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Reports mechanical trouble to tiny on the radio. >> tiny began saying things like, oh, come on, steve, you did it in nam, you know, you can get this bird down. >> steve momentarily regains control of the chopper. >> so he says he's going to land it. as he's coming down, he still had erratic movement. then he had the bird under control. i said, oh, he's got it, everything is fine. he's got it. bring it down. >> when it was about two feet from the earth, it just turned over on its side and came right for us with the rotors sideways. i thought it might explode. >> fuel is leaking from the crashed...

Smoldering helicopter fast. >> when i got to the ditch, steve was under water. couldn't see anything. so i didn't know if he was alive or if he was dead. >> get on the radio, call dispatch. >> firing orders, tiny instructs another worker to get steve's head above water. that's when tiny sees his biggest problem. >> his leg is stuck. >> at that time is when i found out his foot was pinned. >> tiny told his assistant, i'm going to lift this helicopter. i want you to reach under there and grab his foot. >> he said, warren, it's pinned. there's no way. i don't think steve's going to make it. i sai...

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He was -- sorry. i tried. >> two more who had fallen, three in all, suffered the same awful fate. three climbers dead. >> i had this wonderful trip where half an hour ago we were all smiling. go to the other extreme. >> cleve joiner doesn't know it standing 30 feet above, but his son, cole, has survived. >> i didn't even get the wind knocked out of me when i landed. so i just got up and did whatever i could. >> the call his dad, cleve joiner, makes to 911 sets in motion a massive rescue operation. six national guard and air force

His famous helicopter. victoria films from below, and everything seems routine until the fourth trip when steve reports mechanical trouble to tiny on the radio. >> tiny began saying things like, oh, come on, steve, you did it in nam, you know, you can get this bird down. >> steve momentarily regains control of the chopper. >> so he says he's going to land it. as he's coming down, he still had erratic movement. then he had the bird under control. i said, oh, he's got it, everything is fine. he's got it. bring it down. >> when it was about two feet from the earth, it just turned over on its side...