it was my friend, alex vega, who proposed the 72 hours. he encouraged us to hold out longer.was in an even worse state than us. >> translator: i had problems standing up. i had to do it very slowly. and when i got up, i had to stop for about a minute because my sight would get blurry andering would turn black. i waited for my eyes to clear and then started to move. moving was so difficult because i was so weak. >> with their food almost gone, some of the starving miners were now considering the final taboo. >> translator: i could see people who were really weak. maybe they were closer to dying, but we never said this guy is ready to go. the older ones were more worried. they thought the younger ones could last longer. >> translator: it was a matter of who would fall first. that was the position. the first one to fade away, we would have pounced on him like animals. it was coming. >> translator: we could have easily ended up eating one of our companions. i always thought it could happen. >> translator: the devil came to visit us. we weren't alone. there was an evil presence. i

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alex. >>> from the downpour in the heartland now to the raging fires out west. hundreds of families evacuated there. homes threatened. abc's cecilia vega on the fire lines for us. >> reporter: the flames came right up to steve chittenden's face torching even the gate. all he could do was fight back with a garden hose. >> you can imagine 100-foot flames right there and it just roared. it was loud. >> reporter: in just seconds the raging inferno ripped through his 9 acres but somehow spared his home of more than 40 years. >> i thank my stars it didn't come any closer. >> reporter: many neighbors were not as lucky. in a matter of hours overnight the fire burned more than 15.5 square miles of land about 90 miles east of los angeles. drought conditions and hot temperatures have made for a dangerous fire season in the western u.s. the flames spread so quickly here residents say they had just minutes to evacuate. the fire even blocked an evacuation road, trapping rescuers for a time. everyone made it out. >> we're watching stuff just explode right in front of our faces. >> reporter: five people injured so far. four of them firefighters. even

vegas odds makers have tiger still a 3-1. mickelson even coming off the british open 12-1. the first group tees off at 7:10 a.m. eastern time. alexl be in the lineup for the rest of the season unless he gets hurt or doesn't play well. an arbitrator will rule on that suspension. the decision is not expected until the end of the calendar year. mlb declined comment but the head of the players union said the suspension is way out of line. the yacnkees in chicago trying o avoid a three game sweep. rivera blows a save. the game is tied at 4-4. go to the 12th. one run lead. diaza, that is a walkoff triple. the white sox get the win and the series. 11 1/2 game behind the first place red sox, mr. barnicle. beat the astros on stephen drew's home run. >> a-rod only has 54 more games to go to break joe dimaggio's record. he got hits in two straight games. >> let's keep an eye on that. barnicle is mondaying toing our joe dimaggio-a-rod hit streak. >>> top of the eighth, game tied at three. jason hayward. single for the rbi. braves up one. bottom of the nine. braves up three. nats threatening with bases loaded. wilson romos, lines out. pretty

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