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Lot of horror. people were staring out at the street saying, no, no, no. >> heather works on the 18th floor. >> at one point it was swinging out towards the street. and it actually went up vertical like this. i think that was the scariest point for me because i was thinking for sure somebody with fall out. >> it really had kind of an apocalyptic feel to it. >> photojournalist kirby howell works only a few blocks away and gets to the scene quickly, capturing it all on camera. >> the scaffold swung out halfway between these two buildings here. my biggest fear was that the cables supporting it we...

30th, 2005, a news camera catches a high-rise scaffold swinging 12 floors above the ground. >> you can see the metal kind of twist when it hits every time. and you just never know with each time it strikes the building, if it's going to fail or not. >> the scaffold comes loose when high winds snap a support line that holds it in place, stranding a pair of window washers hundreds of feet above the ground. >> how do you get them? how do you stop this from happening? >> firefighters man the windows broken by the scaffold hoping to grab it when it comes near. after 15 frightening minutes, the scaf...

Are voting on a controversial treaty with russia, when the opposition party tries to disrupt the vote. >> instead of handling it diplomatically, they instead decide to use violence. >> the weapon of choice? eggs. >> where do they get the eggs? i'm just going to bring eggs to parliament today and throw them at everyone. >> also being thrown, plenty of purges. >> this isn't happening at a sporting event. this isn't a bar fight. this is a governmental meeting. >> the opposition sets off several smoke bombs to further cloud the issue. the plan ultimately fails. amid the chaos, the treaty is ratifi...

Mild injuries while leaving the building. welcome back to "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. ever look up at the window washers working on high rise buildings and wonder, how can they do that? this is one dangerous job. the work requires no fear of heights, nerves of steel and, as our next story shows, a tight grip. downtown denver, strong winds sends a scaffold careening out of control with two window washers holding on for dear life. >> everything just happened quick, man. >> we turned around, what the hell's going on here, you know? >> it's november 30th, 2005. onlookers stand in di...

Loving skiing as much as he did before the accident. >> i love to ski as much as i can, and i plan to do it the rest of my life. >> but vaughn says after witnessing anthony's ordeal, he can't help but feel a little differently on that routine chair lift ride. >> we make sure we don't have any loose straps, loose gloves. we used to take it for granted, oh, you just get off the ski lift. but we make sure we're ready to go. coming up -- an out-of-control dump truck tearing down the street. >> oh! >> a driver tries to fend off a vicious attack while steering a bus. plus two window washers hold...