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Building behind me used to be a spa. it was on saturday that the earthsquake here triggered a landslide, and you can see over my right shoulder there the landslide came down the mountain and it took out this building right behind me. now, officials say that there were two people inside a guest house at this spa when the landslide occurred and they are now trapped. so the operation youre seeing behind me involved dozens of members of both the japanese self-defense force as well as policemen who a...

New years day to start the year off right. >> the helmet-mounted camera is recording. theyve been riding for almost three hours when miles brakes abruptly. this section is crumbling along the edge, leaving just inches to spare. >> look at the penalty for failure, dude. >> he decides to try riding over the area. he moves his bike back up the trail to get a running start. >> where we stopped look scary to me. i walked on by. as im walking my bike over, i looked down over the edge and thought, holy...

With the bleeding realities of local custom. >> darren: you see him? >> anthony: preferring instead to trip the light fantastic in the rainforest idle. ♪ >> anthony: how do you make the argument that it is in your interest to protect an area of forest when the forest means fuel, food --

Martha: runners are expected to queue up at the boston marathon race today. many people are still struggling with their injuries today. krystle campbell was lost. martin richard had the day off from school and was watching the race with his family. an evening change student

>> i was prepared to walk away from it. say look, this isnt something i wanted to do. as it was, i decided that it was something that i wanted to do. so i gave the team the go ahead signal that things were happening. i got in my kayak. >> then he pushes off. >> approaches palouse, its flat water, so i have time for conscious thought processes, am i making the right decision, which is a dangerous thing to be thinking when youre going off the waterfall. as soon as the water takes hold, your kayak ...

>> he makes it, but barely now its miles turn. he tries the same technique, but loses his balance. suddenly disaster. >> oh, [ muted ] oh, my. >> you see him fall for a while. you see him hit and bounce. he catches more air, going shoulder over shoulder. i thought i was watching miles fall to his death. >> after he plummets almost 150 feet over jagged rocks, his friend see him leap to his feet. >> are you all right? >> sit down, sit down. >> make sure you know everything is connected. >> miles s...

I hit the ground like a meteorite. >> theyre pushing the limits. >> nobody knows what happens when you fall from 180 feet. >> climbing higher. speeding faster. >> everybody move. >> and falling further. >> oh, my. >> never turning down a challenge. >> the whole crowd was into it. everyone was egging me on. >> they take on the unknown. >> oh, my god. come on, buddy. >> and disaster is never far away.

Music gets him in the zone. its hard to believe that anyone can relax perched so high above the rocky cliffs, but with his feet dangling like hes just sitting at the kitchen table, christian finds peace. hes ready. he edges along the rope to the other side of the ravine. christian climbs onto the line and struggles to find his balance. hes tried and failed this same walk before. so he knows how difficult it will be. >> translator: the first are some of the worst. the start is the most difficult....

Struggling after the devastation of earthquakes. emergency officials admit they cannot calculate how many are missing in ecuador. >> and japan with powerful earthquakes two days apart rocked the southern part of the country. dozens are dead. thousands are without power, food and shelter. we have the breaking news stories covered the way cnn can. we start in ecuador with cnns boris sanchez. >> reporter: good morning, christine. the deal death toll here in ecuador is 275. i want to illustrate what...

>> it was obvious she was in shock. she wasnt listening to anything i said. she wasnt helping in any way. she was just lying there. >> officer mahlberg manages to secure the harness and they both lift off into the sky. after more than 30 minutes of complete terror, angelas body gives out. >> and as he started to lift me off my car, just the relief, everything just was so much, i passed out. i was out cold. i even saw the aerial footage of me when i got home that night. im like, oh, thats a lovel...