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Crowd of spectators. >> 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. skateboarders come from near and far for a chance to race down lariat loop road at speeds of up to 40 miles an hour. but today the thrills arent just on pavement. a helicopter with a pilot, co-pilot and cameraman onboard is hover is above the last hairpin turns of the course preparing t...

With me. my 8-year-old now that hes big enough he likes to sit in the front. had i not just taken him to school he would have been right there when it happened. the fact nobody was in the passenger seat is a miracle. >> critics complained it only happened because she was busy filming when she should have been paying closer attention to the road. but cobb says -- >> to me, it was no different than someone who may have smoking a cigarette or taking a drink or all the things people do when theyre d...

Logo on the video. i got more than i bargained for. >> then cobb sees a two by four that had been into the road by the median come flying toward 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 the front hood of the van leaving a long de...

>> when the wood punches through the window, glass flies everywhere. >> there were glass shards in my little girls car seat. i mean big pieces. 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 of my phone to use it because my fingers were shaking so hard. ...

>> april 1st, 2011. mother of two wendy cobb is on her way to work in shelby, north carolina. >> i was a couple hours late going into work so traffic was lighter than usual. >> despite the light traffic, she is blocked by two trucks ahead of her playing a dangerous game. >> one would speed up and the other would slow down. they wouldnt let the other beside them. >> trucks on this stretch of road are supposed to keep in the right lane but the truck in the right lane isnt letting the other truck o...

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 on the hill where he did. if he hadnt of done that, there would have been a lot of people hurt. >> this was his first time up in a helicopter and certainly...

>> 95% of the time when i leave home i have at least one child with me. my 8-year-old now that hes big enough he likes to sit in the front. had i not just taken him to school he would have been right there when it happened. the fact nobody was in the passenger seat is a miracle. >> critics complained it only happened because she was busy filming when she should have been paying closer attention to the road. cobb says -- >> it was no different than someone smoking a cigarette or taking a drink or...

Coming after him, he jumped up and ran up the hill. >> 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. 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. bu...

>> get out of there! >> theres somebody in there? >> racers ready! >> its may 9th, 2011. the second day of the buffalo bill down hill 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. today, the thrills arent just on the pavement. a helicopter with a pilot, co-pilot and cameraman on board is hovering above the hair pin turns on the course, preparing to cover the...

Authorities are remotely 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 in his headset, he perks up. its the police broadcasting the bait car description and general location. harvey relays the information to pilot paul hollenbeck who flies to...