>> everybody came forward. we got it done. . security cameras roll as innocent bus passengers dodge a barrage of bullets. >> these people are absolutely terrified. it's just utter panic. >> an airborne race car slides wage at a cameraman. >> it just went from really cool to this sucks leak bam. >> are you okay? >> a pilot runs out of fuel and crash lands in the pacific. >> at those speeds, it's like hitting a brick wall. >> powerful tornadoes. >> 18-wheelers. >> this is something i have

never seen before. >> work in a small town. >> oh, dude! >> devastating everything in their path and a terrorist bomb blows up a bar. >> i was laying in a puddle of beer and blood and broken glass. this is the closest i've ever come to death. >> fighting for survival. caught on camera, life or death. an 1,800 horse power race car going well over 100 miles an hour loses control. spewing sparks and flames, it goes flying straight towards a cameraman who stands paralyzed.

april 20th, 2012. bristol, tennessee. the dragway best known as thunder valley hosts the american drag racing league's top sportsman's race. >> to go about 170 miles an hour in about 4.10 seconds. pretty crazy. >> meet 21-year-old rag race driver missy mucci. >> the feeling sitting in my car, warming it up. i love warming it up in the morning. i love it. >> when she lines up to start. >> we stage, you got two sets of bulls up there. the amber lights come on. i have a transbrake, a button, you let go of it. once you see the amber light go on, you react real kwit quick. and then you fliert and then it's on the last amber. >> lizzy's qualifying run

earlier in the day and her beloved blue cam rar ro goes off without a hitch. she interviewed by the track's cameraman. >> it was fun! >> it looks fun. >> i had a great time. >> in lizzy's initial race of the day, things go wrong in a hurry. >> i felt the car a little bit straying to the right. i took hard left and went from there. i won't forgive that one second of it just because everything kind of starts slowing down. then i felt the car lift up and i see the wall like and sparks flying. i didn't know where is this car going to go? flip over? i just had to brace for impact, wait until it comes to a stop. once it came on its four wheels again, i just felt relieved. >> are you okay, dude?

are you, okay, girl? >> i'm bummed, because i wanted to continue racing that race and i'm thankful the car actually lifted up that way, because i could have hit right into that wall and it could have been really, really bad. >> in spite of becoming airborne, lizzy walks away without a bruise. >> that sucks. >> are you okay? >> yeah, i'm more than okay. but it's all right. >> that's the adrone len level. -- adrenaline level. >> oh, man, it sucks. >> but she doesn't realize that the cameraman who is interviewing her narrowly escaped with his life just moments earlier. >> oh. >> the only time i saw him was when he came running up to me. i'm like, how'd you get up here so fast? >> "caught on camera" arranged a reunion for the driver and the cameraman who is lucky to be

alive. >> i can't believe you are here again. >> there is something saucy about a chick swing aging ing i camaro. >> michael hesser is a veteran freelance photographer who works the circuit. >> that's a real one for the boy zbs i hopped the wall. i grabbed a second camera and it was kind of a scene from there. >> watch another angle as the car flies at him. covering him with sparks and flames. it's almost inconceivable how he doesn't get crushed. >> that was close. >> he holds his camera steady until the very last second. >> i was standing there like i was hypnotized thinking, oh, looking at the screen, i'm looking at composition. i hate to say that, but carnage is the money shot in our world.

we hate wrecks, but tv loves it. that's why the spectators come. that's what i was thinking. what a shot! and then i realized i was a part of it. and then i realized i had to do something about it. >> but you still have to wonder, why didn't he move away earlier? >> you know, hindsight is 20-20. should i have gone sooner? yeah, i'll give you that. but i didn't know where she was going. she was on the wall, man. typically, though it hit the wall and bounce off. so mine didn't change. >> to come and roll like that. >> these dooutds were cracking me up. you were like jackie chan, tuck and roll. >> while it's easy to joke. it really is a life or death moment, not to be taken lightly.

>> are you all right, brother? >> oh man. that was a close one, man. >> had they laid down where i was, i would have eaten those wheelly bars. >> the wheelly bars are those metal bars attached to the race car to help keep the car on the ground. >> to have it strap i scrape its nails at you, these wheelly bars when they hit that concrete and the sparks are coming at me, that's when i was like, it went from really cool to this sucks like bam! >> despite the close call, he walks away with nothing more than a scraped knee. >> that's a day at the office for me. that's not a deter revenlt that's the high that i get. >> i had been asked, are you going to race after that? this one is actually mine. >> it's the passion i have and i want to just continue doing it because i love it. >> i can't wait. >> i cheated death honestly more

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in an instant, life changes. >> oh my gosh, dude, it's heading right towards us. >> oh my gosh, tornado on the ground. tornado on the ground. >> it's throwing 18-wheelers. this is something i've never seen before. >> o my gosh. homily [ bleep ]. >> in 2012, a series of powerful

storms decimates 14 states. >> in the plains and parts of the mid-west, this is a day of recovery after a violent weekend. >> more than 100 tornadoes touched down in the mid-west. one of the most violent and destructive hits the small town of henryville, indiana. with wind up to 175 miles per hour, march srksd 2012. red adams grabs his cell phone and starts to record. >> this is the most insane thing i seen in my life. >> my adrenaline was going. i didn't really think about, it seemed like there was a little bit of a distance away. but not close enough to be, you know, dangerous. >> a rural community of fewer tan 2,000 people. henryville has one four-way

stop. one gas station and eight churches. . when the tornado warnings sound, not everyone is concerned. >> my mother was texting me, she's, you know, she was telling me there was going to be severe weather. i kind of blew it off. i didn't think anything of it. >> neither does perry hunter, a teacher. >> it seemed like we had a chance for bad weather. we get these warnings quite often in the spring. >> it's coming right towards henryville. >> i know. >> just a few miles away, herry's ont and wayne her husband of 41 years listened to the tornado warnings on television. >> you have to be taking shelter now, portions of crawford county, this storm is moving through 84 area, it's on the ground. >> we were watching out the living room woevenltd i said, that looks kind of wicked over there. it's coming here, it's picking up. then we realized it was going to

hit henryville. look. can you see it rotate. we both have little cameras can you take video or snapshots. >> we just like doing that. we were always fascinated with the sky. we just always took pictures. >> it looks like it's heading right towards us. >> that's the -- do you think we should get away from the window? >> it looked so far away. >> i got to close my door. >> oh my gosh, tornado oh, tornado on the ground. >> before they know it, the tornado is upon them. they huddle in a room with no windows in the safest part of their house, cover themselves with a blanket. the couple has no idea how it will turn out. >> he said, "i love you." i said, "i love you, too." immediately, we both said, my ears are popping, you know, it was like at the same time. >> what starts with a nas nation with the stormy -- with a fascination with the stormy sky

is a desperate search for survival. she blacks out. >> maybe i kind of remember being lifted. i don't remember anything until i woke up then. >> on the other side of town, her neffu helps kids from henryville high school 15 minutes early, 1,200 children from kindergarten through high school. one bus released early is trapped by the storm. the driver turns around and racing 11 young elementary students back to the school. the driver's 8th grade son preston is on the bus with her and describes their terrifying trip, recorded on the bus security camera. >> the bus driver came over the radio and said i see the tornado oak. there's a bunch of little kids trying. he was kind of scared. then we ran into the school. me and my mom were the last ones off. >> they get off the bus just if time. because seconds later, with the cameras still rolling, it's picked up and slammed into a

diner. meanwhile, footage from the school security system shows what happens in the high school, where about 80 adults and children are hunkered down in school offices in the closet. >> the lights went out and there was a loud explosion from the gym implodeing. that's when i hit the ground covered up and we heard the school rattling probably for about ten seconds and stuff starts being pulled out of thegy. you seen stuff coming loose on the roof. it's 175-mile-an-hour wind. i ran around to the front of the school. it was completely gone. >> chaos and damaging hail followed. many in henryville lose everything. but they regroup and start over, foeing it may be a long road

back before life returns. >> good evening, we have breaking feuds, president obama is about to speak from the rose garden about the release of u.s. army sergeant bowe bergdahl. let's listen. >> this morning, i called bob and janney bergdahl and told them after nearly five years in captivity, their son, bowe is coming home. >> in their home, he dies from injuries. >> with days with family and friend which all of us take for granted. but while bowe was gone, he was never forgotten. his parents thought about him and prayed for him every single day, as did his sister skye who prayed for his safe return. he wasn't forgotten by his community in idaho or the military, which rallied to support the bergdahl's through thick and thin. and he wasn't forgotten by his country. because the united states of

america does not ever leave our men and women in uniform behind. as commander if chief, i am proud of the service members who recovered sergeant bergdahl and brought him safely out of harm's way. as usual, they performed with extraordinary courage and professionalism and they have made their nation proud. right now, our top priority is making sure that bowe gets the care and support he needs and he can be reunited with his family as soon as possible. i'm also grateful for the tireless work of our diplomats and for the cooperation of the government of qatar in helping secure bowe's release. we've worked for several years to achieve the goal and earlier this week i was able to personally thank the emir of qatar for his leadership in helping get it done. as part of this effort, the united states is transferring five detainees from the prison in guantonomo bay.

the government is for our national security. i also want to express attitudes of the afghan government which supported our efforts to secure bowe's release him going forward, the united states will continue to support an afghan-led process of reconciliation, with i could help secure a hard earned peace within a sovereign and unified afghanistan. as i said earlier this week, we're committed to winding down the war in afghanistan and we are committed to closing gitmo. we also have an iron clad commitment to bring our prisoners of war home. that's who we are as americans. it's a profound obligation when our military and today at least in this instance, it's a promise we have been able to keep. i am mindful, though, that there are many troops who remain missing in the past and that's why we're never going to forget. we're never going to give up our search for service members who

remain unaccounted for. we also remain deeply committed to securing the release of american citizen was are unjustly detained abroad and deserve to be reunited with their families like this bergdahls soon will be. bob and janney, today, families across america share in the joy that i know you feel. as a parent, i can't imagine the hardship that you guys have gone through. as president i know i speak forall americans within i say we cannot hope for the moment when you are re-united and your son bowe is back in your arms. so, with that, i'd like bob to have an opportunity to say something and janet if she'd like as well. >> i just want to say thank you to everyone who has supported bowe. he's had a wonderful team

everywhere. we will continue to stay strong for bowe while he recovers. thank you. >> i'd like to say to bowe right now, who is having trouble speaking english -- i am your father, bowe. to people of afghanistan, the same. [ speaking foreign language ] the complicated nature of this recovery will never be comprehended. to each and every single one who effected this in this country, in the service branches, at the state department, throughout the whole of american government and around the world, international governments around the world, thank you so much. we just can't communicate the words this morning when we heard

from the president. so we looked forward to continuing the recovery of our son, which is going to be a considerable task for our family and we hope that the media will understand that that will keep us very preoccupied in the coming days and weeks as he gets back home to the united states. thank you all for being here very much. >> thank you. >> that's wonderful. >> yes, it's a good day. >> that was president barak obama speaking from the rose garden at the white house live this evening, along with the parents of sergeant bowe bergdahl, who has just been released, bob and janney obviously very, very emotional. they haven't seen ore heard

anything about their son in the past five years. this morning they heard from the president, himself, that their son, their only son is coming home. we are joined now on the phone by colonel jack jacobs and this is, obviously, extremely emotional. and i think that sarg bergdahl's -- sergeant bergdahl's father surprised us by saying his son is having trouble speaking english. >> no, not at all, when i was in vietnam, i spent my entire time in vietnam with the viet namese speaking viet namese all the time. i actually started to dream in viet namese and it took me several weeks after i got home before i started to think first in english. so it's not uncommon. >> five years ago, we heard a very strange story about sarkt bergdahl, supposedly allegedly walking off his base with a compass and a bottle of water and then he was captured. what do you think given those circumstances is the first thing they're going to do with the

sergeant as far as bringing him back into u.s. military care and where do things go from here? >> the first thing is that the, whoever, whatever commander he works for is going to convene an investigation to determine the circumstances of his capture. they'll interrogate him. they'll see whether or not, whatever he says tallies with information they already have with satellite photographs and so on. it is unusual for somebody to walk off its post and that apparently is how he got captured. why he did so, the he did, will be determined by an investigation and my guess is there will be a relatively early release of preliminary information in this regard. >> okay colonel jacob's, hold on. janney and the president are here. >> i just want to say thank you

to everyone who has supported bowe. he's had a wrufl team everywhere. -- wonderful team everywhere. we will continue to stay strong for bowe while he recovers. thank you. >> i'd like to say to bowe right now who is having trouble speaking english, [ speaking foreign language ] >> i'm your father, bowe. to people of afghanistan, the same. [ speaking foreign language ] 2k34ri the complicated nature of this recovery will never be comprehevend hend owe comprehended. to each and every one at the state department, the service branches, throughout the whom of american government and around the world, international

governments, thank you so much. we just can't communicate the words this morning when we heard from the president. so we look forward to continuing the recovery of our son, which is going to be a considerable task for our family and we hope that the media will understand that that will keep under the circumstances very preoccupied in the coming days and weeks as he gets back home to the united states. thank you all for being here very much. >> so let's go back to colonel jack jacobs on the phone with us. obviously, this is a joyous day for sergeant bergdahl, his parents and the united states military. it is not without controversy, though, because some people are weighing in saying we are not supposed to be dealing with terrorists. what does the united states government have to say about that so far? >> so far nothing. i think they let what they've

done speaks for itself. it's clear the president made his remarks just now that he's very much interested in clearing out guantonomo. he said that in the past and so the trade made here were five, actually very bad people from guantonomo. so that's the first thing. the second thing is that the president really wants to put the closure on afghanistan and this is apparently a part of it. >> all right. colonel jack jacob's, thank you. once again, sergeant bergdahl has been freed after five years in captivity. something the president just spoke from the rose garden along with his parents. with le have more on the story after it dwochls back evelops. back to our program after a short break. that's the thing, you don't know how long it has to last. everyone has retirement questions. so ameriprise created the exclusive..

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. >> we have breaking news, president obama just spoke in the rose garden about today's release of u.s. sergeant bergdahl. parents by his side, they all

gave thanks to the afghan and american governments for the return of their son. the president said he and the family can't wit for the family to be reunited. bergdahl was captured in june, 2009. he is currently at a hospital in bag ram air force base. now back to "caught on camera." 23i6r789s long years of relentless palestinian-israeli violence. in 2000 to 2005 leaves a legacy of terror, destruction and death, throughout the second uprising. >> it happened again today, another suicide bomber in israel. this one killed 17 people. >> food is scattered on the highway. >> often on crowded bussings. >> some burned to death. men and woman whose bodies were

found in the final embrace. >> the israeli army retaliates. but the bloodshed continues. june 11th, 2003, another terrorist strikes on a crewed bus in jerusalem. sari singer is on board. >> they had two people standing away from me. >> sari moves to israel from new york after the 9/11 attacks to work with victims of terrorism. she on her way to jerusalem when she is caught in this suicide attack near her new home. >> i felt a huge shock wave hit my face. 257bd only way to explain to you how the shock wave feels is two pieces of metal that hits so hard against each other and vibrate back. that's how i remember my face feeling leak. after the blast stops, there is a split second of silence. and it's not the silent you hear outside in the summertime when the crickets are out. it's literally the silence of

death all around you. once the silence stopped, my ears started ringing. >> from her hospital bed, she makes a statement. >> when i leave the palestinians win. a shock wave went through my shoulder, breaking my classivic bone. >> za ari says in the hospital for more than a week. she knows she is lucky. >> if i hadn't taken that seat next to the window, i definitely wouldn't be here, everyone standing around me did not survive the attack. >> 16 people are killed that day. more than 100 others injured. just six weeks earlier, 50 miles away in tel aviv, another bomb goes off. >> how can they do this?

aah! april 30th, 2003. just after midnight, seconds after an explosion. >> i was laying in a puddle of beer and blood around broken glass this is the closest i've ever come to death. >> when the blast goes off the film maker is finishing up a shoot on his documentary called blues by the beach, about this unique bar in tel aviv. [ music playing ] >> we started doing the documentary about mike's place and the waitresses, the bar tenders, to try to get that perspective, pretty much stay out of the politics. >> i want you all to take care of all the people here in the house the waitresses, the bar tenders. this is a song about freedom. >> mike's place is a bar where

people come to escape the tension of a country too often torn apart by terrorism. the bar has an international fear. nearly everyone speaks english and talking about politics and rereligion is discouraged. >> a good bartender knows how to get out of it eloquently, a good line is, are we still talking about sex? >> a subject about the documentary to show you israelis are coping with the violence. over the course of just two weeks, jack has become close friends with bar tenders josh and pabla. ovi that works security and dominique, a 24-year-old waitress from france who has dreams of opening her own pastry shop. >> she really affected me. i gets the film shows what she is leak. >> the film is going well. maybe we'll own a little coffee shop gig or selling cakes to

half of tel aviv, buying my cakes. >> it's jack's last night in israel. he's having a beer at a table outside, saying his good-byes. >> dominique was sitting next to me. that's when one of the suicide bombers came up to her and tried to get into the place. >> avi the security guard has a bad feeling the 21-year-old walks up. >> the guy is a little too quick in his pace. suicide bombings were going on all the time at that particular time. so we both looked at each other and froze. >> he is strapped with plastic explosives when avi checks him in the chest to keep him from entering the crowded bar. >> and the next thing i can barely remember is this guy, you know, stepping to back up onto the sidewalk and yelling, allah akbar. >> as he steps backwards, he blows 8s up.

the explosion sends jack flying into the front window. >> the next thing i know i'm in the hospital and it's three days later. yeah. >> he's hurt. but his skin, it will be fine. you saved a lot of people's lives that night. >> avi is critically wounded but is hailed as a national hero. >> who knows how many people would have been killed in that small space. so he saved, you know, literally 100 lives. . >> why mike's place? >> well, i think mike's place represents the best that this part of the world has to offer. >> just weeks earlier, the suicide bombers at mike's place record this video about their plan to kill as many as

possible. >> the real terrorists are the israelis. they're really sickos. it's a great thing to kill one of these people. it's a great one. >> jack's burned face heals, but he still suffers from some of his other injuries. >> frank and jack are partially paralyzed right down the middle. i also had both my ear drums blown out. i had two operations on that, i know, they grafted a piece from my neck into my ear. >> oh. >> we will play some rock -- >> two musicians playing that night and dominique the french waitress sitting next to jack are killed. another 55 people are injured. the second suicide bomber inexplicably disappeared before achieveing his goal. >> he dropped his bomb belt and he took off and there was a big man hunt in israel.

he was found 12 days later floating in a port in tel aviv. ♪ why all bad people ♪ who feel the need to hurt each other ♪ but that doesn't mean that i will forget you ♪ for those that lived through this suicide the close call with death is impossible to forget. >> after the cameras go and after the crowd disperses -- >> coming up, out of fume, over the water, and nowhere near an airport. >> it's a very dangerous scenario. >> the plane can end up falling apart. >> when "caught on camera, life or death" continues. than tums smoothies assorted fruit. mmm. amazing. yeah, i get that a lot. alka seltzer heartburn reliefchews.

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an airplane flying over the pacific has run out of fuel and is about to go down. >> it's a very dangerous scenario. >> it's called ditching in light lingo and in this precarious life or death situation, it's anybody's guess, it's the pilot who is the only person on board will survive. the flight brings back memories of the miracle on the hud zorn? january 2009 when a bird strike knocks out both engines on usairways flight 1549. amazingly, all 155 passengers and crew on board survive, but no one can guarantee an outcome as smooth as this textbook landing. friday, october 7th. 2011 the pilot of this cessna 310 twin engine plane radios a distress call. he's more than halfway through a 2,300 flight to hawaii's big island when he realizes he's low

on fuel and desperately needs help. u.s. coast guard pilot leiutenant eric majeska is called in to intercept the cessna and coordinate a rescue. >> we took off to go intercept the pilot and escort him into the crash site. >> he and his hercules c-130 ared the patched from the oahu island. this long-range search and rescue plane is equipped with state of the art cameras housed in this dome attached below the nose of the airplane. operators from inside the plane can zoom in and track vessels and planes from miles around. once majeska reaches the distressed pilot, there is still 350 miles off the coast. >> we followed them for about an hour-and-a-half. >> and it's still unclear if the cessna will make it to land. i did not think he was going to make it, based on what he was telling us with the amount of fuel that in his tanks and the

speed he was getting. i knew it was going to be close. >> after flying side-by-side for 90 minutes, it becomes obvious, he's not going to make it. but will the pilot survive the crash into the open seas? >> it's a very dangerous scenario. luckily, highs type of airplane is capable of flying very slow, it's very light. it really is the ideal type of airplane to ditch into the water. >> he gives the cessna pilot instructions on how best to prepare to ditch the plane. >> the big items, making sure his wings were level, rate of dissent was min miedz, his air speed was correct when he entered the water. we had him put on his life jacket and brace for impact in front of him to provide cushioning. we had him jettison the emergency escape hatch to exit the plane quickly out onto the wing. >> but if things don't go exactly as planned. >> the plane can end up falling apart. >> if that happens the pilot is in far greater danger of being

seriously injured or killed. the pilot prepares for a crash landing and now the plane is out of fuel. just 13 miles from land, it hits the water hard. >> it's like hitting a brick wall. so it's a very abrupt -- you can see in the video, too, it makes a sharp almost 180-degree turn at the end. it's a violent board throwing scenario. >> it's an intense video. as the spray breaks, it's a good sign the plane is not into pieces. but there is no more radio communication from the pilot and the plane won't stay afloat for long. rescue helicopters are racing towards the aircraft bobbing in the swells. as the crew stays on sight, they hope for the best. after about 25 seconds, can you see the pilot crawling out of

the jettisoned hatch. he stand on the wing of his cripples cessna to wait for help. >> the helicopter is on seen ready for the pickup. >> the coast guard helicopter arrives, a rescued swimmer jumps into the choppy water. >> it actually took seven minutes from when the plane entered the water to when the helicopter hoists the man into the helicopter. >> watch as the man holds onto the basket, even after it leaves the water with the pilot secured inside. >> the rescue swimmer holds onto the basket and tracks his fins a little behind the basket to try to stabilize it as it goes up to the helicopter. >> once the rescued pilot and coast guard pilot are safe inside the helicopter, it's mix accomplished. the leiutenant stays on scene just long enough to watch the cessna disappear. >> the plane, it suffering about ten, 15 minutes after it entered the water. so it was a very good thing the helicopter was on scene at the time. >> the pilot is uninjured, but

shaken up and taken to an area opt. >> he was very grateful when he said just seeing the plane when we established a formation up on him to escort him in, he knew he had a lot of support. >> but perhaps the luckiest coincidence for both pilots is a training session that rehearsed this exact life or death ditching scenario less than 24 hours earlier. >> one of the scenarios we were specifically training for was a small airplane running out of gas and falling short of the hawaiian island kane. the next day we had that actual scenario take place. >> and for a coast guard pilot, it's a proud moment, when all the training and preparation is put to the test. >> it's very rewarding especially when you see a scenario that you've practiced before. that's when it all comes together. >> coming up, one man's terror. >> we're going to put you down to the dirt spot to the left of him. >> i hope it works for him.

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july, 1994, a day at the beach on the pacific northwest coast goes all wrong when a swimmer starts a perilous climb up this cliff. he is hanging out on a deserted cove when the tide comes in and blocks the beach access out. to get to dry land, he tries climbing up and over the face of the 200-foot cliff wearing just shorts and sneerks he gets about 123r50i69 above the rocky shore line when he panics and freezes, clutching to the side of the mountain. what starts out as a relaxing day trip is now a life or death

rescue mission. a four-man team from the u.s. coast guard is called and leaves its station in awe toria, oregon. pilot don taylor. >> bake amy, we start out with the aircraft commander, the flight pilot and the rescue swimmer. >> flying at 1140 piles per hour the crew gets to the scene in just a few minutes. the flight next nick and rescue swimmer assess the situation to come up with a plan. >> basic amy, looking at the situation they've got on the cliff. they're making the decision as to how they will get the rescue position down to where they will position it to safely get the swimmer from point a to point b and ultimately po point c where the victim is. >> you. me to put you in the dirt spot to the left of them? >> set me down there, if it's kosher. i'm walk down to about 5-feet belo ethe guy, walk over, come up underneath him. hope to god it works. >> all right. for the problem. >> super. >> now, the tricky part. they execute a technique called

a direct deployment. in this case the rescue swimmer will never even get close to the water. instead, he'll stay tethered and make his way slowly to can climber. as he is lowered into position the pilot is conscious of the wind generated by the helicopter blade, which can be enough to blow the climber right off his precarious perch. >> we want to put the rescue swimmer to either side of the 50 and slightly below the victim on the side of the cliff. >> the man has been clutching to the cliff for two hours when the swimmer makes contact well below him. scared and exhausted, his hands have practically gone numb from holding on. >> easy forward. easy forward right by me. return to put it around t. fish is good. >> finally with a strap around

the stranded climber, the rescue swimmer gives his pilot the signal to pull away from the cliff. >> prepare to take the load. all right. taking the load. last 50 feet. >> we want to get away from the cliff as safe and as quick as possible. we want to get the rescue swimmer and the victim over the water, as close to the shore line where the surf is, if case anything is to happen. >> bringing the swimmer up. swimmer is just below the aircraft. swimmer is just outside the door. moving in. moving in. >> safe inside the helicopter, it takes just a few minutes to land nearby tired and dirty, this cliff hanger has a happy ending. . >> while most people try and avoid these types of life or death situations, some actually seek them out, flirting with danger at death defying heights. >> you just have to find your

own ways through it from point a to point b. >> this is 24-year-old nich from saevent mary in austria. he travels the world to places like california's yosemite national park. nich is one of only two people ever to conquer the point without a safety harness. a 99-foot walk on a one-inch thick nylon rope, a vertigo-inducing 6900 feet over yosemite valley. remember, this is without any safety gear. nich is considered one of the world's best high line slack liners both with and without a safety harness. >> the feeling is amazing because he controlss it. and if you lose focus, it's getting dangerous. >> slack lining has been around for decade. this video from 1938 in india

shows a man balancing on a loose bouncy rope, hence the name slack line. these days, the line nich walkss is more taut and he takes if sport to new heights. once the nylon rope is stretched and anchored, nich gets to work. he makes it look easy. but make no mistake, it's not. even for members of nich's entourage who all use a harness. nich takes his fear of falling in check. >> the air is no good. you don't know how to control fear. it's becoming way more dangerous. >> green lake, austria. nich traverses a distance w0r8d regard 525-foot, 12-minute walk

over the icy cold green lake. >> it's really cold. it's about 45, 48 degrees. >> it's the longest slack line ever attempted in europe. getting past the mid-way the lowest point on the line is the hardest. >> you have to like control your breathing, your body. you are into yourself. your mind is selecting. so deep is your body. >> also, if austria, a walk 12,000 feet high. through the clouds, across two of the highest peaks in europe. for most people, it's plain and simple, terror. but to nich, it's just a warm-up. back in the u.s., he craves a

copper channel and finds it. like in oregon's aptly named money face, a ramble without the aid of any safety harness. >> i think it's less dangerous tan driving a car. >> this dare devil doesn't just walk from one end to the other. when he gets close to the other side, he does his signature move, kneeling on the line, he puts his hands together as if praying and actually shuts his eyes. >> praying like this close my eyes for like one second. it's an amazing feeling. it's something where you want to say thank you. >> it's inconceivable for most of us, and, yet, even in mere darkness, nich is completely unfazed. >> whoa, i got it! yeah! oh! yeah, buddy. >> it's just those little

moments. look away and you'll miss it. out of nowhere, too quebec to react. >> no, are you kidding me? >> without warning, speedboat passengers are thrown with tremendous force. >> i really thought the boat was going to flip. i'm going to fly to out of this boat way too fast at speeds. >> in a flash, lightning strikes. and fireworks detonate. but not like they're supposed to. >> it was like a nuclear