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This. jaws were dropped. >> the footage rob shot goes viral, garnering more than 1.5 million hits on youtube. since the wreck, the ramp has been redesigned to better ensure truck driver safety. to this day, rob still marvels at how he wound up in the right place at the right time, even though it was the wrong place and the 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 like this is going to happen when you...

A base jumper's ambitious acrobatics send him crashing into 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 friend are preparing to leap off what they call room 17 of the w. hotel. 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 flat takeoff.

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 flat takeoff. 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. 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 wake up and do it, again. incredibly dangerous sport and there are a lot of ris...

Room 817, which is 817 feet. has a really flat takeoff. 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 intuenthusiasenthu. he makes sure to stay focused on his number one priority. >> not dying. challengeling base jumping to be able to do it successfully and safely and wake up and do it, again. incredibly dangerous sport and there are a lot of risks and only experience safety and making smart decisions. lets you continue...

Coming up, a base jumper overextends himself with brutal consequences. >> before i could even really know what's happening, bang, i hit the ground.