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Trunk. doug's not taking any chance that this guy could get away or, worse, that he carjacks someone or breaks into a nearby home. >> he was really amped up when i saw him. his eyes were as big as silver dollars. >> the man takes out a pair of bolt cutters and threatens to kill doug but doug persists. >> i hit him a couple of good times with the bat and didn't seem to faze him. >> within seconds, police catch up at the scene. there's some confusion as to who doug is, but soon it's all straightened out. the suspect later pleads guilty to charges of endangerment and aggravated assault and is sen...

A helicopter pilot installing holiday decorations comes within inches of his life. it's november 23rd, 2011, in auckland, new zealand. chopper pilot greg grible is helping erect a giant christmas tree. suddenly -- >> there was an enormous pop, which was obviously the blades exploding, and then an almighty thump as the helicopter hit the ground. >> the crash happens when the rotor blade catches on a cable sending the chopper into a tailspin. local news crews capture the disaster. and it's soon broadcast across the world. at first people on the ground run for cover, but a moment

A helicopter pilot installing holiday decorations comes within inches of his life. it's november 23rd, 2011, in auckland, new zealand. chopper pilot greg grible is helping erect a giant christmas tree. suddenly -- >> there was an enormous pop, which was obviously the blades exploding, and then an almighty thump as the helicopter hit the ground. >> the crash happens when the rotor blade catches on a cable sending the chopper into a tailspin. local news crews capture the disaster. and it's soon broadcast across the world. at first people on the ground run for cover, but a moment later, they dash...

It will take more than instincts or heroism to save his friend's life. >> i know that when people are under stress, you can summon up some kind of strength that might not be available to you ordinarily. and i think that's what was going on with tiny. >> but tiny is also fueled by something else, a strong bond with the pilot, standing by an experience most people couldn't or wouldn't understand unless they were there. >> myself and steve cox were wounded in vietnam. >> tiny says he considers anyone he served with a brother. steve was a chopper pilot and tiny the captain of a small heavily armed...

There could be an inch or two or three of rain throughout the northeast so check on line to make sure that your flight coming in or going out is on time. >> yeah, i said call your carrier. go on line. >> that's so analog of you. >> so ridiculous. so 80's. now to the rest of your headlines. come to your tv screen. you have to see this. video. >> unbelievably, that chopper pilot somehow walked away from the crash with just minor injuries. he was helping put up a christmas tree in new zealand when the chopper blades, as you saw it, clipped a wire and spun out of control. no one on the ground was ...