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>> the box was coming end over end towards us and it landed two feet from my sons leg. for the split second i thought were okay. >> but then a shock -- >> tyler takes a direct hit from a 3,000-degree shell launched out of the mortar box laying right next to him. >> i wasnt sure quite what happened. it just felt like i got kicked really hard in the back of the leg and my ears were ringing. i heard my girlfriend running away screaming. i went after her. i wasnt really sure anything was wrong with ...

>> sometimes the best-laid plans can take a turn for the weird. "caught on camera: what went wrong." welcome to "caught on camera." im contessa brewer. in a split second, a routine event can escalate into a life or death drama leaving folks to wonder what went wrong. it can happen at work or at play or as these people found out, during a leisurely day at a horse show. an official at a horse competition gets trampled by an out of control horse. may 2nd, 2001, springfield, illinois, at the arabian...

>> so as the summer sun set and the two watched television, jaime told ron who was hard of hearing that the pigs were making noise and maybe they should investigate. it was out by the pig pen, youll recall, where ron was to be murdered. >> because that way it would be easier to hide, clean up, if you want to say. i was going to use a falling ax and i had it here by my waist, ready to swing, but the adrenaline that i felt that should have surged through went in and out in a split second. and i we...

>> and does not let go. operations manager tim faulkner has worked with this crocodile since his arrival in the park in 2007. >> elvis has given me a hard time on a number of occasions. to a crocodile, the rumble of that mower, its something that just turns them on. they have all of these sensitive receptors around their jaw, good hearing, eyesight. that rumble of the mower can trigger him. >> it triggers him all right. like the real elvis, this croc is interested in a little less conversation a...

Can. he braces for impact. >> i was just saying to myself, god, let it hit the building. because i knew if the ladder came all the way down, hes going to die. >> it hit the edge of the roof, it bounced, and it stayed. >> the roof of the burning building does save him from an almost certain death, but the relief is short-lived. >> dispatcher, this is 102. send another ambulance to this location. >> now all that stands between mark and the concrete 35 feet below is a broken ladder and the crumblin...

>> the horses line up at the starting gate. the first race of the day. >> theyre off. >> tom chapman, riding current lady, is among the early front-runners. nate hubbard and sweetwater oak hang back in fifth place. as the horses round the far turn, chapman makes a break for the lead. >> current lady cruising on by on the outside. >> and now tom chapmans got his eyes on that first place finish. >> back in front, current lady takes the lead. >> but nates horse, sweetwater oak, is coming up from be...

Thats when lashon sawyer returns from the kitchen with the gun he says he found. >> just as im about to enter the bar, i hear, hes got a gun. now for a split second i thought they were talking about me, but everybody was running toward me trying to get past me to go out of the back door. >> with the gun drawn, sawyer moves toward the door. yet another gunman has his weapon drawn bracing for a fight. >> there was someone else on my left who was at the point of the pool table. >> robbins moves in ...

>> 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...

Unit are inside the vehicle, including sergeant jason daw. >> if you slack off and dont pay attention, thats when they get you. >> theyve been in the country for several months and seen their fair share of improvised explosive devices, or ieds. >> ieds are the number one threat as far as im concerned because you dont know where theyre going to be, what they look like or when theyre going to go off. >> theyre traveling a long, dusty road through the desert, eager to get back to their base. everyt...

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