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♪ when tony sparano took over raiders, he held a funeral. he ceremoniously buried a football, to bury the past, a cleanse, if you will. and it almost worked. henry, lou and bill. >> the raiders have a new guy calling the shots on the sideline and it definitely showed on the field. a very competitive game. let's get right to these highlights. raiders hosting the chargers. tony sparano, first game as interim head coach for the silver and black. he had his guys ready. first quarter it was third and seven. the rookie quarterback derek carr was not messing around.

he found andre holmes. holmes took care of the les. >> you see carr, the yourng rookie step up in the pockets and threw it to holmes. >> he has decent speed. we'll see another fast receiver. fans were going crazy. loving every second of that. later in the quarter, third and five, philip rivers to eddie royal for the td. >> man-to-man on carlos rogers. >> philip rivers is having one heck of a year, by the way. second quarter, third and goal, rivers connects with malcolm floyd for the td. raiders look like they're a little blown off for a second. however, on the ensuing drive, carr to holmes makes a great catch. >> that's a big-time catch right there. great concentration. that's what you need now. the quarterback has to have the confidence that he can throw up those balls and the receiver's going to come down with it. >> eventually, they would get some points out of it.

carr to james jones. >> you talk about confidence, that's trusting. he got rid of the ball before jones even turned around. >> third quarter, chargers punting on fourth and 30. do you go for it? >> right there is your result. no! you don't go for it. this isn't like a video game or something. don't do it. raiders get the ball back. carr to bryce butler. >> make them pay. >> serious speed! >> look at butler, if you're eating with them, he's for sure leaving. he's running, isn't he? >> guys, where did that come from? i haven't seen that before. run, forrest, run! >> butler serving up the chargers on a mralter. chargers looking to answer. rivers hooks up with antonio gates. >> that's a mismatch. you have a safety on gates outside one-on-one, where's the help? >> and you let him go inside. >> tied 21-21 after that. carr gets it to holmes again for a td. >> beautiful, in the corner.

again, the confidence he gets out of the pocket and is able to throw on the run. >> so, two minutes on the clock, chargers down four. branden oliver looking like darren sproles right there. >> if you're saying, why are you wearing 43? you look like sproles. gosh, you're playing great like him. >> one more chance for the raiders. carr goes deep to butler and it is intercepted by jason verette, romo. >> man-to-man coverage. basically you want your guy to come down with that football. you have to realize, they get paid, too. and he made one heck of a catch. >> derek carr not happy after the game, but he had his best game as a pro. the raiders drop to 0-5. san diego, they remain in first place. they're 5-1. carr was 18 for 34, 283 yards, by the way he's the first raiders quarterback as a rookie to throw four touchdowns in a game. >> the enthusiasm, the effort

was all great during practice. the attention to detail in the meetings was great. and i say great meaning, the way it's supposed to be. obviously, we need to do a little more. you know, because in the end we didn't win. there's no moral victories. especially in this league. i've learned that. >> that's the best team in the league today. according to most of you. that's one of the best teams in the league today. and our kids played really hard. they'll play hard next week. i have all the confidence in the world they'll play hard. we need to be in these kind of football games and learn to win. >> raiders played one of the best teams in football and almost won the game. they got a new coach. he's an interim head coach, tony sparano. what did he bring to the team, romo? >> what he did is he buried the past! and for me what that meant is,

guess what? dennis allen gone. i'm the new guy in charge. guess what? i've taken a team to the playoffs. what does that do? that has everybody in the organization feeling like, you know what, i can follow a guy that has led men and gotten them to the playoffs in one of the biggest turn-arounds in miami from one of the worst teams in the league to one of the best. what that does for the players, all of a sudden they feel like, this guy's going to put me in a position to win. >> no question. it's very simple. hope without faith is dead. what de do? he gave them hope. he gave them faith. then they worked. you saw that translate onto the field. tony sparano, when he walked into that locker room as head coach, he gave these men hope. then the play and then they worked. you saw the work, the body of work, offensive, defense, special teams, the whole atmosphere of the team. even the fans were on fire. this man has led these guys and

they competed today. they came up a little short but they definitely competed. >> the past is definitely history now. the guys are looking forward to move and take on a former quarterback. they will face carson palmer next weekend and the arizona cardinals. henry and bill, thank you very much. it's our westman watch. speaking of those cardinals, taking on washington. arizona down 10-7 in the second. carson palmer finds larry fitzgerald. fitzgerald's first touchdown of the season. arizona takes the lead. cards up three with time winding down in the fourth. last chance for washington but kirk cousins is picked off by rashad johnson. who returns it 28 yards for the score and arizona a winner, 30-20. cowboys in the pacific northwest taking on seattle. dallas down three. under fife to play. tony romo on third and 20

scrambling and finding terrance williams. a beautiful job, not only catching this ball, but tiptoeing inbounds keeps the drive alive. later on, cowboys in the red zone. demarco murray from 15 starts right, cuts left. cuts left some more. cowboys would add a late field goal. they beat seattle in seattle. 30-23. brings us to regs by your oi oat that dealer. san francisco has a chance to move into second in the west after cowboys win. they sit 3-2. rams only have one win on the season. arizona moves to 4-1 and stays atop the division. we're going to take a break. after the final whistle, flip it over to 49ers postgame live. it will be hosted by yourself, denny green and dennis brown. we'll have locker room reaction from st. louis only on comcast

sportsnet bay area. still ahead, we go back to st. louis for more reaction from the giants' clubhouse. plus, a preview of game three. randy and i are back. this is "xfinity sports sunday."

no luck for giants who come up short. after the game, bruce bochy. >> we feel good to come in here and get the first game. you want to get greedy and second the second one. we were close to doing it. but, you know, this isn't going to be easy. we're playing a very good club. you know, they did a good job of

coming back on us. >> we should be proud of the way we played this game tonight. we're not playing against a random team. . we're playing against the st. louis cardinals at home. at the same time we should be proud of the way we played tonight. >> and your game three projected starters, tim hudson against the righty john lackey. randy winn, you faced lackey before. how do you size up this match-up? >> good fastball. 92 miles an hour. a little bit of sink. a curveball, change-up. he knows how to pitch. battle-tested in the postseason. seven postseason wins. pitched in the world series. does a great job knowing how to pitch and limiting the other team. >> how do you like hudy in this situation? >> he pitched very well his last outing. did a grade job against washington.

sinker looks gook. off-speed off his sinker, his change-up. for him the big thing is fastball command. when he can get ahead with the sinker, pound the zone, getting hitters anxious, he can work off that, throw his off-speed, get guys to chase and expan the zone. >> and he's one of those guys early on you can tell if he has his stuff or if he doesn't. watch october quest tuesday at noon. we're live at noon from willie mays plaza. a full hour of pregame reaction and analysis. it's october quest and only on comcast sportsnet bay area. join us next week for another "xfinity sports sunday." the 49ers are in denver. they're going to take on the broncos. a potential super bowl preview? who knows. we'll find out. that will be next sunday on "xfinity sports sunday." randy, optimistic about where this series is? >> yeah. they went into opposes ground

and stole the win. >> so they still have home field advantage coming back to the bay area on tuesday. for randy winn, i'm dave feldman. we'll see you next sunday. check this out. when i peel this banana, i win the inside of this banana. cool story, bro.

land. >> with the spotty e-mail and satellite phone service, communication was difficult. back on land, patrick's mother, diana, was having a textbook episode of mother's intuition. >> and i think that he was having second thoughts about it in a very big way. >> and then on day 29, another

oar broke. >> we just got nailed by another big wave and broke another oar. >> they now had no backups. if any more oars broke, they'd have to give up on making miami and aim for nearest land. that would be very difficult with just three oars. >> we have made may days in any direction. >> the constant anxiety might have been getting to the crew. >> i also had a dream -- this is a tough one. then a big wave came and completely flipped the boat over. >> a groggy marcus woke up after a bad dream about being on some other rowboat. and it might have foretold disaster. but against all odd as the days went by, the crew you continued to plug away one stroke at a time. and each day if the communication s were working, they'd file a lesson for students following the voyage at schools across the united states and canada.

>> the best part of this rowing trip so far is all the wildlife we've been able to see. it's been absolutely incredible. >> there were times they'd see marlin, but the video didn't show the disgraems. the disagreements about the food supply, day-to-day announces about life in cramped quarters. >> we're going to be eating a little bit less. >> now, we aren't. >> you don't think? >> no. >> that's what i've been telling you for the past 40 days. you won't get it in your head. we have full rations for 40 days. >> on the whole, though, it appeared the four rowers were getting through it. sometimes in the black of night, they'd even break into song. ♪ row row row your boat ♪ >> as the rowers crossed the halfway point, 1,-800 miles o'day 47, their skipper, jordan, was able to take pride in how it

of working out. >> i don't know if anybody's going to be the best friend, but you we'll all be the people we crossed the ocean with. we've been a very good team. everybody's compassionate and very much cares about everybody else. and that makes me very, very happy. >> yet, the danger ahead was never far from their minds. thunderstorms that came out of nowhere, the eerie feeling they'd be rammed by a big ship in the middle of the night. there was always reason to be wary. for now, though, it was time to sleep. coming up -- >> i feel like they're going to be in dangerous waters. >> an ominous message is

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the crew of the tiny 29-foot row boat "the james robert hanson," had been fighting the elements for weeks on end. there were storms, broken oars, power problems. all seemed to be conspiring again the four rer rowers. >> it's adam, calling from the ocean. >> in these recovered videos, it's clear along the way from africa to north america, the journey was proving tougher than any of them imagined. remember, adam creek was missing his pregnant wife and young son.

>> i yearn for land more than i thought i would out here. [ laughter ] >> i'm going to be excited to get to land. i'm more excited to becca and jefferson and get on with my life. i find myself thinking a whole lot about what's going to happen after this. >> and then one day back home in british columbia, his wife, rebecca, received a happy surprise on her computer. >> it's this awesome video that adam was able to send near the end of him talking to jefferson saying, "hi, jefferson. it's daddy, what did you do today?" pause. then jefferson would watch it over and over and answer him. he'd be like, "i went to daycare." >> i was wondering, have you been to the park lately? have you been playing with your legos and tinkertoys, spending time outside? >> a father and son interacting with each other, separated by days of light time and thousands of miles. >> i'm looking forward to hearing back from you. hope you're doing really well.

love you lots. i'm going give you a big squeeze when i see you in miami. then we're going to see see the elements at the miami zoo. >> oh! >> love you a ton. >> back on the ocean, the rowers continued to battle the high winds and high seas. >> we're down to four oars, that's serious. that's nothing to shake a stick at. >> and it wasn't just the oars that put the expedition at risk. >> hey, it's us. anyway, hope you're doing well. we had a little bit of a power crisis on board today. >> the power problems got worse when their wind-driven turbine malfunctioned. if they completely lost power, they'd lose the ability to run the desilanization system that created their drinking water, and they'd totally lose the ability to communicate. >> thought we broke the breakers. thought we destroyed all the electronics. >> an expert back on land gave the crew crucial advice to help solve the problems. coordinator greg spooner still felt confident the cry of safe.

for him, no news was good news. >> every night i sleep with a phone by my bed. phone is always at my side. i'm the emergency contact for the u.s. coast guard. if anything were to happen and the beacons were activated, i got the phone call. >> we're always going to be struggling with the power. i hope we won't be struggling that much with the food. >> but as tough as it was for the men at sea, it was in some ways worse for the families back home. greg spooner tried to soothe rattled nerves, but it just seemed to be taking so long. even marcus' little niece was getting antsy. >> 57 days? that's how much you never see land? >> 1,799 nautical miles to miami. >> it's march 9th. >> by the end of march teamwork months into the grueling adventure, things began looking up. >> go team! yay! [ laughter ] >> the crew was finally making

good time. adam and patrick were obviously happy. >> we just finished probably our fastest four days on the water maybe. >> it's amazing how fast water and fast conditions really raises your spirits up here. >> jordan's family was encouraged by the progress, too. it looked like they'd make miami by the end of april. >> they've been plotting their position day by day as they come across. and as of last night, they were right there headed for here. >> and then strange omens. the boat was about 900 miles off miami. patrick's mother, diana, was overwhelmed with dark thoughts. >> it was an ominous feeling. when i should be thinking they're home free, i feel like they're going to be in dangerous waters so to speak. >> and then on the night of april 3rd, day 71, marcus posted

what now seems an eerie blog entry. he wrote he had "a complete lack of fear for death. this probably stems from the death of my mom when i was 5 and how i eventually came to accept it." all just coincidence perhaps. but you jordajordan, the captaid the weather wasn't what was forecasted. >> we estimated 1.5 to 2-meter waves. these waves were --not all of them -- but there were definitely a few years up to four meters. >> a few years days later, the crew came up the thick sea wood weed of the area known as the sargaso sea. and these would be the last moments recorded aboard the "james robert hanson." a few hours later, back on land, it was the early morning of saturday, april 6th, day 73. >> my heart was racing, and i was trying to talk to him.

and my voice was fluttering, and i could feel my whole body shaking. >> greg spooner, more than 4,000 miles away in washington state, was awakened by a phone call from the u.s. coast guard in san juan, puerto rico. >> and he says there have been three beacons activated aboard the "james robert hanson." >> with there are four people on the "james robert hanson." >> correct. >> and the news only got worse. coming up -- >> who did i lose? >> that was exactly the explosive emotional question for everyone. >> you know, right away, you have a moment of panic. >> every fear i had had come to fruition. it just couldn't be my son. latte or au lait? cozy or cool?

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these video images retrieved from the ocean were among the last the four rowers took on board the james robert hanson. in the early morning hours of april 6th, 2013, day 73 of the expedition, land-based coordinator greg spooner got a call from the san juan coast guard operation. they had received signals from three emergency beacons about

350 miles off the puerto rican coast. >> i'm standing here trying to figure out what's going on and why only three beacons have gone off. where's the fourth. >> but that's all the information the coast guard had. greg knew those beacon had to be activated manually. and that the crew would only do so in a dire emergency. no one had any idea exactly what happened out there. what's that feeling like? these are friends of yours. >> if there are only three beacons going off, why isn't there a fourth? who did i lose? i found myself almost trying to make the decision of -- >> who's it going to be? >> yeah. run through every single guy on board. >> there was jordan, the captain, his good friend and rowing mate. there was adam, the president obama gold medal winner who had a 2-year-old son and pregnant wife back home. there was patrick, the rookie, whose mother had worried every

moment of the journey. and there was marcus, who had days before written a blog entry saying he had no fear of death. within a few years moments, the coast guard called back. >> they informed me they weren't able to reach the guys on the satellite phones, and it was time to make a decision whether or not to deploy an aircraft. >> they dispatched an airplane to look for the crew from florida. that flight would take about four hours. in the meantime, greg began calling the families. patrick's mother, diana. >> and the world stopped. every fear i had had come to fruition. i told them not to do it. he wouldn't listen to me. and now my son's dead. >> patrick's mother wasn't the only one to believe the worst. even greg, who had always been so oft optimistic about the expedition, even greg's mind of racing with the possible

scenarios. >> so keep in mind there are three beacons. >> doesn't mean there are three people alive either. >> exactly. there could be one person alive who tripped all those beacons, or there could be two people or three people. >> finally, greg had to inform adam's wife, rebecca. >> he said, okay, i got a call from the u.s. coast guard. and you know, right away, you have a moment of panic. then we talked about, okay, what could this be. let's not jump to like they've capsized because that's the worst case. and that's not going to happen. >> at this point, rebecca was actually among the more optimistic of the family members. but in those hours, the search plane was trying to find the crew. there wasn't a shred of new information. the families tried to hieng. but for patrick's mother, it proved impossible. >> i was losing my son. there was real potential there that my son wasn't coming back

to me. >> and then four hours into the search, the coast guard had big news. their plane had spotted the rowers and the boat. >> the aircraft has made visual contact with the overturned ocean row boat. so i knew had capsized officially at that point. the life raft was deployed. and they have confirmed visual contact with two people. >> two people. the "james robert hanson" had capsized, and the coast guard could only see two survivors. not three, not four. >> i had to call all the families again and say we had visual contact, capsized rowboats, life raft. >> two people had to be dead. which two was it going to be? and i just -- it just couldn't be my son. >> and near their home in british columbia, adam's wife,

rebeck agot greg's call on the beach where she had taken jefferson for a walk waiting out the agony. >> you know, seven months pregnant. your hormones are all over the map to start with. i'm so tired. it was like a train wreck. i just sat on the ground, and i just lost it. >> here she was, perhaps a widow. and all she had of him just then of a video adam recorded just days earlier about a letter rebecca had asked him to write. >> hey, jefferson. it's your dad here. before i left from senegal, your mom asked me to write you a letter. a letter that is pretty serious in case i died on this adventure. and that's a serious -- that's something that's actually a serious consequence of going out into the wild and the great unknown is that you do face death. >> that video and that letter now seemed eerily prescient as four families waited for word,

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coast guard plane spotted the capsized row boat, the "james robert hanson." two survivors were confirmed in a life raft, but there had been four rower aboard. back home, their families were frantic, awaiting word of their loved ones' fate. mission coordinator, greg spooner, was beside himself. all four were his friends. you get word that there are three beacons, but that's all you know, right? >> yeah. >> then you find out they only see two people in the life raft. >> uh-huh. >> so maybe two people are dead. but you can't know. that fair? >> 100%. >> it had been more than five hours since the crew's emergency beacons first went off. about a half-hour since the capsized craft was located, and only two survivors confirmed. and then the news got worse. the coast guard called to say the plane had dropped a barrel containing emergency supplies and a radio, but whoever of in the life raft didn't open it.

didn't open it? >> didn't open it. when i got that phone call from officer harper telling me that that happened, that's when it really, really hit me that jordan was gone. everybody on that boat, you know, in any situation of duress, he was going to have the wherewithal to open that barrel no matter what. >> he was the guy who'd do that? >> he was going do it. >> jordan hanson, the captain, greg's best friend, the man he'd rowed the ocean with himself, greg tried to hold himself together when he called the families with this latest bit of news. >> okay, this is either someone's dead or something really terrible has happened. >> rebecca, adam creek's wife, was already reeling. this sent her over the edge. >> because the fact that the guys wouldn't open a box dropped made me think, okay, someone's dying. someone's leg is severed. there's more important things to do than just spend five seconds opening a u.s. coast guard box

with a radio in it. >> without a radio, there was no way to communicate with whoever of in the life raft. but then the coast guard plane of running low on fuel and had to return to florida. another flight with another radio was dispatched which would, of course, take more hours to get back to the crew. so that period of time is another one where you're kind of -- >> waiting. yeah. and then you're assuming the worst. >> rebecca's thoughts turned to that letter she had asked adam to write jefferson. >> hey, jefferson. it's your dad here. >> he wrote a letter. tell me about the letter. >> i thought, like i want adam to explain this. like his decision, why he's doing it, to the best of your ability as a 32-year-old. can you share with jefferson when he's older, you know, your thoughts on life and anything that you'd want to tell him. >> having won an olympic gold medal, adam of well-known in canada. a lot of my adult life has been recorded in the media, he wrote to jefferson.

what you won't get from the image portrayed is my raw self. he tells jefferson to avoid the seven deadly sins and live a good life. >> i didn't ask him to write this thinking he's going to die. and i want this letter. i thought what a great thing to have in the future regardless. it was of some comfort for me to have that. >> patrick's mother, diana, could find no comfort. all she could do of pray her son of -- was pray her son was one of the survivors. >> being so selfish to think only about your son. really? who is anybody else thinking about? they were thinking about their loved one out there and just praying that it wasn't their loved one that was dead. >> and just then, she got a text from greg. >> and i looked at the text message just thinking he wouldn't text me that patrick's dead. he wouldn't do, that would he? >> turn out, there was a reason

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a coast guard plane had just dropped a second radio to the crew of the capsized "james robert hanson." this time the survivors made contact. mission coordinator, greg spooner, got the call to the coast guard. and of it the best news possible of the rowers, all of them, were alive. after all the agoni, it seemed like a miracle. >> and all four were confirmed alive and well. just a little beaten up. >> wow. the moment must have felt pretty damn good. >> it was huge! i spent the entire day wondering whose -- whose spouse i'm going

to have to tell terrible news to. and all of a sudden, it was gone. >> to get the word out as fast as possible, he texted the families. >> and it said, "all four alive and well. coast guard circling." >> once that text went out, greg called adam's wife, rebecca. overcome with joy -- >> i was like, yeah, trouble's the best call, you know, that you can ever -- yeah. >> talk about emotions flipping on their head. >> yeah. oh, it was a crazy day. like i have never experienced anything like this roller coaster. >> a roller coaster ride none of them would ever forget. especially adam creek, marcus, patrick fleming, and the captain, jordan hanson. >> what happened was what happened. >> here you are. >> and here i am. >> and able to tell the tale. >> i don't want to say i've seen it all. that's a dangerous thing to say

with the ocean. we'd definitely taken the boat through you its paces. >> they had been about 3/4 of the way across the atlantic, they said. miami, about 900 miles to the west. the last night was routine. and then just about sunrise saturday, april 6th, the waves grew larger. but it was nothing they hadn't gone through before. the rowers were just doing a shift change. so the hatches were open. >> then a bunch of things started happening at once. i see two waves. they look different. >> two waves that seemed to come out of nowhere. they were oddly shaped, said jordan, several feet high. >> they're very close together. >> the first wave hit them and pushed their 29-foot boat almost completely under water. >> and that's when the second wave hits. >> jordan and marcus were above deck. >> and then a second later, i'm thrown in the ocean. and pop back up, and the boat's

overturned. and i see jordan on the other side of the boat, and i know that adam and pat are in that cabin trying to get out. >> adam and patrick were trapped below deck. seconds earlier, adam had jumped up from bed. >> we're in the cabin when we hear this wave trundling over it. has this ominous sound like -- >> seconds later, the tiny cabin of already flooding. >> you're in a four foot by eight foot by eight-foot space rapidly filling with water. your lungs are out of hair air. and you're wondering is -- am i going make it. and i look up, and there's a pocket of air in this cabin right where the floor was. i pop up and take a breath -- i take another breath -- and dive down. there's this blue light, and i pop up. then i see pat's on top of the boat. marcusa in the water, jordan's in the water. jordan's yelling "everybody buddy up." >> the crew pulled together in

the roiling seas and activated their emergency beacons. their attempt to be the first crew from row from affect to north america was obviously ending in disaster. their boat which of designed to right itself had capsized. they deployed their life raft, but for nearly three hours, they struggled in vain to right the "james robert hanson." jordan wouldn't give up on the boat named for his late father. >> jordan let this sigh under his breath like, "come on, dad." and your heart kind of goes oh, right. >> then they drifted in the high seas hoping rescuers received their distress beacons. in fact, they did. even now it's still unclear why at first there were reports of just three beacons. while out there waiting for help, adam, the proud canadian, found his thoughts wandering back to the olympics. >> and the americans have the

chant, "usa! usa!" that the rest of the world finds incredibly annoying. we're telling stories and laughing. marcus and myself were the canadians. jordan and pat are the americans. all of a sudden, the coast guard shows up. and pat is just like -- tears are coming to his eyes and he's like, "we're going to be oak!" and marcus and i look at each other, and the coast guard and go, "usa! usa! usa!" >> their life raft was partially covered by a tarp. so the coast guard flyers could only see two of the rowers. and when that plane dropped the first emergency barrel, the rowers didn't open it. why? it was so big thanks were afraid it would puncture their raft, and its contents label showed emergency supplies. didn't say anything about a radio. >> we think, well, this has, you know, nothing that we immediately need. so let's just tie it up to the boat. >> not knowing the grief that decision caused their friend and

families. it wasn't until hours later that the second plane could drop another barrel and an unmistakable message. >> it's got "open me" written all over it. "open me" like six times. and we bring it over, and it has a much more comprehensive list including the vhf radio. we're like, oh, i guess that first one did have a vhf radio. we start talking to the coast guard. >> the coast guard had already asked nearby ships to help. the rowers were finally picked up by a panamanian freighter. by the next evening, they arrived in san juan, puerto rico. greg spooner had raced down to meet them as did their families. and to be sure, patrick's mother was lined up right at the dock. >> the moms are going on -- >> and then, this happened. >> oh, my god! >> oh, my god! >> wait a minute -- he's safe. he's back. where is he? no, this can't be happening. >> back in the water --

>> patrick lost his glasses and maybe a little dignity, but you he was okay. and finally in his mother's arms. he seemed no worse for wear the night he finally arrived. >> we did a lot of what we hoped to do. when things went wrong and we had, you know, some bad luck, all our planning for all that bad stuff came into action. and we were able to come out of the ocean within 12 hours. >> all the rowers were okay, were healthy, but were also desperate to find all that video and data they recorded aboard the "james robert hanson." after days of searching by air and studying drift patterns, incredibly against all odd really, the craft was found. was hooked up to a tugboat and brought back to dry land where, after weeks of effort, all their experiments and most of their videos were salvaged, as well. jordan and marcus told us

they're ready to go on another expedition. patrick plans to stay on land for the time being. back home in british columbia, adam and rebecca are the parents of jefferson and a little girl named victoria. >> something very pleasurable about living a picket fence existence, right? >> what? no more ocean rowing for you? >> no -- i don't think it would be fair to my children to die. >> the "james robert hanson" is now undergoing repair at a seattle shipyard. supervised by its grateful and living skipper. the ocean remember almost never gives back what it claims. this time -- >> we were really lucky. there is no fairness with the sea. it doesn't have to give back anything. we tried, and in this case it did.

>> that's all for now. i'm lester holt. thanks for joining us. ♪ nbc bay area news starts now. >> right now at 11, deadly waves on the coast. two fishermen swept out to sea. the warning for anyone heading out to the water. plus, a police department in crisis. the san jose police department continuing to run low in manpower. we'll tell you about a new problem that is affecting the department. and -- >> obviously bad news is not news that should bring about panic. >> she was on the front lines here in america. now a texas nurse is the first person in the country to be infected with ebola. hear why other nurse says hospitals are not prepared for a possible outbreak. good evening, everyone. i'm terry mcsweeney. >> and i'm peggy bunker. thank fo