ZEALAND. A RECOVERY EFFORT IS UNDERWAY FOR EIGHT
DEAD.
OUR JANIS MACKEY
FRAYER IS THERE.
>> Reporter: UNDERWAY
TONIGHT, A HIGH-RISK
MISSION TO WHITE
ISLAND WHERE THE AIR
IS TOXIC, TEMPERATURES
SCORCHING, THE CRATER
SPEWING GAS AND COULD
ERUPT AGAIN.
>> WE HAVE TO BE AWARE
OF THE FACT THERE
MIGHT BE AN ERUPTION
BECAUSE WE CAN’T
ELIMINATE THAT.
>> Reporter: GOING BY
HELICOPTER FROM A
NEARBY NAVY SHIP, THE
EIGHT-MEMBER TEAM WITH
PROTECTIVE GEAR AND
BREATHING DEVICES TO
STEP FOOT ON THE
ISLAND, THE VOLCANO
OFFICIALS SAY HIGHLY
VOLATILE.
AUTHORITIES HERE
UNDERSTAND PRERSSSURE TO
RETRIEVE THE REMAINS
FOR DESPERATE FAMILIES
WHO BOARDED BOATS
BEFORE DAWN FOR A
PRAYER SERVICE AT SEA.
47 PEOPLE WERE ON THE
ISLAND THAT DAY.
THE HOLLANDER BOYS
FROM CHICAGO.
13-YEAR-OLD MASTER AND
HIS OLDER BROTHER
BARRAND DYING FROM
THEIR INJURIES IN THE
HOSPITAL.
THEIR PARENTS STILL
MISSING.
A FAMILY ERASE.
>> FORTUNATELY, THEY
WERE TOGETHER BECAUSE
THEY WERE VERY CLOSE
KNIT FAMILY.
>> Reporter: WITH THE
MISSION UNDERWAY,
PEOPLE GATHERED AT THE
SHORE TO OFFER PRAYERS
AND HONOR THE DEAD AND
WAIT FOR WORD THAT
IT’S OVER.
POLICE CONFIRMED THEY
RECEIVED SIX BODIES
AND SAY AS LONG AS THE