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Crowd of spectators. >> there's somebody in there? >> racers ready! >> it's may 9th, 2011. the second day of the buffalo bill downhill race. a long board competition at lookout mountain just above golden, colorado. skateboarders come from near and far for a chance to race down lariat loop road at speeds of up to 40 miles an hour. but today the thrills aren't just on pavement. a helicopter with a pilot, co-pilot and cameraman onboard is hover is above the last hairpin turns of the course preparing to cover the final feet of the race. tom comes to the mountain for a day hike but is soon captivat...

With me. my 8-year-old now that he's big enough he likes to sit in the front. had i not just taken him to school he would have been right there when it happened. the fact nobody was in the passenger seat is a miracle. >> critics complained it only happened because she was busy filming when she should have been paying closer attention to the road. but cobb says -- >> to me, it was no different than someone who may have smoking a cigarette or taking a drink or all the things people do when they're driving. it happened so fast that i don't think there was any reaction at all that would have chang...

Logo on the video. i got more than i bargained for. >> then cobb sees a two by four that had been into the road by the median come flying toward her. >> i saw him hit it and it was like slow motion. i thought it's not going to hit me. >> but in a split second it does. >> the impact was amazing. amazing. it sounded like a gun shot. and then the echo which i don't know if it was real or in my mind. but it was deafening. i know that. >> the two by four hits the front hood of the van leaving a long dent, burst through the glass, and smacked into the front dash. >> it hit right here. and that's wha...

>> when the wood punches through the window, glass flies everywhere. >> there were glass shards in my little girl's car seat. i mean big pieces. i remember watching the glass sink around me. it was like snow. even the next day when i would shake my hair, glass would fall out. >> after the impact, cobb is so stunned she can't even scream. >> i remember my chest hurting and i remember shaking. it was all i could do to wipe the glass off of my phone to use it because my fingers were shaking so hard. >> cobb mostly unscathed from the accident pulls over to the side of the road, stops the recording...

>> april 1st, 2011. mother of two wendy cobb is on her way to work in shelby, north carolina. >> i was a couple hours late going into work so traffic was lighter than usual. >> despite the light traffic, she is blocked by two trucks ahead of her playing a dangerous game. >> one would speed up and the other would slow down. they wouldn't let the other beside them. >> trucks on this stretch of road are supposed to keep in the right lane but the truck in the right lane isn't letting the other truck over. she takes out her iphone to record the logo on the right side of the truck so she can report ...