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Dev nation some of these towns was so complete, few people lived to tell about it but one american did and he documented what he saw. he told his harrowing story. >> reporter: it took him three days to get out. >> looks like a bomb has gone off around here. >> reporter: when brian barnes landed in los angeles. >> welcome home. >> reporter: the florida native showed us what he went through. how did this town fare? >> nothing left. >> reporter: all of these people who are walking around? >> are pr...

It was a split-second decision to drive through the town, past stunned residents, up a hill 50 feet above the harbor. >> theres a hill outside of town that were going to try to get to. >> reporter: he grabbed his camera and seven minutes after the ground shook the first surge of water. >> here it comes. >> reporter: and then minutes later a wall of water slammed through the town taking everything in its path. >> about 1:00 in the afternoon, and we spent the whole day trying to get out of the tsu...

A porpoise hunt for save the dolphin when the 8.9 earthquake hit. it was a split-second decision to drive through the town, past stunned residents, up a hill 50 feet above a harbor. >> theres a hill outside of town were trying to get to. he grabbed his camera and seven minutes after the ground shook the first surge of water. >> here it comes. >> then minutes later a wall of water slammed through the town, taking everything in its path. >> about 1:00 in the afternoon, and we spent the whole day t...

Under control until we got a report from the police department that there was someone in the water. jon: i mean the truck did go onto hit her car and pretty badly obliterated it, right in. >> yes, yes it did. jon: so she was probably wise to jump in your opinion, even if she had been in her car she might not have survived. >> she definitely had a split second decision to make. she is still alive and well today, obviously she made a good decision to jump off the bridge. jon: this all happened in ...

Tnt is on cable. >> president obama says hes willing to make budget cuts. are they just a drop in the bucket? well ask ohio senator rob portman next. he used to be the budget director under president bush. >> then what would you do? a woman about to get hit by an out of control truck makes a split second decision to jump off that bridge. she is here with her incredible story coming up. >> trivia question of the day -- ♪ one for theoney, and a-two for the show ♪ i like it. i do too. ♪ even ...

Committed incest and raped his daughter, fathering seven children with her, monita. >> di, thank you very much. diana magnay on the phone from berlin. this is "world one" live from london. >> what would you do if an armed man burst into your workplace, grabbed one of your colleagues? >> that was the split-second decision facing these walmart workers, and their choices gave the gunman more than he bargained for. and heres a shop worker whose luck was down. he spent ages restacking his wine sh...

Of an oncoming train. >> but the commuters, you can see it, they jumped into action. just absolutely so quick to react. some pulling the woman off the tracks and to safety while another then signaled for the train to stop, which it did just a few feet to spare. just a few feet in front of her. besides the expected bumps and bruises, the fallen woman is doing okay, thankfully. meanwhi meanwhile, the transit authority is thankful for the quick thinking and quick acting passengers. is there wind th...

Into the station. shocked commuters jumped to action desperately waving their arms to get the train to stop. and incredibly, the train stopped just in the nick of time. and scary moments for a group of children in washington state after the van they were riding in struck a tree. it was carrying 21 kids when it crashed late yesterday. eight children suffered scrapes and bruises. the driver of the van suffered more serious injuries. and the crash is under investigation. still ahead, the troubl...

Economy, they see an economy thats going to continue to grow, strengthen moderately over the next 18 months or so. and i talked to businesses across the country. and i would say that is the general view. an economy is gradually getting better. >> you can catch the full interview on tomorrow mornings meet the press on your nbc station. all right. check this out. stunning video as a fighter jet pilot makes a split second decision that saves his life. were going to show it to you next. also, the ...

Were running around. we see him pulling, what looks like he is going to pull something out of his waist. it was a split second decision, the officer had seconds to decide what to do. if we are in a situation where our lives might be lost. you dont know how you are going to react, even all this training and what not. that is one of the reasons. >> i know officers have a very difficult job. i can appreciate that, but when somebody is lying days fais down and otherwise under control. when their par...