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Dressed similarly, the pilots don't realize that two of them are journalists. photographer amir nouradeen and his driver. the apache soldiers seem to mistake amir's camera for a rocket-propelled grenade. >> he's got an rpg. >> we've got a guy with an rpg. >> i want to fire. >> all right. let's hold on. let's come around to our point of view. >> all individuals are contained. getting ready to fire. >> we got a guy shooting. now he's behind the building. >> the helicopter crew gets permission from the commanding officer on the ground to fire on the group. >> clear. all right. firing. >> line the...

>> what is going on? are they, like, trying to run over someone? >> within moments it becomes clear that the parasailing group is under attack. >> after he made his first pass by us after i avoided a collision, he whipped his boat around, did a 180 in the surf break and charged right back at us again. i realized that this man was deliberately trying to hit us. >> with no apparent provocation, captain nichols is shocked they've become a target. but he isn't left with much time to think. >> little bit of panic. i had to keep a clear head to protect my passengers, but it was obvious he was after ...

But he isn't left with much time to think. >> little bit of panic. i had to keep a clear head to protect my passengers, but it was obvious he was after us. >> with 11 other people on board and folks in the water nearby, the aggressive boat is a serious threat. >> on any given day you could have 30 to 50 surfers in the water. to see a guy shooting across at 35, 40 knots, that's very unusual, and unsafe. >> my passengers were terrified. literally crying, freaking out on board. it was a situation. >> stunned by the attack, captain nichols struggles to keep his clients out of harm's way. >> this m...

Demonic. >> let's say if the parents apologize to the victim as an admission to the guilt compared to the fact that 25, 250 people saw this guy shooting. i mean, i don't know if there's any -- i know that we live in a land of innocent until proven guilty but i'm not so sure that an apology from the parents would be an admission that their son is automatically -- do you think so? >> they've lawyered up. and they don't want any financial liability clearly. who knows what's going on? anyway, that's the -- where we are today. interestingly enough, number of survivors did get out of the hospital ye...

Crawling for cover. 17 people were hurt. >> all you saw was sparks and people ducking and the glass busting. we never saw the guy shooting. >> the reason we believe it was not a random act of violence is because when you first walked up, there were people out there on the sidewalk and he stood for several minutes watching and observing before ever firing a shot. >> nathan van wilkins has been charged with attempted murder. he is being held on $2 million bond. >> has an arrest record there in tuscaloosa dating back to the mid '80s. charges of robbery, burglary and trespassing. he was no angel, ...