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Now to an nbc news exclusive, a conversation with a man many regard as a hero. the federal agent who took down one of the murderers that escaped from a new york prison last june. he sat down with me here in new york city yesterday and in great detail described the hunt, the face-to-face confrontation with the suspect and why he says he had no choice but to shoot and kill richard matt. >> reporter: as a u.s. border patrol agent, chris voss knows how to find people. >> your job out of the academy ...

Escaped prisoners richard matt and david sweat during the new york prisoner manhunt. over a three-week search a jittery public would generate scores of such tips. >> something dart off into the wood line and we would get called to and respond to. even instances where there were hunters in the area, people carrying rifles, anything of that nature. >> reporter: the call that came june 26th of shots fired near a highway seemed at first like another false lead. >> we had to check it out but at that ...

Of safety, a better life, as many lose their lives along the way. ron allen, nbc news, london. there is more to tell you about here tonight. our nbc news exclusive with the man who stared down a shotgun in the hands of a desperate prison escapee and lived to tell the tale. how his quick instincts marked the beginning of the end for a three-week-long manhunt. also, the crash that not even the fastest man in the world was quick enough to avoid.

The surveillance video now showing the moment the explosion ripped apart that motel. just moments after the manager got every guest out. more than 60 people. a gas leak is to blame. one gas company worker critically injured with third degree burns. we turn overseas tonight, to china, and new concerns about that massive chemical explosion. the warehouse erupting in a massive fire ball last week. investigators today saying levels of sodium cyanide in the area still dangerously high. the potentia...

Less sleep. innger school is the make-or- break proving ground for the armys combat leaders, and it breaks more than it makes. g women started the course. only griest and haver made it to the end. 380 men started. only 94 finished. the army refused to officially identify either woman, in part co shield them from snarky ocmments, which began popping up on social media. some dont bear repeating, but cracks like, "what standards they lowered? did they only have to do one pullup?" were typical. thsp...

Last nights blast was not a lone attack but a coordinated t mbing campaign, posing the biggest threat yet to the military junta that seized power ri may on the promise of security after months of political turmoil. the military-led government has eseated its own enemies within by suppressing dissent and 17ciding to put off free elections until 2017. but, charlie, nobody has ruled out international terrorism, either. >> rose: charlie dagata in london. thank you. in a first, two female soldiers ha...

Violent if not for the quick thinking of that agent. jake? >> sweat says that he had a few close calls with authorities when they were on the run. thats what youre referring to? >> reporter: absolutely. there were a few close calls that i think a lot of people arent aware of. at one point when the two men were together. they were hiding in some kind of hunting cabin. they were so close they could -- and then after the two men had split up at one point david sweat was hiding in some sort of tree ...

Were hiding inside some sort of hunting cabin. some people had come to check on it. they could hear their voices outside. decided to stay hidden until the folks left. then another incident about a week or so ago. when david sweat was hiding in a tree stand. he could see a law enforce. officer walk by. he stayed hidden as well. so it turns out that there were several situations where these law enforcement searches were out there searching and much closer just a few feet away from both of these in...

While on the run changing directions. he and matt were very close to being caught several times. >> the sheriffs deputy vehicle pupped up in the vicinity of where they were and they were somewhat surprised. they said matt fell backwards and, you know made some noise but the sheriffs deputy didnt locate them. >> reporter: wiley saying sweat said authorities were combing the forest floor while he was hiding in a tree stand used for hunting above them. this as we see a graphic image of richard matt...

Hole they escaped from but another in the middle of a neighborhood. >> he felt due to their being a number of houses in that area that it might not be a good spot to exit from. >> reporter: the next night according to the da sweat and matt did it again, starting their three-week run through dense woods and swamps and mountains. some days they could hear helicopters, sweat even watched police close in. >> there was an occasion where he was in a tree stand and border patrol agents were surrounding...