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Are waiting the two frightened men seize the moment. >> they didn't wait. they were so afraid that they literally just dove through that small opening. >> after their 15-minute terrifying wild ride, oscar gonzalez and hector estrada break down. they are grateful to be alive. >> translator: we really thought the cables would snap and the scaffold would crash down. thank god it didn't. >> translator: when the wind started we tried to hold on to the cables on the building, but our arms got too tired. we lost energy, it was so cold. so we let it loose. >> everyone involved agrees the situation cou...

I'm milissa rehberger following breaking news. we have this video in from indiana where darkness is hampering the efforts where they cannot identify the damage. illinois appears to have taken the worse. four people are dead and tlooe in critical condition. the storm continues to move quickly eastward and the threat of more tornados diminishing but the dangerously high winds remain. more information as we get it. right now, back the our program. 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...

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 on for dear life. when "caught on camera: wild rides" continues. it's a stationery and gifts store. anything we purchase for the paper cottage goes on our ink card. so you can manage your business expenses and access them online instantly with the game changing app from ink. we didn't get into business to spend time managing receipts, that's why we have ink. we like being in business because we like being creative, we like interacting ...

The obvious question was someone's going to get seriously hurt and someone could die. something had to be done quickly. >> crews rush inside the building, hoping they can catch the scaffold the next time it hits. >> we started running down the hallway. i was in the lead. i was screaming, make a hole, make a hole. we were trying to judge exactly where it was going to hit. we knew we had one shot. we knew it was coming in, we just didn't know which window it was going to come in at. >> the firefighters reach a broken window and prepare to grab the safety ropes to pull the scaffold into the build...

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 were going to snap and it would come crashing down to the street. >> the window washers are wearing safety harnesses, so presumably if the scaf...