all of our stories have been caught on camera. the situations no one wants to find themselves, a situation no one wants to confront. but what would you do if you came upon a man trapped inside a burning car engulfed in flames? >> i knew eventually the car was probably going to explode. >> or if you watched a woman silently slumped to the floor of an emergency room. >> this was so not violent, but so violent. >> what if you witnessed a life or death struggle over a gun? >> i never grabbed a gun before, but i knew that i better be the one who had it. >> or if you were part of a

crowd patiently waiting for a pizza, when all hell breaks loose. >> got the concussion right when he hit me the first time. >> what if you witnessed a 78-year-old man, smashed to the grund by hit-and-run driver? >> i was just begging, please, come forward. >> or if suddenly, without warning, new york's grand central station came to a bizarre and screeching halt? >> i can't move my car. >> in each instance, the drama, danger, decision, would you get involved, or look away? would you help or merely watch? caug"caught on camera," wha would you do? >> one afternoon, on an l.a.

freeway, jack klein knew if he didn't quickly become part of the story, a man might burn to death. right in front of his eyes. the madness, the misery, the mayhem. just another typical day on an l.a. freeway. but then, an accident, an inferno, and a man trapped inside. his fate rests in the hands of bystanders. they can save him, or save themselves. what would they do. it's early afternoon on freeway 170, october 16th, 2005, when the drama begins. >> i was traveling southbound when it started drizzling. and i was rolling the tape. i was trying to shoot some rain. >> free lance cameraman jack klein is traveling with his daughter. >> i noticed this car slipping

and sliding, and hit a divider. i seen some smoke coming out of the car. i ran towards him. he was kind of moaning. he said, my foot. i thought his foot was stuck. >> lapd officers paul and jeff also see the accident. >> once we got on the freeway, we saw op the other side there was a multi-vehicle collision, and vehicles were all over the freeway. so we pulled up and then we saw smoke. and people running around. everybody ran up to us and said there's somebody trapped in the vehicle. >> that somebody is 22-year-old alexis ramoso. >> i advised my partner, jensen, to grab the fire extinguisher, and i ran down to see what i could do. he was trapped. it was down around his legs and waist area. there was no way he was going to get out on his own. as jensen got there with the fire extinguisher, i was trying to move his legs to a better

position to extract him from the vehicle. >> it was hot. it was inskruable. every time we pulled him out, he would try to get his head out of the window to get fresh air, because the black smoke was already building inside the car. >> as the fire burns out of control, the officers, and others, frantically try to pry him out of the vehicle. >> he was actually hit from the side and his door was all squashed in. there was no way we could open the door to get him out. >> they try to rip open the hood of the car. >> and i said, don't open it, because more oxygen, more flames. at the same time, we're thinking, what if this guy doesn't make it, and everything is just going fast. >> we would hold our breath because of the smoke, and we just took turns to try to maneuver his legs into a position where we could get him out. as time progressed, the vehicle got a lot hotter, and then the flames started igniting in the engine block.

that's when the sense of urgency really stepped in. >> he's still pinned inside and cannot move. >> the gentleman that was filming this whole event, he would film part of the time, and then he would set the camera down and run get more fire extinguishers for us, and then pick the camera up and start filming again. so he was a really big help. >> but the fire extinguishers are now empty. >> i noticed the flames were getting stronger, and there was no fire extinguisher left. i was looking for a truck, or something big might have bigger ex ping wishers. >> jack sees a greyhound bus stop on the road. >> the greyhound happened to be there. >> do you guys have a fire extinguisher? there is a guy burning inside a car. >> as they try in vain to douse the flames, and extricate alexa, the situation goes from bad to

horrific. >> the flames started spreading. i noticed my feet were extremely hot but i couldn't figure why. when i looked down, i saw the whole undercarriage of the vehicle was now engulfed in flames. along with the engine compartment. i looked in the vehicle briefly and saw that the frames were starting to come up underneath the dashboard. and we're just starting to touch his feet and legs. >> what was going through my mind that we might not get this guy out of there alive. at the same time you're thinking, what if. >> looked at my partner, several of the citizens kind of moved away because they saw how bad it was getting. a couple of the citizens hung in there, and i told my partner, we've got to get him out or he's going to die. >> time is running out. rescuers are faced with a monumental decision. do you risk your own life to save a stranger. >> what was driving me was the flames. it was driving me crazy.

i had no feelings of anything, just to get this guy out of there alive. >> that's where it got pretty intense. once i saw the flames, i knew that every car has a gas tank and i knew the flames were covering the gas tank. i knew eventually the car was probably going to explode. i assured him we would not leave him. i assured him we would get him out. and i wasn't going to go back on my word, if that meant we stayed there until the car blew up, then we stayed there until the car blew up. but we weren't going to give up. >> knowing the car could explode at any moment and with firefighters held up in the snarled traffic, with all their lives on the line, they give it one last potentially bone-breaking heave. >> go, go, go! >> they gave one final valiant effort. >> go, go, go! >> and we were able to extract him, right when the car exploded. >> i was so happy and thrilled

that he made it out. it seemed like i was just reborn. that's the way i had the feeling when this guy was on the ground, to be out of there alive. >> you'll be fine, buddy. good job, guys. good job, guys. >> once we got him out of the vehicle, and my partner got him to safety, i looked back at the car, and that's when i really realized, boy, we came really close on this one. and it really doesn't hit you until that point, when you look back at it and think, wow, that was really close. >> alexis suffers three fractures to his pelvis, but escapes with his life. >> i think it was part luck, and definitely wouldn't have had the same outcome, hadn't the citizens helped us. without their help, i don't think the outcome would have been the same. luckily the good citizens were there and helped us. otherwise it would have been a different outcome. they made the difference, absolutely.

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when you think about awful things happening, you expect violence. and this was so not violent, but so violent. >> a 49-year-old woman collapses on a psychiatric emergency room

floor. surveillance video captures the moment when others decide to intervene or not. and their decisions have dire consequences. >> she was a really beautiful person. and an aunt. she loved children. she loved them with a passion. >> she comes to new york city in 1995, hoping to find work that will allow her to send money home to her six children in jamaica. >> she was by all accounts heart broken to be separated from her family for so many years. >> i think maybe one of the reasons why she clung to other people's children is because she had left her six children in jamaica. and being with other children filled that void.

>> she finds a second home with the jesus is lord ministries in brooklyn and works at day care centers in the area. >> she was very good in communication with children. she was a teacher, a counselor, whatever. and she would always do a good job. >> but edmond also has to contend with her own demons. she has psychological problems. at times showing dangerous signs of agitation and psychosis. in june 2008, edmond loses her job and is evicted from her apartment. in the early hours of june 18th, she breaks. >> everything just changed. she changed from one personality into the next. just agitated. >> edmond green is out of control, and pastor marilyn johnson calls 911. emergency medical technicians arrive.

she's admitted involuntarily to the psychiatric emergency room of the king's county hospital center in brooklyn. >> one thing about the psychiatric emergency room, it's not like an ordinary emergency room. once you're taken in, they won't let you out without permission from a doctor. so if something's going wrong in there, you're a prisoner. you're totally at the mercy of the hospital staff. >> it's june 19th, 5:32 in the morning. and esmon green who's been waiting for a bed for nearly 24 hours, slumps to the floor. none of the patients move to help her. >> some people have asked, why didn't anybody who was in the waiting room do anything? but chances are, they were all medicated, and out of it.

>> esmon lies for 20 minutes, and at 5:52 -- >> what happens to her is nothing, except for a security guard comes by, and sees her on the floor. he doesn't do anything. doesn't go near her, doesn't do anything that would indicate any concern about the well-being of this individual who has come to the hospital for treatment. >> the security guard looks in, and then apparently walks away. ten minutes later, esmon is in distress, kicking her legs and moving back and forth. another eight minutes go by. and then -- >> a security guard wheels himself in on a chair, rounds the corner of the wall, looks at her, and wheels himself right back out. he couldn't be bothered to get up. he didn't go over to her. and once again, nothing was done.

nothing was done. >> at 6:33, a doctor ambles by, looks at esmon, and apparently walks away. at 6:35, a nurse enters the room. she kicks esmon to see if she responds. >> you know, i'm no expert on medical practice, but common sense tells me that medical people ought to have some other tools after their disposal besides kicking somebody who is lying on the floor to find out whether they're dead. >> after being admitted the day before, esmon has been unattended by the hospital staff for nearly 24 hours. now the nurse alerts others, who finally come to check on her, that esmon is dead.

according to the medical examiner, esmon green is killed by blood clots that can be caused by long periods of physical inactivity. >> we have to keep asking ourselves, why didn't anybody help. and i'm not sure we'll ever know why. we may find out what went on in each individual's mind, you know, each -- the security guards, the nurses, the doctor. but, you know, nobody should check their conscience at the door. >> the hospital's also been accused of falsifying green's medical records. they record that at 6:00 a.m., esmon got up and went to the bathroom. and then at 6:20, she was sitting quietly in the waiting room. but the camera doesn't lie. it bears witness to what was really happening.

and how the silent decisions not to act may have led to esmon green's death. since the incident, seven employees have been fired or suspended. in a press release, the new york city health and hospitals organization admit that they, quote, failed esmon green. esmon's family also sues the hospital corporation for negligence and awarded $2 million in a settlement in 2009. esmin's death has instituted changes to prevent tragedies like esmin's from happening again. waiting times have been significantly reduced. >> esmin green's death was a needless death. but she didn't die in vain, because her death sparked the reform of conditions at king's county hospital. and hopefully as a result of her death, nobody will ever be

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what makes someone a hero? >> i saw the gun, i never grabbed a gun before, but i knew that i better be the one who had it. >> is it timing, luck, guts? >> the man had already had her pretty bloody. >> for sharon gillespie, and darren and lisa, it was all of that. and perhaps a bit more.

>> mother's day, may 11th, 2003, lyndon, texas. sharon gillespie makes a traffic stop at a convenience store parking lot. it's all caught on the dashboard camera in her police car. >> she's a very good officer. she's a real smart person. and real caring type person. >> after being stopped, the driver immediately exits the vehicle, and surprisingly begins walking away. gillespie calls him back asking for some identification. >> and when sherry stopped him, she didn't know for sure who she was. she asked him for his i.d., and he said, well, i don't have any i.d. but he told her his last name. >> he tells her his last name is gray. gillespie realizes he fits the description of a man wanted by police for assaulting his girlfriend with a knife.

she asked gray to put his hands on the trunk of the car. >> he placed his hands on the car. she took her handcuffs out, and he spun around to fight her. she grabbed him by the shirt and told him, you don't want to do this. you'll get yourself in more trouble. >> gillespie grabbed gray by the shirt. but gray decides to make what could be a life-or-death move. he tears off gillespie's vest microphone and goes for her gun. >> as soon as he did that, she grabbed him. >> the gun is a .40 caliber glock. if gray gains control of it, he could shoot her. but gray's having trouble. he seems to be trying to find the safety on the gun, hoping to release it. while gillespie desperately holds on for dear life. >> he's got the pistol in his hand and he's trying to put it, you know, in her face. because she's got a vest on. she got ahold of the barrel.

the only reason the gun couldn't go on is because she had hold of the barrel, she was pushing back trying to get it out of her face. when he pushed back on that glock, it won't fire, until it's locked in place. the minute it locks in place, with him pulling on the trigger, it would have went off. >> but now gray has the advantage. gillespie is off balance, bloody. the gun is pointing directly at her face. >> i could see god moving my hands and feet. i told people this before and they think i'm crazy. but it was too perfect. i was there at the exact second to do what i did. >> patrick dennis, a musician, a former monk, and the right man in the right place at the right time. >> when i pulled into the parking lot, i could see that the officer had pulled over a man and was checking his i.d. i didn't think anything about it. when i got to the front door,

just as i was going in, i saw that he was slapping at her and grabbing for her gun. >> that's when he makes the decision that could have deadly consequences. >> as soon as i got out there, i saw that they were struggling, and any man who's struggling with a woman, i'm going to go help the woman. especially if he's taller than she is. whatever was going to happen, i was going to help her. >> copeland deliberately walks into the line of fire, calmly and almost se reinly he wrestles the gun out of gray's hand. >> he would have killed her. for sure. he pulled the trigger in her face twice. the only thing that saved her was the slide on the glock was back just a little bit. >> he grabbed the gun with both hands and twisted it. as soon as he twisted it, he got it loose from gray and told gray to get down on the ground. >> but the fight is far from

over. gillespie and gray are still struggling. that's when lisa appears. >> i had taken my four kids grocery shopping. and a man came in and said a lady needed help. so i kicked my flip-flops off. and went outside, and there was miss gillespie in bad trouble. >> lisa isn't in a particularly good mood this morning. >> earlier that day my husband got me a happy birthday card and it was mother's day. and that's not my birthday. so i was already upset, and i had to take the four kids to buy groceries in my little bitty car. so i just was not in a good mood already. >> and her mood is about to get worse. >> and my children said, get him, mama, get him! >> that's when licia weighs in, turning the free for all into a texas hog tie, and andrew gray is finally subdued.

what would you do if you came upon a struggle like the one pat and licia encountered? what does it take to be a hero? >> i didn't have time to think about my own safety. i didn't have time. it was too important. >> i don't feel like a hero. when you have five kids, and when you get through each day, it's heroic. >> andrew lee gray was convicted, given two life sentences for attempted murder, and aggravated assault. though the encounter has been hard on sharon gillespie, she exhibited astounding courage and resolve throughout the blood-chilling fight. >> she's alive. she's well. she's good. miss gillespie is an awesome woman herself. and she's got a big heart, too. >> the kind of generous heart shared by pat and licia. but for licia, getting involved might have been all in a day's

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i'm my lisa rehberger. three people are dead after a shooting in a maryland shopping mall. two victims were killed in the store where they were employed, the gunman is also dead. no word on his identity or motive. several others were injured. they were treated at a local

hospital and released. classes continue between protesters and police in kiev, ukraine. they rejected offers by the president to take up positions in the government. now back to "caught on camera." welcome back to "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. we've seen everyday people willing to risk their own lives to save a stranger. a dying woman reported by surveillance cameras in a psychiatric emergency room. in our next story, people at a pizza parlor are unexpectedly faced with another daunting decision. to test their willingness to step up, when they see something bad going down. it is perhaps one of the most unexpected and brutal knockout bunches ever caught on camera, outside a boxing ring. >> got the concussion when he hit me the first time. >> what's more shocking, maybe what happens next.

july 31st, 2004, da vinci's pizza parlor, in akron, ohio. it's 2:00 in the morning. the man in the striped shirt is about to have a really bad day. it begins slowly, when ms. christina sims enters and abruptly cuts in line. >> when she entered the pizzeria, she went to the front. i wasn't really paying attention to what she was doing. >> joseph gets a call from his wife waiting in the car outside. >> my wife was asking, how much longer is it going to be. i said, it's going to be a little longer. the lady jumped in front of the line. i was like, well, that lady just walked in and wearing camouflage pants. >> miss sims is in an extremely nasty mood. when she hears joe's comment, she decides to make a scene. a very big scene.

>> say what you're saying [ bleep ]! >> she got right up into the victim's face. was using foul language against him, was hitting him, poking at him. just screaming like a lunatic at him. >> he tries to ignore her as christina bellows for her boyfriend outside. >> then the manager gets involved. >> christina sims was loud, and swearing, and out of control, when the person working at the pizza shop started saying, get out of here. >> no! >> you need to leave, get out of my restaurant. she then just got hostile with him. >> to put an exclamation point on her argument, christina sims spits in his face. >> the manager asks her to leave, but christina is on a

roll. that's when mark jones, christina's boyfriend enters, mr. jones stands 6'4", weighs in at about 295 pounds. he also happens to be an ex-con. meanwhile, joseph is still on the phone with his wife. >> my wife tells me she's coming in. i said, no, stay in the car. at that point that's when they say -- >> christina sims is using all the foul language and acting out of control, you see a number of other men who are also customers. they're just standing there. >> everyone seems on live youls. not one of the men in the crowd says a word. not one gets involved. almost everyone's eyes are averted. as christina continues to poke and provoke joseph scarpino -- >> i switched the hands on my phone, and i slapped the counter.

i said, what's wrong with you? what's your problem? just get your pizza and get out of here. and mark jones approaches. and while mark jones approaches me, my phone rings. then it hangs up. so i go to redial the phone. he's like, what's the problem? i'm not really paying attention much to what he's doing. >> that's when mr. jones unloads a wicked roundhouse. a blindsiding killer sucker punch that fractures joseph's teeth and immediately gives him a cerebral concussion. but it doesn't stop there. jones continues to pulverize his victim. >> got the concussion when he hit me the first time. >> hey! >> like falling out the door and i came back in. i had no idea what was going on. it's a little bit disheartening to see people standing around doing nothing. >> the video clearly shows at least six other men that are all standing around, as the victim

is just being brutalized. and there's not a lot of reaction. you could see them all just kind of looking. i think maybe in shock. not quite knowing what was going on, or what to do. >> still, no one lifts a finger to help joseph scarpino. >> mark jones, after violently punching the victim, probably seven or eight times, until the victim is down on the ground, just stops. the victim is laying there unconscious, i believe. he then is in search of his cell phone. and he takes the victim, who must be blocking his path to get out of the pizza shop, and he just drags his body out of the way, and then exits the pizza shop. >> as soon as christina sims and mark jones exit the store, police are there to arrest them. christina sims was convicted of

an assault, a misdemeanor assault, and later indicted by the grand jury and convicted of a felony assault. >> krichristina sims served six months in jail and then put on probation. mark jones was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison. >> within a month of his release, he broke into christina sims' home and attacked her. >> at his trial, a jury found mark jones guilty of aggravated assault, and domestic violence. he was sentenced, again, this time to five years in jail. >> joseph scarpino recovers from the physical scars of the incident, but he remains bewildered, and stunned by the lack of help he receives that night. >> anybody who watches this video probably is thinking the same thing. i think it's our human reaction is, here are a group of men, not women, but a group of men, and they're not doing anything.

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friday, may 30th, 2008, 5:49 in the evening. 33 park street. hartford, connecticut. in broad daylight, on a busy street, a brazen hit-and-run. the spire horrific incident recorded by surveillance cameras. but it may be what doesn't happen after the accident that is most shocking of all. the man left for dead is 78-year-old torres. >> he was hit on the back of the head. >> immediately after the accident, his son appeals for

help. >> my father's fighting for his life. i just would like the public right now to help us. if the guy's out there, go to police. turn yourself in. >> known in the community as ponce for his hometown in puerto rico, he's a huge yankees fan, a fisherman and a wizard at dominos. >> he was more my best friend. to me, he is a good man. we get together almost every day. we play dominos. he helps everybody. he is a person, if you need help, he's there for you. he never say no. he never backs down. he was there. >> the father, the man i always want to be, and the man i pretend to be. i couldn't ask for a better father. good grandfather, good great

grandfather. >> he was someone who looks out for others. >> for seven years we used to go down and pick up clothes and stuff for the poor people and bring it back to the city and help other people in the city. >> his world and that of his family is changed forever. put on a ventilator and confined to a hospital bed for the rest of his life. he's paralyzed from the neck down. >> we communicate with him. he talks, but we've got to read his lips. he doesn't have a voice. he's still paralyzed from the neck down. gets very, very confused at times. now we go into the hospital and we can't even hold conversations with him like we used to. it's tough. >> for the family of this man who helped others, this tragedy made worse by the circumstances surrounding it. the two speeding vehicles had

run a red light, and then traveling against traffic, crossed the center line. after he's hit, the drivers didn't stop. they didn't even hesitate. and even more devastating, they are still at large. but the drivers aren't the only indifferent participants in this shocking story. watch what happens immediately after the impact. onlookers gather, to watch, but no one tries to help angel torres. >> what's troubling about this is he's paralyzed now from the neck down, and no one comes to his aid. >> seven seconds after angel is run down, the first of eight cars slows, and eventually drives by. 32 seconds after the impact, a man stops to talk to another driver, but neither does anything about the victim lying

at their feet. >> what's disturbing is this individual was clearly, clearly struck in broad daylight. there was several witnesses. there were cars driving by when he was on the ground. >> 40 seconds after the accident, a moped driver circles angel, and drives on. as the crowd edges closer, but does nothing. >> got a guy on a scooter that goes around my father, and, you know, just keeps going. don't even go around the corner to the fire station. >> but some onlookers did do something to help. calls to 911 are recorded. >> there was somebody who was hit in a hit-and-run. he's bleeding severely from his head. >> click, click, click. he's bleeding hard. >> what kind of car was it? >> i didn't see it. >> still, more crucial seconds go by until a police cruiser, that just happens to be in the area, stops and takes charge. the police release the video of

the hit-and-run. they're looking to find a tan older model toyota being chased by a blue or black older model honda. appeal to the public for help and for those hit and run drivers to turn themselves in. >> i'm just begging, please, come forward. it will take a little less suffering for this family, watching my father fighting for his life is not easy. >> angel spends nearly a year on life support but dies on monday, may 11th, 2009. in an incredible twist, police make an arrest that friday, may 15th. the same day angel is laid to rest by his family. >> we asked my father to help us out, help us with justice. we bury him today. we didn't know he was going to work that fast. >> a woman tips off bliss that her ex-boyfriend was the driver of the car that hits torres.

he is arrested and in a deal with prosecutors, pleads guilty to manslaughter and evading responsibility oh. sentencing is set for may 3rd. but what would you have done? as angel torres lay alone, he deserved someone to stop traffic, perhaps to hold his hand. to have responded the way he most certainly would have. >> he always helped everybody in that area, in their time of need. nobody ran into my father to help him out. next, new york's grand central station comes to a shocking standstill. >> how long has this been happening? >> i don't know. >> this guy just -- >> when "caught on camera: what would you do" continues. [ car alarm chirps ] ♪ [ male announcer ] we don't just certify our pre-owned vehicles. we inspect, analyze, and recondition each one, until it's nothing short of a genuine certified pre-owned mercedes-benz

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not everything caught on camera is dramatic, sad, frightening or heroic. some things are just plain

weird. like what if you were walking through new york's grand central station, and in the blink of an eye, nearly everyone around you suddenly froze in place? >> they stopped what they were doing and just stood, like, frozen. >> they are not moving. i can't move my car. >> that's exactly what happens here on february 24th, 2007. grand central comes to a very strange and screeching halt. >> this is so weird. >> i don't know what's going on. >> i don't either. >> were you here from the beginning? >> no. >> do you know what they're doing? >> no. >> opened in 1871, grand central is the largest train station in the world. every day, more than half a million people rush through the main concourse, a calfnerrous space filled with the african yettic hustle and bustle that seems to symbolize new york city itself. >> it's always packed with people. there are some tourists maybe

taking photos of the clock or ceiling but mostly commuters running to catch their train. >> the fun begins when 207 agents of the prank collective known as improv everywhere freeze in place at the exact same moment. what the heck is going on here? >> we do pranks, but we do a type of prank that rather than embarrassing or humiliating someone, they give someone an awesome story to tell. >> are you a part of this? i feel like i'm the only person not frozen here. >> improv everywhere is the brain child of charlie todd, creating outrageous scenes in public places is their specialty. >> what we're very interested in doing is creating situations that are magical and hilarious and awesome and seem to come from nowhere and seem to disappear back into the nowhere when they're over. >> since 2001, improv everywhere has executed more than 70 missions, involving thousands of undercover agents.

frozen grand central is one of the most bizarre. >> really excited that all you guys are here. we've got a really exciting mission we're going to be doing today. >> we all met at bryant park and synchronized our watches and went over to grand central station with the plan that exactly 2:30 we would freeze in place for five minutes and then when five minutes was up, unfreeze, walk away and act like nothing unusual had happened. >> but how did the people walking by react? some seemed completely oblivious. others find it humorous. some seem baffled. yet amazingly, people just keep on walking. most not even fazed by the strange folks oddly frozen in

place throughout the station. all the while, hidden cameras, some as small as lipstick cases, secretly record the action. >> the people who come out to participate in improv events are always very creative people. and i'm always amazed the different things that people come up with. one girl froze in the middle of eating a banana. another girl froze as she was about to take a bite of yogurt and the yogurt sort of dripping down off her spoon. another guy right before the freeze moment spilled 30 papers from his briefcase, so he's frozen, bending over, picking up his papers for five minutes. so towards the end of our freeze, there was a guy who was on some type of, you know, motorized vehicle working for grand central, who was trying to get across the main concourse and could not move, because there were frozen people in front of his cart. >> they are not moving. i can't move my cart. >> he couldn't figure out what was going on and he radioed for help from someone. but sort of right when he was

trying to get someone to help him out, we all unfroze, so his reaction was like well, never mind and continued to drive on. >> the actors break out of character. and then seemed to fade back into the everyday world. an everyday world that improv everywhere makes a bit more whimsical. and a lot more fun. hopefully our stories made you consider how you might react if you're your courage or conscience is put to the test and you never know when a camera may be watching. if you have a video you would like to send, log on to our website, caughtoncamera.msnbc.com. i'm contessa brewer. that's it for this edition of "caught on camera."

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