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Right, forward and back, waves breaking on it, the helicopter coming down and being blown by the wind and at the right time lining up so the skid is on the right position so the person on the boat can grab on and climb into the helicopter. that's a challenge to do. particularly since he doesn't have a crew on board. >> we all had our hearts in our mouths. we expected the chopper to lose control and crash as well. >> as the pilot approaches, collin grabs the skid, but he slips and falls into the sea. tom tries again. with mere feet separating the helicopter from the boat's hull, collin steps up...

Must have been horrendous for them. >> eddie's mentor tom ward is piloting the west pack chopper. another news station has hired tom to fly a cameraman out to get shots of the rescue. when he takes off, tom isn't planning to get involved and doesn't have a winch or trained rescue personnel on board. but when he gets to the scene, tom has a tough choice to make. >> they would have had to make some decisions about whether they were going to try and save these people or not. they were in a terrible position there. breaking water, huge seas still very, very dangerous conditions for the crew of the...

>> the conditions were far from ideal. we had six to seven meter waves breaking on shallow sand banks. must have been horrendous for them. >> eddie's mentor tom ward is piloting the west pack chopper. another news station has hired tom to fly a cameraman out to get shots of the rescue. when he takes off, tom isn't planning to get involved and doesn't have a winch or trained rescue personnel on board. but when he gets to the scene, tom has a tough choice to make. >> they would have had to make some decisions about whether they were going to try and save these people or not. they were in a terri...

Lining up so the skid is on the right position so the person on the boat can grab on and climb into the helicopter. that's a challenge to do. particularly since he doesn't have a crew on board. >> we all had our hearts in our mouths. we expected the chopper to lose control and crash as well. >> as the pilot approaches, collin grabs the skid, but he slips and falls into the sea. tom tries again. with mere feet separating the helicopter from the boat's hull, collin steps up to safety. tom brings the chopper around to pick up the other man, but he can't quite see the height of the waves below the...

Them. they don't get it right, have to come for everybody. >> i took a swing at the skid and i missed and fell off. >> the adrenaline was pumping. more action than i think a james bond movie. >> may, 1980. brisbane, australia. a call comes in about a yacht in distress. >> we got word there was a boat in trouble off the island. >> greg and the camera man took off in the chopper 7 news chopper to perform what they assume would be a routine water rescue in morton bay. they don't have exact coordinates for the boat's location. they spot a different vessel, the water police, who are responding to t...