carolyn lloyd said when she knew she had to get her daughter help she was able to carry rachel on her back for a little while. eventually a helicopter pilot saw their help signs and they are both now expected to be fine. but that is an amazing story. as if a mother and daughter aren't bonded as it is. michelle: exactly. jonathan: they will have the story forever. michelle: to be in that situation and not know if th is it. jonathan: every christmas and thanksgiving they get together -- michelle: if that doesn't give you chills this will. miraculous survive for 72-year-old man in ecuador. manuel vasquez was found alive after being trapped under rubble for nearly two weeks. remember the earthquake? his apartment building collapsed in the april 16 earthquake. the humanitarian team found him 13 days later. he lost some of his toes and was suffering from kidney failure but he is alive and being treated at a hospital now. jonathan: very lucky. coming up for us at 4:00 -- kellye: i'm kellye lynn. on the final day of the science competition. i'll tell you the final teams in spotlight on educat

the north carolina native carolyn lloyd visiting her daughter rachel studying in new zealand. they headed a off tuesday for a hike into this dense forest. but things quickly take a dangerous turn. they became disoriented with no way out of the rugged wilderness. they rationed their resources and huddled together for warmth spelling out help with roxanne sticks. that sign spot today by rescuers flying overhead. >> there were three different signs and a big point to their location. >> reporter: latest in the string of amazing survival stories. these men stranded on a remote pacific island using palm leaves to spell out help, this mother a and daughter recovering in a new seal land hospital tonight. >> understandably, just dehydrated and exhausted. >> reporter: thankful help came just in time. mary bruce, abc news, washington. >>> president obama had his last chance tonight to poke fun at fellow politicians, himself and the press. during the annual white house correspondent dinner and did he not hold back. >> stars, athletes, celebrities, government officials walk red carpet to t

carolyn lloyd went to visit her daughter rachel who was studying in wellington and the pair got lost in a day long hike and stranded four four days in a wooded area until a search and rescue helicopter spotted them. >> they told me when i got in the ambulance, i would have made it only a couple more hours. it was going to get dark and then there was clearly no path. it was like i had never been happier to see anyone in my life. >> i thought i died and went to heavens. >> the lloyds were found less than one and a quarter miles from where they started the hike and they rationed resources and stayed together for warmth and while dehydrated and exhausted, both women are expected to be okay. >>> searchers in east texas recovered the body of sixth flooding victim sunday. she is 64-year-old linda asbury. she and her four grandchildren perished after rain swept them away. elsewhere in parts of louisiana, and arkansas, people came out of their homes to discover they weren't goight going to be able to drive anyway. >> getting ready for work and something said look outside and i looked outside

north carolina native carolyn lloyd, visiting her daughter, rachel, as she studies abroad in new zealand. the pair head off tuesday for a hike into this dense forest. but things quickly take a dangerous turn. they became disoriented, with no way out of the rugged wilderness. they rationed their resources and huddled together for warmth, spelling out "help" with rocks and sticks. that sign spotted today by rescuers flying overhead. >> there were two different signs and also a big arrow in the river bed pointing to their location. they had gone to a lot of effort to make sure that their attention would be grabbed. >> reporter: it's the latest in a string of amazing survival stories. these men stranded on a remote pacific island using palm leaves to spell out "help." this mother and daughter, recovering in a new zealand hospital tonight. >> they are understandably a little bit worse for wear now, just dehydrated and exhausted. >> reporter: thankful help came just in time. mary bruce, abc news, washington. >>> and back home now to a scandal rocking san francisco's police department. racist a

i thought they wouldn't find us. >> reporter: americans carolyn lloyd and her daughter, rachel, lostr days, after taking what was supposed to be a quick picturesque hike in new zealand. >> i took a tumble in the water, hit my head on a rock pretty bad. >> i knew she was -- she was fading on me. she was fading. it was terrifying. as a mother, it's terrifying. >> reporter: huddled together for warmth with barely any food, rachel, a unc graduate, felt death closing in. >> i was speaking with my mom. i was actually had to go through kind of my dying wishes, which was the hardest thing, you know, watching my mom watch me suffer and die, slowly. >> reporter: that's when mom's survival instincts and heroism kicked in. >> my mom was incredible. she carried me on her back for a little while when she could. >> reporter: the pair's rental car found abandoned at the park two days after their disappearance. teams of dogs, helicopters and emergency personnel dispatched to find them. >> they stayed together. they'll stay warm, and they've rationed their resources out. >> it's just like a heartbreak

carolyn lloyd was visiting her daughter rachel in new zealand. caught in rugged terrain. when they checked into their -- when they never checked into their hotel, search crews were sent looking for them. ultimately they were saved thanks to this makeshift help sign they made of trees and shrubs. rescue crews were able to spot it from the air. the pair survived by rationing pea nuts and huddling together for warm. >>> a heart stopping moment on a texas racetrack. >> oh, wow. sydney -- hang on there, sydney freegal into the wall. top end over and over. a wild one there. >> race car driver's corvette going airborne after slamming into the wall at the royal purple raceway. he only had a broken arm luckily. can you imagine? >>> and park ranger uniforms are apparently threatening to some latinos. well, that's the word from civil rights groups pushing to change what park rangers wear. they say that the clothes look similar to border control uniforms and are asking for an executive order forcing government agencies to make changes that would be quote mor

mother and daughter walk through a park, half the size of searching forush and rachel lloyd and her mother carolyn. a totally through jungle. >> they rationed their one day's worth of peanuts and crackers and huddle to stay warm at night. >> she would try to rub up my legs and blow on my feet. i couldn't feel anything. >> reporter: rachel fell into a feeling in her leg. >> at thisinwe were going throug wishes. >> it was really terrible. . >> carolyn carried her daughter on her back through the jungle then a desperate attempt, she took some sticks and stones and wrote out help. a helicopter spotted that sign. just beyond it, mother and daughter waving their arms. >> they told me i had a hype therm ya. >> i'm feeling a lot better than i was five days ago. that's for sure. >> you saw the picture, the youngest lady is in the hospital. mom was never admitted. she was fine. dad is in north carolina. he was planning to go down. mom said, we're good. we'll see you when we get >> she says that, i don't know. >> he planned to go. lawsuit this morning.of coffee . this morning, coffee giant is fighting back.

after four days of searching for rachel lloyd and her mother carolyn. glimmer of hope -- a sign of "help." the two women set off for a day-long like which turned into a four-day fight for survival. >> got very, very, very steep. it was totally through jungle. >> they rationed their one day's worth of peanuts and crackers and huddle to stay warm at night. >> she would try to rub up my legs and blow on my feet. i couldn't feel anything. >> reporter: rachel fell into a pond, she lost her sight and feeling in her leg. >> at this point, we knew that i was failing health and dying. we were going through our dying wishes. >> it was really terrible. we didn't sleep that night because we were so cold. >> carolyn carried her daughter on her back through the jungle then a desperate attempt, she took some sticks and stones and wrote out help. a helicopter spotted that sign. just beyond it, mother and daughter waving their arms. >> they told me i had a hype therm ya. >> i'm feeling a lot better than i was five days ago. that's for sure. >> you saw the picture, the y

after four days of searching for rachel lloyd and her mother carolyn, a glimmer of hope -- a sign "help." made of sticks and stones. >> we were at the mercy of everybody hoping someone would rescue us. >> reporter: the two women set off for a day-long hike which turned into a four-day fight for survival. >> got very, very, very steep. it was totally through jungle. the blue markers completely stopped. >> reporter: they rationed their one day's worth of peanuts and crackers and huddle to stay warm at night. >> my mom took my shoes and socks and she would try to rub up my legs and blow on my feet. i couldn't feel anything. >> reporter: rachel fell into a pond, she lost her sight and feeling in her leg. >> at this point, we knew that i was failing health and dying. we were going through my dying wishes. which i'm sure was not easy for her. >> it was really terrible. we didn't sleep that night because we were so cold. >> reporter: carolyn carried her daughter on her back through the jungle then a desperate attempt, she took some sticks and stones and wrote out help. a helicopter spotted tha