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Up, the shark took his left arm. and he just took off running. "is this real?" he started screaming,"is this real?" >> all of a sudden i saw a fin. >> reporter: over the weekend patrick thornton felt a similar set of jaws. >> it took a pretty big chunk out of my legs. >> >> reporter: he was also in waist deep water but decided to fight back. >> i started punching the shark and then it grabbed my back. must have bitten me in the back. >> reporter: he saw his 8-year-old son frozen with fear in the...

On her morning run who heard her cries today to save her life. abcs kendis gibson with more. >> reporter: the dramatic rescue unfolding on this steep malibu cliff in the middle of the day. watch as rescue crews struggle to pull 40-year-old jennifer duron from the embankment. the woman trapped inside her suv for two days and nights. the vehicle completely out of sight. airbags deployed. >> we go on numerous rescues and especially here in the malibu area and sadly a lot of times they dont turn out...

They ask questions later and they release immediately, often without doing any damage to the person. >> abel says there are usually 50 to of 0 attacks per year. the average bite isnt serious, jeff by contrast the centers for disease control says that there are about 4.7 million dog attacks in this country each year leading to about 20 to 30 deaths. some good perspective, thank you very much. >> glor: there was a tragic death in several heroic rescues in maryland this weekend. a pontoon boat went...

Heres michelle miller. >> reporter: just after dawn this morning, brittany newsome decided to act. she scaled the flag pole behind the confederate war memorial and took down its most preeminent emblem. she and fellow activist james tyson were arrested, charged with defacing monuments on capital grounds, and released. her actions come less than a day after president obama applauded efforts to remove the flag during a eulogy for state senator and pastor clementa pinckney. >> removing the flag from...

>> that ability to share the energy that we as climbers derive from being in positions like that, thats just incredibly cool for me. it just transports you to that space. >> this is a perspective that, you know, only these top climbers are able to see, and to see what they see is just remarkable. >> its just way more of an interactive experience. you get a fuller picture than you do from video footage or from a still photo. you get to see the text of the rock and the size of the holds were grabb...

Native american code talkers. the congressional gold medal. the awards were accepted by relatives at a ceremony in montana. during world war ii the men relayed crucial messages in their language to keep them out of the hands of the enemy. still ahead, how to scale a world-famous rock formation without ever leaving home. without ever leaving home. i accept im not the sprinter i was back in college. i even accept that i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat, ...

Can guide you to yosemite national park, but what if you want to see the top of el capitan? as carter evans shows us can climb or just click. >> reporter: its one thing to see a national wonder like yosemite national park from a distance, but now you can see one of its icons up close. this week, google took its street view technology off road and straight up the imposing 3,000-foot wall of el capitan. >> we honestly, when we started, had no idea if it would actually work. >> reporter: deanna yic...

And even paragliding while feeding a vulture. yes, a vulture. above the foothills of the himalayas. the adrenaline rush is amazing. you get to touch the clouds. its a meteorologists dream. and the views? unbeatable. kind of like this landing. >> just incredible. thats our ginger. thanks for watching on a thursday. im david muir. hope to see you on "gma" in the morning and right here tomorrow night. good night. an 18-year-old missing person case. a new lead in this oakland house. police are the...

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Slows down the whole thing, too. >> do you think theyre still in this area? its been 20 days now. they dont really have sur -- theyre not survivalists. they dont really know what theyre doing out in the woods. >> no but for instance they found this one cabin. i think were going to find more where theyre breaking in eating peanut butter or water. investigators havent led on what they found inside that cabin. they said there were several things. they might have some other issues that we dont want ...