i'm mike galanos. this is "prime news," special edition for you "the heroes among us." here's a story that blew us away. a three buddies had he had out in the gulf of mexico for a fishing trip, a trip that turned into one of the most terrifying ordeals of their lives. while asleep their boat starts going down, taking on water. frantic efforts to keep it afloat fail, so they spend the next eight days clinking to their capsized boat and their sanity. their survival really depending on salvaged beer, crackers. earlier i talked to them about their story, hawkins, philips, kurt hall and the rescuer, eddie. all right. tressel, you're the one. you wake up and the boat is taking on water. take the story from there. what goes on next? >> it was about 12:30. we're all asleep on the boat of course. and my bean bag that i was sleeping in had started floating around a little bit. and i didn't think nothing of it. just thought it was the waves on the boat until it just kind of pushed me to the side. and when i went to adjust myself on the bean bag, i put my foot down and the water ca