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>> a thousand thoughts go through your mind. do i let go at 40 miles an hour now or let go at 140 miles an hour down the road? >> in that split second, musto has another thought. >> if i could have freed up my left hand and hung on with my right, which was impossible, i could have reached for my gun and probably would have shot him. >> but he doesnt. he is thrown off just as the biker re-enters the interstate. >> this guy was not going to stop. he would have killed me for a traffic ticket. i rol...

Crazy, very fast speeds, 120, 140, 150 miles an hour. >> hes part of the aggressive driving unit. >> they just get out there and theyre blind. they have no sense of how fast theyre going. >> at 62 years old the veteran deputy thought hed seen it all. until the afternoon of march 29, 2011. >> the day started routinely for me. running my laser speed measuring device on the side of i-95, detecting speeders that i normally get 20 miles an hour over the speed limit before i even look at you. >> musto...

>> if i could have freed up my left hand and hung on with my right, which was impossible, i could have reached for my gun and probably would have shot him. >> but he doesnt. as the biker accelerates, musto is thrown off just as the biker re-enters the interstate. >> this guy was not going to stop. he would have killed me for a traffic ticket. i rolled around on the ground, and my first thought was, im not paralyzed. i can move. and i stood up and said, wow, theres no bones sticking out. i can wa...

Quickly as i could. >> as he approaches the suspect, deputy musto senses something is going to happen. >> i could see the way he squinted his eyes and stared a hole right through me. i could see the hatred in his eyes. >> what happens next literally blows musto away. >> i saw him reach for the clutch on the motorcycle. i grabbed him in the area of his right shoulder blade and got a good grip. as soon as i grabbed him, he hit it and took me off me feet, and within a second i was going too fast to...

High rate of speed. north on i-95. >> in this line of work you hear signs. you know, people who youve worked with. that just didnt sound normal. >> deputy will ferrell is a mile away when he hears his friends call for help. >> you start hearing it in his voice. you start hearing that adrenaline, you know, tired sound. >> white motorcycle. black leather jacket. hispanic rider. some kind of a tat of a logo on the back. >> mustos call sets off a countywide manhunt for the suspect, mobilizing office...

Could have reached for my gun and probably would have shot him. >> but he doesnt. he is thrown off just as the biker re-enters the interstate. >> this guy was not going to stop. he would have killed me for a traffic ticket. i rolled around on the ground, and my first thought was, im not paralyzed. i can move. and i stood up and said, wow, theres no bones sticking out. i can walk. >> now musto finds him in the midst of oncoming traffic in the center of an intersection. >> i went to get up and i s...

He is thrown off just as the biker re-enters the interstate. >> this guy was not going to stop. he would have killed me for a traffic ticket. i rolled around on the ground, and my first thought was, im not paralyzed. i can move. and i stood up and said, wow, theres no bones sticking out. i can walk. >> now musto finds him in the midst of oncoming traffic in the center of an intersection. >> i went to get up and i saw the light turn green, and people didnt want to miss the green light, so they we...

Could have reached for my gun and probably would have shot him. >> but he doesnt. as the biker accelerates, musto is thrown off, just as the biker re-enters the interstate. >> this guy was not going to stop. he would have killed me for a traffic ticket. i rolled around on the ground, and my first thought was, im not paralyzed. i can move. and i stood up and said, wow, theres no bones sticking out. i can walk. >> now musto finds him in the midst of oncoming traffic in the center of an intersectio...

>> now musto finds him in the midst of oncoming traffic in the center of an intersection. >> i went to get up and i saw the light turn green, and people didnt want to miss the green light, so they went on through the intersection. no one offered help. >> dazed and disoriented musto dodges oncoming traffic. >> one lady that was parked next to my patrol car when this whole thing happened, i could see her mouthing to me, "are you all right?" >> im all right. >> he returns to his patrol car and imme...

Traffic ticket. i rolled around on the ground, and my first thought was, im not paralyzed. i can move. and i stood up and said, wow, theres no bones sticking out. i can walk. >> now musto finds him in the midst of oncoming traffic in the center of an intersection. >> i went to get up and i saw the light turn green, and people didnt want to miss the green light, so they went on through the intersection. no one offered help. >> dazed and disoriented musto dodges oncoming traffic. >> one lady that ...