Dateline NBC - 1999-09-14
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[0:00] C
[0:02] storms to ever threaten the US. From
[0:05] Florida to North Carolina, millions are
[0:08] urged to get out as Floyd moves in.
[0:11] >> Please leave the city.
[0:12] >> Twice as big as Florida, [music] three
[0:14] times as large as Hurricane Andrew. The
[0:17] question now is where will it hit? This
[0:20] is a monster storm. Chris Hansen with
[0:23] the latest on Hurricane Floyd in a dine
[0:26] minuteby minute.
[0:30] This is just the beginning. [music] Are
[0:32] we in for a season of monster storms?
[0:36] >> 1999 looks to be a very busy season.
[0:39] >> Meaning a bad season. And it's not just
[0:42] the winds we should worry about. We have
[0:45] a little saying, you can hide from the
[0:47] wind, but not from the water. The water
[0:49] will get you.
[0:51] >> Robert Hager looks to the future. Who
[0:53] might be in harm's way? The answer may
[0:56] surprise you.
[1:00] They were close friends on a road trip
[1:02] that took them into the desert and into
[1:05] danger. They didn't have the uh water.
[1:08] They didn't have the knowledge.
[1:09] >> It was supposed to be an overnight. It
[1:11] would turn into 5 days in the blazing
[1:14] sun. And somewhere it would turn [music]
[1:16] deadly for one of them.
[1:18] >> Pointed over here and said, "I killed
[1:20] him."
[1:21] >> He said it was an act of mercy when they
[1:24] were in agony with no food and no water.
[1:27] Basically, he's saying that's what his
[1:29] buddy [music] asked him to do.
[1:31] Obviously, his buddy is dead, and we
[1:33] don't know that.
[1:35] >> What really happened on this trail
[1:37] barely a mile from the road? Was this
[1:40] killing mercy or was it murder? A case
[1:43] raising challenging legal issues [music]
[1:45] and deep moral questions.
[1:46] >> Watch the footing