48 Hours (CBS) - 1999-09-16 - Hurricane Floyd
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[0:00] Prayer for next Oprah. [laughter]
[0:03] >> Elfman and Chris [music] Katan. Tonight
[0:04] on CBS
[0:07] 48 hours, we take [music] you there.
[0:16] Feeling the fury of Floyd
[0:21] spawning hundreds of miles of misery.
[0:24] >> Sounded like a 7 mm magnum going off for
[0:26] millions of people. We will continue to
[0:28] take extraordinary measures to protect
[0:31] lives and property from Hurricane Floyd.
[0:33] >> Troubled waters rising, flooding homes
[0:36] and businesses, and putting livelihoods
[0:39] on the line.
[0:40] >> We are out and we need federal help.
[0:44] >> Crippling travel, knocking out power and
[0:47] shutting down schools and offices in
[0:50] major cities.
[0:51] >> Basically, right now, people are safe if
[0:53] they stay indoors. Also in the eye of
[0:55] the storm
[0:56] >> under half target. It is right below us.
[0:58] >> Some people live for this.
[1:00] >> I needed to get the baby up, but she
[1:01] wouldn't let go of my arm.
[1:02] >> Hold out altitude.
[1:03] >> The risky business of hurricane rescue.
[1:06] >> You wait for stuff like that. The
[1:07] excitement of going out and saving
[1:09] people.
[1:10] >> Plus, I
[1:13] heard about three or four shots. It
[1:14] would just bang bang bang.
[1:15] >> The deadly shooting rampage [music] at a
[1:17] church in Fort Worth, Texas. The thought
[1:19] of gunfire in a place of worship should
[1:22] be inconceivable.
[1:23] >> What could have been behind it?
[1:25] >> It's tragic and I it's just hard to
[1:27] understand it.
[1:28] >> Two forces to be reckoned with. An act
[1:30] of man, an act of nature.
[1:40] [music]
[1:55] Floyd is on the fast track, moving up
[1:58] the east coast. Good evening, Dan Rather
[2:01] reporting tonight from Wilmington, North
[2:03] Carolina. We have two stories for you
[2:05] thi