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Thought, we had a fatality. they said, no, shes alive. >> its unbelievable that anyone could actually be alive under this heavy concrete structure, but now rescuers have some serious thinking to do. >> that was a tough decision to make how we were going to lift this heavy object up without causing any harm to the victim. i mean, it was really shaved right close to her head. we could have actually killed her in the process of doing the rescue. >> before they get started, firefighter mike cockerel...

To, that i would be in heaven and that i did not suffer. >> his pulse rate was so high i couldnt take it. low blood pressure, abdomen was distending. i knew he was coming to the end. >> he shouldnt be here today. he should be gone. >> mccafferty is critically injured. hes taken to the hospital where he spends more than a month recuperating from his injuries. its now left to the ntsb to get to the bottom of what caused this deadly crash. the morning after the accident air safety investigator dr. ...

>> we believe she was ejected out of the car, and she came straight out of the top. >> out of the top and directly under a concrete pipe used to build sewers and left on the side of the road overnight. its with almost impeccable timing that the impact of the crash tips up the concrete pipe and wendy slides underneath. the pipe flops back down on top of her, pinning her arms and legs in ground soft enough from overnight rain to cushion the impact. its hard to believe, but shes alive and needs hel...

>> i get a fairly steady hand he would shot all the way to the base of the falls and then just had to wait and wait and wait. so for probably 20 seconds im just scanning the pool at the base of the falls waiting to see some sign of pedro, a paddle, just some color in the pool. i dont see anything. i get ready to put the camera down and repel to the base of the falls to help look for pedro and at that point another guide, another of the locals signals to he sees pedro walking out from behind the ...

September 22nd, 2005. class is in full swing at trapeze school new york. beginners are learning to fly and catch from instructors, including jonas speer. >> it was -- i think it was our first class of the day. >> sweep, legs not so high and back. >> we spend two hours with them working on the ground and in the air on flying trapeze tricks. >> one of the students takes his turn on the bar. a classmate films him with his digital camera. >> we were flying on the trapeze, i was up on the board getti...

Also, that soon he wouldnt be able to help us. >> just an hour earlier, paul and a friend had been climbing on these rocks, a favorite neighborhood hangout in the high desert 70 miles north of los angeles when suddenly, paul loses his footing and falls 18 feet below the surface. and by now, an hour into the ordeal, firefighter tom jones knows his team wont be able to pull paul to safety from above. so they decide its time to call in the big guns, l.a.s urban search and rescue team, one of the mo...

>> as eric falls, his life really does flash before his eyes. >> my thoughts go to my life, what i had accomplished, what i had done, my thoughts go to my family, you know, thinking i shouldnt see them again. >> hey, you okay? >> and hes feeling a searing pain. >> what caught my attention was the sound of the rope. >> at this point, i can feel the burns on my hands as im trying to stop. i hit the side of the wall with the back of my head right here, and i believe that that knocked me out. >> you...

Kim is very concerned about sam. he has a medical condition, and she fears the trauma of the accident may affect his heart. >> sam looked extremely red with the pressure, you know. that was my concern, making sure he remained calm. >> but kim knows if they have it bad, contractor bruce boyles has it worse. hes hanging below them from his safety harness, which is still connecting him to the bucket. one wrong move could send them all crashing into the water below. >> we were just encouraging him t...

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 and gave the signal. thats when we came up through the tree, and we were about 25 feet up above the river, just enough t...

This plane is about to crash. 17 people are going to die. but one person will survive the ordeal of a lifetime. >> any idea how he got out of that thing alive? >> miracle. i have no idea how he got out. >> the seoul survivor john mccafferty is now in his 50s, still living in his native maine. for the union pipe fitter, the crash of downeast airlines 46 is as vivid today as the day it happened. he was 16 years old, heading back home from a trip to florida. >> it was may 30th, 1979. i landed in lo...