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Cover. >> the two served at the same time but didn't know each other then. and now all these years later one of tiny's own is in trouble. >> that was the main thought in my mind. this is a vet, he's home with me. this is not a way for him to die. this is my buddy. we went through all we did to come home in this way? no. >> the two vietnam veterans, now employees of the hawaiian electric company, show up in this remote pineapple field earlier that day to move equipment and materials into the area. victoria keith is there, too, filming an instructional video for the company. >> i began filming s...

Air. >> let's get you on a backboard, okay? >> steve is brought to the nearest hospital with only a broken arm to show for the accident. victoria thinks he has tiny to thank for that. >> he didn't seem to think for a moment that he couldn't do that. it was just, okay, his foot is trapped, i'm going to have to lift this helicopter. seeing this incredible act of just instinctive heroism was quite amazing. >> in the weeks and months that follow, tiny is hailed a hero. but tiny doesn't see it that way at all. he says it's natural, not heroic, to help anyone in that situation. but he's especially g...

To set us down. >> it was brown and had an orange stripe on it. >> steve makes three trips with his famous helicopter. victoria films from below, and everything seems routine until the fourth trip when steve reports mechanical trouble to tiny on the radio. >> tiny began saying things like, oh, come on, steve, you did it in nam, you know, you can get this bird down. >> steve momentarily regains control of the chopper. >> so he says he's going to land it. as he's coming down, he still had erratic movement. then he had the bird under control. i said, oh, he's got it, everything is fine. he's got ...

Home. i never want to see a friend die like that again. >> tiny's friends watched the video of him pulling that helicopter up, and they tell him they wish he would have pulled up something else as well. >> they joke to me about my pants because my pants were so low, they said the moon was showing over hawaii. a normal day at a trapeze school turns upside down. >> oh, my god. >> we saw a body floating down the river. >> can they get to the victim in time? >> and -- >> an incredible force literally ripped me from the mountain. >> nine climbers tumble into a crevasse at mt. hood. >> this is kin...

Sound. lifted the helicopter with his bare hands. tiny said, you got his foot? and henry said, yeah. he said, two feet? he had both feet cleared and then he set the helicopter back down. it was like incredible! >> but steve is not out of danger yet. he's breathing but still unconscious when tiny and the other workers lift him onto the bank. >> get some blankets. >> and at that point, he lifted his hand up, and we knew he was alive. so that was a great relief. >> tiny sees steve's arm is badly injured, so he takes his shirt off and packs the arm in ice. >> you're all right. >> i think -- it's t...