for 22-year-old hormiz david of modesto, 27-year-old ninos yacoub of turlock and 21-year- old ramina badal of modesto. yosemite national park officials all three are presumed dead after slipping into the vernal fall tuesday. he says all three were part of the community. >> this is one of the ways of showing how close we are. >> reporter: they know the female victim and her family. they say she was active in our church. >> very smart girl. "a" student in college. you see them in yosemite national park already. they are all there. looking around. they haven't found them yet. >> very nice girl. very involved with our church and youth group. she -- she had a passion for, you know, her faith. >> reporter: he says all three were part of the church's youth program. the two male victims loved helping people. >> we are hopeful they will be back home safe because they haven't found them. we don't presume they are dead but we hope and faith in jesus that they will be home safe. >> reporter: reggie kumar . >>> fire in san francisco. the fire at this two story home broke out in the 400 block of wallace

just helping someone she lost her life as well. >> reporter: distraught relatives say ramina badal wasn a church retreat in yosemite along with 22-year-old hormiz david and 27-year-old ninos yacoub also swept over the fall. they were church members where rami na played the flute. >> she was very involved. she helps the homeless, very active in the community. >> reporter: tight-knit assyrian community is now coming together fearing the loss of the young nursing student and her two friends. >> we have so many questions and no answers, you know? >> reporter: koula gianulias cbs 5. >> the sweltering summer heat is baking much of the midwest and is moving east. it's been so hot in the plains states, some stores are sold out of air-conditioners and fans, too. it's expected to be cooler in the midwest this weekend. but the temperatures are expected to reach the triple digits in washington, d.c. and new york tomorrow. some of the animals getting a little help to beat the heat. zookeepers in chicago giving the bears and big cats huge blocks of ice and homemade popsicles. can you tell there's so

we get to see who they were. 22-year-old hormiz david, 21-year-old ucsf student nursing student ramina badal and 27-year-old ninos yacoub, a chemistry stoond at cal state, all three on a church outing when they climbed over barricades at vernal fallings and swept away. last night hundreds came together for an emotional prayer service at st. george church in the town just south of modesto. the three hikers now presumed dead. one family still hoping, holding on to hope, that they may still be alive. >> he's the brother we never had, he is our best friend and i know he's going to come home. he's coming home and this isn't real. he's coming home because he's my big brother and i ever asked for. >> there was not much of a search overnight. because of the strong currents search crews won able to retrieve the bodies, they have not been found, when they do they will not be able to retrieve them for weeks. for the victims' families and friends they returned to emotionally connect. they didn't get in the water. they didn't cross the railing. they stood at the spot where their loved ones went over the

hikers from the central valley are identified. 22-year-old hormiz david, 21 erld nursing student ramina badal ninos yacoub. all three on a church outing when they climbed over barricades at vernal falls and swept away while posing for a photo. last night hundreds came together for an emotional prayer service at st. george's church. it's a community hit especially hard by the tragedy. st. george's sponsored the outing. the three hikers now presumed dead. one family still holding on to hope that they may still be alive. >> he's the brother we never had, he's our best friend and i know he's going to come home. he's coming home and this isn't real. he's coming home because he's my big brother and he's everything i ever asked for. >> really not much of a search at yosemite. in fact, because of the strong current search crews won't be able to retrieve the bodies for weeks. for the families and friends they returned to ver that withe. a life long friend of one ever the victims says it's a struggle trying to make sense of the tragedy. >> coming up here it's risk, it's hazardous. you know, they have t

hikers swept over a water fall at yosemite. 22-year-old hormiz david, 21-year-old nursing student ramina badal, and 27-year-old ninos yacoub, all three were on a church outing when they climbed over barricades at vernal falls and swept away posing for a photo. crews had to suspend the search because of strong currents. support keeps pouring in for bryan stow, a group of water sports photographer will hold an exhibit tonight to help raise money for the injured giants fan. the fund-raiser will showcase photographs of top watersports athletes. it's tonight from 8:30 to 10:30 at the liquid playground on o'toole avenue. >> an oakland business the subject of a new reality show. that's because the business is pot. oakland pot club harbor side health center has got at any green light for its own show on "the discovery channel." the pot club will be in a show. it's the the largest legal retailer of cannabis. it handles some 800 patients a day and pays $300 million a year in taxes. 6:37 now. time to check in with meteorologist christina loren with a look at our warm day. >> yeah, depending on where you

the victims have been identified as 22-year-old hormiz david, 21-year-old ramina badal and 27-year-old ninos yacoub. a prayer service honoring the young victims. >> two of ninos yacoub's cousins remember him fondly. he was one of those people that didn't deserve it. his family didn't deserve it. his parents -- his parent his a love for him so strong, too. it's just, like, it's somebody that we need him on this earth, like, he -- >> he holds our family together. he's our rock. he's our angel. he is really our angel. >> reporter: 1500 people a day make the hike up to the top of vernal fall. park rangers say the area is well posted with warnings. >> this area is enclosed. there are signs posted saying hey, it's dangerous. the water is very swift. don't go over here, but there's no ranger that's up there telling people they're not allowed to go over to that area. >> reporter: so far this year, six people have died in drowning accidents in yosemite. park rangers tell us it could be september before the waters have receded enough to permit the recovery of bodies. >> george lewis in californi

. >> reporter: 22-year-old hormiz david and his friends ninos yacoub and ramina badal ignored the signsater and slipped, setting off a chain reaction. >> apparently they were taking photos, playing in the water. one of the males lost his footing, started to slide down. the second male tried to rescue him. and also lost his footing. then the third person, the female, did. and ununrtunately it was a chain reaction of events and all three were swept over vernal falls. >> i couldn't process why they were in the water whenen first saw it. you know, it was -- because the current was moving so fast. >> two, they were holding onto each other, and one was alone floating through the current. the reason why i looked was this woman was screaming and running along the edge of the water. >> reporter: while search and rescue crews scoured the water, searching for the hikers' bodies. visitors we talked with expressed their concerns and frustrations. >> it's just sad. when people know the water's high. and think they're not going to be the ones, it's safe out there. and it's not. >> reporter: so far thi