[helicopter whirring] david mckinley: jethro had to actually fashion a little rappelling system out ofes to safely get david down off the boat and into the water. megan howard: and once he got him in the water, i sent the basket down, and mr. littlefield climbed in the basket. and i hoisted him up to the cabin. and i could hear him, you know, yelling out to me, thank you. thank you. david littlefield: mother nature, she is a force to be reckoned with. she took 150 people's lives. by the grace of god, i wasn't one of them. by the grace of god and the coast guard. derek van dam: the coast guard saved over 300 people, a hundred pets. sadly, not everybody was that fortunate. [music playing] robert campbell: the wind was quite strong. a section of the front roof detached, and i heard it crashing. but that's crazy. you know, that took a hundred-mile-an-hour gust to do that. our street was underwater, and there were cars floating out on the road. surge was still-- it was over my 6-foot privacy fence. i went in to the bathroom. the toilet lid popped open, and water gushed and nearly hit the ce