>> reporter: tonight, tiger woods is recovering from a crash that sent his car tumbling through a median and through a stand of trees, having many fearing he wouldn't make it. he survived, but his legendary career threatened like never before. when sheriff's found him, he was trying to pull himself from the vehicle, despite multiple fractures in his legs. during emergency surgery, doctors inserting a metal rod in the golf great's right tibia below the knee to stabilize the bones, which were shattered. screws and pins were also implanted to broken bones in his foot and ankle. the swelling so bad, doctors had to cut away tissue to relieve dangerous pressure and swelling in his muscles and to prevent nerve damage. new surveillance video obtained by tmz showing car like the one tiger was driving with a location that matches where tiger woods would have been driving moments before the accident. the l.a. sheriff calls this a