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A police officer, stealing a vehicle, reckless driving, aggravated fleeing and burglary. here's currently in jail awaiting trial. the deputy who shot shipman is on leave pending investigation. eventually he is cleared of wrong doing and return to duty. shipman gives no explanation for his wild ride, which snarls traffic in both directions on i-40 for seven hours. coming up -- >> you want some of me? >> -- a drunk and disorderly diner puts mayhem on the menu at this subway. >> get down on the ground! >> and a base jumper on the edge. >> we're so busted. >> find out if he lands behind bars. wh...

It makes me feel good. it's like a drug. only the fun part's the coming down. >> jester is an avid b.a.s.e. jumper. >> b.a.s.e. jumping is an acronym for building, acronym, span and like a cliff. >> there's only one small problem -- >> whoo! >> jumping off bridges is against the law. >> what up, baby! but that doesn't stop jester from driving his car to the bigsby bridge to attempt his 122nd jump off the iconic structure. >> the bigsby bridge is probably one of the most beautiful places that i've actually personally base hrks j.a.s.e jumped. it's a nice spot. it's nice rock and sandy beach. it...

>> let's go. a base jumper's ambitious acrobatics send him crashing to the bottom of a rocky canyon. >> before i could even know what's happening, bang, i hit the ground. >> july 23rd, 2009. rifle, colorado. base jumper ted davenport and his friends are preparing to leap off what they call room 817 of the "w" hotel. >> i was one of the first persons to ever jump this object and the shape of the cliff is about half a mile around and it is formed into a w, if you look at it from afar. so that's why i named it the "w" hotel. and that day we were jumping room 817, which is 817 feet. has a really...

Drive right to the exit point and pretty much just run off the top of this thing. >> let's go! >> ted is a seasoned base jumper, with more than 600 jumps under his belt, not even a number of nasty crashes have deterred his enthusiasm. during jumps, he makes sure to stay focused on his number one priority. >> not dying. challenging base jumping to be able to do it successfully and safely and be able to wake up the next day and do it again. >> it's an incredibly dangerous sport. there's a lot of risk. and it's only experience, safety and making smart decisions lets you continue on in the sport. ...

Said, you guys have to see this. jaws were dropped. >> the footage rob shot goes viral, garnering more than a million and a half hits on youtube. since the wreck, the ramp has been redesigned to better ensure truck driver safety. to this day, rob still par veries at how he wound up in the right place at the right time even though it was the wrong place and wrong time for the driver. >> the fact that i had my camera set up and pointed towards the ramp when the truck was coming down, i can't imagine -- i am speechless. the timing couldn't have been more perfect. you never think that anything lik...