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Second time with his fire truck, a man in the distance clawing at the base of the building catches his eye. >> i stopped the rig, got out, went over and asked him, what are you doing? he said, theres somebody trapped under the building. i kind of thought this guy might be a little nuts. >> even though henry can clearly see the building is standing, he decides to step back and compare it with another section of the l-shaped structure. >> i saw the first-floor balcony or the second-floor balconies...

Looking at. >> it was amazing. i was a little bit stunned for a second and then my mind started gearing up. >> yeah, keep it tight. i dont want him slipping down. >> by now, its been almost two hours. paul is understandably exhausted. captain roy knows that no matter what plan he comes up with, hell need maximum effort from everybody involved, including 11-year-old paul. >> at the time, he was getting real sleepy, so i talked to him and asked, do you play baseball? he said, oh, yeah. he perked u...

>> he was quickly becoming exhausted from trying to help us, and that was a concern, also, that soon he wouldnt be able to help us. >> just an hour earlier, paul and a friend had been climbing on these rocks, a favorite neighborhood hangout in the high desert 70 miles north of los angeles when suddenly, paul loses his footing and falls 18 feet below the surface. and by now, an hour into the ordeal, firefighter tom jones knows his team wont be able to pull paul to safety from above. so they decid...

They can see the boy covering his ears. hes afraid but still alive. after hours of uncertainty, the boy is pulled to safety as the crowd cheers. hes checked out by medical personnel and given a clean bill of health. traveling halfway around the world from istanbul to new york city to a man stuck in a bigger box. as fears go, this is a pretty big one for so many people. nicholas white is trapped alone in an elevator. no watch, no cell phone, no water and no idea that hell be stuck there not jus...

They know if they dont act fast, theyll watch this child die before their very own eyes. >> im trying, but it hurts. >> the first thing we did was build rigging below him just to make sure he didnt slip down any farther. >> next, tom smith with the l.a. county sheriffs department is able to slip a rope around paul from above, and he starts pulling. >> i was pulling on him so hard that i couldnt believe it. it should have lifted someone twice his size. >> is it doing anything? >> no. >> paul is w...

Personality from the moment he began working with him. >> oneil, forward. he has such a good work ethic, and he loves to train. >> reporter: danielle has been training oneil for eight weeks on the day they lead to downtown san rafael for his final guide work test. its late morning, and danielle, todd, and oneil are walking up 4th street at the end of the route. danielle is playing the role of the client, wearing a blindfold, while todd spots her. security cameras on the local buildings are recor...

Then she just kept on punching it. >> when they review the security video, its clear oneil didnt miss a beat. in fact, he turns his head before todd does. >> i think oneil actually heard the car come up on to the curb. then i heard the pop of the window. then i saw the car careening toward us. it was such an incident that you would never think would happen, especially them coming up the sidewalk in such a straight way and squeezing between the building and that concrete area. it just kind of sha...

But he survives. >> translator: today ive become more limited, but thank god im alive. i can speak. i can go places. but there are others who cant do any of that. so i must thank god a lot for all of this. >> the floods and mudslides kill more than 900 people in the region. for luciano, the images captured that day are haunting. >> translator: i still avoid looking at the footage i shot. i dont like to see the pictures. i dont like to see the videos. i dont even like to remember this story. i pr...

Motorcyclist into midair. a thrill seeker pushes the limit and pays the price. >> i looked down at him. his eyes were rolled back in his head. i was hoping hed be alive. >> helicopters in distress. extreme crash landings. >> really had no control. the best i could do was brace myself. >> distracted drivers with no control. disaster strikes with three lives hanging in the balance. >> i heard people screaming. i really didnt think there would be any survivors. "caught on camera: collision!" welc...

The weather was good. im at 9,000. >> but suddenly parrs flying skills are put to the test by a massive thermal blast. >> you can think of it as a wall of air going up. and the result of that is that the front end of the glider pitches up and the glider stalls. just like an airplane would stall if you pointed it straight up in the air. >> unable to pull his glider out of the stall, parr finds himself spiraling towards the dense forest below. >> it was flying down faster and faster and started tu...