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August 5, 2012
>> already free-falling they reach out to grab each others hands. skydiver knowing when to exit, whom to follow and where in the formation they should be. they fell at speeds of 220 miles per hour, heads down. when they joined hands they created an enormous snowflake formation spanning 150 feet. with their display complete, time for the record-breaking skydivers to break away from each other. and deploy their parachutes. landing one by one, you can see the skidding of their shoes. theres that sp...
August 2, 2012
So far, the opposition has been outgunned and outmanned, but in the battle for aleppo, the rebels still claimed theyre winning. this video was given to us by the man wearing the yellow t-shirt. his name is mahmoud, a bulldozer salesman from atlanta, georgia. born in syria, he decided to join the rebel cause. we met him on the turkish side of the border. he said hes been in and out of syria since april when he returned as a fighter. >> reporter: this refugee camp in turkey is for syrian soldiers ...
August 1, 2012
Was captured on camera, a passenger on a flight from new york to los angeles saw a flock of birds fly right into an engine. of course, who could forget when canada geese brought down sully sullenbergers u.s. air flight into the hudson river. >> its always dangerous when an aircraft hits a bird. in this case it was something that the crews have been trained to handle, the aircraft has redundant systems that can take care of the problems caused by this bird strike. >> reporter: bird strikes cost t...
August 1, 2012
Wing at 20 miles wide, closing in on london, and the blitz was underway. ron mitchell was 12 years old that day. >> the next thing we heard was the bombs exploding. they were bombing the docks and you could see everything going up. >> jean archer was a young girl. >> everything was burning. the sky was red. it was just an absolute nightmare, something you never forget. >> many of the volunteer firefighters had never encountered fire before. hitler had vowed to destroy london, and break the citys...
August 1, 2012
His water for pick for 15 years. >> as is common to see this many seals? >> very common. you will see them on the beach, each trip. >> scientists say that was bring them to the coast is food in the form of a booming seal population. murdoch showed us how seals line the shore. there are now roughly 350,000 living along the north atlantic coast. >> there are a lot of seals out there. there are thousands. and they are increasing in number because theyre protected. >> theyre protected because of the...
August 1, 2012
Hudson. remember that? landing on the hudson river on that cold january day three years ago. the plane, as you know, was disabled by a flock of canada geese. nothing that serious with todays bird strike, thankfully. another skilled pilot at the wheel. rick: here here. lets hear it for the pilot. >> reporter: yes! rick: thank you, harris. jenna: dramatic new testimony in the drew peterson murder trial. the former cop accused of murdering his third why. a second day of testimony, thats the latest....
July 27, 2012
Couple in washington state helplessly watch their yard disappear in puget sound chunk by chunk as 200-foot cliff inches closer to their home. it all started about a week ago. homeowners say there used to be a 500-year-old tree in the yard. now there is a 50-foot hole. >> one day, just out of gods wonderment there was this guiser coming out the side and probably squirting 25 or 30 feet in the air. >> we cry and we laugh and -- >> jon: officials say the whole thing is probably due to an undergroun...
July 23, 2012
Sometimes the real super heroes arent on the big screen. 26 year old john blunk wanted to become a navy seal but his life ended in the line of fire right at home. >> what a great hero he is. he provided me the opportunity to survive. >> reporter: matthew mcquinn took a bullet shielding his girlfriend and a brother. 24-year-old alexander teves was hit. as he pushed his girlfriend out of the way. jesse childress died trying to save a female air force colleague. friday was alex sullivans 27th birth...
July 23, 2012
President of the united states. its taking him longer than we expected or was on his schedule. hes been meeting with the family members of the victims and we are hearing from his office that hes just not rushing it. hes spending as much time as he feels he needs to with these families. so in the meantime, let me bring in the reverend dr. wellton gady. were also joined again by eugene robinson at "the washington post." thank you so much for joining us. reverend, let me start with you. as someone ...
July 17, 2012
In good condition, diane. >> it pretty much exploded that tree. thank you, ryan. and before we move on, something new to us, one storm compounding another. take a look at this. its called a fire whirl. a fire tornado touching down on the middle of a wildfire in oregon. a fireman on the frontline snapped the picture saying the funnel just came out of nowhere. and now, the developing story tonight about a different kind of air scare, needles discovered in meat sandwiches on four delta airline fl...