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>> hello, i'm contessa brewer. it can happen with a flash and with devastating impact, electrical shock. when we control it, electricity powers our lives but when it's unleashed, high voltage can be terrifying. february 3, 1996, a desperate man attempts a perilous high-wire act, straight into 16,000 volts of electricity. >> i thought he blew up in a million pieces because there was such a shock and a sound, it was boom! i was, whoa. east los angeles, a vibrant hub of the city. for firefighter eric huck, one call from dispatch would be like any other. >> everybody was shocked. myself and many g...

Many years on the job, this was something you'd never seen before. >> eric and his team arrive on the scene it find a suicidal young man perched atop a power pole, 30 feet up. the rescuers immediately recognize the danger. >> we are dealing with high tension wires. we are talking about, death. within seconds. >> it's not just the suicidal young man whose life is at risk. a crowd has begun to form beneath him and if the man pulls a live wire down with him, he could electrocute a bystander down below. the fire department's first priority, cut the power. >> so the power company showed up and shut...

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