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Ground going 45 miles an hour. incredibly, he escaped with just a broken wrist and torn bicep tendon, but what may be the most incredible part of the story, he says hell hang glide again, explaining, i didnt get to enjoy my first flight. kristen dahlgren, nbc news. >> absolutely cant imagine. well take a break. up next, two neighbors with a story that will warm your heart. details on another stormt

He was 57 years old. now to the video thats making jaws drop. an american tourist taking to the air on a hang glider with an instructor when he realizes somethings terribly wrong, i mean terribly wrong. nbcs kristen dahlgren with the scary details. >> reporter: chris gerstie knew hang gliding would be a rush, but he never thought he would literally be hanging on for dear life. in a video he jokingly titled the swiss mishap, you see the man taking off from a mountain in switzerland with an inst...

>> glor: millions have seen the video today, but it is still hard to believe. a man from florida whose first idng-gliding ride was almost his last. ewth the views, and the backstory, heres manuel bojorquez. >> three, two, one... w> reporter: as chris gurksy, on the left, was about to take off, b became painfully clear his pilot had not attached gurksys harness to the glider. >> right after my feet left the ground, it was just like, is

This how this is supposed to be? something is not right here. we have a big problem here. >> reporter: he could barely hng on, clinging for life 4,000 feet in the air for more than two minutes. >> at one point, i looked down, and i saw the scenery down there. ohere was all the treetops changing colors, and those little farmhouses. and i actually thought to myself, "that is beautiful. im going to fall to my death there." i probably had five seconds left in me, because my hand was starting to slip...

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Gio benitez on the man who broke his wrist and tore his bicep while trying to survive. >> three, two, one, go. run, run, run! >> reporter: chris gursky of florida knew his first hang glide in switzerland would be memorable, but not like this. he and his instructor take off, only to realize he is not attached to the glider. hes holding on for dear life. one hand on the bar, the other tightly around that instructor. >> i was in survival mode. i just locked on, held on as hard as i could. >> report...

Vehicle. the deadliest day in afghanistan this year, and just months after our own team was with troops as they discovered one of those ieds. the video just out tonight, the pit bull attack in a school. several young students injured. the first responders and the teacher who helped stop it from getting worse. and the american, the first time he ever went hanggliding, but the instructor forgot to attach the safety harness. tonight, that american describing hanging on for dear life. good eve...

These vehicles in afghanistan this summer. theyre mine-resistant, not bomb-proof. out on patrol with u.s. special forces, we showed you the changers they face from ieds when they discovered one just a few feet away. that wooden stick is a pressure plate? >> yeah, thats the pressure plate. >> reporter: how common is it for you to come across this type of device? >> every time we come down to the valley weve found them so far. >> reporter: too big to dismantle, they decide to blow it up instead. t...

Finally tonight here, america strong. firefighters, paramedics and the family dog named lady. it was the image today that reminded us of the work our first responders do every day. even to save our pets. listen to him say, "good girl." >> good girl. >> reporter: the wayne township fire department in indianapolis, indiana. thats captain eric bannister in the fire helmet. operations chief rick duncan on the left, responding to a fire this afternoon. and inside, they find the homeowners dog, lady. ...

Their mansion set on fire. and the brother of the homeowner is now under arrest for a separate inferno at his home. nbcs ron allen has the latest. >> reporter: a million-dollar mansion on fire, a family of four found dead. father keith caneiro shot dead. inside, the bodies of his wife jennifer and their children, jesse and sophia. investigators say they were killed before the blaze erupted. >> this is one of the most heinous cases that we have ever seen. >> reporter: authorities arrested keith c...