rob carlmark, nice enough to join us from our phoenix station. nice work, well done in the thick of it last night. pleasure to have you, thanks. >>> in mexico, rescue teams are still trying to find seven americans missing after their fishing boat capsized sunday. but time may be running out in this situation. they have been lost at sea now for four days, and the mexican navy says it will stop rescue efforts on friday. this as we're learning more about how 35 men narrowly escaped the waters alive. nbc's miguel almaguer has the report from san felipe in mexico. >> reporter: exhausted, dehydrated, survivors, some had to be carried as they were loaded on to a military rescue chopper. one man still clinging to his life preserver. 16 hours lost at sea, a brief moment of relief after a fight of their lives. their fishing boat, erik, sank in a freak storm. >> we had a shark circle us twice. i was bleeding. i thought i'm done. >> reporter: michael lang calls his rescue a miracle and believes the seven missing americans, fathers, husbands and brothers, wil