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Consider that to be a positive thing. this speech needed to be given. it was the right thing to say and plays respect to those who serve and credence to their sacrifice and perseverance. >> there are people serving jail terms now. clinton morantz is one name that comes to mind. and before he was a platoon leader he was tasked with dealing with a platoon in the prior week or two lost people that were their brothers literally right before and guys on motorcycles charging the troops, wouldn't listen or stop. he has to make a split-second decision. he's now spending time in jail this guy, 20 years...

>> this is the first time ever. >> jag and his son's worst fears come true. she mows down a man who is crossing the road and never slows down. >> he was looking to his left-hand side. and he didn't expect a vehicle to be coming from the wrong side of the road. >> oh! my god! >> jag and raj make a split-second decision to get involved even further. >> you want to chase her? >> yeah, i got the number. >> raj jumped out to help the victim and call an ambulance as jack drives off, he believes the man may have been killed. >> police, police, urgent. >> jag phones the police. >> i shot off behind he...

Attacked anymore. that's what happened. do i think that the officer -- i think the officer could have evaluated that if he had paid attention a little bit. >> reporter: so you can understand how looking at it at different angles, that perhaps he could have been perceived as a threat and the police officer had to make a split-second decision? >> it's easy to see on the video. he's like this. that's a defensive posture. that's not an attacking posture. he's bleeding from the mouth. obviously something's happened before the video. none of that was taken into account. >> reporter: clark says his s...

Point where your skin starts to blister. >> so while experts say you should drop to the floor and cover your skin if you're initially trapped in a fire, those decisions aren't effective when time is running out. >> dropping to his belly really wouldn't buy him much more time. however, what you can do, as low as you get, you always have more moments of a little more safety than you would if you were standing up. >> the correct answer is a, if you can, lower yourself to another floor. with only seconds left before the fire reaches him, the construction workers make a split-second decision to dro...

>> musto shadows him for about five miles up an off-ramp to a red light. >> he never knew he was being followed until i pulled up alongside of him. i got out of my vehicle as quickly as i could. >> as he approaches the suspect, deputy musto senses something was going to happen. >> i could see the way he squinted his eyes and stared a hole right through me. i could see the hatred in his eyes. >> what happens next literally blows musto away. >> i saw him reach for the clutch on the motorcycle. i grabbed him in the area of his right shoulder blade and got a good grip. as soon as i grabbed him, he...