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>> i am so fast i can run through a hurricane and dont get wet. i can drown a drink of water and kill a dead tree. wait until you see mohammed ali.

Sometimes, getting a better view of the earth means changing your vantage point. and these daredevils know how to do it best. by flying. >> it is the scariest thing youve ever done. >> any time i see something big, i think, i really want to throw something off it or jump off it.

Reach two survivors who offer hope of finding a third. >> theres another woman on the top. tapping. >> only one person tapping around you? >> yeah. >> its more than 40 hours since the quake hit. the search takes on greater urgency. but intermittent aftershocks shake the ground. another collapse could bury the rescuers. using sensitive listening devices, they inch through the enormous maze of concrete and rubble. >> we could see the people going through. >> after what seems like forever, team mem...

>> when you get into action like that, time flies. its not just waiting when youre doing. >> but the drilling takes time, and they dont know how much nadya has left. shes been trapped for 48 hours without water and is severely dehydrated. >> nadya, im going to make the hole bigger. little bit bigger, i can give you something to drink. >> finally, the hole is large enough. one of the men crawls in. >> i was like, finally, i could see a human face. >> nadya is in trouble. they must get her down qu...

Roaring river. shes immediately swept downstream and taken under. as the rapids batter iliar, she grabs onto the slippery rope with both hands, forced to let go of her dog. >> translator: the water was just too strong and swept him away, and i had to leave the poor thing to its death. poor thing. no one could save him. >> for tense moments, it looks like iliar will also be swept away. >> it was very, very dangerous. iliar hasnt made a knot to hold on to. with the unrelenting water pulling her do...

A woman is stranded in the middle of raging floodwaters with no way out. >> we thought that she would really die because there was no hope of getting her out of there. >> and just as rescuers try to reach her, the situation becomes even more dire. the rainy season in brazil is marked by brief, yet intense tropical downpours. january 11, 2011, 12 inches of rain fall overnight in the mountainous region outside rio de janeiro. its a months worth of rain in just 24 hours, causing the worst rains in ...

Scary. >> you cant really think about what youre doing. you just have to do it. >> doesnt matter how many times you jump it, it is still a scary thing to do. >> to maximize on visuals this compelling, devon uses variety of camera angles, which means he needs a lot of people willing to try out the rope swing, over and over again. fortunately, the crowd is happy to oblige. >> we also got a golf club so you could see the whole perspective looking down. >> as if jumping off the arch isnt enough of a...

Nearby the half buried corpse of an isis fighter rots in the sun. in the areas we drove through, the damage was extensive. not a civilian in sight. where are they i asked him? we found them here in their homes he responds and took them out, put them in our vehicles and put them in camps. on the lookout for isis infiltrators, iraqi intelligence officers are holding men and women to talk to them. a spokesman for the popular mobilization units insists most of the isis militants in the area arent fr...

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