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Here we go. >> there it is, right on cue. >> reporter: what i can tell you is nascar officials say they're looking at this. the speedway says it worked overnight to replace that retaining wall and the crash fence that actually prevented the engine from going into the crowd. but nonetheless, as you mentioned, we have something like 30-plus injuries, two people critical but stable, one of them a child. a lot of questions today is what they're doing out here enough. to answer that question, speedway officials said that after the incident at talladega in 2009, in which eight people were injured, t...

Them. they had minutes. not tens of minutes. >> despite the efforts of rescue workers, 21 people died. the club owner is charged with voluntary manslaughter. the owner's case is dismissed and the rest is found not guilty. the owner and manager filed a lawsuit against the city of chicago for malicious prosecution. the city denied the claim, and the case was dismissed. nearly two decades earlier fear grips another crowd. and frenzied soccer fans are crushed against a concrete retaining wall. may 29th, 1985. nearly 60,000 supporters fill belgium's stadium for the european cup final, pitting engla...

>> i pulled her car door open and grabbed ahold of her, looking over my shoulder at the tractor-trailer that was oncoming. all i really had time to do was push her towards the retaining wall. threw her down on the ground. >> it all happens in moments, and powell, sitting in his car, becomes aware something is horribly wrong. >> why did they just jump out of the car like that? that's when i heard an air brake on the semi, it was like goo, goo, goo, and that's when i felt the impact. i didn't see anything happen. i just felt it. i felt glass cutting my face. >> sheltered against the median wall,...

The city denied the claim, and the case was dismissed. nearly two decades earlier fear grips another crowd. and frenzied soccer fans are crushed against a concrete retaining wall. may 29th, 1985. nearly 60,000 supporters fill belgium's stadium for the european cup final, pitting england's liverpool against the italian team. emotions are running high as two of the world's most successful soccer teams face off. liverpool fan rogan taylor is watching on television from his home in england. >> i have a young family, three daughters. crazy football fans, it comes with the territory. and we are awai...

Oncoming. all i really had time to do was push her towards the retaining wall. threw her down on the ground. >> it all happens in moments and powell, sitting in his car, becomes aware something is horribly wrong. >> why did they just jump out of the car like that? that's when i heard an air brake on the semi, it was like goo, goo, goo and that's when i felt the impact. i didn't see anything happen. i just felt it. i felt glass cutting my face. >> sheltered against the median wall, the officers are amazed to see the semi miraculously bounce safely past them. >> i never thought the wheel of a se...