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We often come face-to-face with people in crisis. you may remember this woman, a syrian refugee, pregnant and seeking safety in a new life. last month overcome by teargas as she collapsed in front of richard engle. it was one of the worst days of her life but weeks later richard has managed to find her again under very different circumstances. and tonight he tells us what may be the best day of her life. >> reporter: last month we witnessed a wave of migrants being stopped at the border. bottles...

Better brace yourself for this one. a hair-rising, life-threatening moment caught on tape. four hikers walking across a suspension bridge in new zealand when it snapped and send them pommeling 25 feet down to the river below. as terrifying as this looks, nobody was hurt. the kansas city royals couldnt catch a break and neither could the ground grew. one man lost his footing and got steam rolled by the tarp during a rain delay. he is said to be okay. only pride injured now that he is a sensatio...

Waited five hours until rescuers pulled them to safety. >> thank you so much for saving us. >> reporter: 27-year-old amber lloyd fell into a drain pipe at the height of the storm. >> in the water i kept telling myself, amber fight. >> reporter: she wasnt breathing when three county detention officers pulled her out and performed cpr. she now gets to thank them with her daughter autumn. >> i never believed in angels. i absolutely believe them now. >> reporter: boil water advisories are in effect ...

>> from the indications that i got, they did not rush the shooter. >> reporter: on "cbs this morning," ben carson doubled down, repeating the suggestion that victims of last weeks mass shooting at an oregon community college could have done more to protect themselves. he apparently didnt know that an army veteran did, in fact, try to stop the shooter. >> do you know who chris mintz is? >> no. >> reporter: the republican presidential candidate ignited the firestorm yesterday. >> i would ask every...

Because he said he had been waiting to do that for a really long time and he laughed. >> reporter: he laughed? >> he laughed after -- after he shot the teacher. >> reporter: she says he had a question for each of the victims before he shot them. >> he had us get up one by one and asked us what our religions were. >> reporter: but he picked one student to live, apparently to deliver a message. >> he said, the kid in the glasses, get up, i need to you do me a favor. today is your lucky day and han...

Finally tonight, a farmer that just would not give up. digging in his field in michigan, when he thought he hit a fence post, but turns out he found a window back to the ice age. heres john donvan. >> reporter: when the crane first starts lifting, it doesnt look like much. how about now? it helps to imagine what it used to look like. which would have been something like this. this woolly mammoth, turned up in a field where drains were being placed, used to grow soybeans. >> right where were stan...

University scientist, he has some theories. >> it was an adult male, probably in its 40s, probably lived between 10,000 and 15,000 years ago. >> reporter: that puts humans here in prehistoric michigan at the same time. the theory goes, it was hunted by humans, and stored in a pond for preservation. soon enough, it will all be soybeans here. but its hard not to wonder what else might be down there below the surface. john donvan, abc news. >> those bones are now in a building in the farm. and by f...

Accusations. now to two bears that messed with the wrong little dog. the bears on the hunt for food until this little guy went right at them. giving the bears a good scare. chasing them away. hes just about 20 pounds, but boy, is he brave. the bears, about 100 pounds each. took off running. ive been watching the video all day. still ahead, the stunning discovery. its been there thousands of years, so, what is it? the secret under the soybeans, when we come back. rapy, its not every day somet...

Guatemala has killed at least 60 people. rescuers are desperately searching through the wreckage. a farmener michigan has made what can only be called a mammoth discovery. james bristle and a friend were digging in his soybean field when they found the remainsave wooly mammoth, including the skull and tusks. scientists think the mammoth lived at least 10,000 years ago

Active shooter on campus. everybody get into this hallway. >> reporter: authorities tonight saying the 20-year-old male shooter engaged in a shootout with police before being shot dead. >> code 4. suspect is down. >> our number one priority right now is to make sure that the scene is secure and the victims are treated and making sure that we have a complete crime scene and that we continue to make sure that there are no additional threats. >> reporter: students could be seen being led out of the...