a man on a jet-ski rescuing houston grandmother karen spencer from her flooded home.hoto shows a second jet-skier retrieving her husband, j.c. both men left to do more rescues before the spencers could even catch their names. after the story went viral, the identities of the rescuers were revealed. the mother of one of the jess skooeers posting a message on facebook, "my son, an iraq and afghanistan veteran. thank you for your service and your continued service in houston, texas." >> hey, miss karen. >> it's good to see you. >> reporter: and just today "nightline" was able to connect the rescued couple with their previously anonymous saviors. their names? keith christiansen and winston savis jr. >> we thank you. >> no problem. i mean, someone has to do it. >> you're a hero. you're a hero. >> i was just thanking the lord for you guys. and knowing that there are risks and now we've heard people killed. and trying to save other people. i'm so thankful. you know, so my heart was filled with gratitude. >> reporter: and all across houston we've seen plenty of others, includ

that is 78 year old karen spencer getting rescued from their home in a jet ski. >> but the jet ski isn't the strangest part. it came about not because karen and her husband called 911 but because they called chick fil a. they're regulars. they ordered two chicken sandwiches, two waffle fries. by the way, they mentioned that they were trapped while they're at it. the chick fil a manager sent help. so the spencers say they didn't get the name of but the big tragedy, they didn't get the order from chick-fil-a. somewhere waffle fries going cold. >> good thing they didn't call on sunday because chick fil a would have been closed. we've seen wonderful res khaicu including that one. here you have a dad rescuing a kid. this is alexander george who rescued eaton coleman, a 4-year-old with a paddleboard, but that's not his kid. he helped out his neighbors because they were under intense flooding from harvey. he helped them first before rescuing his own family. >> that is remarkable. >> nice use of the paddleboard. >> speaking of nice. we've heard of all these shelters opening their door, but a fur

. >> 78-year-old grandmother karen spencer seen here on the back of a jetski.uy driving it backed right into the door of her flooded home. >> here's the thing, though, spencer and her husband food. they also mentioned they were trapped and they're regulars there. it was the manager at the chick-fil-a that then sent help. >> but they never got the food. >>> amazing before and after scenes from houston. >> this is a look at the buffalo bayou taking over the downtown area. there's the before picture and take a look at the after. all of the roadways completely covered in water. you just see the tops of the trees. >> this was striking, because you see the houston skyline here and you take a look at that overpass. and now take a look at it there. just gives you a sense of how p acknowledging that texas is now facing a long road to recovery in the aftermath of hurricane harvey. he met yesterday with state and federal emergency officials, who are already on the ground. the president did not tour any of the worst hit flo says they did not want to disrupt rescue and reco

. >> reporter: and of all the unusual rescues, it's hard to surpass this one, karen and j.c. spencerrandparents in houston, being evacuate the right through the front door on jet skis. >> tell me how you ended up on a jet ski. >> we had to evacuate. we he to get out of there. i call the chick fil a, ordered two grilled burritos and a boat. >> i know you loaded your possessions on that boat and all of a sudden some jet skis showed up. >> karen jumped on the back of a jet ski and i jumped on the back of another one. >> reporter: the number of joyous reunions like this one. that little baby, lily via lobos is back. her parents meeting the plane cayi >> oh, man. i haven't seen her, and just i mean, i love my little girl. i just hugged her and just seeing her made me so happy. she's back, and i'm thankful for everyone that took care of her. >> reporter: the set sers got to express their gratitude in person to those jet skiers who whisked them to safety. and remember eye esha, the mother who took to facebook for help? she had a reunion of her own. >> hey! >> oh, my god! >> reporter: a help

that is 78-year-old karen spencer getting rescued from their home in a jet ski., were trapped in their north houston home. >> but the jet ski isn't even the strangers part about this whole rescue. turns out, it came about not because karen and her husband called 911, but because they called chick-fil-a. they're apparently regulars at their local chick-fil-a, so they called them up, ordered two chicken sandwiches, two waffle fries. by the way, they also mentioned that they were trapped while they were at it. the chick-fil-a manager sent help. so, the spencers say they didn't get the name of their rescuers, but the big tragedy, they never got that order from chick-fil-a. >> that is really the bad part there. >> somewhere, waffle fries are going to waste. >> isn't it a good thing they didn't call on a sunday? chick-fil-a would have been closed. >>> we've seen many sort of rescues, wonderful rescues, including that one. so, here you had a dad who was rescuing a kid. so, this is alexander jord, who rescued ethan coleman, a 4-year-old, with a paddle board, but that's n

spencer joins us. i know your wife karen is resting.r the past few days but i'm sure you know that that picture on the jet ski has now gone viral. tell me how you ended up on a jet ski heading out of your flooded home. >> well, monday morning we realized we had to evacuate. we had to get out of there. and so i called chick-fil-a. now that sounds kind of funny but i ordered two chicken burritos with extra egg and a boat, and can you believe the manager, one of the managers of chick-fil-a, she sent her husband to pick us up. and we are so grateful and so thankful. >> that is incredible. i know you loaded your possessions on to that boat and there wasn't a lot of room for you and karen to get in so all of a sudden some jet skis showed up. >> yes, and so karen jumped on the back of the jet ski and i jumped on the back of another one and they evacuated us to higher ground and we are ever so grateful. >> oh so grateful. i know she had a big smile on her face but karen said that she was actually on the verge of tears. it was probably a surreal