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Today the case begins against james "whitie "bulger for murder and mayhem. how many crooked fbi agents are being brought to justice? hi, everybody. i'm jake tapper. welcome to "the lead." peel begin with two window washers who are trache in midtown manhattan. their scaffolding collapsed, buckling in the middle, leaving both men straded hundreds of feet in the air. rescue crews are already on the way to the scene. you can see the men are wearing harnesses, they appear to be okay. in fact we saw one of the them on his cell phone a few minutes ago. we'll keep checking in on the rescue efforts t...

Elevator doors and dropped a 35-foot ladder down the dark shaft to the car below. four firefighters wearing harnesses descended on to the car, attached ropes to the one helped them up the ladder. it took 45 minutes to free everyone. but then a second emergency. 28 people stuck in another elevator at the same hotel. >> normally we get -- you know, we probably get six to ten of those types of calls a year. but we've never had one back to back like that. >> reporter: still these things can happen. for example, this guy trapped for 41 hours. the cast of "modern family" begging for help. >> get us ...

Elevator doors and dropped a 35-foot ladder down the dark shaft to the car below. four firefighters wearing harnesses descended on to the car, attached ropes to the passengers and one by one helped them up the ladder. it took 45 minutes to free everyone. but then a second emergency. 28 people stuck in another elevator at the same hotel. >> normally we get -- you know, we probably get six to ten of those types of calls a year. but we've never had one back to back like that. >> reporter: still these things can happen. for example, this guy trapped for 41 hours. the cast of "modern family" beggin...

White helmets bobbing during the accident. the race car's steel safety cage and harnesses acts like a cocoon and saves jeremy and yuri's lives. amazingly jeremy suffers only a few bruises. yuri, a dislocated shoulder. as frightening as their accident is, it can't take away the racer's itch and the dream of one day going pro. >> by the time the race comes up next year, i'll probably be ready for it. >> i'll be right up there with him. from one airborne race car to another. no wrong turns here, just fast and tricky. and this one definitely makes a safe landing.

>> and now, you voted for it. the number one fan favorite video. a man takes himself and rescuers to the edge of death. march 19th, 2003. niagra falls. a suicidal man decides that he wants to live, but it may be too late as he stands in frigid water at the lip of a 180-foot drop. >> i don't know there's been many people that have survived that fall, if any. >> rescuers arrive on the scene. two brave men attached to harnesses go into the water. >> that water is traveling one way and the only way is down. >> the current is too strong and the rescuers cannot reach him. they try plan "b." air drop...