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Remote area, parrs lucky to be alive. but his problems are far from over. >> the first thing i did was call my friends and tell them i was okay. okay. im hanging in a tree about 50 feet up. >> all right, lets just talk. were coming. >> i was settling in for a long stay in the tree. >> but as parr would soon find out, his comfortable stay wouldnt last long. >> were trying to find out exactly where you are. >> i was trying to get my gps out of my pocket. while i was doing that, the friends were as...

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 turning faster and faster. >> with no other options, parr reaches for his reserve parachute. >> co...

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Coming up -- a motorcyclist barrels into a parked car. >> i was hoping hed be alive. >> a paraglider in distress plunges into the jungle. >> it was flying down faster and faster and started turning faster and faster. >> a police officer narrowly escapes death on the open road. >> the suspect vehicle was across the center line now aiming right for his car. doers they dont worry if somethings possible. they just do it.

Implemented an intensive and rigorous military-type program called boot camp. >> why dont you leave me alone? >> why dont you leave me alone? >> why dont you let me go home? >> why dont you let me go home? >> started in 1995, boot camp only accepts 38 inmates every 2 months, many of whom have committed nonviolent crimes. ultimately, a judge decides if an inmate is eligible for the program. >> they have boot camp in lieu of sentencing. and they have to complete our program or they will be sentenc...

Thinking this is going to hurt a lot. >> amazingly, hes not hurt. >> i hit on a very steep hill, so it was a glancing blow on the padding on the bottom of my harness. well, im on the ground now. i was completely unhurt in this fall. no scratches or bruises. >> when parr lands, he quickly discovers hes not alone on the remote hillside. >> no spanish? >> no spanish. when i find myself on the ground, there were four mexican boys standing next to me. they had been cutting corn in a field nearby. eac...

They must pass these tests in order to qualify to come here. >> age is also a criteria for acceptance into the program. all inmates must be between 14 and 28 years old. >> when you get somebody thats new to the system, somebody that is not familiar with prison life, you can still grab a hold of them before they get too deep. >> officer alvin formally of the u.s. army is one of the drill instructors. >> my primary goal is to turn these youthful offenders hopefully into productive citizens so they...

>> it was another ten hours out of there, ten more rappels, more swimming to get out at this point. such a miracle that we were able to finish this hike. >> as he hobbles through the canyon, eric keeps thinking of how differently this story might have ended. he especially thinks of his children and his wife, sunny. >> she was pregnant at the time. my wife was two weeks from giving birth to my baby boy. i shouldnt even have a relationship with him. >> despite this brush with disaster, eric is sti...

Ground, trying to stay in one spot, trying to hold on, trying not to knock him out and get this thing around his head, where eventually hes going to have to let go with both hands to get it up underneath his armpits and around him. >> this is the most dangerous moment of the whole rescue. if mccabe loses his footing now, it could be fatal. >> he would have been swept down river. whether he survived or not, i dont know. >> but nelsons timing is perfect. >> i was able to get this drop around him a...