i never felt scared. everybody says, well, weren't you petrified? actually, no. i didn't have time to think about being scared. for the latest forecast, let's turn to weather jeff morrow. >> we just got a brand new advisory from the nation hurricane center. let's give you the details. winds have increased here. now up to 65 miles an hour and the pressure has dropped a little bit. both indications that we're getting a strengthening system

but it is still a tropical storm at this point moving to the west north west. center of circulation right there. you can see much of south florida getting heavy rain and gusty winds. there you can see the track. by tuesday early morning maybe up to a category 1 hurricane and potentially a category 2 as it makes landfall somewhere between the florida panhandle and louisiana. >> more on tropical storm isaac later on. now back to "caught on camera." amazing action, unbelievable rescues. a mother and her children trapped inside the twisted wreckage of a car. >> it did go through our minds that this vehicle could go over the edge. >> firefighters who demonstrate courage any time any place. >> basically you're hanging 80 feet beneath the helicopter

which was not the plan i had in my mind. >> we looked over the edge and this is a lot bigger than i thought. >> acts of bravery from every day heros. >> i heard a yell for help and i immediately started running for the door. >> and nerves of steel in the face of imminent danger. >> we had a really small window to get everyone out of this tunnel or it's going to go from a rescue to a recovery. "caught on camera." help is on the way. rescuers race to save a family trapped inside a wreck and hanging on the edge. >> i've never seen anything like this in 34 years. >> january 12, 2012.

an afternoon compute becomes a nightmare when a tractor-trailer slams into a car carrying a mother and her two children in california. >> they were pushed into the center of the bij. the tractor went over the edge of the bridge and the trailer followed and crushed the car as it was going over the bridge. >> the 18 wheeler explodes instantly killing the driver. but amazingly kelly and her two daughters are alive trapped inside the twisted wrejage of the car. santa barbara ba talon yeef woody and paramedic greg are among the first to arrive on scene. >> we didn't know there was a tractor-trailer that was on fire that went over the car and

crushed the car and exploded. >> you could tell from the radio traffic just how complex the rescue was. and you just sort of knew that it was kind of a different, unique call. >> but unique only begins to droib this accident. rescuers are stunned to find more than half the car dangling over the side of the bridge. news cameras and a firefighter's helmet cam capture the incident as it unfolds. >> approximately 77% of the car was hanging in midair over the bridge with 30% on the bridge itself. >> the wreckage is only the first shock. because all three victims are not only alive but also conscious, and looking straight down at a deadly 100-foot fall. >> two kids and aadult. we've got to get it back. >> the whole bottom of the car opened up and she was just

hanging by a thread with her seat belt on. she was saying to the firefighters get me out and that her 10-week-old and her 10-year-old was trapped. >> we could hear the 10-year-old groaning and that was a big relief to know that she was still alive. i remember saying we need to be strong and that these children need your strength. >> but kelly's strength is fading fast. she's crushed against the driver's side window while at the same time reaching behind to hold up her infant daughter in the car seat. the rescue team gets a harness to kelly but it's little comfort as she stairs through the gaping hole beneath her feet. >> greg knuckle stands but by feels helpless. >> she wanted a net. i can't, i wish i had a net right now. but i can't. and here she's looking down. and that was hard to tell

someone. >> we're tieing up your car right now to hold it stable. you're doing good. >> firefighters stabilize the wreck by tying it down with ropes and begin to pry the car open. they're hoping to create just enough room to pull the family out, but instead realize they may be causing a bigger problem. >> each time we use the jaws of life to cut the top of the car open, the bottom of the car opened even further. so that was a real concern for us that she could potentially slip through the bottom of the car. >> the biggest moment was when i heard the cutting team saying hey, this vehicle is moving. and that scared me. >> kelly hears the concerns of the rescue team and wants to know what is happening. greg is facing with the task of keeping her focused on survival. >> this is what's happening, we're stabilized. there's a lot of stuff you can't see, there's a lot of lines on

this vehicle. we're doing the best we can. i didn't know if this car could go over the edge and i thought yeah, this could happen. so that was real difficult trying to maintain my composure and not lie to her and keep the game face on. i think she probably knew that what could have happened and realized she was lucky, too. so it was amazing to see her strength. >> the lives of three people hang in the balance. then news arrives that some would call a coincidence, others a miracle. a convey of navy cbs have been stuff in traffic. >> we brought highway patrol it's like we have a forklift that has the capability to be on this side of the roadway. >> the cbs are the navy's construction ba talon and they're transporting heavy

equipment to a nearby military base. they just happen to have the tool needed to save this family. a forklift. >> they were able to come from the opposite side of the bridge. they also created a platform for us to get the manufacture over the edge. >> i put the harness on, walked out over the forklift. i didn't think twice. the most important thing was to have the 10-year-old removed. she was the most critical. >> but they must maneuver the forklift without moving the wreck and the victims inside. >> they were afraid the vehicle would twist and crush her worse. so they put it on as part of the main part of the car hanging on the freeway. >> the plan works. 10-year-old sage is the first to be taken out. >> being in the military you try not to get emotions get to you. the hardest part when they pulled the 10-year-old out, it's

kind of hitting close to home. but she was all right made it worth every most of it. >> 10-week-old milo is freed with only miej or injuries. living kelly trapped in the front seat. >> i remember saying it's time for you to get out. >> it won't be easy. firefighters have cut through the top of the car creating a small exit. but every inch she moves must be carefully core yoe graphed. >> we had to reach down and manipulate her feet while she is being pulled from the rescuers up top and we had to be careful lifting her up. but she helped get herself out a lot. it amazed me, her strength. >> the rescue team makes one final pull and after almost two hours, kelly escapes the wreck that held her captive. >> i vividly remember once the

month was extricated watching her get pulled out of the car and standing on that forklift and i remember taking one of the deepest breaths and letting it out. >> kelly and 10-year-old sage are more seriously injured than the baby, but survive their incredible nightmare. rescuers are praised for their efforts, but some who were there believe fate length a hand as well. >> we were originally delayed because of a vehicle breakdown. we would have been two hours ahead of the accident. we were just in the right place at the right time. >> it was amazing that it was there. i start to wonder maybe these angels wear camouflage. i don't know. it was bigger than me. >> we were lucky at time having the cb showed up. it was miraculous they showed up to help us out. >> coming up, a crane operator makes a critical decision 220

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a fire out of control, and a man trapped above smoke and flames. the dramatic attempts to rescue him before it's too late are all caught on camera. >> so i just sit there. that was it. i thought that was my end. >> april 12, 1999. a fire breaks out at a construction site in atlanta georgia. at first, the blaze does not appear to be a threat to crane operator iver sims. so he make a decision to stay put 220 feet above the ground.

>> the smoke started coming out of the top of the building and i sit there because i thought maybe i would be able to help the guys, assist them to find out where the smoke was coming from. >> sims communicates what he can see to his supervisor down below. but the fire quickly goes from bad to worse. >> so this is probably one of the largest fires atlanta has seen in 25 years. it had started generating its own wind which is close to fire storm conditions. >> construction crews on the ground have safely evacuated the building. sims' only means of escape was cut off. >> the steps, the crane was sitting close to the building and there was no way i could go past the flame and get doin the steps. >> and time is not on sims' side. the fire advances closer to the crane and the question becomes

how much longer can it take the punishing heat. >> there was direct contact between the steel at the bottom of the crane and that weakens the steel. sims decides to ride the fire out in the cab of the crane, but the rising temperatures turn it into a broiling often. >> the heat was getting to me so i got out of the cab, the cab of the crane where i was sitting, blew up and busted into flames. >> sims paces along the crane looking for any escape from the flames. he takes refuge on the countweight at the end of the cranes arm. >> those blocks are made out of solid concrete. i realized that was the only thing to absorb the heat. i didn't feel any heat.

>> trapped on the edge, 220 feet above the ground, all iver sims can do is wait. >> after i lost contact with everybody on the ground, i didn't know whether i was going to get down or not. i thought that was my end. i just sit there and pray. which is nice to have time to ask god forgiveness before -- ask him to forgive you fosh anything you have done to anybody else. >> but first responders aren't about to give up. helicopters attempt to approach the top of the crane. >> we're going to make a couple of passes just to see what we can do with it. >> the heat and 40-mile-an-hour wind proof to be difficult to over come. >> it's hot. we didn't even get that close to it. >> firefighters brainstorm ways to reach sims, but many ideas are impractical under these conditions. >> we had ideas of trying to throw a line to him or shoot a

line to him. there was an idea of somebody crawling up the inside of one of the smoke stacks next to the crane. who's going to be able to jump that far. >> rescue workers decide another airborne attempt is the only way to reach the top of the crane. the plan calls for firefighters matt to dangle 80 feet below the helicopter and be lowered on to the burning hot crane and attach himself to ivers. >> i can remember seconds after being lifted, this calm came over you. there was nothing else you could do. >> his calm doesn't last for long. the pilot fights to keep the helicopter study against the powerful wibds and up drafts from the massive fire. but it's mosley who must endure and protect himself from the heat. >> i was getting nervous because it was getting very hot.

i tried to tuck my head into my color it was a lot hotter than i expected. >> the chopper pilot maneuvers him on to the arm of the crane. no one has any idea the crane is to the point of collapse. >> got on the crane and made may way over to ivers. and i could here pops. the steel popping from the heat. the control cabin already burned up. i told him his boss said it was okay to knock off early. he probably wasn't in the mood for a dmeedian. >> i introduced myself and he told me what to do with the sling he had. i think it was like a three-point hitch, something like that. we had to loop it up. and that was it. >> mosley knows every second counts and races to get the harness on sims. he gives the thumbs up. after nearly two hours on top of

the crane, ivers sims is flown to safety. >> probably the biggest relief for the whole rescue was when the system tensed up and everything was hooked up right. >> it was a good feeling. it was a good feeling nothing you're going to safety. it was a good feeling. >> we enjoyed the ride on the way down and i'll always remember they teach you in school to try and calm people. and i don't talk but i don't think he was listening to me because he was the calmest person up there. >> sims and mosley are brought down in a nearby field where medical teams immediately rush to greet them. >> i would have kissed the ground but i didn't have time. >> the flames are extinguished soon after the rescue and the kraen remains standing in spite of the intense heat and flames. >> the guys that took it down did tell us it was three or four feet out of spec. so it had started to lean.

>> both men emerged from the ordeal without any physical injuries, but their moment in the spotlight has only just begun. the rescue was braft around the country and instantly turns matt, ives and the crew into instant celebrities. the mayor comes up and hands you his phone, he says the vice president is on the line and called to congratulate us. nothing like the vice president of the united states calling you to add to your nervousness. >> the media celebrates a happy ending to an incredible rescue. and ivers sims is changed forever. >> that day everybody stepped in and did their part and everything went like i said flawless. from that day on, i have a different perspective to life and people.

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frightening turn. >> the slope becomes too steep and he slides down the face of the cliff. he grabs a rock and gets close to the dog. news helicopters capture his struggle. >> the cliff was approximately 200, 250-foot cliff side and he was approximately 175 feet down in that area, in a steeper section of the cliff. >> los angeles firefighters oscar and robert are part of the team called in to help save ivan and his dog from a nearly 200-foot fall. helicopters make the first attempt. a rescuer is lowered down a safety line and tries to attach harnesses to both ivan and the dog. >> the reason why we decided or the department decided to go with the helicopter first, that's our how procedure works, the protocol. we figured that would be the

easiest way, the safest way. >> the wind from the chopper causes lola to panic. >> during the attempt the wind was great that it was blowing rocks which made the situation worse. >> it turned out it could have been a dangerous operation so we back out of that and we went to plan b which was for the members, the firefighters to go down and rescue ivan. >> firefighters oscar is the first to reach ivan. the 19-year-old has been hanging on to the cliff for more than an hour. >> he was tired. he was thirsty and i was just trying to comfort him make sure that he was going to be okay, that he was going to be safe. i tried to get his mind off of that scared zone. >> cespedes secures ivan to a

harness with no problems and decides to take him down the hill. but the firefighters agree it is safer to take lola another way. >> the dog wasn't going to leave ivan's side, the route they were going to take ivan, the dog would have gotten hurt to follow. we decided to keep the dog safe and prevent it from hurting itself. once i had the dog in my arms, it didn't move. it tucked itself even closer. if it could have crawled inside, it would have. that's how scared the dog was. >> he hands low la off to a waiting firefighters. cespedes attaches himself to ivan and they begin their descent down the steep slope and they encounter problems as soon as they begin. the rope line gets snagged. cespedes must tug on the line

and sends debris on them. >> all the lose dirt and rocks hitting us. i told him keep your head down. at certain points i had to look up to make sure what kind of debris was going to fall on us. >> cespedes also struggles with the loose ground which disintegrates right under his feet. >> that mountain was very steep, loose dirt, rock, very uncomfortable. so that is a hinder of trying to do a rescue like this. you think you're placing your foot or hand on something that is stable or secure and that's not the case. >> the two safely reach the bottom of the hill and ivan is reunited with lola and his family. but admits he was ward the outcome could have been much different. >> he told me that if we weren't there we would have been able to

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>> here's what's happening. tropical storm isaac is getting stronger. the winds are now 65 miles an hour. the storm is headed northwest. mississippi and louisiana are

under emergency. it's expected to make land fall late tuesday or early wednesday. it will shut down 85% of offshore oil production. now back to "caught on camera." >> a kayaking trip becomes a nightmare. forcing four people to fight against their lives against the rising tide. >> we had a really small window to get everyone out of this tunnel or it's going to go from a rescue to a recovery. >> september 2, 2007. dennis and his wife, and their friend claudia are sight seeing in massachusetts. >> we decided to take kayaks up the estuary as the tide was coming up and going on. get there at high tide and go

back out with the tide. >> claudia puts down her paddle and starts taking pictures. but as she looks through her lens, she doesn't realize her kayak is drifting toward a drainage tunnel called a culvert. >> a baby's bath and all of a sudden i was slammed up against the bridge and being sucked out into the culvert. >> so we made a bee line for her as fast as we could. but it was immediately obvious that we were in a very bad situation. our kayak started to tip and i'm all of a sudden out of the kayak in the water. >> by stand eer witness the accident and call 911. the powerful current sweeps his wife into the current. a local resident captures the ordeal on camera. claudia is already pulled out of the tunnel, but dennis is still

inside trying to reach his wife. >> and then, like from heaven, the ladder came down right in front of me. and i reached out and i thought, well, i better get out of here and let the firefighters do their job. so i pulled, grabbed on to the ladder and i pulled myself through the opening. >> the fire chief chris russo is waiting on the ladder and helped dennis. >> dennis was wedge between the ladder and the kayak and he was be the a giant guy so i could lift him up and get him to safety. >> i was pretty exhausted. i knew that there wasn't much more that i could do, but i was also, at that point, had been prepared to if somebody threw me a rope, i would have gone back and tide it on to sue lina.

>> dennis and claudia are safe. suelina is still trapped inside the tunnel. but she is not alone. >> i'm going to send you a life jacket. >> jake king is the first firefighter to arrive at the bridge after the 911 call before the camera starts to record. he hears the desperate cries for help and decides he can't wait for more firefighters to come. >> so i jumped in the water and i was sucked into the culvert. but i did get inside. >> suelina relies on her yoga training to remain calm but realizes she may not survive. >> at a certain point i guess kind of an unconscious prayer. just said, you know, if you have to take me, i'll go. so i was kind of really ready when literally at about that time, you know, this person

comes up from the water. he grabs aheld old of me and hes i'm firefighter jake king. hold on tight or we're going both going to die. it was like he woke me up where i was starting to fade. and he said okay. this is extremely dangerous, but, you know, i'm going to find a way out. >> jay communicates with chris russo while inside the tunnel and they come up with a plan to pull them out against the raging torrent. >> i need 35 feet. i'm coming for you. don't worry. >> the water was coming in very fast. at that point the water inside the culvert was swirling around like a whirlpool and we could see the tide rising. and you know, we had very, very

little space. i'm going to say anywhere from 8 to 12 inches to the top of the culvert. >> this is your line. tie it to your jacket. untie that knot. pull that out of the jokt. it's just a regular loop knot. >> jay and suelina wrap themselves in the rope and prepare to escape from the dark confines of the tubl. but fear overwhelms suelina when she learns she must make the journey to the opening alone. >> everything happens very quickly and he says i cannot come with you. >> there's a high level of anxiety there. a victim who is not responding to us verbally. she didn't want to move. she was afraid she was going to die. she was in a very dark place. >> you've got to talk to me.

please, stop talking. i won't let you go. >> and chris is screaming, stop listening to him. listen to me! and it's like i couldn't change my allegiance. i was like so bonded to jay who's been holding on to me under the water. >> suelina over comes her fear and let's go of jay. russo gets help from a man on a small boat to pull suelina out. her head is barely above the rushing water. gas ping for air with every ounce of strength she can find. >> i'm just exhausted. i've been down there so long and i can't, my head is going under the water. and, i'm still thinking i'm going to drown and chris is on the ladder and it was like he was, just like pouring his life force into me and i could raise my arm and he could grab hold of

my arm. >> after 45 terrifying minutes, suelina is pulled to safety, but jay king is still trapped in the tunnel. >> i knew as a rescuer, rescuers are always last. but like anything, i just want the to get out. >> on this line, this side of the ladder. >> you've got to move this line underneath the ladder. >> we're getting to the end of this here. we're running out of time and the last thing i want to do after being successful three other times is leave a firefighter trapped in a culvert at the end of the day. >> russo realizes the boat can provide extra strength to pull jay out of the tunnel. precious seconds tick away as rescuers attempt to maneuver the boat into position. >> be right there. >> the boat pulls jay to the opening of the tunnel but he

still must squeeze past the ladder blocking the exit. he makes his way around as the pressure from the river threatens to push him back in. with one final burst of speed, the boat moves forward and jay king escapes. >> you know, it was a deep breath. a sigh of relief here. my first thought am i a hundred percent sure we have everyone? and you verify with everyone who was on scene. it was good to see everyone's faces. dennis, claudia and suelina suffer minor injuries but the psychological trauma is harder to leave behind. >> i mean, i'm still processing it. i'll be processing it for the rest of my life. >> the bridge has been rebuilt

and the culvert opening grated up. signs are posted in the river to protect kayakers from getting too close. but if they do, firefighters and first responders will be there. >> i think give or take two or three minutes they were going to drown. >> public service i used to think is politicians. it really changed my view of how necessary these jobs are. and how the people that do them are amazing. jay jumped in there not knowing whether he would survive. and that's a different kind of job. >> coming up, an afternoon of terror on the side of an apartment building. >> we had a collapsed scaffolding system about 130 feet up in the air. >> when "caught on camera, help

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a construction platform breaks apart leaving two men clinging the side of a building. >> i mean, that was over 130 feet. it definitely would have been a fatal fall. >> march 4, 2011. two workers must face their worst fears when a scaffold collapses outside an apartment building in yonkers, new york. a news helicopter captures the dramatic scene as the men dangle in the cold winter temperatures. firefighters assess the dire situation. >> one guy is actually hanging on the scaffolding, standing on top of it. and the second victim is below him, beneath the scaffolding, probably another ten feet or so. >> we didn't know the stebt of

their injuries at that point. so the plan was made to have some of our members proceed to the floor nearby where they were hanging from the scaffolding to remove windows to establish communication with them, to assess their condition. >> the two men indicate they aren't hurt and their harnesses are keeping them plummeting from the ground. no one knows how long the scaffold or the workers can hold on. >> when they sit in the harnss for a long time, it decreases the blood flow to the lower extremities. it's a serious thing, but they were starting to get some of that, because the legs were starting to get numb. it was a little cold out. >> firefighters first attempt to use their truck ladder to bring the men down, but it quickly becomes clear they'll have to move on to plan "b." >> our longest ladders are 100 feet long, and these men being

130 feet above the ground were out of reach. our second option would be to pull them into a nearby window. a window above, possibly below or to the side. >> but plan "b" has its own problems. >> when you're looking at a building that way on tv, it looks like everything is flat. it doesn't give you the dimensions. but those windows were ten feet back and ten feet offset. so when you're on rope you never want a pendulum and swing them because your rope could cut. >> the ladders are too short, the windows too distant. firefighters are left with one final option. the roof. >> we had a rappelling wrak up top that they were using it's basically a bunch of bars that we weave the rope through. >> it took about 30 minutes, we

placed the firefighter into the harness and lowered him. >> he carefully descends and reaches the two men. he determines the worker on the top end can hang on for a little while longer, but the other one gives him cause for concern. >> the first victim was actually standing on the scaffolding. he was holding on pretty tight to the building, but he seemed okay. he wasn't super panicked yet. the guy below him seemed more in a panicked state. i think one of the reasons was that his harness was right around his legs where it should have been, but his whole weight was suspended by that harness which was starting to cut off the blood flow. >> he approaches the lower victim and secures him to the rope lines. >> with the main line attempt, what i did is i attached the end knot to myself and i attach him to an accessory cord. so his weight is never really on me, it's just on my system. so in this situation if something failed i would have been fine and he would have been

fine. >> he safely brings the first man to the ground. typically, another firefighter would rescue the second victim, but the late afternoon dusk is turning to night and chief flynn decides his experience outweighs other considerations. >> when mike went down the first time it was just getting dark and he had a really good look at the entanglement problems that were there. so after culting with mike when he reached the ground, we determined that it really would be ideal to have him go a second time. >> flood lights illuminate the building as he once again rappels down the side. the rescue goes off without a hitch and both workers are taken to the hospital for observation. >> they were a little hypothermic and they had some soreness, but they were released from the hospital that evening and they were a hundred percent fine. >> an investigation later determines the scaffolding

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a firy motorcycle crash transforms a group of office

workers into heros. >> the flames were intense. it felt like i was in the fire. >> june 22, 2011. it's just another day outside philadelphia's municipal transportation offices. until the car starts to make an illegal u-turn on a busy street. a security camera captures the driver waiting for traffic to clear as walter rivera rides his motorcycle down the same street only a few hundred feet away vernl there's a hill and going over the top of the hill is kind of a blind spot. i didn't see her until the last minute. there was nothing i could do. >> the riverry drops his bike to the ground. the bike goes up in flames as the car pulls over. rivera lays unconscious and on fire next to the burning wreckage. >> i was laying there burning for 30 seconds. there was a crowd of people, you

can understand. people were scared it was going to explode. >> a car approaches the flaming motorcycle and then turns away. >> but john hears the accident from inside his office and races out to help. he and another man pull him away from the burning bike. >> when we pulled him out to get him to the middle of the street he was on fire on his logs. >> >> john is trying to put him out with his shirt and joe is looking to do something to help out. and that's when i handed him the fire extinguisher. >> i pulled the pin and started extinguishing the fire. when i seen that the fire was out on him. i don't know what made me try

and put the fire out on the motorcycle but that's what i tried to do. >> rivera regains consciousness as they pull him even further from the wreck. >> i kept trying to get up. like trying to get up from the street. i broke my right femur bone. it was shattered. so there was no way of me getting up. so i guess i was in shock so i kept trying. they had to literally hold me down. >> minutes later, fire and rescue crews arrive to extinguish the motorcycle and take rivera to the hospital. he spends three months recuperating there from extensive burns and multiple broken bones. >> but it turned out a lot better than i was expecting. you know? i thought it was, i thought i wasn't going to walk. that's how bad it was. >> rivera is disappointed the

driver only receives a ticket for the illegal turn. but he is grateful for his remarkable recovery and the office workers who left their desks to come to his aid. >> if it wasn't for them, i wouldn't be here. my kids would be fatherless. they saved a lot of lives. not only mine. they saved a lot of lives, you know. so, i thank them so much. >> somebody said weren't you worried about your life? i couldn't go to sleep that night if i would have let that guy burn. that would have been terrible. it would have been hard to live with. another group of by standers spring into action when they find dolphins struggling for survival. >> tourists film the dolphins swimming offshore. the dolphins swim closer and

closer to the beach and they're not turning back. about 20 dolphins wash up on shore. tourists slowly approach the dolphins unsure of what to do. a few begin to walk into the surf and attempt to roll them back into deeper water. then even more people rush out to help. one man grabs a tail and drags the dolphin back out into the ocean. soon others follow. more than a dozen people start to grab dolphins by their tails. it's unclear why species like dolphins and whales beach themselves. some scientists believe a leader of the group my unintentionally guide them into human waters. other theories site human interference that confuse them. each year hundreds and somet