caught on camera. . >> caught on camera, terror at sea. cruise ships run aground. >> it was a scene out of the titanic movie. >> vacationers fight for their lives. >> they are rocking the boat. please don't rock this. >> a barge mows down a boat full of sightseers. a tourist is blasted by a rogue wave. and a day-trip turns disastrous. these unsuspecting victims all struggle to keep their heads

above water. caught on camera, overboard! a catastrophic collision just off the coast of italy leaves about 4200 passengers and crew on this luxury liner fearing for their lives. january 2012 about 9:30 at night on friday the 13th when the captain of the costa concordia steers his ship off course, slamming into giant rocks. nowly weds david and denise from miami are sitting down for dinner just two hours into their honeymoon cruise. >> we only got to take one bite

when we felt it crash. there were people going crazy. i looked back and i saw chairs and tables and all the plates were falling down and all the glasses. the waiters and waitresses were screaming and crying. >> just everything was chaos. people were running and little children. they had no idea what was going on. we didn't really have any idea. they were telling us. >> your attention please. there has been an electrical --. at this point the situation is under control. >> this crew member told a frightened crowd everything is okay.

>> they were saying that it was under control and we started to wander around the ship. we went to the deck to see what it locked like from outside. i filmed. >> soon it becomes obvious that things are not under control. just before 11:00, an alarm sounds to evacuate. persons gather and wait. >> we waited for about a half hour. people were anxious to get into the life rest. >> from the deck, the passengers can see the ship is leaning over them. >> i was afraid to get into the life raft because the cruise ship continued to tilt. my fear is the cruise ship would collapse on top of us. >> in almost total darkness, their life boats leans violently

to one side. this video taken from inside the life boat shows it dropping towards the cruise ship. >> i thought that our life boat was going to flip over into the ocean and then we would drown in it because it's a closed boat. that was the most scary part. >> the boat gets stuck while it's attached to the cruise ship. >> passengers are asked to help. >> it was going down the other side very, very violently and i could hear my heart. >> eventually they reached the water. >> you hear the splash. when we heard it, everybody started clapping. it took maybe about three minutes to get to the port. >> while they make it out by life boat, this video shows other passengers and crew escaping down the side of the

doomed vessel. once safe onshore, they see hundreds of his carded life jackets and as a is taken away the gravity of the situation became clear. >> we didn't realize people were dying until we saw the people being carried away all covered up. i still department realize it. i think it was the adrenaline trying to keep me from panicking. >> daylight reveals the huge rockser to a garb into the half billion dollar cruise liner. divers begin the search for survivors. they learn the boat captain left the boat while many others were still on board. he said he slipped off the ship's deck and fell into a life boat. he tried to make his way back and couldn't. listen as a coast guard official demapnds that he return to his

boat. get on board and report to me how many people there. get going. move. how many dead are there? >> you need to be telling me this. you are aware it is dark and we can't see anything. get on the bough of the ship and me how many there and what do they need, now! >> 30 bodies are recovered. two people are still missing and presumed dead. the captain is arrested and faces charges including manslaughter, abandoning ship and causing a ship wreck. he denies any wrong-doing. after a night of no sleep, david, denise, and many others are taken to a hotel where they stay while they figure out how to get back home. >> our passports are under the seat and we had to go to the

american embassy to get the passports. >> after a long ordeal, a reunion back home in florida with family and friends. costa cruises said they will refund for travel expenses, medical expenses the cost and the cruise and trying to return personal belongings. >> i lot of my best clothes and my computer with pictures from years and years. >> for david and denise, the emotional toll far outweighs the cost of replacing belongings. >> i am still in shock. it's hard to realize that you were in such a tragedy where people died. thank god we were very lucky. >> coming up -- a high risk rescue to pull a tourist from an under water cave. >> you see this head pop up and

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>> a tourist is trapped in this submerged wave. >> you see this head pop up and the next wave washed him right back in. >> he is in danger of drowning and fighting for his life. >> here on the hawaiian islands, water caves are common and local fishermen know this is oahu's most dangerous. >> heed the warping. do not go next to the water when it's rough. >> at 20 feet deep, it's home to

lurking sharks and giant waves. waves that crash into the cave and explode on to the clips above. january 25th, 1993 in the heart of the winter vacation season. local tv producer follows the sound of silence to the cave and takes his camera out to record the scene. >> it's treacherous. the rocks alone are razor sharp. >> he quickly learns a tourist who was sightseeing and posing for pictures has been knocked off the cliff by a rogue wave. a rescue is under way to save the man trapped in the cave. >> he was trapped in the cave and too scared to come out. quite frankly we thought the poor guy was going to drown. >> a crowd gathers. the situation looks grim. no one is sure the trapped

tourist is still alive. >> we were yelling down below. you can hear us? are you okay? can you hear us? yell back at us. no answer. we all assumed the guy was dead. >> from the same spot he was swept off, waves continue to smash over the rocks putting everyone at risk. alexander appears for the first time in a desperate attempt to reach a boat. >> that gave us a lot of hope. we knew he was alive. >> he mistimes the exit and swims into an avalanche of water. >> the next set watched him back in. >> it's a devastating defeat as she swallowed back into the cave and trapped in the pool of water and foam.

>> lifeguards rush to the scene. they are trained on to combat the waves, but have never had to fight anything like this before. to attempt the rescue it takes two guys. one to drive and to swim. they know one mistake can mean smashing into the shark rocks and becoming victims themselves. as high tide approaches, they do their best to time it between the swells and get closer to grab alexander. watch how he's at the mercy of the sea. >> they had to shootout and weight for the next before they could come back in. this went on for what seemed like an eternity.

>> after more than two hours, they are still no closer to a rescue. hugh is exhausted, trying to stay afloat and alive. then -- conditions seem right for another rescue attempt. alexander appears for the second time as the lifeguards twoswoop. you can hear the cheers. it's not over yet. >> we saw him come oust of the cave and they took off only to falloff the back end because of another swell. >> it's a nightmare that just won't end. luckily this time there is a lifeguard tethered to a life ring and he has the support he

needs to survive. >> cold and exhausted, but alive, alexander is taken to the beach for medical attention and later recounts his ordeal. >> i had cuts above and below my eyes. 2 1/2 hours. i was sure i was going to die. it was like being tossed in a washing machine. >> miraculously he suffers only minor injuries. the trauma is not delied. >> you don't know when your last day will be. >> for locals, it's a reminder of just how dangerous this beautiful island can be. >> hawaii is a beautiful place to live. even if you live here on the island, you never turn your back on the ocean. a swell can come up and wash you in without even expecting it even on a beautiful day like

today. >> coming up -- >> i couldn't believe we were about to die. >> a 15 minute sightseeing on the river turns into a fight for survival. >> whoa whoa, whoa! >> caught on camera, overboard! continues.

an amphibious duck boat is full of persons and anchored in the river. it's supposed to be a fun 15-minute sightseeing loop on land and water when things go terribly wrong. everyone on board watches as this huge barge maintains a steady course directly at them until it blasts over their boat. tourists in philadelphia looking to see the city from a different vantage point get on board the right the ducks duck boat.

kevin and his 9-year-old daughter. >> my daughter and i were taking a daughter-daddy trip. part of the trip brought us to philadelphia. >> they're decide to take a ride on the duck boat. >> you having a good time, guys? >> this commercial shows everywhere enjoying the tour from the streets to the river on what is typically a carefree and exciting experience. on july seventh, 2010 at about 2:30 in the afternoon, this footage shows the duck boat sitting in the delaware river in the middle of a shipping channel after problems with the boat's engine. >> the smell i was smelling was getting stronger. >> the engine overheats and the captain drops anchor at 55 feet. >> smoke starts pouring out of the opening and the captain puts

duct tape on it. duct tape on a duck boat. this can't be good. someone said hey, does that barge see us? >> at first it locked like it was all alone in the river. it's not. a 250 foot behemoth is heading fors them and appears no the to see them. >> it was a grad y'all wave of panic for not only me, but everybody else. i thought i have to get my daughter out. i jumped up and the captain is screaming whoa, whoa, whoa. >> hey, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! >> fruitless efforts are made to contact the operator of the boat, towing this empty steel barge in the water. >> it didn't seem possible

something this tall is mowing us over in the river. >> only a few minutes go by before kevin, his daughter ruby and everyone else on board realized the inevitable. >> we started grabbing for life reservers and my poor daughter didn't have any idea. so, i did the best i could to get us to where we have a chance. i look up and i see the first mate was jumped off the boat and swimming for it. my gosh. >> kevin and ruby don't have time to put on a life jacket. the barge slams into the duck boat as if swallowing them whole. >> people are screaming, barking

orders at each other and people were wimpering and crying and panicking and it's sheer terror. >> terror combined with the sound that kevin will never forget. >> the screeching of the metal. i never heard a sound like that. just metal screeching against metal. you got dumped into the water. there was a lot of people under water. it was like in a coke bottle and being shaken up with a bunch of stuff inside of it. >> with kevin and ruby overboard, kevin is determined not to lose his daughter. >> i just grabbed as much hair as i could. i knew i could grip her hair and

keep her near me. i knew that way we would be together when we died. >> kevin said he and ruby are pushed deep under the water. >> we came up and the barge was not on top of us, it was truly an unbelievable experience. it was as if we were swept aside in the river. that happened to all of these people. i couldn't believe the people around us. the boat was gone. >> kevin and ruby's ordeal is not over. almost immediately they get sucked under the water for a second time. >> this time i didn't have ruby's hair. i popped up and looked around and she wasn't there yet. i guess i started panicking, where is she? where is she? she popped up.

>> they swim for their lives. >> i was very, very proud of her. what a great kid. she swam very confidently. she didn't leave me there at that point. >> we have people in the water and looks like they got run over by a barge in the duck boat. >> the crash claims the lives of two hungarian students. but somehow, 35 people are pulled to safety. many need medical attention including ruby who suffers from shock. in philadelphia, the mayor holds a press conference. >> this is a very serious situation. we are going to do everything we can to obviously get to the bottom of it. >> investigators at the national transportation safety board

issue a press release and determine the tugboat operator towing the barge hit the tugboat because of distractions from a cell phone and computer to deal with a family emergency. during the minutes leading up to the crash. he left his poet in the tugboat and his vision of anything in front of him was obscured by the barge. he pleads guilty to one count of misconduct resulting in death and sentenced to a year and a day in prison. the duck's president defends the captain of the duck boat who he said followed protocol. >> our captain followed all of his training and coast guard training and all of the regulations required of a captain in that situation. >> nearly two years after the incident, a civil lawsuit filed by the victims and families results in a $17 million

settlement. for kevin, that day in july changed forever. >> my gosh. it was kind of like a second chance. it's something i think about every day. i'm lucky my daughter is alive. >> coming up, a fishing trip brings big fish and even bigger problems. a hole in the boat. >> look out, you guys! >> you are rocking the boat. please don't rock this! >> when caught on camera, overboard! continues. you're giving away pie?

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>> brothers john and bob from mission viejo, california charter a deep sea fishing boat for a vacation adventure. >> the first on the boat. >> on this overcast day, the frigid water is providing a bountiful catch with the tourists on board this fishing boat. >> here's another one coming up. >> their luck begins to change from big fish to big trouble. >> everybody put one of those on, please. >> the motor located under the deck has malfunctioned and broken apart, ripping a hole in the boat. >> we were having fun with the camera and it involved much more. >> we are taking on water.

we lot of the radio communication. >> to make matters worse, the gps is shot and there is no chance of using the ship's radio to call for help. >> now from there, we are all going to pile in here. this is really unbelievable. >> hello? >> bob narrates the scene as emergency operations are execut executed. his brother, john, is trying to make a distress call from his cell phone am he climbs high and reception is still bad. >> we are taking on water on a vessel. >> 7 miles south of flat island. >> we knew this thing was not going to stop. >> by now, all six passengers and two crew on board realize they only have minutes to abandon ship. >> hello?

hello? >> we are all going to get in that. >> it's like whitewater crafting. one leg over the side and leg in and that way everybody will fit. >> everyone should fit, but it's going to be a tight squeeze. they get into the raft, no one knows if the distress call got in and now that they are in the raft, cell phone service is gone for good. >> now i have no service. you think we got through enough? >> otherwise we have to. >> why don't we bail this thing out. >> we are talking about the water reaching the rubber raft. good thinking because sure enough, the castaways almost immediately notice a hold. >> it feels like there is a hole.

it feels like it. >> at that point i knew it. >> tensions are rising and so is the 40 degree water inside the raft. hypothermia is a grave concern and there is more danger in store. >> good thing the water is not rough. >> within minutes of abandoning ship, it starts to sink and the ship rears vertically up and leans towards them. >> the bough was straight up and i thought it was going to flop. >> don't do that! it's taking on water, guys. >> there were a couple of

performs, one in particular was uneasy. we tried to calm her. >> guys, we are taking on water. >> it's going to keep us afloat. >> then suddenly a heroic move that no one expects. >> grab that. >> captain john ferrell realized if he leaves the raft, everyone can have a better chance of survival. to keep as dry as possible, he uses a floating boat to cling to what remains of the bow of the boat. >> all of us were in disbelief. he is truly the captain that

wants to go down with his boat. >> wait a minute. >> don't move, please. >> don't make any moves. >> you're okay. >> you have to position yourself so that the waves are in the bough. >> then a sign of hope. they spot a fishing boat in the distance. >> i think we need to shoot it. >> not straight up. >> exact low. >> the flair disappears unnoticed in the overcast sky. >> rescue now depends on john's 911 call made from his cell phone minutes before the boat

sanction. no one knows how much information got through to authorities. >> we know we have cell phones. >> more than an hour has gone by and tensions are at a breaking point. john tries his cell phone again. >> may day. may day. >> suddenly a wealth of noise in the distance. the distress call did get through. >> all eyes were there. you can see it drop down lower. make a 90 degree turn and start to head towards us. >> the spotter followed ten minutes later by a coast guard rescue helicopter. >> he offered to back off and drop down. that guy was quite a swimmer. he was 100 yards over to us.

okay. who wants to be the first one. >> the 7 on the raft are lifted to safety. bob is second to last. >> the whole side of the raft is there. our timing cooperate be better and looking over the captain as the boat continued to sink. >> the helicopter r50eeached th weight limit and they have to call a second who is forced to wait another 10 long minutes until -- >> he dropped the basket on top of the boat. john got in and i will never forget the helicopter that saw the silhouette of the boat under water. as it continues to sink in several times. it's perfect in a way. not a moment to spare.

>> the entire fishing party is brought to shore for medical attention and released soon after. to add insult to injury -- >> my brother caught the biggest fish of his and it was in the ice chest and it never went down. back home. >> despite the ordeal, they go out fishing the next day and when the coast guard returns irene's life ring, they are told that on this fishing trip, they are fortunate to be the ones that got away. >> they said you have no idea how lucky you are. he said typically this is not a rescue mission. this is a 2rtrip to collect bodies. >> what is supposed to be a pleasant afternoon is anything

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ride. they rent this motor boat and something goes wrong. a large wave from another vessel has washed over the side and the partially submerged boat is caught in a 12 mile an hour current. the man who is steering guns the engine, but has no control. the passengers know they are in trouble, but the real danger is not immediately obvious until it's too late. they are on a cligds course with the construction barge tied to the bridge. an adult tries to push them away, but he is no match for the weight of the boat. it is forced under the steel bough as persons jump for their lives. a man tosses this young girl overboard. she is wearing a jacket, but some others aren't. as their boat snatches into the barge, it is crush and in less than 30 seconds disappears into

the water. >> people were screaming for their moms and dads and screaming for help. a screak of a voice. it was a horrible sound. >>y and and his five-man coast guard patrol are just a few hundred 's away. >> we noticed testifies barely touching like a fire hose. >> they know they have to act and fast. the coast guard -- >> as we got here, i saw the people drifts under the barge. there were bodies under the barge. they were yelling. i concentrated on it. >> ignoring his own safety, he was in full uniform and lowered down in steel toed boots he jumps for the girl who is in the camera's view.

>> i wanted to keep myself going on the barge. when i grabbed her, i was sliding with the current. >> as he grabs the girl, three other people grab him. >> my back was looking at the barge and i held on. >> he saves four people and by now other coast guard officers have jumped in. he goes after another person struggling to survive. >> i thought maybe i could swim over and help this person out. once i got over there, i got sucked under the water. >> spectators stand by as he was sucked under and found himself fighting for his life. >> i put my arms down and said i have to go under. >> i prayed.

please get me out. i came up from under the barge and pulled with everything i had. >> with other boaters nearby, his finds the strength to get himself and a woman to safety, but the distraught woman knows others are missing and waits for news about the rest of the crew. two people including a man and his wife drowned. the nine other passengers including all three children are pulled to safety. >> they know we did everything they could and i did everything i could. the odds are against us. >> coming up -- >> my best friend was here. most of the others. >> panicked passengers scramble for safety when a cruise ship runs aground.

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. july 2008. 4 helped helped miles off the coast of new zealand. video caught from behind the bar shows persons and crew literally swept off their feet at the mercy of the ocean swells. anything not bolted down flies across the deck includinging the passengers as the ship tumbles in the sea, watch as the video shows one woman slams into a pole and just as she is getting help, she and the others are sent sliding down. on this 680 foot ship, a roll of waves smashes through the window on a voyage from italy in march of 2010.

sending disoriented performs scrambling through water. two people are killed. another video from a helicopter shows an enormous ship tossed around like a child's toy. you might imagine how things could go wrong in rough access, but what if the ship is sailing on calm waters. less than year, a similar situation unfolds while sailing through the greek i lands, another ship runs aground when it collides and forces a hasty evacuation for hundreds of square scared passengers. >> fleeing for safety before their ship sinks to the bottom of the sea. >> this emotional video shows a ship called the sea diamond

brilliant in the waters. ten decks hold nearly 1600 people that include this woman and her daughter. their cruise takes them to santorini, greece. >> we were all excited. >> jan is chaperoning her daughter's high school trip on what so far has been a fantastic experience. on april 6, 2007, alex doesn't have a good feel. >> we looked really close to the bottom of the harbor. i pointed it out to somebody and we laughed about it. we started walking out and we felt the crash. >> i was standing there and we saw a lot of people come up and they were dripping wet. they came up with from the

second floor and the pool erupted with water. >> jan realizes something was wrong and starts recording on her video camera. turns out they got too close to shore and rammed into the rocks, shearing a hole in the side. within a half hour, helicopters and local boats respond to the ship's stress call. >> we were close enough that a lot of folks came to the rescue, but no you would jump off and swim ashore. it was too treacherous. we were probably in 30 or 40 degrees. we had to balance. we were like this. >> passengers are ordered to go into groups by gender and age. >> they actually said this over the intercom. we are going to be evacuated. it was a scene out of the titanic. women and children are going to be evacuated first. >> the boys in our group, they

along with the male chaperons separated from us. it was getting chaotic. >> while alex stays calm, people around her are losing control. >> my sister was hysterical. my husband was hysterical. most of the others were i hadster cal. >> people were fighting for things and getting the last life jacket, there was a man behind us who was around 70 years old grabbed it out of her hand. >> alex finds another life jacket and as evacuation is under way, passengers are told they have to traverse down a ladder. >> they told us not to look down. as soon as they told you not to, you look down. you freeze for a couple of seconds. >> some people were almost

paralyzed with fear. >> it's heart breaking to watch this woman. she was terrified. very unstable. it took two or three crew men to help her down. >> after several hours, most are safely onshore. >> we were one of the first boats to get off. >> the classmates and chaperons reunite on land. >> they were watching and singing in the beginning. they move all over the harbor and they were dragging all over the place. >> by the time they were able to get on the boat back to athens was around 4:00 or 5:00 in the morning. they were going down. >> the ship is crippled in the night only hours from plunging to its final resting place. >> we saw the rest of the ship

sinks. the whole thing. >> a father and daughter from france are reported missing and never found. >> people were tired and emotions were running high. it was a long night. >> a long night and a long couple of days since almost all of their personal belongings including passports are at the bottom of the sea. >> we couldn't find any of this. >> eventually the cruise line reimburs the passengers for lot of items and gives them a voucher for a free cruise that they never used. >> we bought the boat a few months before we went on the cruise ship. the first thing my husband asked me is does this mean we have to sell the boat? no, but i haven't been on a

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