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Just a tragedy. >> it is. and i wont stand here and second guess anything done in the heat of the moment. but different things done for different classes within that school. obviously some of them had tragic outcomes and others of them survived. its a little bit reminiscent in some ways when you hear about the teachers of sandy hook, which is to say they protected their students first. a lot of these children at the school in plaza towers are alive because they huddled underneath the teacher. th...

In october of 2011, an american aide worker named jessica buchanan was in somalia teaching children how to avoid land mines when she and her colleague were kidnapped by somali pirates and held hostage for a grueling 93 days. her ransom was initially set at $45 million and as her captors starved her day in and day out, she had no idea that anyone was thinking about her or coming for her. after more than three months in the desert with negotiations failing and jessicas health declining, president ...

Kidnapped by somali pirates and held hostage for a grueling 93 days. her ransom was initially set at $45 million and as her captors starved her day in and day out, she had no idea that anyone was thinking about her or coming for her. after more than three months in the desert with negotiations failing and jessicas health declining, president obama gave the go ahead for u.s. forces to enter somalia and bring jessicas long nightmare to an end. she describes her ordeal in a new book called "impossi...

Tell me what happened when you were kidnapped. you were driving down a road. how quickly did it all take place? >> i mean, it was just a split second. we were in our three vehicle caravan with spu, the security police unit, in front of us and behind us, and then the ex-pats were in the middle. we were in our way back across the green line to the north office, where it was a bit safer. we had been driving for seven to ten minutes and then all of a sudden, we get cut off from the right side by ano...

>> i just got that on camera. >> did you really? >> sweet catch. >> pastor matt carter, the man with the ninja like reflexes joins us now from austin, texas to talk about a bird in the hand. hi, pastor. >> good morning. >> how are you? >> good morning. >> we are doing well. is that video real? >> it is. it is real. i have been asked that probably a thousand times over the last week. it is 100% authentic. >> tucker: your reaction is so perfect. did you have any idea this was going to happen and h...

A group of soldiers from the 144th military police company, a michigan army national guard unit, are traveling from tikrit to mosul. as they often do throughout their deployment, they videotape the journey. specialist ron dickinson is driving the armored humvee. its a trip hell never forget. >> nobody would believe us if we didnt have it on tape. >> three other members of his unit are inside the vehicle, including sergeant jason daw. >> if you slack off and dont pay attention, thats when they ge...

So, yeah, i am extremely happy. and very much blessed. >> how cute is that little girl? she said it happened in a split second. the stroller rolled away when she turned around to look at the clock. the stroller moved. the platform is slanted towards the track to allow the rain water to drain off. i got a better idea. >> hardest individually to -- video to watch. >> so hard. >> angle rain water the other way and have a grate that goes down. >> she is apparently saying she would have preferred the...

She said it happened in a split second. the stroller rolled away when she turned around to look at the clock. the stroller moved. the platform is slanted towards the track to allow the rain water to drain off. i got a better idea. >> hardest individually to -- video to watch. >> so hard. >> angle rain water the other way and have a grate that goes down. >> she is apparently saying she would have preferred the transit system had, had a sign posted some where that says hey it is slanted. you know,...

Greatest tug-of-war i have ever seen. >> crocodiles are some of the most opportunistic predators on the planet. they take what they can, when they can. but the lions arent about to give in so easily. for the next 30 seconds, the pride of lions wrestles the lord of the water in a bloody tug-of-buffalo. >> he has two attempts to try to grab the baby. hes going to wrestle the prey away from the lions. so on try number three, he has hold of the babys leg, and he begins to pull, and this is? a lot of...

Boilover from happening by making sure the water sprayed on the tank drains out the bottom. this time, they miscalculate. >> what do you think caused that explosion? >> just water inside the tank boiled over. crude boilover. >> despite the chaos, davids instincts kick in. he keeps taping as he runs away from the intense heat and flames. >> for a split second i thought this is it. how i had the presence of mind to point the camera backwards and run, to this day, i cant explain it but i thought th...