch. sending boats into the neighborhoods. turning off two, three, four people at a time to rescue them from their homes. it is an unbelievable site to see that rescue effort unfolding. essentially all of this happening because the calls and demand simply just outdoing what...

First responders were capable of handling. so they called in essentially a fleet of volunteers to help with these boat rescues. and here you see interstate 45 here are some of the boats people showing up in wave runners, boats on their own, trucks, cars, as many people out as possible. as we went through the neighborhood, a few hours ago, and saw inside that neighborhood, dramatic to see the number of people who had clearly made their way to their rooftops to be able to get away from the floodwaters. several of them had cut holes and chopped their way through the attic to get on to the rooftop...

>> thanks for talking to us. hope your house stays intact. it was an amazing effort. you had dozens of people in boats and jet skis and wave runners pulling people out of the neighborhoods and omni hotel. these feeder bands are still coming down. their night is not over yet. >> brian todd in houston. you are out there in the thick of it. thank you very much. quick break, we're back after this. 'saved money on motorcycle insurance with geico. goin' up the country. later, gary' i have a motorcycle! wonderful. ♪ ♪ i'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go? ♪ ♪ i'm goin' up the c...

We were able to get on a boat and make our way into some of these subdivisions back behind the tree line where hundreds, if not thousands of people have been evacuated throughout the day. mainly rescued by a fleet of volunteers who showed up here along the interstate and basically turned this roadway into a boat launch, sending their boats, their private boats out into neighborhoods, pulling off two, three, four people at a time to rescue them from their homes. there's been an unbelievable sight to see that rescue effort unfolding. essentially all of this happening because the calls and demand...

Because they had a boat already in the water for the race and i believe some coast guard as well. >> holy crap. >> the pilot and the passenger are under water. >> did they get out of plane? >> they're out. >> but both managed to swim out of the cockpit and onto a pair of wave runners that arrive on the scene. dude, the faa will probably want this footage. >> once i saw that the pilots actually got out, and then it was sort of like a relief. >> in this case, because we had the race going on, emergency crews were actually already on the property so they were almost to get there almost as soon as...