a truck torpedos through a store front and strikes a young woman. >> that poor little girl who may be weighs 100 pounds took the whole brunt of that dodge ram pickup. a monster machine wreaks havoc on a small town. >> oh, no, don't go for the library. >> a daring air show stunt goes from fun to frightening. >> he's going to crash! a high-speed chase spins out of control. >> hit speeds upwards of 90 miles an hour with this truck and trailer and lawnmower. in this hour, high impact.

>> and it was just shocking, to say the least. >> low bridges -- >> we call it the can opener. >> and crushing life-or-death moments. this is "caught on camera: crash." hello, i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." a crash can happen just about anywhere. sometimes the impact is no more than a minor inconvenience. other times it is a life-changing or even a life-ending event. while crashes are often accidents, in our first video, you'll see a one-man wrecking effort that is anything but accidental. june 4, 2004.

an irate man in a bulldozer wrecks havoc on the small town of granby, colorado. >> the vehicle was going in and out of this, basically, a big concrete warehouse, that was made out of prefab concrete. and what he would do is fall forward until the wall would collapse on top of him an then he would pull backwards and he was just going from one end of the build to the other doing that, causing the building to collapse on itself. >> glen trainor is the former undersheriff of grand county, colorado. when the call first comes in that a bulldozer is on the loose, he isn't overly concerned. but that changes after a report of shots being fired. it turns out this is no ordinary bulldozer. >> when i arrived on scene and walked around the corner and saw this big behemoth tank there that that was fully encased in armor, i knew that we there a problem that was much bigger than our team could handle on our own.

>> the homemade tank is outfitted with high-caliber rifles and is rolling over everything in its path. a few residents grabbed cameras to record the destruction as it happens. >> mad man in grandby. >> the rural sheriff's department is ill-equipped to handle such an attach so trainor calls for backup. >> we made the notification to ask for a larger tactical team and agencies to respond from the denver metropolitan area. and the jefferson county sheriff's office. i actually even requested assistance from the colorado national guard. of course, they're an hour and a half away. >> in the meantime, the four to -- fortified bulldozer is destroying the town. and there's nothing the sheriff's department can do to stop it. >> hear shots fired. >> our primary purpose at that point was to try and just evacuate the town so that nobody got hurt, because we knew that

our armament was very ineffective against it. >> while the residents flee, trainor tries to determine who is unleashing this wave of destruction. >> we were notified that the individual who was driving this bulldozer was most likely marvin heemeyer. >> marvin was a commoner around town. he was well known. people knew him. many people considered him a friend. >> i met marvin heemeyer back in the 1990s. he ran a muffler shop in the town of grandby. and knew him just as a businessman. >> the motive is becoming clear, heemeyer's been harbored deep-seeded grudges against some prominent town members. this is his revenge. >> marvin was upset because a gentleman wanted to open a concrete batch plant adjacent to his muffler shop. mr. heemyer felt this was not

good for his property values, and objected very strongly to the special use permit and the avenues in which the town went about approving this batch plant. >> the plant is the main source of his anger. but he is also unhappy with the town council members for approving the plant's construction. his next target is the grandby town hall. >> he began systematically from working from a clockwise fashion going around that building and basically taking it down. >> and the building houses more than civil servants. >> oh, no, don't go for the library. >> we had evacuated approximately 12 elementary schoolchildren from the library which was in the town hall. >> but he isn't done yet. board members work in other places all around town. >> after the bulldozer left the town hall, it then went to the local bank that was on the corner. one the employees of this bank had been also a member of the

grandby town board. he systematically went from one end of that town to the other to try to destroy literally their entire livelihoods. >> the rampage is not the act of a man who suddenly snaps. the planning and execution is painstaking. and more than a year in the making. >> he purchased a bulldozer at an auction in california and then had it shipped out to grand county. he kept that at his muffler shop for several months. he began modifying it by placing sheet steel, 1/4 of an inch of sheet steel, around the entire exterior of the bulldozer. and then in certain key places he placed anywhere between four and 12 inches of concrete. then he encased that concrete in steel so really it was totally armored. mr. heemeyer also placed three different firearms in the walls of this thing using gun ports. >> and yet even his close friends had no idea that he was

building this implement of destruction or that he was planning to use it. >> heemeyer's careful in his construction. there are no windows leaving little chance for law enforcement to get a shot into the rolling fortress. but heemeyer has to come up with another way to see. >> he placed several cameras at different locations outside of the bulldozer, just pinhole cameras, so that he was able to actually drive the thing using a closed-circuit tv video system. >> with heemeyer demolishing the town and help still a long way from arriving, trainor devices a plan to try to stop the destruction. >> knowing that we could not stop this vehicle, this tank from going where it wanted to go, i then remembered a video i had seen of a tank in san diego where the sheriff's deputies had actually entered the tank from the top through a porthole, and then killed the driver.

>> it's a risky move and apparently one that heemeyer had planned for. >> mr. heemeyer had taken axle grease and had greased the entire side of the tank. so that, you know, if you tried to get on top, you would just slip off. i was able to stick my fingers in between a couple of pieces of metal that had an exposed space and was able to eventually get on top of the tank. and was very surprised to find that there was absolutely no hatch visible into the top of the tank. i began looking for areas that i might be able to actually shoot inside or move to actually gain entry into the tank. >> with the bulldozer about to ram into another building, undersheriff trainor is out of time and ammo. he's forced to abort the plan. the destruction continues. but then a lucky break. >> he started overheating and became stuck on a -- the foundation of this building.

the tracks were one on dirt and one on an open crawl space or basement. >> the bulldozer is finally stopped. authorities prepare for a lengthy standoff. but suddenly, a single gunshot. >> we were unaware if this was somebody who was actually barricaded at this point, if he had committed suicide, or what the situation was. within just a few minutes of all this happening, the bulldozer shutting off, the tactical teams from the denver metro area and the front range begin arriving. >> unsure whether or not this is a ploy, sheriff trainor keeps the teams on high alert while they attempt to find a way into the dozer. >> finally, many, many hours later, they were able to actually use a cutting torch and cut into the top of the tank or the bulldozer through where that air-conditioning unit was. and determine at that point that mr. heemeyer had died from a

self-inflected gunshot wound. >> sheriff's deputies later find his writings which lay out his grievances with the town and his reasons for the rampage. no residents are injured, but marvin heemeyer destroys 14 buildings and causes nearly $8 million in damage. >> it's apparent in talking to the citizens of grandby and grand county, a lot of systems worked well. this could had been much worse. >> we have all felt very blessed that there was no loss of life, no civilians were injured or killed. >> the incident is shocking, but in the aftermath, the small town pulls together and starts to rebuild. >> the town wanted to do it right, and so they did not rush into the rebuilding of the town hall. however, i think that the town hall was seen as a symbol of the reconstruction or the rebirth of the town, if you will, that once the town hall was completed, i think it allowed the townspeople to feel that we're actually back to normal.

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a harrowing scene at an air show in southern texas when a stunt plane struggles to stay airborne in front of thousands of spectators. >> we've been doing air fiesta here in brownsville since 1991. and we have never had an incident of this nature before. >> he's going to crash. >> on march 12th, 2011, crowds gather at the brownsville south padre airport for the high-flying event.

>> it's a fair-type atmosphere. there's music and there's people talking and there's just all sorts of sound and activity going on. >> the day's featured attraction is the pirated skies act performed by the husband and wife team of kyle and amanda franklin. >> they're two of the finest air show performers in the country. >> as the franklins begin their routine, crowds are amazed by kyle's skillful piloting and amanda's daring wing walking. >> there aren't that many wing walkers in the air show business. it's a really thrilling thing to see. >> the routine is going exactly as they rehearse it. amanda's jaw-dropping stunts and kyle's aerial acrobatics wow the crowd. >> kyle franklin is one of the finest performers i've ever seen. his airplane is a unique biplane. it's big. it's loud. he makes it do things that airplanes shouldn't be able to do. he has a pretty sophisticated

smoke system that pumps out smoke as he's doing, you know, r all of his aerobatic maneuvers, and it's really entertaining. and amanda basically crawls all over the player while kyle is doing all sorts of aerobattic maneuvers all over the place. >> but toward the end of their routine, something goes horribly wrong. >> there was one final loop that they made and i guess we were all just waiting for them to come back down. >> he's going to crash. >> and the plane didn't come back up. >> it just kind of disappeared behind a little brush line. >> i didn't know what was happening. we actually thought it was part of the show at first. people were anticipating for the plane to come back up. >> the plane never rises and people in the crowd realize they just witnessed a terrible accident. >> i was so shocked because the crowd, some thousands of people were here, and you could have heard a pin drop.

>> we have an airplane that went down at the air show. >> fortunately, our crash fire rescue trucks were rolling before the airplane ever got on the ground and so they were there almost immediately. >> both amanda and kyle survive the crash, but they're not out of danger. >> and a couple of seconds later, smoke started coming down. >> kyle got out almost immediately and was trying to help amanda out when a fire ensued. >> but she's still strapped to the plane, and kyle can't free her. >> i heard amanda. she was screaming. i heard the scream, and i ran to the plane. >> air show worker eddie alvarez is one of the first people to respond to the crash site. and what he sees shocks him. >> first thing when i got there, i noticed -- i saw the fire.

>> the fire threatens to consume the entire plane. rescuers have little time. >> copy. >> they eventually started taking them out, and then they were able to get them out and take them to the local hospitals here. >> unfortunately, kyle and amanda both sustained burns as a result of that. kyle sustained burns on his arms and as of today he's still undergoing physical therapy. >> but amanda's injuries are far more severe. one week after the crash, an emotional kyle franklin describes the extent of his wife's injuries. >> she's got burns over 70% of her body. she's got inhalation injury. she's got a broken neck. a broken back. her face is smashed. she's got multiple fractures all down her face. she's got very little skin left for them to do very much grafting.

>> due to the severity of her burns, she suffers from numerous infections, and her kidneys all but shut down. 11 weeks after the crash, kyle is forced to make a difficult decision. he takes his wife amanda off life support. she passes away two months after her 25th birthday. the ntsb hasn't released its final report on the cause of the crash, but kyle franklin says he believes something caused the engine to flood. once the plane is in trouble, he and amanda had precious little time to react. >> from the time that the engine developed a problem until the time they were on the ground was a matter of five or six seconds. she was standing on the top wing when they crashed into the brush she was inside the front cockpit. he leveled out so that amanda

could get back into the cockpit. he had to get amanda back into the airplane before he actually could adjust his direction. otherwise, she might have fallen off the wing. and then as he tried to make his way back into the open area, he didn't have enough altitude, and so he went down in the brush just across the runway. >> after the wreckage is cleared, the crash site provides clues as to what split-second decisions kyle made in an attempt to save his and amanda's lives. >> this is where the plane went down. and after looking at the site, it appears to me that he was trying to turn back towards the runway because there's a tree up there that has some branches missing at the top. and if he was coming from that direction, that implies that he was going back towards the runway and just didn't have enough altitude to make it. >> despite not making it to the runway, kyle still manages to get the plane in a good position for the rescue. >> if he'd gone in another 20 or

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an unusual and dangerous high-speed chase is the culmination of a day-long crime spree in north carolina. >> a utility truck of some kind. >> and the frightening ending is all caught by the eye in the sky of local nbc station wcnc 36. >> hit speeds upwards of 90 miles an hour with this truck and trailer and lawnmower. >> april 9th, 2008, a

landscaping crew in huntersville, north carolina, is in a municipal pickup truck when suddenly a trio of armed criminals steal it. >> the suspect and his two friends approach him with a handgun and demanded the town vehicle. >> one the maintenance workers flags down a police car, and a chase ensues. >> you have citizens out on the road. and then when you have people driving crazy trying to get away from the police, it just creates a dangerous situation. >> they're putting innocent people in a lot of danger by the way they're driving. and especially the fact that they've got a trailer with a very heavy piece of equipment on the back. >> the heavy trailer makes it difficult to maneuver through traffic, but somehow no one gets hit. >> they're splitting traffic. and just fortunately, all the other drivers seem to be aware and are pulling over to the

side. >> the police chase the suspects for more than ten miles into the city of charlotte. here, the driver's unable to maintain control of the truck and trailer creating an even more frightening situation. >> when they fish tail, this is not a good idea to do this on the brim. >> we're extremely luck they that mower didn't go overboard. >> it turns out, this isn't the first crime the suspects commit that day. earlier, they're seen cruising in a stolen 4-runner looking for vacant houses to rob in cornelius, north carolina. >> the m.o. that we have seen is a stolen vehicle is used to go to other areas, neighborhoods, and try to check for people who aren't at home for easy targets. >> after circulating several neighborhoods for approximately 30 minutes or so, i went into one of our neighborhoods where we had had an increase in home break-ins. >> the suspects are spotted and police work quickly to try to catch them. >> officers from huntersville helped out with the officers in

cornelius to kind of secure the entrances to that neighborhood. >> the officers were already at this point in position ready for them. and the 4-runner went over some spike strips. >> we did actually flatten the front left tire of that car. >> even with a flat tire, the trio manages to escape the roadblock. >> one of our officers was behind them, lost sight of them due to heavy traffic at this time. >> once they lose the police, the suspects need new wheels. that's when they happened upon the maintenance truck. not exactly the ideal getaway car. >> we realized they got in the other vehicle i believe when a town employee flagged an officer down and told the officer that they had just been hijacked at gun-point. >> clearly when an event like this does take place, we have to keep in mind that these are potentially very dangerous individuals. at the end of this chase, it had, obviously, a very dramatic ending and a potentially very deadly wreck over a very busy interstate. >> but even after the truck crashes, the suspects don't give up hope of escape.

>> they all jumped and ran from the vehicle and ran from the police officers who were running after them. >> conveniently for us, they never left the leader. they followed him everywhere he went, which made it very convenient for the officers in pursuit. april 9, 2008, turned out to be a very bad day for these three individuals. >> with the suspects in custody, authorities put the day's dramatic events in perspective. >> no injuries to the suspects. no injuries to officers. and no injuries to any citizen that may have been around that incident. >> okay, look it, he's fishtailing. >> here you go. >> fishtailing. he's going to wreck. >> we were very, very fortunate that nobody got hurt. that mower didn't fly off of the bridge onto that busy interstate. >> the three men are charged with numerous crimes including robbery with a dangerous weapon. >> i did testify against the

three individuals, and ultimately they were all sentenced to prison time. >> mr. staples, who was the leader of this group, got 12 years, six months active. and the other two individuals, mr. gaines and mr. hines received eight years, six months. >> these high-speed hazards should serve as a warning to anyone on the road. >> when a car passes you at a high rate of speed driving erratically, it's obviously some issue that you need to be aware of. we tell people to pull over to the shoulder of the road, turn your radio down so you can hear what's going on. >> ok. look it. he's fishtailing. fishtailing. here we go. he's going to wreck. coming up -- crash after crash after crash all at the same location and all caught on camera. and later, a truck smashes through a store front, pinning a

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the u.n. secretary general says he's alarmed by the violence in egypt. security forces stormed a cairo mosque today, rounding up hundreds of supporters of deposed president mohamed morsi. the egyptian is considering banning the muslim brotherhood. and more firefighters are flooding in to help with a wildfire in idaho. it's moving closer to homes in haley and kehcham. now back to "caught on camera." welcome back to "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. it's hard to capture crashes on camera because generally they come without warning. but what if you knew where one was going to take place? this next story takes you to one location that seems to epitomize

the expression "an accident waiting to happen." it's hard to predict where an accident will occur. they are accidents, after all. there is one place where crashes are almost as regular as the months on a calendar. >> 31 crashes in, what, 36 months. >> durham, north carolina, the home of duke university. it's also home to this low rare railroad bridge. it has a clearance of only 11 feet, eight inches, which is clearly marked here and here. >> some of the trucks when they pull out, they look like sardine cans that have been opened, so we call it the can opener. >> ever since henn moved to durham from germany in the 1990s, he's been fascinated by the city's history. and the bridge at the center of so many accidents.

>> the buildings here were built around the early 20th century. the tobacco warehouses around 1904. that's probably around the time that this bridge was built. and i suspect that clearance wasn't a big issue then. >> but as trucks grow taller over the years, the bridge doesn't. >> i found photos on the website of truck crashes from the '40s and '50s and '60s. >> intrigued by the sheer volume of accidents at the bridge he sets out to document exactly how many occur. >> we were wondering if we could record the crashes to get a more accurate record of the frequency of these crashes. i have a camera set up here in the store and in my office across the street. >> from april 2008 to april 2011, henn records crash after crash after crash. 31 in three years.

hen posts the crash videos online. >> i'm hoping that putting out the videos helps at least to raise awareness, especially for people who rent trucks, because that's the vast majority of people who run their trucks into the bridge. >> over the years, that bridge has taken a beating. its operator, the norfolk southern railroad, has even taken precautions to defend the bridge from the constant collisions. >> the railroad company has set up the crash beam to prevent damage to the structure because it's a very busy train track. they've had to previously shut down the train tracks for days on end to repair the tressel which is very expensive. >> the city has also made an effort to prevent these crashes by posting clearance signs and by installing a warning system. >> the city has set up a system

to detect over-high trucks, which triggers the flashing lights on top of the crash beam to, letter the driver hopefully that the vehicle is too tall to pass the bridge safely. >> but the crashes continue to happen. with all the warnings and safety precautions, why are there still so many crashes at this particular bridge? do some drivers not know the height of their trucks? or do they simply not pay attention to all of the warnings? henn has a theory. >> the problem, in my opinion, is the speed. the speed limit is 25 miles per hour. i have noticed that a lot of the trucks that hit the crash beam go way too fast. and if you're driving a rentala truck and you're really focused on your sort of immediate environment, if you're not experienced, you might very easily miss obvious signs, and

all of a sudden, boom, get stuck under this bridge. >> while it only takes a matter of seconds for a truck to get stuck, getting unstuck is a completely different story. >> the process of getting the truck out depends on the severity of the crash. some hit the crash beam, back out, and drive off. and others get stuck and can't get the truck out without help. >> but no matter how destructive the crash is to the trucks and the bridge, all of the drivers henn catches on camera have been able to walk away. >> i don't know anyone who got seriously injured from a crash. they're shaken up. bruised egos for sure. but no serious physical harm. >> as for the 100-year-old bridge, things keep rolling along. >> ooh!

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lanas dry cleaning is open for business as usual. the store manager is out on delivery when she receives an urgent call. >> a car had come into the cleaners and hit brittany. >> i can remember seeing a big old front the truck and just glass coming at me. >> i didn't know britany's condition. so, i mean, i got here just as quick as i could. >> when she arrives, she sees the parking lot is a disaster zone, and a hole where the front of her store used to be. >> it was chaos. the ambulance people were still with her. they still had her behind the counter. when i got here, she didn't come out from behind the counter until probably ten, 15 minutes. >> it was huge. it was twisted. i couldn't bend it. >> they stabilized her and her neck and everything because they didn't know the extent of her injury. >> as awful as it is to get the call for shawna rhea, it's

nothing compared to the call britany's mother has to endure. >> i was at home and they called me and told me that this had been an accident in here, and not to worry, that they would get her out. and i lost it. i pretty much couldn't figure out where i was going and what i was doing at the time. i was scared. all i knew is that she was pinned, but that she was alive. >> somehow brittany escapes death despite the truck coming right at her. but crash leaves its mark. >> you can see the differences in the knees. and there's bruises here from the shelf that was laying on my leg. and i have an incision here and i have one up here. >> watching the surveillance footage, shawna sees how the accident happens. and why brittany's able to survive. >> what they figure is that the cinder block in the front slowed the truck down. so he didn't hit it with the

full force. and we had a computer stand, and that's where brittany landed. and that was probably better for her because those doors we had up front, they came flying up. and if she hadn't fallen down, they would have hit her right in the head. and brittany looks up, and she sees it coming, but there's nothing she can do. and then you don't see brittany anymore. how did that poor little girl, who maybe weighs 100 pounds, took the whole brunt of that dodge ram pickup? >> i can't even express how blessed i truly am to make it out of there alive. >> but how could this happen? it turns out an elderly customer, roger mays, loses control of his pickup truck. >> well, mr. mays was coming to drop his clothes off. one of our customers had been at counter, and he was waiting. >> after the other customer pulls out, mays attempts to pull in to the parking spot. according to the police report, he went to apply the brakes, but accidentally hit the

accelerator. >> he was in the cleaners so fast that it -- that it was scary. >> mays isn't hurt but is cited for failure to exercise due care. the incident rattles him. >> once they got him out of the truck, which they, you know, had to pull the truck back. and once they got him out of the truck, he was walking around. and his daughter came to, you know, make sure that he was ok. and mr. mays stayed until they loaded brittany onto the ambulance. he was shook up. i mean, he's an elderly gentleman. and he was shook up. >> and while the front of the dry cleaners is destroyed, shawna manages to keep lamas cleaners open for business. >> none of our machines were hurt. it just took out our computer equipment and the counter and all of that. you have to come to the back door, and i'm sorry for that, but we'll take care of you however we can.

we're able to work. you can't keep us down. an suv slams into a row of storefronts in new york city's spanish harlem. and right into an unsuspecting street vendor. >> it hit right in the middle right where he works. >> the crash rattles windows and shakes up the people nearby. and it's all caught by a store's security camera. >> it was one of those things where, it's like, it happened so fast, you don't know what's going on. like, you just hear a big noise and your first instinct is, like, what's happening? that's -- it was crazy. it was a little scary. >> february 18, 2008. c.j. morales is working in the stock room of a shoe store when he hears a big bang. >> it sounded like a big thunderbolt or something. it sounded like -- like big crushing noise. i walked outside, and i saw that, like, the car was right there, just destroyed.

>> the man who works at the music store nearby is also startled by the sound of the impact. >> all of a sudden we heard a noise. and the instruments just kind of shook. and right away, my manager and i, we came to the front. >> down the street is vendor felix johnny torea. >> talking to this guy, this lady came too fast and got no time to press the brakes. she almost go inside of the store. >> the scene outside shocks the store workers. >> when i walked out from the back, the car was on the sidewalk already. it was like right in front of where johnny's things were at. and it was just there, like, stop. and it was smoking. >> the suv is badly damaged. and johnny is severely injured. >> i remember him on the ground. he said his leg, his leg was like really messed up. >> i was lucky because it pushed me inside. it don't push me inside, i don't

be here talking to you. i called the guy from the next door. the guy gave me a hand. and i was bleeding in my leg. >> he was on the ground. he was trying to lean on things. when he came asking for help he actually started leaning on this part -- this part of the door. and obviously that's not a good sign. so we called 911 right away. >> it was like, probably, 15, 20 minutes before the ambulance showed up. >> due to the severity of his injuries, first responders rushed johnny to the hospital. >> his leg was like really messed up. and he was going through a whole lot with surgery and like physical therapy. >> johnny's in the hospital for five days and requires surgery. it takes months for him to return to work. life and business go on for the vendors on the block, but everyone is a little more aware of how quickly things can change.

>> i'm always cautious of my surroundings, but like standing where johnny's at now, i'm a little bit more like -- a little bit more observant. >> when you see people coming in their cars and they stop too fast, and they make noise, i get nervous. coming up -- a small plane misses the runway and crashes into the bay. and a runway mishap at jfk airport leaves passengers shaken when "caught on camera: crash" returns. ... try new alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on heartburn and taste awesome. these are good. told ya! i'm feeling better already. [ male announcer ] new alka seltzer fruits chews. enjoy the relief!

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a vintage warplane loses its engine in midair and struggles to make it to the runway. >> the solo plane had circled back around over here, and it looked like it was going to land. >> instead, it slams into a harbor -- >> holy [ bleep ]. >> -- plunging the pilot and passenger under water.

>> oh, my goodness. >> it was just unbelievable to me. >> march 25, 2011. dave darby is spending the afternoon at albert whitted airfield, a small airport just outside of tampa, florida. >> my buddy kirk, who has been building this air control tower back here, he's been doing it for the past year and a half. i hadn't come out to check it out yet. he wanted me to see it. so we decided to conveniently come and check it out the day the honda grand prix was going on. >> the honda grand prix is an open wheel indycar race and portions of the airport, including east-west runway, become part of the actual race course. >> the tower provides a perfect view to watch the race, so dave decides to bring his camera along. >> we were on top of the tower on the roof. and i was just shooting this footage of, like, everything that was around. and then i noticed that there was a bunch of these old

warplanes that were taxiing over here on the runway, and they were about to take off. >> sometimes we'll do air shows in between races or during the main race. in this case, this was like the event that kind of kicked the race off. >> i was getting the plane as it was coming in to land, it didn't really seem out of the ordinary to me. >> but the plane is in trouble. its engine stalls. and the pilot struggles to make the runway. at first, it looks to darby like the plane is going to make it. >> then as it was coming in, it just seemed like all of a sudden, it just dropped. it just hit the water. >> [ bleep ] dude. >> crashed and flipped forward. and it was just shocking, to say the least. >> immediately, boaters in the vicinity of the crash spring into action. >> all kinds of boats start speeding in to the plane, probably about ten of them. >> i think that some the boats that responded to the site were the police department because they had a boat already in the

water for the race. and i believe there was some coast guard as well. >> holy crap. >> the pilot and the passenger are underwater. >> did they get out of plane? >> they're out. >> but both managed to swim out of the cockpit and onto a pair of wave runners that are arriving on the scene. >> the faa will probably want this footage. >> once i saw that the pilots actually got out, and then it was sort of like a relief. >> in this case, because we had the race going on, emergency crews were actually already on the property so they were almost to get there almost as soon as it happened. >> looking at the tape, it seems like the plane is going to land on the runway, so why did it suddenly drop? after the crash, darby says he's able to talk to the pilot, who tells him something shocking. apparently, ditching in the water is intentional. >> from what i heard, the passenger in the back actually pushed the stick forward to push the plane down into the water because he knew that they weren't going to make it, and

they would probably hit the seawall if they didn't do that. >> the concrete seawall separates the runway from the bay. slamming into it would likely be more disastrous than forcing the plane into the water. after the crash, the height of the seawall makes it difficult for the salvage crew to recover the sunken plane. >> you've got a fairly high seawall, so in order to get to retrieve the plane, you have to first bring it up and close enough to shore and then you have to get the crane over to lift the plane out of the water. >> there is no physical evidence left to show that the crash ever happened. but for david darby, there is one lasting side effect. >> i don't know if i'll be flying in any little planes anytime soon. >> i just got it on film, bro. >> you got that? >> yeah. >> oh, my goodness! so far, we've seen planes crash into water and on land. you would think once a plane makes it to the runway, it would be safe. think again. at new york's jfk international

airport, a large transcontinental airplane clips the tail of a smaller regional jet, spinning it with jarring force. april 11, 2011. a small delta comair bombardier arriving from boston lands at jfk. and passengers on board get a frightening reminder of one of the reasons why they should not take their seat belts off before they reach the gate. >> 563. send the trucks. we just hit it. >> a massive airfrance airbus a380, taxing the runway, crashes into it, turning it about 45 degrees. >> emergency equipment. respond call 3-2. >> once ground control receives word of the accident, they immediately dispatch emergency personnel. after moving both planes away from the crash site, crews work to clean up any debris on the

runway. the cause is still being investigated. but the ntsb's preliminary report indicates the regional jet had to wait for another plane to depart before being able to taxi to its gate. while waiting, the jet's tail was hanging over the taxiway. additionally, the air france airbus a380 is one of the largest commercial airliners in service today, with a total wingspan of 261 feet. while passengers on the 300-ton airbus report feeling only a slight rumble -- >> airfrance thinks he may have hit somebody. >> the 56 people on the smaller comair bombardier feel a violent jolt. luckily, no one is injured. i think the takeaway from this show is, keep your seat belt on. i'm contessa brewer. that's all for this edition of "caught on camera."

parents who will stop at nothing to save their baby. and it's caught on a surveillance camera. >> you are taking my child, you're going to die. >> a brazen jewelry heist. thwarted by an even more brazen granny. >> i know how to smack your hand. >> a stick-up. and, yeah, that's an actual stick. >> i was like, oh, my god. you're kidding me. >> thieves and thugs caught in the act. >> it's bullying in america at its worst. it's caught on video. >> sometimes stopped in their tracks by everyday people. >> i didn't care if he had a gun. >> the crimes are cruel. >> i'm angry at what they did to me.