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>> we heard on the radio that the pursuit was headed back toward our direction. at that point, we positioned our -- our police cars in sort of a gauntlet for the approach of the suspect. >> the suspect is racing toward them at more than 80 miles an hour. manning and his fellow officers are in position and after waving through another driver they lay spike strips down across the highway. >> in the ideal situation to deploy the spikes is in an area where you have guardrails or bridge abutments or some area where you can funnel the suspect's car into and still provide yourself with some cover, sh...

Quite spectacular. i'm just happy that it all turned out. >> minutes after he escaped death, manning and the other officers gather round to watch the dramatic video playback from the police car. >> when i saw the video, i realized how close the situation was and how fortunate i was to be alive and still able to walk around after the crash. >> in a surprising twist to the story, the crash is not manning's last run-in with the suspect, who was later convicted of aggravated battery. >> we stopped a car for a problem with their license plates and it was at night. i walked up to the car and it was ...

Bang and i saw it out of the corner my eye, my car just going up and back and it felt like it was traveling right over my head. it was an eerie feeling. >> the speeding van crushes manning's police cruiser, car parts and glass flying in every direction. the car is sent spinning out of control, into the middle of the road, barely missing the other cruiser recording the incident. >> i was looking around at my other fellow police officers making sure everybody was all right. >> incredibly, no officers were hurt during the impact. as other units arrive on the scene, the troopers remove the spikes ...

That maybe, you know, for a second, i thought it might be some sort of training thing. >> the staff sergeant sitting across from me, he was crawling on the ground, his left shoulder was limp. i reached down toward him to ground him. i was kneeling and pulling him towards the door, i look up and i turn around to look behind me and there is mr. asawn. as soon as i looked at him, first magazine dropped out of his weapon, he pulled the second one out. put it in his weapon and then he looked at me and i looked at him. for like a blink of an eye.

That maybe, you know, for a second, i thought it might be some sort of training thing. >> the staff sergeant sitting across from me, he was crawling on the ground, his left shoulder was limp. i reached down toward him to ground him. i was kneeling and pulling him towards the door, i look up and i turn around to look behind me and there is mr. asawn. as soon as i looked at him, first magazine dropped out of his weapon, he pulled the second one out. put it in his weapon and then he looked at me and i looked at him. ♪ how are things on the west coast? ♪