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Throughout the next two hours. martha: we have a jam packed show starting with two daredevils pulling off a crazy stunt. look at this. >> you ready? martha: i watched this whole thing. it is incredible. that is what it looks like. in case you are never going to do this personally, this is wait would look like to base jump from the freedom tower. unbelievable story. bill: new information about the train derailment at chicago's o'hare airport. police are look at the driver of that train. martha: 911 calls a released

Only from xfinity. control as he crash lands on the bottom of a rocky gorge. >> he just died. >> they say if you start base jumping, you're going to die base jumping. it's only a matter of time. >> in 1998, base jumper alex walkling attempts his 98th base jump off the rio grande gorge bridge in taos, new mexico. his brother ralph is there to film it. alex estimates the 600-foot drop will last eight seconds, giving him a four-second free-fall before he has to pull the rip

It's not a platform to carry out a base jump. >> reporter: but it pulls many thrill seekers back for more. >> it's dangerous. if something should happen where the -- the parachute failed to deploy for example, you could have somebody killed. >> reporter: that was the case recently when the parachute didn't open for a newlywed who died in utah. her husband was charged with a misdemeanor base jumping offense after her death, charges that were later dropped. veteran base jumpers say arrests may not deter thrill seekers from taking these sometimes deadly and, in this case, illegal plunges. >> and ...

>> december 2010 a veteran base jumper is about to jump off a bridge in big sur, california. a friend records the base jumper who's prepped for the big jump by downing some liquid courage. >> ready? >> he's had a couple of drinks at this point. a few vodka cranberries were but as the repairs to sglung a california highway patrol officer drives up. >> don't even think about it. put it up right now. >> options are a get in the back of a cop car with a guy that looks pretty pissed over a base jump. i'm going b, any day.

See you guys. >> on a new mexico bridge, a base jumper's ambitious attempt at acrobatics spins out of control as he crash lands on the bottom of a rocky gorge. >> he just died. >> they say if you start base jumping, you're going to die base jumping. it's only a matter of time. >> in 1998, base jumper alex walkling attempts his 98th base jump off the rio grande gorge bridge in taos, new mexico. his brother ralph is there to film it. alex estimates the 600-foot drop will last eight seconds, giving him a four-second free-fall before he has to pull the rip cord. >> if you don't pull your chute in ...