terrifying, dangerous, explosive situations. split second dilemmas. a house on fire. >> the flames come through that window like they belonged to the house, but i didn't. >> a car out of control. >> i knew i was probably going to die. a downed sightseeing plane. an abduction in broad daylight. >> it looked like she was fighting for her life. >> witnesses must decide whether or not to intervene at their own risk. >> i've got to think quick before this guy kills someone.

caught on camera -- what would you do? if you're a clerk in a store that trades in gold, you never know when trouble's going to walk in the door. >> there was something that just didn't feel right. >> december 23rd, 2011, hendersonville, north carolina. it's 15 minutes till derek will close for the day when a guy in a hoodie comes in and heads straight past the counter. >> said i have a gun. said give me the money. give me the money. give me the money. >> derek's choices in the next few seconds could determine the rest of his life. >> i just figured, you know, he's going to rob me and just shoot me. >> if sun says they're armed tries to rob you, what would you do? give the robber what he wants? somehow try to call for help? or would you risk everything and

fight back? >> so i reached in the counter to give him the money, and i kind of looked over, and i saw he was pulling out a bag. but when he extended his arm out to take it i just saw like an opening. hit him real clean and just kind of knocked him out. it's like when you hit a baseball and you know it's a home run. >> derek's never been robbed before, but earlier that day, an inexplicable premonition creeps into his normal routine. >> i had a weird feeling, you know, just kind of one of those instincts that something was going to happen. >> armed only with his sixth sense he stays on the lookout, and when danger walks through the door, it's almost like derek expects it. but that doesn't keep him from being afraid. >> you know, there's a lot of stuff going through my head.

first it was like panic to give him the money. then when he came around the counter i started thinking about my familiar limit i mean all this happened within probably a second. >> who are you, son! >> i shook him a little bit, slapped him on the face. >> this ain't even a real gun. >> when i saw the gun was a fake, i thought what is your problem. >> don't you [ bleep ] who are you trying to rob? >> derek calls the cops, and while he's waiting, he notices that his clean punch has caused a bloody mess. >> i started looking at the blood while we were sitting here, and i was like i'm not cleaning this up. so if we have a roll of paper towels right there, i grabbed those paper towels and i said you can start kleining up your own mess. >> [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> oh, my god.

>> i swear to god, man, i wasn't here to rob you, man. >> as the cleanup continues, the cops burst in, ready to take down anything that moves. >> all the way down. >> for all they know, derek could be the perp. >> put your feet behind you. >> ow, ow, ow. >> instead of going out in a police car, the robber, identified, gets carted out to an ambulance as a result of derek's beat down. what derek called a fake gun turns out to be a pellet gun and the man is charged with attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon. he pleads not guilty and awaits trial. >> if he had actually got the bag and got out the door with it, he would have only got $37. >> when the cops first questioned derek, they doubt the details of his story. >> they were definitely asking

me what happened, what happened. i said i hit him one time and it knocked him out. they're like no, really, how many times did you hit him? >> but it's all there, caught on camera. >> once we went over the footage, they were like oh. so it was pretty funny. you know, the cops are like we don't encourage this, but they're like nice hook. we've all felt it -- the rush and crush of getting ourselves and our possessions through airport security. but have you ever left anything behind, even for a moment? >> you're trying to catch your flight. you have to take your shoes off, your jewelry off. there's a little bit of heightened stress just going through the checkpoint. >> january 18, 2012, ft. lauderdale, hollywood airport. getting through the line, this woman forgets her rolex.

what would you do if you were like this man who spots a $6500 watch laying there. run after the owner? p what does he do? >> even though there's no audio to the video, you can almost hear his thoughts as he's looking at the watch. and it's almost like there's the devil on one side of him and, you know, the good samaritan on the other side of his shoulder. >> and off he goes. he may not have planned it, but now he's a they have with a brand new rolex. 40 minutes go by before the woman realizes his watch is missing and unreported. broward county sheriff's officer gets the case. >> when i first viewed that video, i thought this, this guy had several opportunities to do the right thing. he had several opportunities to stop the lady.

he could have handed it over to a tsa agent. he didn't do any of that. but what was more aggravating was that the victim then goes over to a bench to get herself straight with her belongings, and he did the same thing right next to her. he looked right at her and knew that was the same person right in front of him. >> even with all this video, the odds are pretty long that they'll find the thief who has thrown off to who knows where. >> there could literally be thousands of passengers flying out at any particular time. they might live here, they might not. they might live overseas. just because we have them on video doesn't mean we know who they are. >> it takes the lieutenant three days of poring through video to find the thief. >> he went up to a kiosk and checked in. and only one person used the kiosk at that precise moment.

we knew who it was. >> after more digging, the lieutenant discovers that the man lives right there in south florida. >> we knocked on the door of his condo, and he answered the door wearing the lady's watch. he said it was a gift from god. i think he really did believe that. because he said ever since i've received this watch from god, i've had nothing but good luck. >> the grateful victim gets her watch back three months later. the thief is found guilty of grand theft and gets a fine and probation. safe to say his luck has run out. coming up, flames devour an occupied house, and a neighbor has a decision to make when caught on camera -- what would you do -- returns. too small. too soft. too tasty. [ both laugh ] [ male announcer ] introducing progresso's new creamy alfredo soup. inspired by perfection.

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into a nightmare. >> one minute we're flying. and the next thing i know i'm upside under water, strapped in, asking myself what happened. >> january 2012, honduras. a float plane with pontoons for landing on water crashes in the caribbean sea. >> it just skimmed over the surface, and then it flipped over. >> with only the wreckage to hold onto, a stranded family and pilot struggle to survive. >> oh, my goodness. >> but they've been spotted. >> that plane just crashed. >> by a boat full of day trippers who change course and race to get there. >> i said, go, go! let's get over there as fast as we can. >> larry, friends and crew will soon have a decision to make. should they attempt to rescue the victims with the possibility of leaking fuels and sharks in the water? or wait for a professional rescue team to get there?

what would you do? >> i didn't think twice. i just knew we had to get there, and it was just go for it. seconds makes the difference between life or death. >> andy atkins, his wife jenny and four year old son logan had just bought a condo and made this part of honduras their home away from home. >> it's a beautiful island, really nice people, lots of fun stuff to do. great beaches, wonderful scuba diving. >> two months before the crash, andy took his first ride on the float plane with his old college buddies. >> it really was a fun ride. you get up there. you can see views of the island that you can't get any other way. it was the highlight of our trip in november. >> so in january, andy decides to share the thrill with jenny and logan. and by coincidence, the crew films them flying overhead.

>> we waved at everyone on the beach. there were hundreds of people on the beach that day. and really didn't know that anything was wrong. i only learned later that an engine went out. >> first to arrive on the scene are the boat and his band of rescuers. they fear they're already too late. >> we couldn't tell if everybody was out of the plane. >> they're all out? where they at? >> in the rescuers go, full speed ahead. >> we swam as hard and fast as we could. >> holy! >> andy and the pilot have gotten free from their harnesses and bring jenny and logan to the surface. >> they were alive, but they were both ragdolls. appeared to have drowned or nearly drowned and foaming at the mouth and eyes rolled back in their heads and just unresponsive, totally. >> logan finally takes a breath,

but jenny is still unconscious and not breathing. >> they all appeared to be in shock. i remember her lips were very blue. i was very fearful that she may not have been alive. i'm thinking we need to get her out of the water. >> with jenny in tow, he starts swimming back to his boat, afraid that time is running out. just then, he sees a vacation yacht pull up. >> they yelled out to us, we have. >>s on board, bring her here. so right away, we started swimming her to the yacht. as we got close, they reached down and pulled her up on the swim deck. >> linda, a trained emt doesn't hesitate to join two doctors who happen to be among the vacationers on board. >> my feet just took me. i just got a feeling of i can help. and immediately went right in to action.

>> they tried to keep me away. they tried to get me up on the main deck of the boat, because i was no help. i was just panicking. >> the doctors work feverishly to keep logan and jenny alive. >> it was pretty serious. she started to throw up bubbles, froth. she's not getting oxygen to her body. and any kind of an emergency like this, oxygen is one of the first things that you can do to save a life. >> within half an hour, the rescuers get logan, jenny, and andy all still in dangerous condition, to an emergency room on the island. the pilot, not badly injured stays with the plane to get it toed to shore. it never makes it and ends up sunk and unsalvageable. after four days in the hospital, father, mother, and son slowly mend. the teamwork and commitment of strangers has saved their lives. >> it's such a rewarding feeling

knowing that you were there at the right time, at the right place, to help another human being. >> good to see you. >> really good to see you. >> i've thought about what a hero is. and it's someone that doesn't hesitate when they see somebody that needs help. they don't hesitate to think about risks to themselves. they don't hesitate at all. a raging inferno, with the building's owner possibly trapped inside. a merchant down the street sees the smoke and dashes to the scene. >> i'm thinking if i don't help, the people are going to die. >> february 18, 2012. waltham, massachusetts. bobby runs the convenience store across the street from the funeral home. he knows the owner well. the security videos capture the house starting to go up in flames. to save his neighbor, bobby has

a fateful decision to make -- call 911 and wait for the fire department? or risk his life and run into the burning house that's connected to the funeral home. what would you do? without a moment's hesitation, bobby dashes up to the house to warn wayne and his brother kenny. no time to call 911. >> we tried the front door, i rang the bell. almost ten, five, ten time i ring the bell. nobody give me a response. i go inside just to yell out his name. kenny. and ring. fire, fire, fire, can you come out? >> i was just watching television. >> in the back of the house, wayne, laid up with a leg injury is unaware of the fire starting in the front. >> i heard a voice hollering. first i thought oh, dear,

someone's house in the neighborhood is on fire. you know, you grow used to the noises of the street. >> from another part of the house, kenny staggers out behind bobby through the thick, choking smoke. but where's wayne? >> kenny, come with me right away. but wayne still inside. >> by the time i got probably 8 or 10 feet into the living room which is in the front of the house, i saw flames coming up over the windows. flames come through that window like they belonged to the house and i didn't. >> just three minutes after someone out in the street calls 911, fire trucks arrive. the house is totally consumed by flames. >> i say listen. man still in the house. i'm still stressed. the man still in there. >> unbeknownst to kenny and bobby, wayne has managed to struggle out the back door. >> i kept trying to holler to

him so he would know i was outside. but in the thick smoke you couldn't see me. and i just hope he heard me. >> out of earshot from wayne, bobby still has no idea that his friend has escaped. >> my son said when he pulled up, bobby had tears in his eyes, and he was telling my son that he couldn't get me out of there. he tried. so he brought him over to see me. i was sitting in the drove way. and he started to cry. >> the fire department later determines the fire's cause to be improper disposal of smoking materials. >> i will tell you he demonstrated an act of courage and bravery. >> a few weeks later, wayne's son paul presents a resolution to the walthamsy council honoring bobby. >> you have to pause and put yourself in that very moment and ask, would you have done what he did? we all say we would, but really, would you? his son is with him here and his

son also confirmed that his dad is a hero. >> god give me chance, give me strength to save somebody. that's why i did it. >> yes, i consider bobby to be a hero and my hero. coming up. bike thieves go to work in broad daylight. >> my bike was stolen from right in front of my apartment. >> when caught on camera -- what would you do -- returns. alert.

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bold thieves prowl the crowded streets of manhattan, brazenly breaking bike locks in front of dozens of witnesses. stealing the bicycle and disappearing into the urban jungle. if you were walking down the street and witnessed a blatant robbery like this, what would you do? would you mind your own business? call the police?

or, would you confront a potentially dangerous thief and risk putting yourself in harm's way? in real life, casey is no thief. he's a filmmaker working with his brother and his pal to conduct his own expeerment. >> our goal is to steal the bike in the most audacious way possible. all we wanted was to get caught. all we wanted was somebody to stop us. >> after moving to new york city in 2001, casey quickly learns what can happen to bikes and bike parts that are locked up outside. >> my first job was as a bike messenger, and i lived here a couple days, and my bike, my means of income, my means of transportation was stolen from right in front of my apartment. >> he decides to see what people will do, if anything, when they witness a flay grant theft occurring right before their

eyes. so he locks up his own bike in various public places in new york and prepares to steal it. all captured by a secret camera. >> we shot most of the video on my little point and shoot. and these things can zoom in pretty well from across the street. so it wasn't like a camera crew with us or anything like that. it bass just somebody somebody standing across the street with a little camera. we tried to make it so there was no question about what we were doing. >> first up, a hacksaw at 1:00 in the heart of downtown manhattan. >> we started with a hacksaw, super conspicuous, noisy. took a while. >> as the video shows, more than a dozen people watch him and do nothing. >> just hacking through that chain. waiting for somebody to grab me on the shoulder. waiting for somebody to ask what i was doing.

>> the second theft takes place directly in front of a police station. >> i'm going to use every criminal's favorite tool, the crowbar. >> in two minutes, the lock is off. >> wish the cops would bust me. >> and casey rides away. the nypd doesn't seem to notice. he might as well be invisible. >> for this next experiment, my friend is going to steal the bicycle. >> i'm black. >> brandish being large bolt cutters, he strolls into a public park and cuts several large chains off his bike. do onlookers behave any differently when the thief is african-american? >> they didn't. it's like if you were paramount to the lack of racism in the this city or just that it speaks volumes to how little [ bleep ] people to give bike theft.

>> no one said anything, just a lot of eyes. >> off camera, a parked police woman does approach him. >> she walks up to my and says you can't ride that in here, you have to walk it out of the park. and i had the giant bolt cutters in my hand with this stolen bike. >> hood up. sun glasses on, trying to look as criminal as possible. >> casey's next tool takes it to a whole new level, a cordless angle grinder that wipeds its way through the chain. this time, the police do show up after nine minutes. and casey tells them his story. >> when the police finally showed up, i was kind of relieved, i mean, once they didn't arrest me. i was a little happy to see them. >> but the truth is, in the big apple, bike theft is a low priority. so what's the take away? is there a lesson to be learned

from their anthrow poll on cal study? >> people are so crazy about certain things. if you see people arguing over like basically nothing, you would bump into somebody by accident and there would be a huge fight. but you'll steal a bike right in front of someone's face and they'll just look at you. coming up, an attack on a cop tests the onlookers at a fast food restaurant. >> i was worried of the guy grabbing the officer's gun and shooting all of us. >> when caught on camera -- what would you do -- returns. of crag that i can't have ♪ ♪ turn around barbara ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ if you have high cholesterol, here's some information that may be worth looking into. in a clinical trial versus lipitor, crestor got more high-risk patients' bad cholesterol to a goal of under 100. getting to goal is important,

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regular is $3.56. back to caught on camera. a security camera video catches a police officer struggling to restrain a violent thief inside a fast food restaurant. >> i took him to the ground to effect an arrest, in a split second i was up in the air. >> but when the cop starts losing the battle, customers are faced with choices that could have deadly consequences. >> nobody's doing nothing. i got to think quick before this guy kills somebody. >> march 3, 2012. florida. if you request here and witnessed the police officer being overpowered right in front of you, what would you do? would you flee the scene? call for help? or put yourself in danger to assist the officer? >> i was patrolling the western

part of the city. >> deputy kevin mire of the broward county sheriff's office is on his patrol. >> the dispatcher came across the air that there was some sort of a disturbance inside mcdonald's. >> deputy mire responds to the call. >> the manager approached me and pointed a gentleman out saying he had stolen some property from a patron inside the store. >> the security video shows the manager pointing to 29 year old patrick davis. >> i had a feeling he was up to no good. >> just minutes earlier, jose ramos had observed someone not acting normally. >> he was not normal. his eyes were wide open and staring just into nothing. >> and now deputy mire notices something else. >> when i looked at his hands, it looked like they were clenched and he was concealing something. that's why i decided to take him

to the ground to effect the arrest. you have a split second to decide how you're going to take him to the ground. i used a leg sweep. he went to the ground. i had my knee on him. i was attempting to put the handcuff on. and in a split second, like superman, he lifted up. and next thing i know i was up in the air with him. >> in a single movement, the suspect gains his footing and lifts mire off the ground. >> grabbed the officer, picked him up. to me, it looked like the guy was trying to slam his head onto the floor. >> the security video shows officer mire struggling to gain control, but the suspect seems to possess amazing strength. >> once he lifted me up in the air, he was determined to try to breakaway from me. my only concern was just holding onto him and keeping him there until my partner arrived so we could take him into custody. >> it looks like deputy mire is on his own until backup arrives.

but as ramos watches, he knows he has a decision to make. assist the officer? or stay out of the way. >> but i said to myself, i have to do something. i was worried of the guy grabbing the officer's gun and shooting all of us. >> so what does he do? ramos enters the fray and several other men follow his lead. >> i grabbed his two rests for him to pull out that taser. >> idea employed my taser. he had no problem at all taking the taser. >> the taser has minimal effect, so deputy mire tries again. >> that whole time, in the video, when i'm on the front of him by his head, my taser is deployed in his upper chest area. >> this time the trazer subdues the suspect and mire is able to get the cuffs on him. >> is seemed like it took forever for my backup to get there. in reality i believe he was there within a minute. >> more officers arrive on the

scene, and the fight is over for the moment. >> i walked him outside and placed him in my police car. and i turned around to get my paperwork started. then he kicked out the window. we had to taser him again, take him out of the police car and then shackle his legs. >> davis is transported to a local hospital where he's found to be under the influence of drugs and alcohol. >> a lot of times drugs have an effect on people. >> he is charged with multiple offenses, including battery on a police officer, attempted armed robbery, criminal mischief and resisting arrest. he pleads not guilty and is kurptsly awaiting trial. in the end, nobody is badly hurt. deputy mire has only minor injuries. >> i sustained bruised ribs from

the wrestling and body slam that the suspect gave me. >> but, is it really a good idea for bystanders to step in? police usually encourage witnesses to call 911 and not get physically involved. >> in that particular instance, i believe they made the right decision. a violent felon was taken off the street with the assistance of three complete strangers. i think each individual person has to make their own decision. >> it works this time, but it's a risk that must be taken carefully. all aboard bus 91. april 2012, boca raton, florida. both elderly sisters are about to get on when they're attacked from behind. >> and all of a sudden you see him from behind grab their purse. >> one is 84 and the other 96,

go down. stunned passengers and bystanders race to the rescue. rose cohen on her way to class has just boarded. >> the younger sister, she fell. the wheelchair came down with her. her head was off the edge of the curb and she's laying on there. >> if you were there, what would you do? call 911? chase the mugger? or tend to the fallen victims? in this case, with a bus full of people, it's all of the above. >> the bus driver already had his phone, and he's screaming. everyone's running off the bus trying to see what happened. bystanders actually did run after the kid, but of course no one actually physically got him. >> the purse snatcher gets away in an accomplice's waiting car while people attend to the women. then another choice has to be made. >> everyone's contemplating should we lift her up? because they could have broken bones. but after we got her up, she said nothing hurt and we all

right. the younger sister, after the paramedics came, she had a 20 1 200/100 blood pressure. >> an odd thing happens when a security video is played moments before the attack. >> the suspect can be seen staring at the women and riding off in his scooter. >> somewhere in the area, a man recognizes the man on the scooter. it turns out to be his own son. what would you do if you saw your child on the news committing a crime? this father tells his son to turn himself in. when the son refuses, his father calls the police. the 96-year-old ends up with two broken ribs. but both women recover, physically, if not financially. their attacker awaits trial for

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is a public place. >> march 2012. the number six train is headed uptown with a man and wombatling it out in a closed subway car. if you were there, what would you do? move away from the explosive melee? wait until the next stop and call a cop? or try to intervene, possibly at great personal risk. >> i was just like oh, this is crazy, so i just quickly reached for my phone and started videotaping. >> that's his response, and without it, we wouldn't have our story. but then a new subway super hero comes to the rescue. snack man. >> he just seemed real cool, just walked in there, was kind of like didn't say nothing to nobody. just walked right in, smooth. eating his chips. >> i was eating chips at the time. and they were in my hand, and everything happened so fast. i just got in the middle of them

and kept eating. i wasn't nervous. >> his real name is charles zahn der. and his simple effortless move separates the combat ants and creates space for another passenger to move in and referee. >> she was standing in the guy's face pretty much until he got off the train at the next stop. she also diffused the situation but she wasn't eating no snacks though. >> he takes his video home and uploads it to the web and the legend of snack man is born. >> i posted it on youtube. it was on there about a week and it wasn't getting any attention. it was only like 400 views. and the next day i woke up, and it was completely blown up. it just spread. >> but snackman himself has no idea until he gets a heads up from his mom. >> i'd completely forgotten any of this ever happened. and then she found out through

facebook. and i ended up getting a text message that morning, saying hey, snackman. i had no idea what she was talking about. >> more than a million youtube views later, charles saunder now known as snackman is famous. >> superman had his alter ego, if you pop open your shirt, what's in there? >> a special suit, but i'm not going to do it here on live tv. >> oh, darn it. >> chip jokes aside, a serious question still lingers. was it wise for charles to step into the middle of a subway fight. >> i didn't think either of them would have tried to hurt me. the minute i stepped in they both seemed to back off into their own space. you have to assess the risk. if you're going to put yourself in between two people that could hurt you, you shouldn't step in.

a terrifying abduction, in broad daylight, caught on a security camera. two people grab a teenage woman from behind and pull her to a waiting van. >> she immediately starts fighting back. they drag her, kicking and screaming inside this vehicle. it looked like she was fighting for her life. may 29, 2010. stafford, virginia. as this chilling crime takes place before their eyes, witnesses seem to keep walking and try not to get involved. in a dangerous situation like this, what would you do? risk intervening to rescue the woman? call 911 and hope they get here in time? or mind your own business? though you can't tell from the video, someone does call the police. the case immediately goes to

captain william bowler. >> when i get the call, it's an abduction, a stranger type abduction. >> two minutes before the abduction, a parking lot camera catches the van hovering around the intended victim with another woman following in pursuit. >> can you actually see the vehicle kind of sur vailing her through the parking lot from different vantage points. >> the soon to be hostage runs across the lot with the woman and van still chasing. >> she's on foot. she's obviously distraught. she's walking at a pace and looking over her shoulder like she's concerned about this van that's following her. that's when the van makes its move. the side door slides open. two or three jump out, grab her, put her in the van just that quick. >> the van speeds off with the woman inside as bystanders look on, apparently immobilized. but while it may look like no

one's reacting, that's not really the case. >> two actually dialed 911. then we had another that went to the store and had them got a tag number for us. >> law enforcement springs into action. and amber alert goes out. authorities trace the license plate, identify the vehicle's owner, then track his cell phone headed south to florida. >> jacksboro, florida, sheriff's office put a chopper in the air and they located this vehicle and stopped it for us. between the time we actually got the call and that vehicle was stopped, probably nine hours. once they stopped the van, police are in for a big surprise. >> what really happened was family was in fact, moving from rhode island to florida. the 17-year-old did not want to go. stopped to do lunch and she just gets out and walks away from them. she's not having any part of the florida trip. she was being a very difficult

teenager. and so they just decided to put her in the van. we're going south. >> as it's a family matter, no charges are filed. but the people in the parking lot who thought they were witnessing a crime took important action without putting themselves in danger. coming up -- a car going 60 stuck on cruise control. >> oh, man. >> okay, calm down. >> when "caught on camera: what would you do" returns. we provide the exact individualization

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july 30th, 2011, huntsville, texas. police dash cams record a high-speed hunt or a man in a runaway car. >> yes, i need help. my car is stuck on cruise control. i can't get it off. >> my first thought was, i'm going to die. >> responding to the 911 call, police spot gatlin jeters out of

control vehicle barreling down highway 190. his life and the lives of others may hang in the balance. >> how fast are you going, sir? >> i'm going about 60 miles an hour. i tried using my gear shift, emergency brake, regular brake. >> the first to respond to he call is rocky carol, a patrolman from sam houston university. >> i immediately grabbed a set of keys and i left out of the driveway with the lights and sirens. >> a fellow officer follows carol. his dash cam also trained on the chase. >> i'm in a green ford expedition. i don't want to kill anybody. >> i tried turning the ignition to see if i could turn it off. i tried hitting on the dash board. maybe that will disengage it. i tried all i thought i could do. >> as patrolman carol's car sets out to find jeter, jeter is facing a life or death decision. how to keep from hitting somebody and killing them and himself.

what would you do? would you drive off the road at 60 miles per hour and purposely ram into something? or stay the course and risk dozens of lives in hopes that someone, somehow figures out how to safely stop you. >> my thoughts were just swerve off the road. hit a tree. hit something to try to get the vehicle stopped and hope for the best. >> while officer carroll's car races in hot pursuit, he is haunted by a fatal accident in san diego two years before. >> i remember a youtube video where a family of four or five, they made a phone call to the emergency dispatch 911. >> we're going 120. we're in trouble. there's no brakes. >> and it captured all the way to the scene of the crash. and everybody died. >> we're approaching an intersection. we're approaching an intersection. hold on. whoa! whoa! >> hello. >> it stuck in my head and it

just kind of repeated flashbacks. i was like, man, we can't let this happen in my town. >> they got to send someone out here. >> they're on their way, sir. >> cruise control is stuck. heading westbound on u.s. 190. >> okay, seriously, i'm just about to pass an elementary school. >> okay. >> once he's heard jeters location, officer carroll also has a decision to make. even if he's able to catch up to jeters' car, what can he do to stop it? >> i didn't really have a game plan at this time. i had to focus on getting there. >> i was emotionally terrified to the point where i thought i was just going to pass out. my hands were shaking. my heart was racing and i was really scared. >> oh, god, i'm about -- i'm about to hit a car. oh, man. >> okay, sir. mr. jeter, calm down. keep it calm for me. >> i knew i was probably going to die at that point. that's when i saw a police car, another suv coming over the hill

towards me. >> lights and siren everything coming at me. and i get up over the hill. i see him coming up and approaching. so i turned around and when i did, i started from pretty much zero making my u-turn and he's still moving at 60. i was in a three-digit speed somewhere just to catch up to him. the first thing i tried to do to stop the vehicle was get in front of it and slow down and let him make impact with me. >> i'm about to hit him. i'm about to hit him. >> [ bleep ]. >> are you still going, sir? >> i'm still going. >> the first impact fails to stop jeter's car. carroll slows down and tries again. >> when he got against me the second go-around, i just slammed on the brakes and it was like a train ride, like a slow stop.

>> the second impact finally releases jeter's cruise control and carroll's suv brings it to a stop. >> are you stopped sir? >> yes, sir, i'm stopped. >> once the vehicle finally came to a stop, i just jumped out of the vehicle. i threw the cell phone in the car and i ran over to the officer that was in front of me in his suv. he came out and, you know, i told him thank you for saving my life. >> the ride is over. just take a deep breath. you are standing on the ground. you aren't hurt. serve fine. we did this. just chalk it up for us. >> jeter later notifies ford. the company has told msnbc our inspection of the vehicle uncovered no defects that would have led to the situation. in general, we are not aware of a safety issue with this cruise control system. thanks to officer carroll, jeter is alive and well. another person saved by a brave decision to do what needed to be done.

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