Crews work to rescue hurricane survivors in Texas

Saturday, September 13, 2008 | 5:31 p.m. CDT; updated 9:44 p.m. CDT, Sunday, September 14, 2008

HOUSTON — Rescue crews in high-wheel trucks, helicopters and boats ventured out to pluck people from their homes Saturday in an all-out search for thousands of Texans who stubbornly stayed behind overnight to face Hurricane Ike.

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