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>> howard is trailing the suspect who seems to be running out of steam as he heads toward a fence separating the course from a busy road. >> i almost had him and he jumped over the fence. that fence was eight feet high and i wasnt going over it. >> howard gives up his chase, but even though the suspect is completely exhausted, he still runs on. right on to summerland parkway risking life and limb. >> this is not safe here. >> he makes it across. but waiting for him on the other side, officers fr...

Road in front of me. all i intended to do was get the logo on the video. but i got a whole lot more than i bargained for. >> then cobb sees a two by four from the side of the road come at her. >> i saw him hit it and it was like slow motion. i thought its not going to hit me. >> but in a split second it does. >> the impact was amazing. amazing. it sounded like a gun shot. and then the echo which i dont know if it was real or in my mind. but it was deafening. i know that. >> the two by four hits ...

Crowd of spectators. >> get outta there! >> theres somebody in there? >> racers ready! >> its may 9th, 2011. the second day of the buffalo bill downhill race. a long board competition at lookout mountain just above golden, colorado. skate borders come from near and far for a chance to race down lariette leap road at high rates of speed, up to 40 miles an hour. but today, thrills arent just on the pavement. a helicopter is hovering above the last hairpin turns of the course, preparing to cover th...

Maybe to give myself a little bit of a buffer. >> the fire department quickly secures the scene and the leaking fuel is controlled. whitlock is grateful to the pilot whose quick thinking, he says, averted a more serious situation. >> we were coming down right on top of the road where there was a lot of spectators on the road. he pulled it off at the last second and put it down on the hill where he did. if he hadnt of done that, there would have been a lot of people hurt. >> this was whitlocks fi...

Chrysler seeb ring is stolen just down the road from the station. an alert is triggered. >> once that is received, all i know is its moving 20 miles an hour west on division street. >> the bait car is headed towards james greenwell. then a patrol officer with the department. and when the suspect drives by greenwells cruiser, the officer is surprised to see whos behind the wheel. >> as it goes by i see who was in it. i was shocked. the suspect was an elderly female. totally out of the norm for an...

>> when the wood punches through the window, glass flies everywhere. >> there were glass shards in my girls car seat. i remember watching the glass sink around me. it was like snow. even the next day when i would shake my hair, glass would fall out. >> after the impact, cobb is so stunned she cant even scream. >> i remember my chest hurting and i remember shaking. it was all i could do to wipe the glass off my phone to use it because my fingers were shaking so hard. >> cobb mostly unscathed from...

Suspect who seems to be running out of steam as he heads toward a fence separating the course from a busy road. >> i almost had him and he jumped over the fence. that fence was eight feet high and i wasnt going over it. >> howard gives up his chase. but even though the suspects completely exhausted, he still runs on. right on to summerland parkway risking life and limb. he makes it across. but waiting for him on the other side, officers from the las vegas metro police. >> hes face down on the gr...

Tracking his movements. and theyre not the only ones. high overhead, the crew in the action 13 news chopper is making its morning rounds. monitoring the traffic and police scanner for any interesting stories. and, boy, do they find one! when aerial photographer jason harvey starts hearing excited voices through his headset, his ears perk up. its the police broadcasting the bait car description and general location. harvey relays the information to pilot paul hollenbeck who flies toward the scene...

And starts shooting again. >> i wanted to shoot the helicopter i just came down to maybe give myself a bit of a buffer. separate myself from the crash. >> the fire department quickly secures the scene and the leaking fuel is controlled. whitlock is grateful to the pilot whose quick thinking, he says, averted a more serious situation. >> we were coming down right on top of the road where there was a lot of spectators on the road. he pulled it off at the last second and put it down on the hill whe...

Scene. >> first he game right over our heads along the road. i was filming him a bit because the helicopter was there. everybody is cheering getting that. and a couple more of the racers starting coming down. i switched to them. thats when i noticed these altitudes coming back down. >> other spectators also catch video of the helicopter swiftly losing altitude and drifting towards the side of the road. >> it looks like the tried to land. >> he clips a tree and crashes on a slope. part of its tai...