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Back draft. >> so within a split second, the door slammed, and the window on the second floor has started to blow out of its frame. glass and debris is flying across the street. followed by a big flame. >> no firefighters or residents are injured. once the fires are out, investigator clarks work begins. he discovers that the back draft was caused by a growing criminal enterprise, copper wire theft. >> what we do know about these properties at the time of the fire is electricity was supplied to t...

>> a chance to thank an american hero. david wright, abc news, new york. >> i love that story. >> oh, my goodness. dave wright. between that one and the one martha raddatz did, theyre giving me chills today. you know, he went outside of training. he went outside of whats in a rule book to do something he thought was right and look, it paid off. >> certainly did. >> goodness gracious, what a good memorial day. >> youre absolutely right. a lot of people who serve abroad there are sort of split sec...

Know if youre going to get a wave. im just going to pull you up on the board. were going to drive around. feel the board. make sure you feel comfortable. >> and as soon as she gets up, this biggest as they come, you know, it was like a 20-foot wave. not too big, but still. >> the second he pulls me up, it was literally maybe less than a second, that im standing up, and this wave just pops out of nowhere. and he goes, go! and i said, are you sure? and i like -- i hesitated. so if i would have may...

Has a very high resistance and acted like an electrical fuse, basically melting. two houses next door to each other, both with gas meters on fire, unusual circumstances to be sure. but from there, it gets even more unusual from a fire investigators point of view. >> the fires developed in such a way that the two small fires that are being dealt with. and then within a few minutes, the third house up, the door is slightly open. and all of a sudden, you can see the front door slam into the door fr...

Him, you know its going to be on the sidewalk or on pavement. even nfl players wear padding before they get tackled on grass. so bad things can happen just in trying to take somebody into custody. if somebody resists arrest and they fall down and hit their head you murdered them. if you pepper spray someone, they may have asthma or another condition and they choke to death and you killed them. some of the judgments calls police have to make in a split second are very difficult and if the net res...

Wave, something really felt different. >> to avoid getting eaten by this killer wave, garrett needs to carefully choose the exact moment to let go of the rope. >> at the last second, as long as possible, i waited. im always trying to get into the barrel. so i waited until the last second and then turned, and went up to go get barrelled, and it just kind of -- this big mountain of whitewater came. and it was like, i dont know, something came from up top and just landed right on my shoulders. as i...

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Different to us in the business, well-trained firefighter. this is a good example of that. a fighter pilots dangerous stunt goes horribly wrong. july 23rd, 2010, the day before canadas alberta international air show. >> when you go to an air show you almost expect something to go wrong. >> a pilot is practicing a tricky maneuver in his cf-18 fighter jet. >> doing something called an alpha pass, really risky maneuver. he is doing it at low altitudes so everybody can see it. >> the jet malfuncti...

Has a very high resistance and acted like an electrical fuse, basically melting. two houses next door to each other, both with gas meters on fire, unusual circumstances to be sure. but from there, it gets even more unusual from a fire investigators point of view. >> the fires developed in such a way that the two small fires that are being dealt with. and then within a few minutes, the third house up, the door is slightly open. and all of a sudden, you can see the front door slam into the door fr...

-- xwlk flownelonious assault. if an officer is at risk for his life can he shoot. there is an awful lot of discretion officers have in patrolling the street. thats where i think the broader discussion needs to lead to. how can that discretion be used. certainly police officers keep us safe they fear for their lives but those split second judgments can take lives of unarmed people. so when you foster a dialogue between the community, between the police between clergy between elected officials, i...