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Tremendous explosion. >> it did. it actually shook my building from six blocks south and a little bit to the left, but, yeah, i could feel the -- did feel like thunder, a big clap of thunder. >> what can you see now? >> right now i see a haze over the area. before when the winds changed, i could see the firefighters fighting the fire. a haze over the neighborhood. >> as someone living close by, this must be just such a disturbing experience for you personally. >> a little bit, yeah. an explosion is a little worrying to know the cause. >> and at this point, no doubt you're looking down and you'...

Brooklyn, new york, may 4th, 2004. a tv news helicopter is dispatched to the city's flatbush neighborhood to cover a shooting. it arrives about 6:15 p.m. and begins hovering over the police cars at the scene. it's business as usual until suddenly the helicopter's camera goes haywire and then the shot dies. bystanders look up and see the helicopter spiraling out of control. >> suddenly we heard a loud boom! when we looked up, there it was. we saw the helicopter. i said the helicopter is in distress. >> another news helicopter responding to the same story starts filming the chopper 4's wild fall...

Metro right now. let's go back to john well, and chopper 4 and right over norman really. directly over the ou campus. what are you seeing through there? >> we are seeing a lot of heavy lightning right now which pretty much allows us to -- we haven't seen funnels or anything drop out. lightning flash in the background but it helps us illuminate the back of the storm. it is set over norman and it has taken pretty much a straight south track. i will have to move all the way down to the airport. i'm actually just south of the airport. this thing continues to push us down south. but we got a lot of...

Be needed in the area. obviously our hearts are going out to those who are getting impacted by this. but, again be, as you mentioned, get into shelter if you are in the path of this storm. that is our biggest recommendation at this moment. >> ken garcia with the american red cross in central oklahoma, we'll touch base with you later. we'll go back to kfor. you see this horrific image of this immense tornado, reportedly anywhere one to two miles wide touching down south of oklahoma city. we'll go back to our affiliate kfor in oklahoma city. >> back to bob moore, chopper 4. go john. >> there it ...

The area. sometimes propelled at speeds of 150 miles an hour. we're talking about nails, talking about boards, talking about any type of metal that has come loose from these buildings that's now become shrapnel and a million knives flying through the air. >> so many lacerations and other more ghastly injuries from these kind of things. people do survive, but they live with these injuries from now on. let's go back to john welsh in chopper 4. you're navigating with a lot of traffic up there right now, but the situation from where you see it, i know it's early in the search and rescue, but are y...