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What happens next. >> oh, my god. >> fireworks started going off at ground level. they just started shooting side ways. they were coming out towards the crowds and towards the people. >> they started going off quickly in all kinds of direction and towards us. >> the crowd begins to panic. >> it happen sod quickly that there was really not time to react or even realize what was going on around us. you could hear the screams and people yelling and crying and everything in total chaos. >> sitting in the open grass to the left, adia and her kids and scores of others are more exposed than those in ...

And it landed two feet from my son's leg. for a split second, i thought we're okay. >> but then a shock. tyler takes a direct hit from a 3,000 degree shell launched out of the mortar box lying next to him. >> i wasn't sure quite what happened. it just felt like i got hit really hard in the back of the leg. i heard my girlfriend running away screaming. i wasn't sure anything was wrong with me yet. i wanted to make sure she was all right. it was only after the paramedics checked her out, that i was like hey, something's wrong with my leg. >> his summer clothes expose his leg to the full force of...

The finale begins. but no one is prepared for what happens next. >> fireworks started going off at ground level the they started shooting sideways. they were coming out towards the crowd, towards the people. >> they started going off really quickly and in all kinds of directions and a few towards us. >> the crowd begins to panic. >> it happened so quickly, that there was really not time to react or even realize what was going on around us. you could hear the screams and people yelling and crying. and everything in total chaos. >> sitting in the open grass to the left, she and her kids and scor...

He sustains third-degree burns and shrapnel causes a gaping hole in his calf. >> had he a hole that a golf ball could have fit in. along with other burns on his calf, bad cuts on his ankle and his foot and up the back of his leg. >> so why did a summer evening of family celebrating turn to horror? what went wrong? what the -- what the -- the state police investigation reveals that a shell explodes inside its launch tube setting off a chain reaction, blasting a mortar box towards tyler and his family. the company is fined $3700. the company did not return our calls for comment. >> oh, my god! >...

What went wrong? the state police investigation reveals that a shell explodes inside its launch tube setting off a chain reaction, blasting a mortar box towards jeremy and his family. the company is fined $3700. the company did not return our calls for comment. >> oh, my god! >> with such powerful shells fired by the company, the federal report insists they should have used sturdier steel mortar boxes instead of the weaker wooden ones. ten others get hurt that night but tyler's injuries are the worst. he endures several surgeries and months of therapy to heal his leg. but emotional scars remai...