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In the street. so i mean, who misses that? >> he isnt reckoning on the vehicle with no time to stop or room to swerve. this ice cream truck. >> at the last minute when i seen the guy coming, [ bleep ] i didnt think he was going to hit me. if you see in the video, i kind of put my arm out and it wasnt that i was, you know, hercules and im trying to stop the truck. it was more of a reflex but it threw me. it knocked me out of the street and into the curb. >> police are called and an ambulance arri...

Morning. i was just wearing shorts. it was a little chilly so i actually threw a sweatshirt on which i think was good. >> what hes not wearing is a helmet and in iowa, its not required. >> its just nice to get out and let your hair blow in the wind. >> today at the intersection of burlington and gilbert, theres a truck headed straight toward him, and josh thinks nothing of it at first. >> we both had green lights. i was probably going 25 or 30 miles an hour. just going through the intersection. ...

Just went on. what happened? >> david scrambles to the canyons edge and peers down. >> i got into panic mode. >> hey, are you okay? >> is he dead? because hes not responding. >> at the bottom of the rock, eric comes to. >> i looked at my hands and saw a bloody mess, checked myself out and immediately stood up. >> and it dawns on him, amazingly, hes still alive. i knew i had just been part of a miracle. a modern-day miracle caught on tape. >> david now has to rappel to his friend in the canyon be...

>> i definitely felt like i was visible to the traffic on my side of the street. i mean, it was broad daylight and big black guy, you know, black shirt, you know, dancing in the street. so i mean, who misses that? >> he isnt reckoning on the vehicle with no time to stop or room to swerve. this ice cream truck. >> at the last minute when i seen the guy coming, [ bleep ] i didnt think he was going to hit me. if you see in the video, i kind of put my arm out and it wasnt that i was, you know, hercu...

I was just wearing shorts. it was a little chilly so i actually threw a sweatshirt on which i think was good. >> what hes not wearing is a helmet and in iowa, its not required. >> its just nice to get out and let your hair blow in the wind. >> today at the intersection of burlington and gilbert, theres a truck headed straight toward him, and josh thinks nothing of it at first. >> we both had green lights. i was probably going 25 or 30 miles an hour. just going through the intersection. >> what j...

And big black guy, you know, black shirt, you know, dancing in the street. so i mean, who misses that? >> he isnt reckoning on the vehicle with no time to stop or room to swerve. this ice cream truck. >> at the last minute when i seen the guy coming, [ bleep ] i didnt think he was going to hit me. if you see in the video, i kind of put my arm out and it wasnt that i was, you know, hercules and im trying to stop the truck. it was more of a reflex but it threw me. it knocked me out of the street a...

Nervous. >> and something else is wrong with the rope. >> the rope underneath him was starting to get tangled up and those knots happen on occasion. so he would stop, adjust it -- >> im fighting for control. and usually on a normal controlled ascent, i can stop me at will, i can hang out on the side of the ledge if i everythin to keep myself from falling. >> eric has to undo the knots. fortunately, hes able to find a tiny ledge to brace himself. >> nice. >> he was able to maneuver his way over t...

Morning. i was just wearing shorts. it was a little chilly so i actually threw a sweatshirt on which i think was good. >> what hes not wearing is a helmet and in iowa, its not required. >> its just nice to get out and let your hair blow in the wind. >> today at the intersection of burlington and gilbert, theres a truck headed straight toward him, and josh thinks nothing of it at first. >> we both had green lights. i was probably going 25 or 30 miles an hour. just going through the intersection. ...

Morning. i was just wearing shorts. it was a little chilly so i actually threw a sweatshirt on which i think was good. >> what hes not wearing is a helmet and in iowa, its not required. >> its just nice to get out and let your hair blow in the wind. >> today at the intersection of burlington and gilbert, theres a truck headed straight toward him, and josh thinks nothing of it at first. >> we both had green lights. i was probably going 25 or 30 miles an hour. just going through the intersection. ...

And big black guy, you know, black shirt, you know, dancing in the street. so i mean, who misses that? >> he isnt reckoning on the vehicle with no time to stop or room to swerve. this ice cream truck. >> at the last minute when i seen the guy coming, [ bleep ] i didnt think he was going to hit me. if you see in the video, i kind of put my arm out and it wasnt that i was, you know, hercules and im trying to stop the truck. it was more of a reflex but it threw me. it knocked me out of the street a...