>> no it scares me i didn't feel safe. >> as the water rose around ruth miller and her friends, staffersp calm and collective. >> kept saying that over and over again. >> oh, smells good doesn't it. >> nursing home owners say they were initially told to shelter in place. >> that is where the water rose in this room. >> but evacuation was soon their only option. >> within 45 minutes to an hour went from ankle to stomach. >> to get help she snapped this photo and sent it it to her daughter in florida. >> few hours after it was posted on social media came the rescues and then the reunions. >> what was it like when you first saw me today? >> oh, god, i was so happy. >> ruth is now living with her older sister suzanne bobrick. >> what you look at that picture again what goes through your mind? >> how tragic this could have ended up. the water rose and luckily it held. it held. >> ruth will stay with her sister until the family can find a new facility to fit her needs. as for the owners of the nursing home they plan to rebuild. there's plenty of damage so no telling when residents can return.