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Aggravated battery charges. according to pinellas county school policy, the driver is not required to intervene, only to call dispatch. he says he was too afraid to step in. >> the three boys just jumped on him and started pounding on him. and i did all i can. i was looking -- it was like i was in shock. i was petrified. >> reporter: pinellas county leaves it up to the driver. but many counties actually forbid drivers from physically stopping fights. therefore police say moody wont face charges ...

Mind. >> in vietnam we see a lot of choppers crash on the river. you react quickly. if you dont, you lose a buddy. >> so tiny gets to the smoldering helicopter fast. >> when i got to the ditch, steve was under water. couldnt see anything. so i didnt know if he was alive or if he was dead. >> get on the radio, call dispatch. >> firing orders, tiny instructs another worker to get steves head above water. thats when tiny sees his biggest problem. >> his leg is stuck. his leg is stuck. >> at that ti...

The fourth trip when steve reports mechanical trouble to tiny on the radio. >> tiny began saying things like, oh, come on, steve, you did it in nam, you know, you can get this bird down. >> steve momentarily regains control of the chopper. >> so he says hes going to land it. as hes coming down, he still had erratic movement. then he had the bird under control. i said, oh, hes got it, everything is fine. hes got it. bring it down. >> when it was about two feet from the earth, it just turned over ...

>> that was the main thought in my mind. this is a vet, hes home with me. this is not a way for him to die. this is my buddy. we went through all we did to come home in this way? no. >> the two vietnam veterans, now employees of the hawaiian electric company, show up in this remote pineapple field earlier that day to move equipment and materials into the area. victoria keith is there, too, filming an instructional video for the company. >> i began filming some of the trips that steve was taking....

The fourth trip when steve reports mechanical trouble to tiny on the radio. >> tiny began saying things like come on, steve, you did it in nam, you know, you can get this bird down. >> steve momentarily regains control of the chopper. >> so he says hes going to land it. as hes coming down, he still had eratic movement. then he had the bird under control. i said, oh, hes got it, everything is fine. hes got it. bring it down. >> when it was about two feet from the earth, it just turned over on its...

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