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Panicked, they decide to stay in their car and try to reach the nearby highway, but it doesnt take long to realize their mistake. >> there was fire hitting the window, embers. you could barely see five feet in front of you even with the headlights. we were driving on what we thought the road was. the entire engine compartment caught on fire, the wheels caught on fire. our feet, we could feel the flames burning the metal and the plastic under the car. we could see the smoke coming up through the ...

>> in the chaos, eric and his brother lose contact with their family. panicked, they decide to stay in their car and try to reach the nearby highway, but it doesnt take long to realize their mistake. >> there was fire hitting the window, embers. you could barely see five feet in front of you even with the headlights. we were driving on what we thought the road was. the entire engine compartment caught on fire, the wheels caught on fire. our feet, we could feel the flames burning the metal and th...

>> in the chaos, eric and his brother lose contact with their family. panicked, they decide to stay in their car and try to reach the nearby highway, but it doesnt take long to realize their mistake. >> there was fire hitting the window, embers. you could barely see five feet in front of you, even with the headlights. and so we were just driving, and we were driving on what we thought the road was. the entire engine compartment caught on fire, the wheels caught on fire. our feet, we could feel t...

>> in the chaos, eric and his brother lose contact with their family. panicked, they decide to stay in their car and try to reach the nearby highway, but it doesnt take long to realize their mistake. >> there was fire hitting the window, embers. you could barely see five feet in front of you even with the headlights. we were driving on what we thought the road was. the entire engine compartment caught on fire, the wheels caught on fire. our feet, we could feel the flames burning the metal and th...

Brother lose contact with their family. panicked, they decide to stay in their car and try to reach the nearby highway, but it doesnt take long to realize their mistake. >> there was fire hitting the window, embers. >> you could barely see five feet in front of you even with the headlights and so we were just driving and we were driving on what we thought the road was. the entire engine compartment caught on fire, the wheels caught on fire. our feet, we could feel the flames burning the metal an...

Panicked they decide to stay in their car and try to reach the nearby highway. but it doesnt take long to realize their mistake. >> there was fire hitting the window, embers. you could barely see five feet in front of you even with the headlights. so we were just driving. we were driving on where we thought the road was. [ horn honking ] >> the entire engine compartment caught on fire, the wheels. our feet we could feel the flames burning the metal and plastic under the car. we could see the smo...

>> in the chaos, they lose contact with their family. they decide to stay in the car and try to reach the nearby highway but it doesnt take long to realize their mistake. >> there was fire hitting the window, embers. you could barely see five feet in front of youve within the headlights. we were driving on what we thought the road was. the entire engine compartment caught on fire, the wheels. our feet, we could feel our the flames burning the metal in the plastic under the car. we could see the ...

>> the flames started spreading. i noticed my feet were extremely hot, but i couldnt figure why. when i looked down, i saw that the whole undercarriage of the vehicle was now engulfed in flames, along with the engine compartment. i looked in the vehicle briefly and saw that the flames were starting to come up underneath the dashboard, and were just starting to touch mr. reynosos feet and legs. >> one thing was going through my mind. get this guy out of there alive quick as possible, as safe way ...

But i dont seem to have the guts to do it. maybe i can get the police to shoot me and then this will all be over. gittens doesnt get his wish that day. hes convicted of reckless conduct and sentenced to three years probation. gittens dies almost six years later. he was 56 years old. captain mcgann kept the handgun that he shot off the truck as a solemn reminder of that day. >> this is the handgun that mr. gittens had. its a small caliber, .380. the gun at the point i shot it was laying on the ca...

What youre watching is not a stunt from an action-packed movie but a real life car crash with 19-year-old brennan eden, a student from mason, ohio, at the wheel. >> it just was a freakish, freakish accident. >> its early in the morning on august 23rd, 2010. an officer from sugar creek, ohio, near dayton, is scanning i-675 for traffic hazards when suddenly he sees a car flying fast through the air. sergeant james williams, a crash reconstructionist, rushes to the scene. >> the first thing i notic...