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>> reporter: this amateur video shows the moment the vacation of a lifetime turned into tragedy. a sun rise balloon ride suddenly enveloped in black smoke. you could see it billowing from the basket. then the balloon begins to collapse. deflated, it plummets 1,000 pete down to the earth. photographer christopher michelle watched it unfold from another balloon. >> we heard a loud explosion and a lot of smoke. our first feeling was it couldn't be a balloon, but it turned out to be this tragic accident. >> reporter: we now know the balloon was coming in for a landing in a sugar cane field. that's...

Not immediately lethal or would not result in immediate unconsciousness. and i knew that. i had two little boys of my own at the time. and so there was a personal connection. >> by the afternoon, the ten fire victims are in the medical examiner's office for the autopsy. dr. corey sees beyond the remains. >> bless her little heart. until you do the autopsy you don't know. many times, people who kill other people may try to cover up that crime. by starting a fire. i talked to him briefly at the scene. >> dr. corey works with calm dispatch on the fire victims, focusing on i.d.'ing the bodies thro...

Children to die a long, excruciating death. >> the little boy's wounds were not immediately lethal or would not result in immediate unconsciousness. and i knew that. i had two little boys of my own at the time. and so there was a personal connection. >> by the afternoon, the ten fire victims are in the medical examiner's office for the autopsy. dr. corey sees beyond the remains. >> bless her little heart. until you do the autopsy you don't know. many times, people who kill other people may try to cover up that crime. by starting a fire. i talked to him briefly at the scene. >> dr. corey works ...