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>> a motorcycle and rider skid dangerously off of a racetrack and fly straight at a photographer. >> i could have died. people caught up in something that you dont walk away from. >> the starting grid. >> the mce british superbike championship in england, the mce is an intense and competitive annual race where bikers speed around the track up to 200 miles per hour. hugging curves and sometimes smashing into barriers. >> we already lost three riders. >> in this high speed world it only takes a sp...

>> you know what happened. i couldnt talk to anyone at the time. i was just nodding the camera, yeah, i am okay. >> thankfully it seemed the cameraman sensibly ran. >> smith records the paramedics. >> the deceleration from 140 miles per hour to zero all of your organs carry on and go. it bruised my brain. >> it is not until he sees the video of the incident that he realizes the danger his accident placed smith in as well. >> thank goodness there were no spectato spectators. >> he was a brave guy...

He might be too close but holds his ground and continues to record. >> theres that split second that youre wondering is debris going to fall on me, are there metal shards and roofing going to cut me or hit me right in the body. >> falling debris isnt the only thing to worry about. nichols fears there could be another explosion. >> part of you wanted to flee, because your instinct is to run away from these things, especially getting hit with a heat wave in the face. part of you as a journalist, a...

Customer isnt concerned with such minor details. he circles the store to make sure no one is around, then chooses the back door to make his grand entrance. tracy is the stores manager. >> he decided that he wanted to come through the back door, and you see him get up on the curb and kind of bumps himself up and then he just guns the car and just goes for it. >> in a split second, hes in. glass shatters. the door frames are left a twisted heap of metal. then the customer in black hoodie jumps out...

Volunteer firefighter william krause cant get out of the way in time. >> oh, my god. what the hell is that all about? >> as krause tries to dodge the suv, he trips. >> he probably wasnt sure what direction to jump in or, even more importantly, where the car was going. it was sort of like, okay, where do i do? ill just hit the grass. >> in a split second, krause is trapped underneath the suv. as the driver keeps going. fellow firefighters and police run after the car and then -- police open fire....

The body, but its terribly broken. but no worries, its going to be okay. >> remarkably, fisher the paramedic is the only one seriously injured. his leg, knee cap and several ribs are broken. but that doesnt stop him from returning to work as soon as hes able or from enjoying his hobby. motorcycles. >> i still ride my bikes every day because thats what i do. thats how i am. thats what i am. thats in my veins. my dad put oil in my veins instead of blood. >> this race could have used a little less ...

And finally, just before 7:00 a.m., shes freed, something even her rescuers werent sure theyd see. >> i told her that she should have been on her way to play the lotto because that was her day. >> shes alive, but hurt. wendy breaks both her arms, has a broken ankle, a broken leg and several broken ribs. the captain, who has seen a lot in his 20 years on the job, still finds wendys accident hard to believe. >> it all had to happen within a split second. its almost like somebody staged this thing ...

Poor just because of low light conditions. >> at an intersection, the trooper decides to go straight. >> something caught my eye about 100 yards in front of me. as i came to the crest of a hill and then around the corner, i saw that there was a german shepherd in the middle of the road that was coming towards me. >> the officer detects something special about this dog. he himself raises sled dogs and spends much of his free time with his four-legged pals, so when he see this is canine out on the...

The front door. i was watching a patient standing by our front door, our whole front entrance is glass and i saw she was looking into something and then i heard what i thought for a split second was maybe gunfire but then i kind of quickly went into denial, especially since i was watching that patient and she never backed up but as i continued to hear it, her face started to get a little concerned, a little confused. then i got up to check things out and before i made it to the door, i heard a v...

So he wanted to stop that bus and -- you know, obviously protect the passenger that was on there, but also motorists that were passing by. >> i never heard of a bus driver hitting a deer before. now if it was a split second earlier, it probably would have come through the drivers side window. a high-speed chase is stopped short by an unexpected roadblock. >> and thats when our friends walked out from the side of the road. i decided to try and get the ducks off the roadway. >> may 12th, 2013, p...