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>> the plant was pretty close to a mountain range. and when the pressure wave went out, it rebounded off the mountain and came back with even more force. >> nearly everybody you talk to, no matter where they were at in las vegas, felt a tremendous hit. we realized that this is a serious, huge disaster and as you can see the damage, it really began to hit home. >> dennis todd watches from the mountaintop in disbelief. >> i was not ready for the mother lode explosion when it came. it looked like nothing that i'd ever seen before. >> the explosion kills two people, one whose body is never found. ...

>> the plant was pretty close to a mountain range, and when the pressure wave went out, it rebounded off the mountain and came back with even more force. >> nearly everybody you talked to, no matter where they were at in las vegas, felt a tremendous hit. we realized that this was a serious, huge disaster. as you can see the damage, it really began to hit home. >> dennis todd watches from the mountaintop in disbelief. >> i was not ready for the mother lode explosion when it came. it looked like nothing that i'd ever seen before. >> the explosion kills two people, one whose body is never found. ...

Pictures from our affiliate there. here's what we know from the fire department. some folks here in the area heard some huge boom. others felt the impact of a pressure wave. look at the bits and pieces of homes on neighbors' roofs and garages all because of this natural gas explosion in this neighborhood. again, westminster, colorado. huge, huge damage. obviously the questions are, were people home? i see a car there. so we're going to make those phone calls. we're going to continue to dig on this story to see what happened and if people are okay. also today, a major supreme court ruling bas...

Device and our david matingly showed us what happened. >> four, three, two, one. >> reporter: how fast were these things moving when they went out of there? >> they can travel a thousand, two thousand feet a second. >> that's faster than sound. >> right. these things will actually get in front of the shock wave and hit you before the pressure wave does. >> you're hit before you even hear it? >> that's right. >> hit before you even hear it. faster than the speed of sound. you see those ripples traveling across the sand? that shows the impact of shock wave. in boston, the packed crowd was right ...

>> four, three, two, one. >> reporter: how fast were these things moving when they went out of there? >> they can travel a thousand, two thousand feet a second. >> that's faster than sound. >> right. these things will actually get in front of the shock wave and hit you before the pressure wave does. >> you're hit before you even hear it? >> that's right. >> hit before you even hear it. faster than the speed of sound. you see those ripples traveling across the sand? that shows the impact of shock wave. in boston, the packed crowd was right in front of carnage. dr. sanjay gupta joins me now to e...