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Are involved in the house and why are you going to sit there and reward children that throw a temper tantrum and not expect them to do it again for every other issue they dont get their way on. >> theres no water pistols. >> there you go. that we can agree on. in water pistols on the congressional floor. >> scottie, jim, thank you. >> thank you. were also continuing to monster a situation developing right now in new york city. the bomb squad is on a scene there in central park after an explosi...

Down and rescue ivan. >> firefighter oscar is the first to reach ivan. the 19-year-old has been hanging onto the cliff for more than an hour and is close to letting go. >> once i got to ivan, he was tired. he was extremely exhausted, tired, he was thirsty. i was just trying to comfort him, make sure everything was going to be okay, he was going to be safe. i tried to get his mind off of that, scared. >> cespedes secures ivan to a harness with no problems and decides to take him down the hill. bu...

Necessary these jobs are. and how the people that do them are amazing. jay jumped in there not knowing whether he would survive. and thats a different kind of job. >> coming up, an afternoon of terror on the side of an apartment building. >> we had a collapsed scaffolding system about 130 feet up in the air. >> when "caught on camera, help is on the way" continues.

>> within less than five minutes, all of the men knew that everyone was accounted for. and then at that point it just became cleaning up, getting the police department, fire department down. >> an investigation concludes a hydraulic lift supporting the mobile platform fails when the firehouse is being rotated to clear power lines. to honor the centennials history, some bricks are displayed in a trophy case at the current fire house. coming up -- the milwaukee brewers new stadium comes crashing...

A construction platform breaks apart leaving two men clinging to the side of a building. >> i mean, that was over 130 feet.

Training, and firepower, the redcoats think this will be an easy victory, but their arrogance will be costly. though the americans militias lack british discipline, rather than run, as general howe expects, they stand their ground and fight. >> hey! hey! how many rounds do you have left? >> only three! >> eventually, the patriots are forced to retreat, but only because theyve run out of ammunition. >> men, stop! we must stand our ground. >> the day is ours!

>> when i finally got a hold of dennis he was wedged between his kayak, the ladder and the edge of the culvert. thank god he wasnt a giant guy and i could actually lift him up and get him on the ladder and move him to safety. >> i got him. under the arms. under his arms. >> i was pretty exhausted. i knew that there wasnt much more that i could do, but i was also, at that point, had been prepared to if somebody threw me a rope, i would have gone back in the tide to suelina. >> dennis and claudia ...

I dont know if i just knocked my lungs loose or -- >> by the time the rescue team arrives half an hour later, ted believes hes seriously injured. in an incredible piece of timing, two blackhawk helicopters happened to be in the area doing training exercises. >> having two blackhawk helicopters come in and fly into this 100 feet away from a cliff with flying shrapnel of rock, it was a dangerous location. they were 100%, you know, there to help and they are my heroes. >> the army soldiers hoist te...

Cameras. im contessa brewer, thats all for this edition of "caught on camera." its a heart stopping, high-altitude horror as a skydiver becomes a human bullet. >> it was so hard. it crossed my mind that maybe it hit a plane. and a base jump goes horribly wrong. >> the ground was coming at me incredibly fast. i was pretty sure this was going to end badly. on the ground, an unexpected encounter between buck and biker. and a rescue that just barely gets the job done.

Pull him out. >> while the force of the stream is crushing his chest against the bridge, the melt waters temperature is just above freezing, sapping whatever energy todd has left. responding to a call from another firefighter, sheriff major rick albers arrives on scene. the officer has just recently completed swift water rescue training. >> from my experience in training in swift water rescue, he wasnt going to be able to be pulled out just by his arms. they would had to have almost get him in h...