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More action than the opening sequence of a james bond movie. >> may, 1980. brisbane, australia. he's waiting for an assignment when 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 record 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 the mayday call. greg hopes the water police know where the troubled boat is, but he can't confir...

Next set of swells hit them and then it was just chaos for them. >> greg can't believe what he's seeing. the pounding waves swallow the coast guard vessel, flipping it and tossing it into the ocean. >> the boat had an air pocket under it, luckily. we were able to get out and swim around the bow. i knew i had to get back to that boat. >> the men make it out of the water but are now stranded on the overturned hull. >> once we got into that sort of trouble, we didn't know how we were going to get out of it. we were fighting for our own life then. >> as the capsized boat bobs wildly, the men hang ...

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 an absolute 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 bring...

>> 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 boat. >> with no time to waste, tom...

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 to safety. tom brings the chopper around to pick up the other man, but he can't quite see th...