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The men agree to hang on and take their chances on the moving mixer. they fear the worst. >> jose was really concerned about something happening serious. because all he talked about was his wife and kids. >> then the truck floats under a second bridge, but doesnt come out on the other side. it hits another abutment. and this time for the moment, its stuck. it turns out to be a lucky break. a rescue helicopter chasing the cement truck down the river can now make a daring attempt to save them. >> ...

>> jose was really concerned about something happening serious. because all he talked about was his wife and kids. >> then the truck floats under a second bridge, but doesnt come out on the other side. it hits another abutment. and this time for the moment, its stuck. it turns out to be a lucky break. a rescue helicopter chasing the cement truck down the river can now make a daring attempt to save them. >> air rescue 5 hovering over, trying to maneuver in there. >> i can actually see the fear in...

Time in case the truck would roll over. i didnt want to be underneath it. >> but jose nunez wants to stay put. the men agree to hang on and take their chances on the moving mixer. they fear the worst. >> jose was really concerned about something happening serious. because all he talked about was his wife and kids. >> then the truck floats under a second bridge, but doesnt come out on the other side. it hits another abutment. and this time for the moment, its stuck. it turns out to be a lucky bre...

a commuter airliner and two other planes dangerously close to one another. it happened at washingtons reagan national airport. and in an extraordinary move, the faa administrator and the transportation secretary came out today to talk about what happened. our brian todd is at the airport. brian. >> reporter: yeah, candy. extraordinary because for the first time were getting the hard information from americas two top transportation officials that this was really too close a call. they c...

Up ahead, bridges, overpasses and then a clear shot out to the pacific ocean. but first, a more immediate fear -- the truck hits a bridge abutment, breaks free, but nearly rolls over. mark is afraid the mixer might tip and crush them. he wants to jump off and take his chances in the raging river. >> i was ready to jump at any time in case the truck would roll over. i didnt want to be underneath it. >> but jose nunez wants to stay put. the men agree to hang on and take their chances on the moving...

Southbound. >> southbound. >> and its on emerson? >> yes. >> okay. all right, weve got someone on the way. >> okay. jon: joining us on the phone for the very latest captain rita burris of the indianapolis fire department. the bus is rolling along on a wet road but it wasnt raining. what caused it to hit that bridge abutment? >> well at this time were not really sure. witnesses told firefighters and police officers that they did not see anything unusual prior to the bus hitting the abutment, so a...

Mixer. they fear the worst. >> jose was really concerned about something happening serious. because all he talked about was his wife and kids. >> then the truck floats under a second bridge, but doesnt come out on the other side. it hits another abutment. and this time for the moment, its stuck. it turns out to be a lucky break. a rescue helicopter chasing the cement truck down the river can now make a daring attempt to save them. >> air rescue 5 hovering over, trying to maneuver in there. >> i ...

Take their chances on the moving mixer. they fear the worst. >> jose was really concerned about something happening serious. because all he talked about was his wife and kids. >> then the truck floats under a second bridge, but doesnt come out on the other side. it hits another abutment. and this time for the moment, its stuck. it turns out to be a lucky break. a rescue helicopter chasing the cement truck down the river can now make a daring attempt to save them. >> air rescue 5 hovering over, t...

If it occurred tomorrow morning during rush hour on monday morning versus a more quieter sunday morning, as this is. certainly they will start the investigation in to why the path commuter train, like a subway, could not stop at the end of the platform. they say slammed in to an abutment. thankfully, it was obviously not going too fast, as it was pulling in the platform, the final stop in hoboken, new jersey. in that case, we will get the latest. fox news julie banderas heading to the scene on t...

Felt fine at the time and once he reached the street level he started to complain of neck pain and feeling a lump in the back of his head and it hurt to turn the neck to the left or right. now you are looking at an ambulance he will be loaded into. the port authority saying they were going to talk to the conductor -- [ audio interference ] conductor of the train. there is a later report indicating that failure let the train hit an abutment. its the end of the road. once the trail ends, the rail ...