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This but that's not easy to do. an nypd chopper pilot tell lasers from apartment windows and pop back. in this pilot tell me has been hit with lasers more than once while flying over this city. he says it's like driving a car and being blinded by the high beams of oncoming vehicle. think how dangerous that is greta for someone who might be piloting a plane at hundreds of miles an hour. >> rick, terrible. thank you, rick. >> you are welcome. >> incredible american hero honored today. hear the incredible story directly from the newest medal of honor recipient. that's next. accident forgivene, li...

Airstrikes. meanwhile, dangerous laser strikes back in the news this morning. there were two incidents in major cities overnight. take a look at this. a man aimed a laser right at the news helicopter of our nbc station in new york. this was clearly alarming. it ended up in his rest. nbc's tom costello covers aviation for us. tom, this is an ever-growing problem. >> it really is. good morning, and it's a federal crime to point a laser at an aircraft. last night in dallas and also in new york as you saw, it happened again. our nbc station there in new york, its chopper was over an assignment, ...

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 sentenced to 16 1/2 years in prison. with the suspect in police custody, chopper pilot joe hans turns his attention to the crushed white car in the middle of the intersection, and his heart sinks. >> one of the first things that came out of the car was a baby seat. >> miraculously, the women and children in that car walk away with onl...

Our christians. we need to listen to the jordanian voice. >> abdullah says his background makes him the right man take on the radicals. he received an education in england and the west. he has served alongside american and british troops as a tank commander. chopper pilot, and as a paratrooper. >> i was in the u.s. i had other coursewise the u.s. i did my helicopter flying, i flew copras. >> in a favorite story of his a british star sergeant told him mr. abdullah you're always going to be in exkremt. it's the depth that's going to vary. of course he didn't say excrement. the credo my by crude ...

>> rescue workers decide another airborne attempt is the only way to reach the top of the crane. the plan calls for firefighters matt moseley to dangle 80 feet beneath a helicopter, through the heat and smoke, then be lowered onto the burning hot crane and attach himself to ivers. >> i can remember just seconds after being lifted, this calm came over me. you were done hearing opinions, done hearing all the ideas, it's time to go to work. there was nothing else you could really do. >> moseley's calm doesn't last for long. the pilot fights to keep the helicopter steady against the powerful winds...