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00:00The Romanian invasion in 1992 and in 1993, in Central Europe every year, in Colombia, Algeria, and certainly in Asia,
00:10destroyed the Yugoslavia and took everything with it.
00:17These are the remains of Hitchi.
00:19I saw these remains of a huge wall and I was afraid to look at it.
00:25It is a force that from a very young age has created families, their lives as well as the lives of their citizens.
00:34Even today, this risk threatens us.
00:37We only had two choices, to get in the car and die, or to get out of the car and die for nothing.
00:43For obvious reasons, we can predict where and when it will happen.
00:47I don't believe that the dilemma is if this can happen, but rather when it can happen.
00:55The Romanian invasion in 1992 and in 1993
01:08The origin of an invasion is simple.
01:10A lot of people die very quickly.
01:18There is no, or there is very little, reason to be afraid.
01:22When the terrible things that happen can't be avoided, water creates an unbelievable force.
01:31The risk is not unpredictable.
01:33A small river, very fast, is an arzoid.
01:40It takes five centimeters of water to flood a car.
01:44The most terrible floods can destroy other cities.
01:49In 1990, approximately 1,000 people died in the United States, more than other natural disasters.
01:59I think this is tragic.
02:01A lot of people die because they are affected by water.
02:05It is very sad to imagine that in the smallest number of people, a small stream can turn into a huge flood.
02:12A century ago, this small stream would have provoked the most terrible floods in the history of the United States.
02:24It is the Willow Stream.
02:26It flows through London and Epneri, 250 kilometers along the coast of Portland, Oregon.
02:34The river flows through two canyons in the south of Epneri.
02:39It served as a magnet for those who settled here in the late 18th century.
02:46Epneri witnessed a rapid growth.
02:48In 1903, it numbered 1,400 people.
02:54As many urban cities, they were built very quickly.
02:57Some of the buildings had no foundations.
03:01The same did not happen with the palace in the right wing of Epneri.
03:05Its majestic architecture was a symbol of the expansion of the area.
03:10The majestic dome, which was embossed, was as high as all the cities in Oregon could see.
03:17T.W. Ayers, one of Epneri's most famous architects,
03:21took the dome of the old palace of the right wing to show off its elegant Victorian style.
03:27Two streets after the house of Ayers were the main gates of Epneri.
03:31Gertrude Crawford and Anna McBride worked there.
03:34The two young women were the best.
03:36Gertrude wrote a letter to her husband in connection with her friendship with Anna.
03:40We have been working together for two and a half years.
03:43We spent all the money we had.
03:45We had no money.
03:46We had no money.
03:47We had no money.
03:48We had no money.
03:49We had no money.
03:50We had no money.
03:51We had no money.
03:52We had no money.
03:53We had no money.
03:54We had no money.
03:55We had no money.
03:56We had no money.
03:57We had no money.
03:58We had no money.
03:59We were young.
04:00We had no money.
04:01We had no money.
04:02We wanted everything for ourselves.
04:03We wanted our world in any way we could.
04:06Grocery store ended up being a植,
04:08the day Dasmos did herаться and founded this family of his.
04:14Epneri wasn't an ordinary cock-fort.
04:17Leslie Matlock had a grief for his elegance,
04:20and passion for his bullfights.
04:23Remember, Bruce Kelly, as old as he is,
04:26knew about his strong character, he was a hard worker.
04:33The beginnings of the dream of that man will be short-lived.
04:37In 14.6.1903, the existence of these miners will change forever.
04:49It was a strange afternoon.
04:51The women were setting the table and the men were smoking a cigarette in the balcony.
04:57Like all men, they were all prepared for mining activities.
05:04An empty room was waiting for the miners.
05:07The largest part of the people went into the mine,
05:10or hid in the empty room.
05:13The miners were waiting for their turn.
05:18As soon as it was their turn, Anna McBride was a strong migrant.
05:23She decided to leave her home in Gertrude,
05:26where she was living for a while,
05:28to go to the family's house, not far from the city of Willow.
05:32A little before Anna left the house,
05:34we met and had a nice chat.
05:37I was living in another city for a while.
05:40For the first time in many months, Anna and I were not together.
05:47It was almost 5 o'clock in the morning,
05:50when some air came in to blow the smoke.
05:54The air was coming from the miners' yoke.
05:59The largest part of the miners' people wished to see you.
06:03The smoke would freshen the fire,
06:05and the women's tears would be a sign that they were dying miserably.
06:12Leslie Matlock was trying to get out of the smoke in his favorite bar.
06:17But the smoke that was forcing him even more was getting stronger.
06:21To get out of the smoke,
06:23he decided to walk around a corner,
06:25where he could see the city.
06:28When he reached the top, he saw his friend Bruce Kelly,
06:31and he was watching the development of the city.
06:35From the corner, the two men were looking at the most beautiful
06:38and the most beautiful fire that they had ever seen.
06:42They saw it with their own eyes in the canyons in the south of Epneri.
06:47The dirt of the corner could not be seen by everyone.
06:52The walls of the canyons were straightening the water to the right of Willow Creek.
06:58The relief created a patch of earth.
07:00The relief covered all the water,
07:02the water that filled the entire area of the canyon.
07:20All the water was brought to the aquifer.
07:22which happened in the river that stretched to the south of Epneri.
07:27Everything was deposited in the aquifer.
07:30and allowing it to build up.
08:00If they come too late, perhaps they will arrive at a time when their ships of the Exinton and Ion will be paralysed.
08:09In the meantime, Matlock will protect those who are about to leave the ship.
08:14Keep your eyes open, keep your eyes open while waiting for the time to come,
08:18as soon as possible.
08:20Level up.
08:22Don't ask yourself if this will last a day.
08:25The fate of the Pneus is uncertain.
08:29Two ships are sinking in the waters of the Dnieper.
08:32Two passengers are badly injured.
08:35The rescue continues after their wounds.
08:45On the 14th of November, 1903,
08:47during a storm, two ships are fighting for a victorious victory,
08:52which will destroy their city of India, Epner, in Oregon.
08:58Their allies, Leslie Matlock and Bruce Kelly,
09:02are fighting for the right of the ships to fight for the Exinton and Ion,
09:06which will happen after the flood.
09:10For the Exinton, it was very difficult.
09:13When it arrived, the victory was ahead of everything.
09:18Matlock and Kelly continue to go to Bikua and Thoris,
09:22where they see isolated farms.
09:24They go to the right of the Mayas, they find the right of the Kodras.
09:27The shantans of the families who are in the baths turn to the Kodras.
09:32Matlock and Kelly understand that they were doomed.
09:38This is an ironic idea.
09:41We haven't seen the relief yet.
09:43Everything here is a destroyed building,
09:46and at the same time, it is full of destruction.
09:49They are all from the Mayas.
09:57Rescued passengers arrive at the Ion and are relieved.
10:01They pass the barrier quickly.
10:04They leave and go in the direction of the alarm.
10:08Thanks to them, 250 people from the village can leave for the Kodras.
10:16Water is found in the streets of Shkreta.
10:19Matlock and Kelly go to the Kodras to find water,
10:22while they go to the Ion.
10:25For the first time in their lives,
10:27they are afraid when they imagine what their city of Ilinda will be like.
10:38At dawn, Matlock and Kelly go to the Ion.
10:43They are shocked by what they see.
10:53The time of the Palace of Justice had arrived at the peak of the storm.
10:58Its eclipses had passed at 15.16.
11:02Therefore, only one hour of the Ion is left.
11:05At this point, the major referendum tests their courage.
11:13While leaving the city of Matlock and Kelly,
11:16the fifth school, the destroyed house,
11:19and one of the others were found.
11:25The baseless house was filled with broken walls.
11:29The walls that surrounded the wall of the Ion were broken.
11:35The house of T.W. Ayers,
11:38one of the most important figures,
11:40is found in the ruins.
11:42The rise of the water level
11:44destroys the whole family in the house dome,
11:46which is found in the ruined ruins.
11:49The destruction of the Victorian style
11:51destroys your life.
11:57The property of the Ayers family
11:59had suffered great damage.
12:01But when they returned to Humburg,
12:02they said they had no fate.
12:04And it was true,
12:06that in the end,
12:08they began to ask for forgiveness.
12:12Surrounded by shovels,
12:14they began to dig in the ruins
12:16with the fear of a fire
12:19that would signal the presence of an enemy
12:21or a neighbor.
12:23The biggest part of the victims
12:25are still covered with their clothes
12:27and buried.
12:33It is important to know
12:35that from the ruins of the ruins
12:37there were people buried by the ruins.
12:39Most of the people
12:41were buried in the ground
12:43or buried one of their relatives.
12:46Soon we find the body of Anna McBride.
12:49Anna, her parents and three other children
12:52are buried in their house.
12:55Anna's clothes were torn,
12:57but she still has her coat of arms.
12:59She begs for forgiveness.
13:01The house she had built
13:03is as it was before.
13:05She tries very hard
13:07to save her life.
13:12Anna's best friend,
13:14Gertrude Crawford,
13:16was young.
13:18She wrote a letter to Anna's family
13:20in Canada,
13:22explaining why she had not taken part
13:24in her burial.
13:27I hope my mother will not die
13:29but she cannot see her son.
13:31I tell her that you are very brave,
13:33very natural as you can see,
13:35but you cannot find the strength
13:37to go forward.
13:39I want to remember
13:41the last time I was with you.
13:43I wanted to ask you
13:45for the last time
13:47to forgive me
13:49and to say goodbye.
13:52The next day,
13:54the courtyards of the ruins
13:56were filled with graves.
13:57The graves were of the same date,
13:5914th of January, 1903.
14:05When the first person
14:07was found,
14:09the number of victims
14:11continues to increase.
14:13In the end,
14:15227 people were found.
14:17They were found
14:19buried in a cemetery
14:21in Columbia,
14:2370 kilometers away.
14:25Approximately 1,500 people
14:27were buried in the cemetery,
14:29some of which were
14:31the remains of a dead person.
14:36The remains of the deceased
14:38are found all over Oregon,
14:40and the remains of people
14:42are found all over the region.
14:46Voluntary cemeteries
14:48are found in many camps
14:50such as this one.
14:55For the victims,
14:57leaving the cemetery
14:59was never an option.
15:01They had plans,
15:03they had dreams,
15:05they were attached to this place,
15:07they had invested their lives
15:09and the future of their children
15:11was here,
15:13it was their place.
15:15They were farmers,
15:17they were the people,
15:19that's why they were changed.
15:21To thank them,
15:22they were given the name
15:24Bruce Kelly.
15:26According to their legend,
15:28Bruce Kelly spent his life
15:30in his farm.
15:32He said that he would
15:34never forget his promise.
15:36Leslie Matlock
15:38voluntarily tells the story
15:40of the terrible death.
15:42Until the end of his life,
15:44he never returned to the city
15:46without being shot in the head.
15:48But if he had been alive,
15:50it would have been a great tragedy.
15:52Because everything would have happened
15:54if he hadn't raised the awareness
15:56of the people of Epneri
15:58in order to start the mission
16:00of the heroic passer-by.
16:02He would have said that
16:04from that day on,
16:06he didn't see the light
16:08because of the darkness
16:10he was living in.
16:12Today, Epneri is not much older
16:14than it was in 1903.
16:16The ruins of the old cemetery
16:18have never been restored.
16:20The largest part of the people
16:22of Epneri will die.
16:24Others believe that
16:26other terrible events
16:28will happen in the future.
16:30It's very easy
16:32if we don't start a story
16:34that we know from the past.
16:36It's difficult to imagine
16:38a 10-meter-high wall.
16:40I don't think it's a question
16:42of whether it will happen or not,
16:44but I think it's a question
16:46of when it will happen.
16:48For the residents of Big Thompson Canyon
16:50in Colorado,
16:52the date is 1976.
17:11At the end of the 31st century,
17:13in 1976,
17:15Colorado celebrated
17:17its 100th anniversary.
17:19The city was full of visitors
17:20who came to take part
17:22in the celebrations.
17:24In the end,
17:26Big Thompson Canyon
17:28is a very popular destination.
17:30About 60 kilometers north
17:32of Denver,
17:34the beauty of Big Thompson Canyon
17:36and the nature around it
17:38attracted many visitors.
17:40Two young men,
17:42Tim Bean and John Wood,
17:44organized an expedition
17:46with bicycles through the mountains.
17:48They had built their camp
17:50for seven nights.
17:52For us,
17:54it was a very special experience
17:56to leave our families alone.
17:58It was a great adventure
18:00to travel through the mountains
18:02on bicycles.
18:04We had taken photos,
18:06but it was the first time
18:08that we had seen these mountains
18:10in real life.
18:12A few kilometers north of the camp
18:14there was a house.
18:16It was a small village
18:18where Deborah Watts
18:20and her husband Gary
18:22had gone there many times
18:24with Cindy and Aron,
18:26their 17-year-old children.
18:29It was the first time
18:31that they went there
18:33on a three-year-old baby.
18:35It was very quiet.
18:37It was very difficult
18:39to go up there
18:41and when you don't see the mountains,
18:43you only see them,
18:45the sound of the water.
18:47A few kilometers north of the camp
18:48there was a small village
18:50called Silvan Dale.
18:52It was a farm
18:54owned by a group of Greeks
18:56who were organizing
18:58a festival organized
19:00by Marilyn Henderson.
19:02I remember that when we entered
19:04the canyon,
19:06I thought that everything
19:08would go well.
19:10It was a very nice place
19:12and we were excited
19:14to be there.
19:16The number of visitors
19:18was as high as
19:20Big Thompson's network,
19:22which passes through the walls
19:24and admires the characteristic
19:26residences of the area.
19:28No one cares about the
19:30rivers that flow
19:32into the canyon.
19:34The clouds begin to roll in.
19:36The clouds begin to roll in.
19:38It's a characteristic of the area.
19:40After a few days,
19:42the clouds are gone.
19:44The camp is surrounded
19:46by a mountain.
19:48John Wood and I
19:50left the tent
19:52to camp in the car.
19:54It was raining.
19:56So I just
19:58pulled the seat of the car
20:00as much as I could
20:02and left,
20:04hoping that the rain
20:06would stop.
20:08Stuhia asks for permission
20:10to connect the post
20:12with Big Thompson's network.
20:14The wind that was blowing
20:16in the direction
20:18of 7.00
20:20Noelle Eferling
20:22and her family
20:24are at the canyon
20:26in the direction
20:28of the river.
20:30When we arrived
20:32in the camp,
20:34Eferling's car
20:36did not pass unnoticed.
20:38It's an old school bus
20:40that was modified
20:42in the camp car
20:44and written
20:45on the wall
20:47of the bus.
20:49It went out
20:51to the left
20:53because it was not going
20:55in the direction of Stuhia
20:57but in the direction
20:59of the river.
21:01I opened the back
21:03of the bus
21:05and said,
21:07I don't know,
21:09the level can go up
21:11to 10 meters.
21:13I walked from the
21:15left to the right
21:17and I couldn't believe
21:19what I saw.
21:21While Eferling and Noelle
21:23were waiting
21:25to go to the beginning
21:27of the bus,
21:29they were saved
21:31by the water
21:33that flows
21:35under their beds.
21:37The connection
21:39between Stuhia
21:41and the river
21:42and their car,
21:44Timmy and Johnny
21:46couldn't speak.
21:48While we were waiting,
21:50the sound of the water
21:52was changing rapidly.
21:54We were surrounded
21:56by the sound
21:58of the water
22:00but we couldn't hear
22:02anything.
22:04We opened the windows
22:06and the water
22:08was coming
22:09and the two young men
22:11were going towards
22:13the entrance of the camp.
22:15In case of an emergency,
22:17they had to go all the way
22:19to Maiava.
22:21The rocks of the canyon
22:23didn't create
22:25a safe place for them.
22:27The water covered
22:29the rocks with a
22:31thick and slippery layer.
22:33Timmy and Johnny
22:35decided to leave
22:37the canyon by car.
22:39They didn't know
22:41that the water
22:43had taken them.
22:45After a while,
22:47Noel Elferin
22:49went to his bus
22:51without warning
22:53his family
22:55and went by car.
22:57I started the car
22:59and heard the sound
23:01of the water fan
23:03and I knew that
23:05if it was too hot,
23:07the water would go
23:09through the rocks
23:11and break the safety barrier.
23:13In front of the people
23:15who were getting ready
23:17to leave,
23:19they didn't know
23:21that the canyon
23:23was being transformed
23:25into a fire pit.
23:27The water that went
23:29through Noel's bus
23:31was a sign of the worst
23:33natural disaster
23:35in the history of Colorado.
23:37On the 31st of January
23:391976,
23:41a fire broke out
23:43around the Big Thompson
23:45Canyon in Colorado.
23:47The rocks of the canyon
23:49created a giant channel.
23:51As a result,
23:53the water flowed
23:55directly into the river.
23:57The result was
23:59a terrible flood.
24:01Noel Elferin left
24:03his family
24:04with seven children
24:06and went by bus
24:08to a higher place.
24:10After a few minutes,
24:12the water was all over the place.
24:14As usual,
24:16the school bus
24:18was regulated
24:20to the highest level.
24:22We were at the highest level
24:24and we were sure
24:26that they would come with us.
24:28Everyone came here
24:30one after the other.
24:32George and Peggy Coyle
24:34as well as Clyde,
24:36were among those people
24:38who, with the help
24:40and the water that came
24:42to the bottom of the river,
24:44reached the top of Noel's bus.
24:46We told them that we were
24:48alone and they were waiting for us.
24:50We were 23 people in the bus
24:52but they took us to the top
24:54together with Clyde.
24:56All those who came
24:58were thirsty
24:59and wanted to drink water.
25:01If it was a man,
25:03he would drink from the bottle
25:05and if it was a woman,
25:07she would drink from the bottle.
25:09If it was a girl,
25:11she would drink from her own bottle.
25:13My wife takes a lot of bottles
25:15when she goes shopping.
25:17There were 25 people
25:19and 100 in the bus.
25:21Elferin was hoping
25:23that the water level
25:25would go up.
25:27Tim Bean and John Wood
25:29went to a strange place
25:31where they found themselves.
25:40I took only a small bottle
25:42to drink water.
25:45I took...
25:47I drank the water
25:49as much as I could
25:51and I kept drinking
25:53until I drank a little.
25:55After a while,
25:57I started to drink
25:59and I kept drinking
26:01until I drank a little.
26:03John got another bottle
26:05and he found around 5 bottles.
26:07The two men were drinking
26:09the small bottles
26:11and at the same time
26:13they were very thirsty.
26:15The water level
26:17at the top of the mountain
26:19was not as high
26:21as it was here
26:23but that day
26:25I was passing
26:27and I was like a boat
26:29that was going very fast.
26:31The materials
26:33and the water level
26:35were getting higher and higher.
26:37When the water level
26:39was rising,
26:41a bigger force
26:43was coming
26:45to the water level.
26:47The boats were more likely
26:49to be hit
26:51by the water.
26:53Further in the canyon,
26:55the boats were hit
26:57by the water.
26:59The chief was surrounded
27:01by a powerful storm.
27:03He knew that he had to take
27:05three of his children
27:07and find them
27:09at the bottom of the canyon.
27:11We were running around
27:13trying to help our children
27:15and we were finding them
27:17when the water was coming
27:19and that's when
27:21the storm hit the house.
27:23The materials
27:24and the water level
27:26were so high
27:28that they ruined
27:30the house.
27:32When I turned back around
27:34I remember
27:36my uniform
27:38and my helmet
27:40because I was wearing
27:42the same helmet
27:44until I ended up in the water.
27:46I could not help
27:48bringing the children
27:50to the bottom of the canyon.
27:52The whole family
27:54And then I realized that at that moment, the water became much, much stronger.
28:00The water became incredibly strong.
28:02Incredible.
28:06Some of us were ready to jump into the water.
28:09Some of the police officers were in our service.
28:12A patrol was constantly increasing the water level,
28:15and was constantly calling for people to jump into the water.
28:20A little before 10 o'clock, Marilyn Henderson,
28:23her boyfriend, Melaniel Kuitz, and 33 other women
28:27who were on the farm in Silvandale, a few kilometers away from the canyon, called.
28:33We are calling for help.
28:35Evacuate with people.
28:37A rescue will come.
28:39Don't leave anything, just the bags you need and the ammunition.
28:42As soon as it started to rain,
28:44all the women took the call very seriously.
28:48Marilyn, Melaniel, and three other women were pushed out of the farm by a car.
28:56Very quickly, the water levels rose above the car.
28:59They were stopped in a parking lot,
29:01where some police officers were giving instructions,
29:04on the terrorist tracks.
29:06They were checking all the windows,
29:09but one of them gave Marilyn another look, more dangerous.
29:14He wanted us to leave the canyon,
29:16and go to the right side of the valley.
29:19Nothing had been foreseen in this kind of situation.
29:22I guess no one knew what was going to happen.
29:24It was shortly after the water level rose,
29:26we arrived in the water.
29:29And the car that was coming towards us,
29:31right in front of us,
29:34was going through some of the water,
29:36because there was no water in the water.
29:39We slowed down.
29:41But when we got to the bottom of the canyon,
29:43we were completely submerged,
29:45and there was no way to get out.
29:54You cannot imagine,
29:56when your car breaks down,
29:58and you get out of the road.
30:00Their car was full,
30:02with all the material that the water had broken,
30:04coming out of the canyon.
30:06Before we could get a phone call,
30:08they took our car.
30:10It was a small car,
30:12in the middle of the desert.
30:14We only had two options,
30:16to get in the car and get out,
30:18or to get out of the car,
30:20and get out anyway.
30:22Melanie and I were first.
30:24We got in the car,
30:26and we were submerged in the water.
30:28What I remember,
30:30when I looked at Melanie,
30:32from the side of the car,
30:34she was completely submerged.
30:36And as soon as I hit her,
30:38she was pretty much already dead.
30:40It was like she was a bullet.
30:46I felt like a bullet,
30:48just hitting her.
30:50I was so fast,
30:52and I was turning so fast,
30:54and the only thing I felt,
30:56was a force,
30:58an unbelievable force,
31:00that pushed me very, very fast.
31:04A few kilometers further,
31:06Deborah Watts,
31:08her husband, Gary,
31:10and their three children,
31:12were found unharmed,
31:14in their house.
31:16Deborah ran very fast,
31:18to get to the forest,
31:20where she was buried.
31:24I remember,
31:26or rather,
31:28I remember,
31:30when after a while,
31:32the trees and the columns,
31:34they started to fall,
31:36and they fell very hard,
31:38just like a tree,
31:40and they were really our neighbors.
31:42The question is very simple,
31:44Deborah, after her husband,
31:46Aaron, had run away from her,
31:48that for a long time.
31:52I had lost so much blood,
31:54from my head,
31:56and part of it,
31:58was the functioning of my head.
32:00With all that,
32:02I was a little girl,
32:04I was three years old,
32:06and I could not move,
32:08and I could not speak,
32:10but I just was not able
32:12to grab his hand,
32:14and I could not get him
32:16out of my arms.
32:18And unfortunately,
32:20at that moment,
32:22my hand was cut off.
32:28In order to continue
32:30the good of the people
32:32who are still in the canyon,
32:34the weight of the sea is heavy.
32:46In 1931,
32:48in 1976,
32:50in the Big Thompson Canyon,
32:52in Colorado Valley,
32:54the equivalent of one year
32:56is 30 cm per 4 hours.
32:58The water level
33:00in the Big Thompson Canyon
33:02is 6 meters.
33:04With a flow rate
33:06of 900 m³ per second,
33:08the water flows
33:10from the mouth,
33:12taking all the water
33:14that flows down the river.
33:18The Watts family's house
33:20is located right next to the river.
33:22Deborah is very tired,
33:24as she is about to cross a river,
33:26and she is trapped
33:28in the mud of the river.
33:30She can not get out of the mud,
33:32her three-year-old son,
33:34who has lost a lot of weight.
33:36Right after that,
33:38I remember that my husband
33:40came to me once,
33:42he took my son,
33:44but he was naked,
33:46in his arms,
33:48and he came to understand
33:50that he was naked too.
33:52A little later,
33:54the Watts family
33:56arrived at the canyon.
33:58Amaya's son was naked
34:00behind a rock,
34:02and he was caught by the mud.
34:04Deborah knows that her only chance
34:06is to find her at the back of the canyon.
34:08She is very afraid
34:10and knows that she will not make it.
34:12So, I told Gary,
34:14take your kids
34:16and find as high as you can.
34:18I will go to the river.
34:20Then the rickshaw started
34:22There were a lot of men coming out of the canyon, and in the middle of the road, at the end of the forest, there was a small forest.
34:31That's where the other part of the night passed.
34:36Deborah had a forest and a house.
34:39That was the main concept of the time, when she was looking at a camping car from the other side of the world.
34:45They would stop that light on me, and it was just a matter of a few hours, and I understood that somebody knew that I was going to be there, and I was alive.
35:03A few kilometers further, Melanie Alkwitz and Marilyn Henderson were hit by a lightning bolt.
35:10They were pushed out of their car at 103 degrees Celsius.
35:14They were hit by a lightning bolt.
35:16They were hit for 1.15 kilometers by cars and horses, which were hit by lightning bolts.
35:22Unconscious, they understood that the lightning was going to strike.
35:27The light passed through a hole.
35:31As it passed through this depression, a reservoir was created, in which the river was flowing.
35:37Melanie and Marilyn were trapped in this part.
35:40I was exhausted. I couldn't go any further than the river.
35:44It was my turn to go straight to my visit.
35:47The gate was smaller.
35:49A few meters further, there was a tree.
35:51I climbed up the tree and I reached the other side of the river.
35:57The materials of the water were piled up on the other side of the river.
36:00For Melanie, they served as a ladder.
36:02It was the highest place to get out of the water and get to the other side of the river.
36:11A few meters further, Marilyn could reach the other side of the river.
36:15As the river was getting wider, it was possible to climb over a tree and get out of it.
36:21Hold on.
36:22No one in the hospital knew that she was dead.
36:26They locked her in the room for a few hours.
36:31And I remember that it was a very simple request.
36:34God, I need you to send me home, because I can't go on like this anymore.
36:42At that moment, Cliffon Moore, a farmer in the area, crossed the river that was there.
36:47Melanie looked straight into his eyes.
36:53I remember that Bertita Ford was in a state of shock.
36:56Why did you say that last word?
36:58God, I don't know.
37:00Bertita.
37:01Hey, I'm here, I'm here.
37:04When were you going to call me?
37:06The man didn't know what to do.
37:08He got into his car, took a liter of water and went into the water.
37:13And God to me, he lived in his car.
37:15He took me in his arms and took me to a Colorado man,
37:18who took me to the shore and took me away.
37:23Moore took Marilyn into the house and told her that she was not alone in the car.
37:27Maybe the others were in the water.
37:30He took her out of the river.
37:33She was Melanie Alcuitzi, but because of the heat and the speed of the river,
37:37she had to go and ask for help.
37:40When I saw the silhouette of that man, the excitement began even stronger for me.
37:44He called me and told me that he was going to ask for help,
37:47and that he was going to come and save me.
37:54Four hours later, the Elfering family saw that from their bus,
37:58the water level was rising and rising.
38:02Nineteen people were stranded in their bus.
38:07Through the river, they managed to deliver two people to the other side of the river.
38:12They were going to be rescued, but they had to cross the river.
38:29The water level is rising very fast.
38:31In a minute, it can rise up to ten meters,
38:34and if you do what they tell you to do, it's not fast.
38:37It's just this quick.
38:40Noel was in the middle of the river, and after a few kilometers,
38:46Tim Bean and John Wood were on the other side of the river.
38:52The rain was so bad that they fell.
38:55The buildings of the building in Rethnes were completely destroyed.
39:03Before they could reach the water level, Noel Elfering went to their bus.
39:09Tim Bean was paralyzed by fear.
39:14He was reluctant to come with me.
39:16I believe that he was afraid that he could die, but he still wanted to come.
39:21Tim and John were rescued together with other people in the unpopulated car of Noel.
39:29That night, someone else also went to be rescued in the bus of Noel.
39:33This number of passengers goes to twenty-eight.
39:37I am very sure that we have life from Noel,
39:41and I continue to call the boat the boat of the warrior Noel.
39:47In the boat of Noel, we understood that it was going to pass.
39:51We were afraid, we were trembling with fear.
39:58Thirty kilometers from there, Melanie Alcuitz thinks
40:01that no one will stop the flow of water to save them.
40:05She does not know that she will also pay for a long time.
40:09But Clifford Moore broke his promise.
40:12He offers two volunteers, Paul Becker and Scott Cole,
40:16who will come there by helicopter.
40:20I got to this tree here.
40:21Come to Cayopem.
40:22The water has reached the level of those trees over there.
40:25Melania was higher than those trees.
40:28She was really high.
40:30Paul reminds me that I am Paul, while she is Scott.
40:35We have to get her.
40:37I do not know.
40:38I am Melanie Alcuitz, and I hope you will help me.
40:44Melanie urgently went to the hospital, where she found Marilyn.
40:49The other three women had less chance.
40:52Their bodies were found lying on the ground.
40:55Their car was not just a Renault.
40:59In the middle of the canyon, Deborah Watts
41:02arrived to take Nathan to a cave behind a rock.
41:06The tourists who were before her had given the alarm.
41:09A helicopter came to pick up her family
41:12and they went to the hospital.
41:16Aaron's body, their three-year-old son,
41:19was found a few days later.
41:28In the middle of a forest in 1976,
41:31on a bus of 28 people,
41:38the road is completely deserted.
41:41When the helicopters came,
41:43they found only the children and the injured and the dead.
41:49The helicopter took only the passengers in the cave.
41:52Those who were left had only one choice to leave the canyon.
41:58They wanted to find Marilyn,
42:00and they had to travel more than 10 km
42:02to get to the most beautiful city, Estes Park.
42:06Clyde, the son of Coyle,
42:08tells the story of 14 people
42:10who have taken this long and difficult journey.
42:14A newspaper photographer took these photos
42:17when they came from the canyon.
42:20Noelle and her group are the first
42:22to come from their own village,
42:24from the protected area.
42:26When we arrived in Estes Park,
42:28we couldn't believe it.
42:30We thought it was a dream,
42:32that it could be real,
42:34that nothing was destroyed,
42:36because everything was destroyed there.
42:44According to the Big Thompson report,
42:46there were 139 victims
42:48and more than 30 million dollars were lost.
42:56The time had come to see the signs
42:58that this was a catastrophic damage
43:00to the landscape.
43:06Our cabin was here.
43:08Of course, all this can be done
43:10without the damage.
43:12A lot of material was deposited.
43:14The water was much colder
43:16than it used to be.
43:20The canyon continues to become
43:22a dead end for the campers and the rescuers.
43:25But the search for a safe shelter
43:27is always accompanied
43:29by the development of the weather forecast.
43:31Now we are looking for people
43:33who can give us information
43:35about the speed of the network
43:37and the level of deposits in real time.
43:39We did not have people
43:41at the time of the Big Thompson rescue,
43:43and I think there will be
43:45some more,
43:47although the technology
43:49could not do it.
43:51Meteorologists do not know
43:53the level of deposits
43:55that will cover an entire city.
43:57The weather forecast
43:59does not allow me
44:01to see an entire city.
44:03The weather forecast
44:05and the level of deposits
44:07indicate a dangerous situation.
44:09After a few hours,
44:11the machines and builders
44:13will be able to land
44:15in the middle of nowhere.
44:17Even in the 21st century,
44:19people still have to follow
44:21the social distancing rules.
44:23It may be better
44:25to spend a night in a tent
44:27and sleep under a blanket.
44:29You are safe in the dark
44:31or in the open.
44:33You may feel a little bit hot,
44:35but you will find yourself safe.
44:37The weather forecasts
44:39are really very promising.
44:41You can be absolutely sure
44:43that you will benefit
44:45from a nice day
44:47and spend the night
44:49in a place that is 10 meters deep
44:51and 4 meters high,
44:53and the opportunities that
44:55will suit you are endless.
44:57Do not underestimate
44:59the power of your imagination.
45:01It is a force that does not leave you
45:03unforgettably or super.
45:05It happens and it is everything.
45:07It just happens.
45:19Do not underestimate
45:21the power of your imagination.
45:23It is a force that does not leave you
45:25unforgettably or super.
45:27It just happens.
45:49Do not underestimate
45:51the power of your imagination.
45:53It just happens.