Transcript for Desperate search on for Indonesia tsunami survivors

We move overseas to the race to find survivors of that deadly earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia. This morning the death toll is climbing. More than 1200 people killed. Images like these showing the devastation. James Longman is at the hospital where the injured are being treated. Good morning, James. Reporter: Good morning, robin. I'm at a hospital, one of many which has been treating the injured flown down from Palu and a moment ago I pet a 12-year-old girl. She had a broken leg and she said when the earthquake struck in that moment it was almost like she was in a dream. She couldn't believe what was happening and her home has been washed away like thousands of others. This morning in Indonesia a desperate race against time for rescuers. Over 1,200 now confirmed did and authorities warn those numbers are set to rise. And massive wall of water surging at nearly 500 miles an hour tore through the island Friday, waves reaching as high as 20 feet. Rescuers now sifting through the devastation, shattered glass crumbled concrete and streets buried in debris. Tales of heroism, air traffic controller lost his life fighting to get one last plane out of Palu airport. Holding back tears his family told me they're proud of the quiet diligent young man not for being a hero but for just doing his job. He sends her money on her birthday and he had this job to earn money to send back to his family. Reporter: Many of those injured have been flown down here. We've been told this story of a mother who gave birth to triplets just when the earthquake hit. The magnitude 7.5 earthquake causing the soil to liquify. Overa million people said to be affected as search teams scour the rubble for survivors. This woman pulled from beneath the collapsed building on Monday. A much more grim tank, the search for victims. The red cross making the horrific discovery of the bodies of at least 34 children at a bible camp. Survivors crowding the airport to get on a flight out fleeing the threat of potentially devastating aftershocks, others lining up for food, gas and water. Volunteers and professionals racing in to the disaster zone to help. And we're watching all evening ambulances come with the injured from Palu but there will be questions to answer for the authorities on just why that early warning system may not have been working properly and if lives could have been saved, robin. People truly want to know that, James, but there is something encouraging. You mentioned in your report the triplets and you had a chance to spend a little time with them? Reporter: It was extraordinary, robin. We arrived here and we found that a young family had just arrived, a very heavily pregnant woman had just been evacuated from the tsunami zone and she arrived just in time for a c-section, gave birth to one little boy, two little girl, very healthy and spent time with the dad, a 31-year-old and could not wipe the smile off his face. There's so much sadness but there's a little bit of joy here. Thank you, robin. Now to breaking news announced moments ago, Amazon is

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