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And material around the clock. but if something goes wrong, these big rigs can turn into big disasters. april 8, 2010. a traffic cam captures randy pierce and his 18-wheeler full of frozen chicken entering a busy highway in lewisville, texas. he s just about to merge when suddenly a dump truck cuts into his lane. i thought, well, he s going to see me in a minute. so i started moving to the right. well, he never did see me because he kept coming across. the two trucks crash into each other. and the dump truck explodes. randy loses control of his rig and heads straight for the highway s concrete divider. ....
Two trucks collide and a fireball erupts deep in the heart of texas. i was thinking, oh, hell, it s on fire. you re not going to get out. every day trucks, tankers and other commercial vehicles crisscross the nation s highways. they are an important part of our economy transporting goods and material around the clock. but if something goes wrong, these big rigs can turn into big disasters. april 8, 2010. a traffic cam captures randy pierce and his 18-wheeler full of frozen chicken entering a busy highway in lewisville, texas. he s just about to merge when suddenly a dump truck cuts into his lane. i thought, well, he s going to see me in a minute. so i started moving to the right. well, he never did see me because he kept coming across. the two trucks crash into each other. and the dump truck explodes. randy loses control of his rig and heads straight for the ....
Your rear-view mirror. it s not exactly the miracle on the hudson. this was the miracle on route 72. i wouldn t call it a miracle. reporter: that is the pilot whose emergency landing was captured by a traffic cam in new jersey. this skydiving plane carrying the pilot, two instructors and two first-time jumpers lost its own engine. did you consider jumping? there was no chance that i was going to be jumping out of that airplane. once you leave that airplane you have no control over where it goes. reporter: an altitude of 4,000 feet was low for jumping. the pilot came in at almost 100 miles an hour and steered to the median to avoid hitting cars. a motorist shot the sky divers hugging in relief. the only injury a cut on the ....
Other choice but to make an emergency landing with his plane right in the middle of a busy highway, and he did a good job with it. it was all caught on a traffic camera. jeanne moos talked with the pilot who pulled off this tricky stunt and finds out more about the ironic roadside souvenir he wants to keep from his adventure. take a look. reporter: you know when you re driving down the highway and you see a plane landing in your rearview mirror. okay it s not exactly the miracle on the hudson. this was sort of the miracle on route 72 huh? no i wouldn t call it a miracle. reporter: that s pilot michael barbado, whose excellent emergency landing in traffic was captured by a traffic cam in stafford new jersey. this skydiving plane carrying the pilot, two instructors and two first-time jumpers lost its own engine. did you consider jumping? because you all had parachutes on correct? yes. there was no chance that i was going to be jumping out of that ....
Nasa s new horizon spacecraft zoomed within a cosmic hair s breadth of pluto this week. pluto has ice mountains which scientists believe were formed in the last 100 million years and are as tall as our rocky mountains in the west. a pilot in new jersey had no other choice but to make an emergency landing with his plane in the middle of a busy highway and it was all caught on a traffic cam. jeanne moos finds out more about the ironic roadside souvenir he wants to keep from his adventure. reporter: you know when you re driving down the highway and you see a plane landing in ....