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Business opportunity. I tried to monetize the entire situation from the beginning. Tonight, the ugly truth about cashing in on infamy. Has it been lucrative for you . Very lucrative. But first, the nightline five. Good evening. Lots of us plan our vacations by thrill seeking adventures. But carefree adventures can turn dangerous. Fast. Tonight, a teen survivor speaks out for the First Time Since her horrifying accident was captured on video. Abcs matt gutman brings us her incredible survival story. Reporter it started off as an adventure. I was videotaping them and taking pictures. You can see them down here. Reporter 18yearold sidney goode and her friend Alexis Fairchild parasailing in panama city, florida. You just assume that everything is safe. They tell you, they advertise it, safe, fun. You expect that. Reporter fun. Thats what parasailing is supposed to be, a recreational sport that gently lofts you up 500 feet over the water. But for them, the serenity of flying like a bird turns terrifying. Watch as the unthinkable happens 13 minutes into their adventure. It was really bad, the feeling of the wind. Like that feeling was terrible. Reporter after winds gust, the cable attaching the parasail to the boat snaps, flinging the dpirls headlong into this 13story building. Theyre at the commodore and a parasail just smashed into the top of it. Reporter people on the balconies tried desperately to hold on to the girls to keep them from flying away. I remember flying into the building. The only thing i felt was the peoples arms grab me. And then i woke up in the hospital bed with a breathing tube in. Reporter were you guys screaming while flying through the air . Oh, yeah. Obviously no one could have done anything at that point. Reporter bouncing off the condo and over it, they careened into power lines, crashing down onto this parked suv, where paramedics and sidneys father found them. Could you tell that she was alive . No. They were bagging her. I didnt know if she was alive or not. Reporter in critical condition, both teens were rushed to the hospital. Once there, doctors knew they only had moments. Sidney was hooked up to a ventilator, undergoing emergency brain surgery. Even if you think that shes going to wake up and come out and breathe on her own, we didnt know if she could walk or talk. They told us she may not remember. Reporter but eight days after the accident, sidney finally came to. When i woke up and said that, because i had just gotten off my breathing tube, i had no idea. It just amazes me how that happened to me and i cant remember it. Reporter and now, one year hater, for the very first time, sidney is sharing her story with us on that very same beach where she came so close to death. I think about it constantly. I have reminders of it, my scars, everything reminding me of it. And everybody always brings it up to me. Reporter but sidney and alexis ordeal is not isolated. Over the past 30 years, 429 people have been seriously injuring parasailing in the u. S. 73 have died. Turns out, the equipment used in parasailing is not required to be inspected by any government agency. That includes the tow lines and the harness. No Agency Performs any kind of mandatory inspections on the safety equipment. Its been left up to each individual operator to define safety as they see fit without repercussi repercussions. Yesterday, the National Safety transportation board issued a stinging rebuke of the parasailing industry, accusing operators of poor judgment, lack of experience and improper training. Now they can only recommend that all operators be licensed by the coast guard, which doesnt sit well with sidneys mom. So when the ntsb calls for more regulations but cant enforce them, how does that make you sneel it makes me sick. Reporter the w59er Sports Association industry says it was weather and not faulty equipment that caused the accident. Yesterday, sidney and her parents visited the hospital and the very doctors who had saved her life. Thank you. You look great. Reporter what did she look like when shep first stepped in here . Oh. You look wonderful today. Reporter the team worked day after day keep sidney alive and her friend, alexis. What makes you cry when you think about it . Everything. It just amazes me that im here to walk and talk to them. When they walk in like this, it makes everything worth it. Reporter the girls have a long road ahead of them. Both still suffer from brain damage according to the lawyer. Sidneys friend, alexis, now reads at a third to fourth grade reading level and sidney at a fifth to sixth grade level. Both had titanium plates and screws inserted in their heads for multiple facial fractures and they have endured damaged optic nerves. And sidney had little recollection of the doctors who took care of her for weeks on end. Sidney, how are you doing . Good. I dont recognize you. You probably dont remember any of this. We saved your life. Well, thank you. Ill give you a hug. Reporter but sidney did remember one doctor, rebecca, who promised sidney she would walk again. Youre so brave and strong. You can do anything, right . And you have. Reporter and that she did. At her high school graduation, just shy of year after nearly dying on that beach. Flashing that sunshine smile. For nightline, im matt gutman in panama city beach, florida. Up next, the barbecue battles begin. Can you handle the heat . Us. Is a daily game of what ifs. What if my abdominal pain and cramps end our night before it even starts . What if i eat the wrong thing . What if . What if i suddenly have to go . What if . But what if the most important question is the one youre not asking . 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Reporter even then you still arent guarantied a chance to taste the world famous cuisine. But nobody seeds to mind. Its all part of the foodie experience. How is it . Love in your mouth. Reporter the best advertisement for the barbecue business are the customers themselves. Barbecue is big business nationwide. Tennessee, louisiana, the carolinas, and now new york. Yes, thats right. East coast barbecue is a top contender against the southern king of meat. And this summer its an allout barbecue war. We would stand up to anything thats happening in texas right now. Reporter billy is bodyguard turned barbecue pit master. He opened hometown barbecue in brooklyn less than a year ago. We barbecue on the foot of the statue of liberty. We light the fires and see the sun come over here. Its an amazing place to cook barbecue. Reporter just five mails away, they head to delaney barbecue. I smelled my first brisket when i was three days old. Reporter my take on whats considered number one, and thats texas barbecue. Someone has to unthrone the legends, right . Were always competing in one sense or another. Reporter but as a native texan, i had to see myself. I grew up on texan style barbecue. Im hungry. Pork rib, sausage, turkey. Weve been doing great briskets for a couple of years now. And hometown barbecue opened up last year. They do texas meats as well as anybody in texas. Really phenomenal how quickly theyve been able to master it. Reporter daniel is the only barbecue editor. Hes been to almost 900 barbecue joints. When youre in a city that doesnt have any good barbecue yet, it takes that one really good place to open up to create the barbecue culture in that say. Reporter now these joints are foodie destinations. Im not sure they use this technique in texas, but were in texas. So it works for us. Reporter new york barbecue has the freedom to inslow nate. Thats no rules. We do a baby back rib. Theres no way my brother in North Carolina could be cooking this. They would send them to a therapist or Something Like this. Reporter the space in brooklyn allows tony to cook his barbecue in a more traditional way. He says the secret is in the fire. We could probably cook around 3,000 to 4,000 founds a meat at a time in these two guys. Its all about the fire in this box and the meat in this container is just getting in the way of a really great fire. We cook until about 3 00. On the weekends, between 3,000, 5,000 pounds, depending on the weekend. Reporter whats your best selling item . The restaurant is none for brisket. We rubble them in salt pepper, we stand by the smoker 24 hours a day putting wood in there. Besides the zip code, theyre not much difference from what the greats are doing in texas and what we try to do every day here. Reporter despite their new found barbecue fame, these new york pit masters say its surprisingly simple. Its no secret. Its about none of those things. You can put a brisket in with nothing on it. And if you know really really know how to operate this tool that youre cooking with, youre going to be able to produce really great food. If you put the time in, though, youll be able to produce stuff thats much better than we can produce here. It doesnt matter where you are. Thats nothing in me that says its got to be in texas to be good barbecue. Next, there may be a new and lucrative future in store for the hot convict whose mugshot has women everywhere swooning. Could this be the ultimate prison rags to riches story . Hey, buddy . Oh, hey, flo. You want to see something cool . Snapshot, from progressive. My Insurance Company told me not to talk to people like you. You always do what they tell you . No. Try it, and see what your good driving can save you. You dont even have to switch. Unless youre scared. Im not scared, its. You know we can still see you. No, you cant. Pretty sure we can. 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Rodriguez told abc news jeremy has an amazing look and has received international attention, which i feel can only help him flourish in the entertainment industry. In fact, soon, he might be able to add modeling to his rap sheet, allegedly in talks with agencies, saying he could make in where between 3,000 to 100,000 a month through endorsements and modeling. Were also speaking to several Production Companies about following his for ray into the entertainment industry. Rodriguez is no stranger to scandalous clientele. As she told us in 2011, thats exactly who she is after. What is this business . Im managing the mistresses and all the people at scandal. Reporter what does that mean exactly . Ive taken these girls involved in these sex scandals and built them a career. I was watching the scandals happen one after another, all these cheating scandals. I saw there was a vacant space there and i grabbed them. Reporter and grabbed them she has. A business she says was built on the backs of tiger woods alleged mistresses, know includes a slew of tv housewives, and Donald Sterlings former mistress, and Anthony Weiners alleged former sexting partner sidney leathers to name just a few. Of course, cashing in on infamy is no sure bet. Remember Michelle Magee who made headlines for breaking up sandra bullocks marriage. Most people would say that having a tattoo of a swastika and breaking up sandra bullocks marriage would not be a great path towards fame, riches, anything but being generally dishiked. I have being viewed as the villain, breaking up americas sweet heart marriage. Reporter she told us it was the beginning of a whole new career for us. But a search today yielded barely a mention since 2011. Modeling agencies always want to take on the hottest, most talked about person in media. Reporter trend watcher Britney Lavigne says social media is creating stars in places no one would have dare looked a few short years ago. I never heard of agents actually having to comb through mug shots or look at mugshots to find their next big thing. I think because of social media and because everything is instantly catapulted out there, it makes sense for agents now to look am those things and want to be a part of it, too. Reporter for gina, its just business. I try to monetize the entire situation from the beginning for them. And thats through their images, appearances, anything we can do for them. Reporter has it been lucrative for you . Very lucrative, yes. Reporter hard to say what kind of magic she can work for jeremy weeks. Im Neal Karlinsky for nightline in seattle. Just when you think you cant be shocked. Thanks for watching abc news. World news now is coming up soon with overnight breaking news. Tune in to Good Morning America tomorrow and were online at abcnews. Com. Good night, america. [cheers and applause] oh hey what up, what up, what up, what up, what up, what up, what up, what up, what up, what up, what up, what up . Oh. Hi hello. How are you . Im good. How are you . Doin great. [cheers and applause] yeah [cheers and applause] hello, and welcome to millionaire. Todays first contestant says the only thing she has won in her life was an ipad, and she had to pull out her beyonce moves to get it. Well, we want to give her a million dollars, and all she has to do here is answer questions. Yall show some love for Rebecca Taylor [cheers and applause] hi so you had to pull some moves out to get this ipad. I did. What kind of moves you got, rebecca . Well, i mean, i had to do this move. Of course; the one. Which, i think, everybody knows. I cant do it on tv, though, cause im not beyonce. She owns that. So, but then, you had other things that you just kind of, likeoh, so you added that. Little hair flip. Oh, the hair flip . I mean, you got to throw a hair flip in. Thats ipadworthy right there. Thats ipadworthy. Oh, i mean, it was. It won. I like that. Well, we want you to win something today. Me too we want you to win a lot of money, so lets see the money we have for you in round 1. Okay. Lets see what everything is. That looks pretty good. Thats all of the money available. Ima have that scrambled up so we wont know where it is. My guy, dennis, he does that. He scrambles things. Okay. These are all of the categories