news 19's mary stargell said sat down with two of the rescuers who had just received their swift water rescue training 11 months before they really needed to put it into action. >>reporter:so true. that last rescue of that 36 hours was the most difficult. and it required the two best swimmers to risk their lives when they were completely exhausted. i'm for months later they think about that night every day. dark waters rushing >> it sounded like a ocean. >>reporter:cutting through the >> she was on a car, hanging on the rim upside down, and you could only see her head. >>reporter:captain michael sandel how to swim the 200 yards to reach the stranded woman on pinegrove road. >> the gust of water hit us in the face, and she panicked. she grabbed me on my neck, oh my gosh, i'm going to die. because, she does not let go of me i'm going to be going under. so i ended up having to grab her hand, and twisted, the when i the pop >>reporter: sand filled and are -- injured his shoulder and times. tethered on the shore was lieutenant gavin locklear who was leading the team. >> i cannot see him bec

news 19's mary stargell looks into richland county progress to improve services and amenities. >> the project is not quite but almost $2 million under budget and it is on time. >>reporter:words you do not often hear about a government construction project. the decker center is one of several projects richland county has underway that should be finished by the end project manager, chad explains. >> where the $2 million is from we estimated a 25 million- dollar construction contract, we did a competitive bid for this construction part of this project it came in about 2 million under the estimated cost. that is where we are saving our $2 million. >>reporter: note -- located on the international corridor, the place where you used to shop has been transformed into a space for a richland county central court with a courtrooms and some sheriffs department offices. richland county district eight councilman jim manning explains how it will help in efficiency. >> by having some of those divisions together for the sheriff's department, particularly some of the warrants divisions it will help the