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Mike Embley will be here in 20 minutes time. Time now for a look at

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the news as seen across the United States a couple of hours ago, in ABC

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World News with Dianne Sawyer. Welcome to what news. Breaking news

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from General Motors, pulling 1 million cars off the road. A new

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problem on top of the trouble with airbags. Midnight hour, the race to

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sign up for Healthcare ahead of tonight's deadline.

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New video tonight of a dramatic rescue at sea after a 90 minute

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trapped in the waves. And coming home from America's wars. A call to

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action to help the hidden heroes. Those who fought for us.

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A good evening to you. We have regular news from General Motors,

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another big recall. 1.3 million cars. This time from power steering

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cutting out. Right on the heels of the problem with ignition and

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airbags. This new recall comes on the eve of a piece of tomorrow of a

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new head of General Motors and drink of less before Congress about what

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is going on at the company. Our correspondent start of.

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It is the stunning revelation tonight that a new recall, 1.3

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million more can't recall this time for steering problems. Coming just

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one day before the automaker testified before Congress about it

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handling of the other recall involving ignition switches that

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took GM more than a decade to make and cost at least 13 people their

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lives. For our daughter and the other victims, there are still

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people out there driving this vehicle who should not be driving

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it. GM has now recalled 2.6 million cars because the ignition switches

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could turn off unexpectedly, shutting down the car's power and

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safety system. In testimony just released by the committee, the GM

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CEO will say tomorrow that she is deeply sorry. Reiterating her

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promise to conduct a thorough investigation. According to these

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newly released documents, it was a series of missteps by both GM and

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regulators. In 2002, GM approved using the faulty switches even after

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the outside vendor divided test results that showed GM apart did not

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meet specifications. It doesn't bite, GM engineers met to consider

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making changes to the switches but decided against it. The house also

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finding that in 2007 and 2010 after reports the ignition problems

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disabled airbags, regulator still declined to open enquiries because

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they did not think there was enough crash evidence. GM will have

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something to say at tomorrow's hearings. They could also give some

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families some answers. Tonight, a mad scramble is under way

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as the midnight hour approaches. It is the deadline to sign up for

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Obamacare. The website faltered today after that infamously troubled

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start. in mind to sign up for Healthcare.

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We will be here until midnight. In Miami, long lines as well. And San

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Antonio. It looked like election day as the BP visited enrolment centres

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in Washington and made his last minute pitch on a talk show. Any

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young person listening, if you don't need these for your peace of mind,

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do it for your mother. Do it for your father. Get health coverage.

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Deadline date has brought an Obamacare surge. More than a million

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visitors to Healthcare .gov. Even now, there were still glitches. The

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website was down to ours and again early this afternoon. The countdown

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clock on the website was off. It was not 16 days until the deadline but

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16 hours. White House dog is joined a push to date that also saw some

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odd presidential appearances designed to appeal to young people.

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Have you heard of the website? In a mash up of celebrity endorsements,

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parodied by television shows. Many questions are still unanswered,

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including how many people have paid to roll? How many have paid? That we

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do not have those figures. The White House has `` says 6 million have

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signed up but they have not said how many were previously uninsured. Both

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critical measures of this success. Next we turned to an urgent warning

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from some of the world 's top scientists. This is their message

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will stop the unforgiving wincing, those ferocious fires, extreme

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weather we have all endured good indeed be a herald of a new normal.

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Planet change. They say it is a reality that humans help create on

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the planet. It is not the future, it is here.

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Bigger storms. This one last night in Hong Kong flooding eight shopping

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maul. Today's ominous reports blending the increase on global

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warming. The wildfires in the US. The iMac it was awful to watch it

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burned down. Devastating drought in the west. Higher food prices for

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all. The nation coastline under pressure from rising seas, lower

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Manhattan and the Jersey shore underwater during hurricane in

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Sandy. Last year alone, the US suffered seven weather disaster

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events. Costing the country $7 billion and 109 lives. You lack the

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global warming that have occurred is already having impacts. While global

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warming is easier to see at the polls, this report by the UN side

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panel says there is no more debate, global warming is real and here.

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Wreaking havoc worldwide and is caused by humans. You lack is

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consistent with human activities, particularly greenhouse gas

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emissions. America is making some progress in cutting back emissions,

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unfortunately, India and China are not. Which is now rising three to

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five degrees worldwide since the 1950s. Despite America's recent

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winter, around the globe, Tony 13 was one of the warmest years ever.

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An update from the Indian Ocean and the search for the missing plane,

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flight 370. Word that the new degree spotted in the water raised some

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hope of is `` solving the mystery, including for orange objects, turned

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out to be a false lead. Fishing equipment. The search continues.

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Next, join us on a special mission that has a direct impact on every

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community and every family across this country. As America's wars end,

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tens of thousands of wounded veterans have been coming home.

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Every day, every night, hidden army of loving caregivers take up the

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struggle of their own for the rest of their lives. A groundbreaking

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study was released today, showing 1.1 million caregivers younger than

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ever at risk of major problems of their own and they need help.

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Tonight, coming home, a cry for the people inside the world of hidden

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heroes. When a hero goes to war, so does the family. All the dreams of

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all the families of warriors who went off to fight with everything

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they had. But when they were wounded, though one has a medal for

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the people now taking up their fight at home. Like Jessica, with her

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6`foot tall husband. Today, she is the primary caregiver as he fights

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his way back from an IED explosion in Afghanistan. The loss of legs and

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an arm, the muscle that allows him to sit down and massive lower body

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injury. We know that his courage is incalculable. How many days do you

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say, you can't do it? Pretty much daily. It's funny, the people around

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me have much more confidence in me and my abilities than I do. There is

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the Mother Teresa quote, God only gives you as much as you can handle.

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Apparently got inside pretty good. She is just one of over 1 million

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caregivers who do the impossible. She is tiny but his support at home.

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When they travel. At times, I have had to pick him up and carry him to

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his aeroplane seat. It was his legs failed. And showered him? I have had

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to pick him up soaking wet and try not to drop him while I am on foot

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in the tub at one foot out. She didn't know that someone caring for

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her husband at the hospitals was watching the other caregivers. This

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former Senator seeing the battle that caregivers base. She

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commissioned a report to put some hard numbers to these caregivers. Is

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this a crisis? I think so. A societal crisis that requires a

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national response. The needs of the caregivers remain largely unknown.

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These are people who just voluntarily... They are and am paid

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workforce, no question. The majority trying to juggle full`time jobs and

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full`time caregiving. Nearly 30% can't get it and have to give up

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jobs altogether. Did you have any doubt she would be here every step

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of the way? Not once. Nearly one third have no health insurance for

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themselves and nearly 40% are at risk of major depression.

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Depression, real depression? Yes. It's a process but I grieve. He

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grieves. We grieve together and we grieve apart. There was a life we

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were supposed to have and we grieve for it, yes. It's very difficult. Is

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what we heard all over the country. Not only the medical responsibility

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of life and death but being a therapist and taking on a system

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that can be famously bureaucratic. A constant battle. Always more

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redtape. A constant rush of everything. Green, redtape. She is

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as much of a warrior as I was in Afghanistan. `` the redtape. A

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nation coming home from war but millions of caregivers, for whom the

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war will never end. She is organising a nationwide effort to go

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state`by`state, combining faith, nonprofits, government, to help the

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caregivers. Standing by her, her husband. A war hero and once wounded

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himself, giving absolute to all of those who care for the wounded

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today. I am trying to inspire organisations and Americans all

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across this country to support these hidden heroes, because their story

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really is not known across America. And these are the very people who

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are caring for those who cared for us. So, do you want to say

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something? I want to say, don't forget about us. In the coming days,

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we will tell you about ideas people have to help these caregivers. If

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you want to learn more about this, go to our website.

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Up next, man overboard. New video of a rescue at sea. A sailor swept away

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by giant waves and how he kept his head above water until help arrives.

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Officials in California are on alert, keeping a watchful eye over a

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surprising outbreak, the measles. Thought to have been eliminated in

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the US. Tonight, it's back. The number of cases climbing. The choice

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by parents might be the reason. You have probably never seen this.

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Neither has your doctor. Measles, caused by one of the most contagious

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viruses around. 49 cases in California. Last year, four. Very

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contagious. We are trying to prevent the exposure and spread. Measles can

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be deadly but it pretty much disappeared in America over the past

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20 years. Most people vaccinated toddlers on schedule. Some ignore

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that now. Why are we seeing these outbreaks? Parents aren't aware of

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measles, so they are spreading out these vaccines, leaving their

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children susceptible. The warning signs: it looks like a bad cold.

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The rash, classic and not always present in some individuals, comes

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later. Which is why health officials are urging anyone who hasn't been

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vaccinated to get that shot. Nothing less than the holy Grail.

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Historians say they have found it. The cup Jesus drag from the last

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supper. They say it was found in Spain and was fused into this ornate

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goblet. `` drank from. They say ancient documents show it is the

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real deal. It was given as a peace offering to a Spanish king. Carbon

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dating traces it back to the time of Jesus. Since the news broke, the

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tiny church where it is housed has been flooded with believers, hoping

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to get a look. Next, a harrowing rescue at sea caught on camera. A

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sailor swept overboard during a race around the world. Barely visible and

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struggling to keep his head above water as the crew for giant waves to

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take him to safety. The ocean was so rough, the waves is

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a relentless, it is hard to believe the sailboat stayed afloat. `` waves

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so relentless. There he was. At first just a speck of yellow.

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46`year`old Andrew Taylor spent 1.5 hours battling the Pacific Ocean,

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during a storm. He fell overboard changing the sale but never gave up

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hope. I didn't know if you are looking for me or not. I didn't ``

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didn't know if you had seen me. Little did he know his crewmates

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were giving up, either. I was winning around... Thinking you would

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be back quickly. It got further and further away. After all, they were

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2500 miles from San Francisco in the middle of the Pacific. They were

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onboard a racing yacht, one of 12 teams racing around the world. They

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were on the 10th leg of the race, travelling between China and the US,

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when they lost their man. He only likely survived because he was

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wearing a life jacket and a dry suit. It probably didn't hurt he

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spent the last seven months on the water.

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Tonight, the crew is back together and back in the race. Although one

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lucky sailor might have already won the ultimate battle. For survival.

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We thank you for watching tonight. See you again tomorrow.

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T's a quiet weather story at the moment. Most of the chatter has

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