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"caught on camera, they fought the law." a gunman goes on a deadly rampage in the heart of hollywoo hollywood. >> i saw a guy coming in the middle of the street. >> i figure head had blanks, i thought it couldn't be real. it became real when i heard a window shattered. i hadn't heard any gunshots, there was forewarning. there was nothing to tell me that i was driving into danger. i was within a half inch of death. >> he was right there. i kind of just shrug off to the side and make myself a tiny target and hear the gunshot go of
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off. >> los angeles, california, december 9, 2011. it's 10:1 friday morning and chris johns is working out of his home office four stories above the hollywood intersection of sun set and vine. >> i was on the phone and during that phone call i heard a popping sound. first i dismissed it as a backfire, i wasn't sure. then i heard pop, pop, a few more pops. i rushed over to the window and looked out the window and immediately saw a man with a white tank top with a gun. he started kind of roving the street, randomly shooting at cars. >> johns begins recording this video with his cell phone camera and he tries to warn the people below. >> he's shooting people at will. he's shooting people.
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>> across vine street, john atorbury, a music executive and movie producer lies critically wounded shot in the face and knack. while aterbury fights for his life, the gunman, waving a .40 caliber smith & wesson calmly strolls up a now deserted vine street. >> i was driving on vine street heading south and stopped at the intersection of sunset and vine. >> movie producer don rydell is driving a red honda civic. >> and in the middle of the street i saw a young man waving. i just thought, well, it's friday morning, h's out having a good time early so the light turned green, i are went across the intersection. he was looking straight up, strict ahead. until my car became parallel until he zipped around, faced me and boom. i hear this sound, the glass on my car window shatters. >> the bullet misses rydell by
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half an inch, lodging in his car door. >> there was glass all over my clothes, glass had hit my cheek. >> chris godly, a photo editor for the hollywood reporter is one car behind in a black toyota. >> i saw him raise his gun and take a shot into the car and i saw the window explode. he saw me coming. the barrel of his gun is now raising up towards me. i had no real choice but to drive straight through the intersection i saw the gun come around in my direction and i knew going to happen. everything slows down in that moment. >> the bullet goes through the truck's door and grazes godly's leg. >> had he had better aim, yeah, i could be not here right now. the bullet hit my ipad which was sitting in the passenger's seat next to me. came in this direction and
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bounced off and went into my passenger's side door. >> from his fourth floor apartment chris johns watches as terrified drivers swerve to avoid the gunman. >> he's shooting people. >> he's roving the streets mechanically and methodically shooting at anything that moves. >> security at johns' building has already called 911 but with no sign of police yet, johns opts to create a diversion using himself. >> at that point something went off in my head where i said, you know, what can i do to distract this guy? so i immediately started shouting, hey, you, mad man. >> madman! why don't you come up here. come on up here, buddy. shoot me. i want to die. shoot me. i'm ready to die. kill me, i want to die! please, kill me!
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i thought it would get his attention. something that sounds crazy. if he was in an altered state maybe he would believe. when he started coming in my direction i saw him getting closer and closer. i wondered, is he going to shoot? am i going to die? >> instead the gunman has a request. >> i don't have any, man. i'm so sorry. >> he's like, i'm out of ammo. >> i don't have any, man. i'm so sorry. >> call the ambulance. >> he says, call an ambulance. here i'm thinking, he doesn't know what he just did. he's telling me to call the ambulance. >> there's a cop. >> three minutes after the first shots are fired, two detectives just blocks away when told of the shooting by eyewitnesses pull up and down south down vine under the treeline. a third officer, off duty and working a nearby movie set joins up with them. they attempt to engage the gunman, but according to eyewitness gregory, the shooter is suicidal. >> he was out of his mind.
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he was really out of his mind. he goes "i want to die. i want to die." all of a sudden the st. makuspe makes this move like he's going go for a quick draw or something. >> the gun flies from his hand. from under the trees, two of the officers fire at the suspect. >> he put his hand on his side. and he kind of walked back, and he stumbled to the floor. >> the professional photographer who always carries a camera captures these dramatic images of the gunman who is now holding what appears to be a knife. >> i could see in his face that he was just in pain. his mouth was open. he was squirming on the floor. all the other lapd officers came running down the street. >> the shooter dies at the scene.
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with the street secured, victim john atterberry is rushed to the e.r. >> they removed him from the car. he was lying on the pavement. and then he was picked up and put on a gurney and wheeled away to an ambulance. i thought, i hope he's going to be okay. as it turned out, he wasn't okay. >> atterberry's wounds are too severe. he died days later. >> he was jubilant. he was joyful. he just had this light that just shined through him. he was special. >> actress jen godson stars in god's country, a film atterberry cowrote and was producing hen he died. >> he had a lot of friends and a lot of loved ones. i think it's because he cared so much for people. when god took him, that was one thing i was praying, god why? why? it's senseless.
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the shooter is later identified as 26-year-old tyler brem. he was apparently distraught over a breakup with his long time girlfriend just days before. toxicology reports reveal marijuana and traces of methamphetamine in his system. >> we can't control somebody who decides to have a bad day and start firing on everybody. you just never know when something like that can happen. >> for the two survivors, every day is a gift. neither chris nor don will soon forget how close they came to losing their lives. >> i think i take relationships with people i care about more seriously. >> god was looking after me that day. i truly believe that by the grace of god that i'm here today talking to you. coming up, danger at the wheel. a fugitive from justice takes
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his exgirlfriend on a terrifying ride. >> i see this person who is just laughing. his eyes are open. he's enjoying himself. >> when "caught on camera: they fought the law" continues. re no. if a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists on the denture, and that bacteria multiplies very rapidly. that's why dentists recommend cleaning with polident everyday. polident's unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99.99% of odor causing bacteria. for a cleaner, fresher, brighter denture everyday. mr.clean came up with a productn make his assistant disappear, that makes dirt virtually disappear. he called it the magic eraser. it cleans like magic. even baked on dirt disappears right before your eyes. mr.clean's magic eraser. still running in the morning? yeah. getting your vegetables every day? when i can. [ bop ]
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bullets fly as police chase a wanted man willing to do anything to escape. >> i knew at that point that we were dealing with an extremely dangerous and violent criminal. >> he wasn't going to stop until he crashed and either killed somebody or killed himself. >> fresno, california, december 16th, 2002. it's just before 11:00 p.m. and police are in hot pursuit. the man they're after, a suspect wanted for skipping bail in a a narcotics case. 15 minutes earlier the 26-year-old had taken off when cops in nearby clovis try to bring him in. in the car with him, his on
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again/off again girlfriend, and the mother of his two sons who shared her story with local television. >> i was just scared, and i'm still shook up. i begged him to stop. to just let me out. just stop. he just kept on going. >> by chance, tony kirkpatrick, a fresno camera operator is in the vicinity and captures this dramatic video. >> i just started rolling. i just kept rolling. as you could tell, the camera was like crooked because i was so nervous. >> police fear he could be high on drugs and heavily armed. as the suspect approaches a busy intersection, clovis officer joel la costa, now retired, sees an opportunity to perform a pit maneuver. >> it involves making contact with the suspect vehicle in one of the recorder panels, and what
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it does essentially is cause the vehicle to spin out of control. as i move in a position to do that, he repositioned his vehicle and we were going to basically hit head on. my concern for the passenger was at this point if i collide head on, what's going to happen to her? >> acosta opts to brake at the last second, but not before locking eyes with the suspect. >> i see this person who is just laughing. his eyes are open. he's enjoying himself. it's obvious to me, anyway, that his intent is to get away or die trying. >> moments later the suspect's car is rammed by another police vehicle. the suspect keeps driving, mounting a median and steering the battered honda to a gas station across the street. there he's hit again but keeps moving. this time police use their guns to stop him, opening fire with a barrage of bullets.
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>> i could hear bullets impacting the walls around me. i was extremely concerned because i knew there's a passenger in this car. in my mind i'm thinking she's going to get killed. >> i was ducking down. i was moving, covering with my head. just didn't know what to do. i could feel it pounding, bang, through the car. forcing through there. i was just waiting for bullets to, like, come through me. i was just waiting to die. the suspect, his car stuck on a raised planter, guns the motor. smoke from the spinning wheels surrounds the honda. unable to see their target, police hold their fire. seconds later, he's able to maneuver the car free. officers release another round of bullets. >> you can clearly see one of the officers executing what's known as a speed load, where he's trying to reload his gun
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quickly. you can see the magazine drop away as the new magazine goes in and he continues to fire. >> just to see all the shells flying in the air was like matrix or something. my kids flashed in my face. my wife flashed in my face. that's when i realized, you know what? i'm in it too deep. >> camera operator kirkpatrick takes cover behind his news van but keeps rolling. off camera, the suspect gives police the slip yet again. >> he was finally able to drive out of the parking lot. he headed northbound. went up to the next light, turned around and came directly back at the officers again. >> clovis officer abby padgett. >> he was no longer still trying to flee. he drove straight into the back of another car sitting at the intersection. there were three or four lanes that he could have gone through, and he directly hit that car. >> get your hands up!
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>> the collision finally brings the chase to an end. >> the driver was actually laying across the passenger seat in the lap of the female passenger. he's like, just hold me. just take me in your arms and we'll die together. i was just like praying for my own life. >> officer acosta fears the worst for his passenger. >> totally expected her to be shot. was greatly relieved to find out that she was not when i got to the vehicle. >> the suspect is unarmed. he has been shot four times. >> when it was all said and done, i was patting myself down to make sure i didn't get hit or if there was blood anywhere. i just started crying. >> police fire a reported 70
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rounds at the suspect's vehicle. >> i think the police went too far. they could have stopped us in a different way. >> he survives and is convicted of several charges, including false imprisonment, driving under the influence, and evading police. according to toxicology reports, alcohol and methamphetamine are found in his system. he's sentenced to six years and four months in prison. separate investigations by the police and district attorney's office find the officers acted within department policy and their response did not break the law. >> i'm glad that i'm here right now. from what i saw on the tv, i'm just glad. coming up, an enraged suspect takes on three officers at once. >> i'm spraying, actually emptying my whole canister.
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it almost seemed like the pepper spraying a a separated him. >> when "caught on camera: they fought the law" continues. ♪ expected wait time: 55 minutes. your call is important to us. thank you for your patience. waiter! vo: in the nation, we know how it feels when you aren't treated like a priority. we do things differently. we'll take care of it. vo: we put members first... join the nation. thank you. ♪ nationwide is on your side
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a vicious fight breaks out in a campus police station when a burglary suspect tries to escape. >> it was crazy. person gone wild. 50 some seconds of madness. >> university of akron ohio, may 18th, 1999. campus police officer aaron burnett is preparing to fingerprint 30-year-old steven bergen, a local resident who does not attend the school. he's been arrested for stealing a stereo, more than 30 cds and several bags of milky ways from a fraternity house on campus. >> okay i need to fingerprint you, okay? you understand? >> as station surveillance cameras roll, burnett senses something isn't right. nevertheless, he uncuffs the suspect, a move he will soon regret.
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>> you going to cooperate here? >> there were indicators that he was going to be confrontational. >> thomas shannon, now retired, was a campus police officer at the time. >> sometimes you just overlook those things. >> steven, are you going to stand up to get your fingerprints or not? >> reluctantly the suspect gets up. burr instead of facing the table, the 6'62"burgen stares down the much smaller burnett. the much smaller rookie authorities tries to assert his authority. >> are you going to cooperate or not? >> i think there's times where the officer was trying to establish himself as the alpha dog in the situation. he was a young officer, and there are times when you need to do that. this is not one of those times because you had a suspect who was unstable. >> don't square off at me. sit back down in the chair. >> burnett again sensing trouble
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is hoping to get burgen back on the bench and get some additional assistance. >> sit down on the chair. no, you're not. you're going to sit down. >> i'm going to try to give my fingerprints and do what you want me to do. i'm about to give you my fingerprints and do what you want know do! man, i'm about to do my fingerprints. >> you don't square off with me! you understand? >> man, i'm about to put my fingerprints. >> we're going do this again. >> after a minute, officer burnett returns and uncuffs the suspect a second time. >> what do you come over here for? >> just off camera is campus police officer thomas shannon. >> officer burnett asks me to come back. he was having some problems with the suspect.
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the suspect turned to me and asked me what i was doing over here. >> what you come over here for. >> because i want to come here. >> his reaction was like i was disrespecting him as well. you know, what did you say to me? >> pay attention. >> don't talk to me like that. >> i will do what i want to do. >> oh, yeah? >> don't disrespect me, don't disrespect me. you a punk. don't disrespect me. >> put your hand down here. sit down. >> the second time he squares off, he's ready to go. >> [ bleep ] off. >> in the blink of an eye, the fight was on. >> burnett, who is unarmed, goes for the pepper spray, but bergen knocks him back with a blow to the neck. officer shannon uses his baton but it has little effect on the suspect. >> he ran right through it.
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>> burnett calls for officers to use pepper spray. >> i sprayed him, actually emptied my whole canister. >> officer burnett, reeling from pepper spray, runs from the room. >> pepper spray burns. it causes your tear ducts, your nasal cavity to open. probably nine times out of ten, that's going to incapacitate someone long enough for you to apprehend him. >> but not so with this suspect. >> it almost seemed like the pepper spray aggravated him. >>burg ee ee een -- bergen lose shirt in the fray, then hurls a chair at officer shannon. >> at the moment of the fight i didn't even feel getting hit with the chair. >> the brawl moves off camera in front of an adjacent row of lockers. >> when you see the lockers rattling, that's me hitting them
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a second time, this time in the chest. it doesn't stop him. >> another officer joins the fight and finally the four officers are able to subdue bergen. >> down on the the ground. >> we got him to the ground. as we're handcuffing him, he's yelling, kill me, kill me, just kill me. >> kill me! kill me! kill me. >> it was over. it was done. he knew he wasn't going further. >> the pepper spray makes its way through the station's ventilation system. ultimately, seven officers and a radio dispatcher go to the hospital for treatment. the steven bergen, originally detained for stealing a stereo and a few bags of snacks ends up in far deeper trouble. in addition to one count of burglary, he's convicted of aggravated assault on a police officer and attempted escape.
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he serves four years and seven months in prison. after the incident, a lot of things change at the police station. >> our booking area became more secure. it was moved to a whole different building. no loose chairs in there, things they could get their hands on and use against us. coming up, an ex-conaughy ja -- ex-con hijacks a lummer truck and gives new meaning to the term haiti hot pursuit." help promote heart health. experience the meta effect with ex-con hijacks a lummer truck and gives new meaning to the term haiti hot pursuit." -conaug ex-con hijacks a lummer truck and gives new meaning to the term haiti hot pursuit." conaugh ex-con hijacks a lummer truck and gives new meaning to the term haiti hot pursuit." onaughy ex-con hijacks a lummer truck and gives new meaning to the term haiti hot pursuit." naughy ex-con hijacks a lummer truck and gives new meaning to the term haiti hot pursuit." aughy ex-con hijacks a lummer truck and gives new meaning to the term haiti hot pursuit." ughy -
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female prisoner from jordan was not melt. a japanese official says the government is meeting to discuss a response. more on this as we get it. now back to our programming. an out of work ex-con leads police on a wild ride. driving a stolen lumber truck, its flat bed in flames. >> i can't believe they didn't stop this guy, man. >> it can't get much more dangerous. he was on the open road with an 18 wheeler that was on fire. it was a true wild west chase and shootout. >> dallas, texas. nbc news correspondent jay gray is always on the lookout for the next big scoop.
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>> i'm a newsman, we always like to see a good story. >> on november 7th, 2001, the veteran news man, then with kxas, then gets the chance to cover just this. >> it was really amazing. every major news organization was involved in the story. everybody went live. >> police say after 1:20 the hijacker hot wired the truck. >> the drama begins when burnis wilson, an unemployed truck driver with a criminal record spot this is 18 wheeler loaded with lumber outside a kfc. >> i was homeless and had nowhere to go and couldn't get any help. i thought, get this truck, two sell the lumber and get me some money. get a motel room, get off the streets. i broke the window, got in and drove off. >> unbeknownst to wilson, the truck's driver jumps on the back of the rig as he's driving away and disconnects the air hoses to the rear brakes, locking the rear wheels. >> that driver was able to dislodge the air brakes. he made a real valiant effort to try to take control of the truck.
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>> the truck driver ends up jumping from the truck. in spite of the locked rear wheels, wilson can still operate the big rig. he pulls out, but within minutes, thanks to a 911 call from the truck's driver, police are on his tail. >> i didn't have a plan. the individual i was associated with said he wanted to buy some lumber and i was going his house. >> he drove through yards. he drove around businesses, across medians. he crossed highways. he got on the wrong side of the highway and drove against the flow of traffic. >> soon the friction from the truck's locked rear wheels ignites the rubber tires. those flames set fire to the rig's flatbed, a forklift, and the load of lumber.
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>> once it caught fire it burned uncontrollably. you see this truck with a huge ball of fire in tow. not only the bright orange flames but the huge plume of black smoke as well. >> in spite of the flames and the sea of police behind him, wilson shows no signs of slowing down. >> i knew i have to get room to stop the truck and safely surrender before the police had a chance to take a shot at me. >> across the city, crowds appear as people watching the chase live on tv come outside to see it for themselves. >> move! get out of the street! >> the 18 wheeler sends pedestrians running for their lives. and motorists swerving off the road as it barrels through residential neighborhoods. >> police were doing everything they could to try to stop him from driving. they tried to shoot out tires,
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they tried to block roads. he'd just drive around them. >> fearing for the public's safety, police commanders give the order -- shoot to kill. >> they authorize the officers to fire and use deadly force if necessary. they deemed it necessary. >> they had no intention of let megget out of that truck alive. >> police fire on the truck from the ground and air. >> i knew the police issued a code 100 which i knew was a shoot to kill order. at that point i was just trying to figure out how to get out of the truck. i never thought they would shoot as they did. i'm thinking you shoot me and kill me, who's going to drive the truck. you have 80,000 pounds running wild in texas. somebody is bound to get hurt. >> i got him. >> you got him? >> with a trail of burning tires in his wake, wilson decides to end his terrifying ride after
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90 minutes, bringing the shouldering rig to a stop near the trinity river. >> when i did stop i was in an area where i could hold the brakes and lay flat on the ground. >> wilson is arrested without further incident and carted off to jail. after a brief trial he is convicted of felony robbery, evading arrest and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. he's ultimately sentenced to 28 years behind bars. a chemical accident at the prison laundry has left him partially blind. wilson now realizes the mistake he made that day has cost him dearly. >> i wish it never happened. all i can do is apologize to the owner, the driver, the citizens of dallas. if i hadn't have did what i did, i would sight. that's part of the penalty i pay for doing what i did. >> i don't think he was planning on stealing an 18-wheeler that day. i think it was just opportunity knocking at the door and he answered. coming up, can police stop
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>> outside the city, a man is speeding east in a stolen school bus straight toward the city line. >> albuquerque, be advise the end of the bus is kind of hanging off. >> the bus is stolen from this albuquerque bus yard. the suspect drives 80 miles west on i-40 to the city of grant. then turns around and heads back to albuquerque. >> is there any kids in that bus? >> negative, just the driver. >> as for now, we just know it's the one male driver, that's all we have. >> now, state, city, and county law enforcement are in hot pursuit, determined to stop the empty bus before it reaches albuquerque's early-morning rush hour. >> all units, the bus is going 85 miles per hour. >> the plan, stop the vehicle with spike belts, also known as stop sticks, strips of metal barbs designed to puncture tires. >> albuquerque, all units, 137,
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the 137. >> mile marker 137 is 13 miles from the albuquerque city line. at 6:27 a.m. the bus appears. the bus barrels over the spike belt, but does not slow down. police deploy more spike sticks over the next several miles. >> 148 eastbound, struck another spike belt. he's losing his front tires now. has no front tires anymore. he's running on the rims. >> but the driver speeds on. >> we're getting into the city. this guy is not stopping until the bus dies. >> the school bus is now inside the city line, just miles for albuquerque's most congested areas. a state police cruiser attempts to ram the bus off the road with a pit maneuver.
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but after three miles of vehicle-to-vehicle contact, the cruiser's front end is heavily damaged. hoping a bigger vehicle has a better chance, a police suv takes the lead. the pit maneuver is successful. police immediately surround the bus. inside, the driver revs the engine as if trying to escape. officers respond with a volley of non-lethal beanbag rounds. suddenly a member of the county sheriff's office fires real bullets into the bus, striking the suspect three times.
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immediately a state police officer is seen shouting at the deputy sheriff. >> get over there right now! the suspect, meanwhile, is pulled from the bus, covered in blood and wearing only boxers. he's identified as 27-year-old nathaniel shipman. his criminal history includes convictions for domestic violence, drug possessions and assaulting a police officer. he's loaded into ambulance and given a police escort to an area hospital where he makes a complete recovery. shipman later pleads no contest to unlawful taking of a motor vehicle and two counts of aggravated fleeing of a law enforcement officer. the deputy who shot shipman is put on administrative leave pending an investigation. eventually he is cleared of
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wrongdoing and return to duty. shipman gives no explanation for his wild ride which snarls traffic in both directions on i-40 for seven hours. coming up -- >> you want some of me? >> -- a drunk and disorderly diner puts mayhem on the menu at this subway. >> get down on the ground! and a base jumper on the edge. >> we're so busted. >> find out if he lands behind bars when "caught on camera: they fought the law" continues. it's not likely to go away on its own. so let's do something about it. premarin vaginal cream can help it provides estrogens to help rebuild vaginal tissue and make intercourse more comfortable. premarin vaginal cream treats vaginal changes due to menopause and moderate-to-severe painful intercourse caused by these changes.
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>> i had never heard of anything like this. and i haven't really heard of anything like it since. >> western kentucky university in bowling green, kentucky. here some students say homecoming weekend means three things -- parades, pigskins, and partying. >> there's a lot of people that get drunk and do really stupid things. >> this student witnesses one such thing up close and personal during western kentucky's 2010 homecoming. >> you want to see my ass? >> early saturday evening, october 30 p mefford stops by a subway on campus for a bite to eat. there a young man later identified as dennis wade crane is making a scene. >> he was being very rowdy and loud, being forceful. the woman behind the counter told him to leave and he wouldn't. >> medford, sensing trouble, calls police and begins recording craig with his cell phone camera.
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that's when craig jumps over the counter and storms into the kitchen where the manager is trying to reach campus police. >> you could see in the video that she is starting to dial the phone. craig follows her back there, yanks it out of the wall. >> tessa duval is a student reporter who covered the story for the university paper the "herald." >> you don't hear a lot about phones being yanked out of walls. >> soon craig reappears in the seating area. >> there were a couple of guys that were just waiting for him and they were trying to hold him still, calm him down. you heard craig say "it's about to get nuclear." >> it's about to get nuclear. what that means, i don't know. >> craig's nuclear punch misses by a mile. instead, he's knocked to the floor. but it's not long before he's back on his feet again.
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>> he was riled up and started offering money to people who could whoop him. >> i got a hundred dollars right here. >> shirt comes off. >> stay calm. >> you want some of me? do you want some of me? >> it's an offer everyone can refuse and does. a friend of craig's in the black shirt attempts to talk sense into him. >> craig's friend is trying to get him to calm down. >> but craig has little interest in calming down. >> i don't care! >> in a matter of seconds, there are blue uniformed cops all around him. he doesn't really move. it's like he's a deer in headlights. >> one officer gets right up in craig's face and points the taser to his chest. >> dazed and confused, craig does not comply. >> get on the ground! . >> this time craig stays down.
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craig pleads guilty to alcohol intoxication and disorderly conduct. he's sentenced to 90 days in jail, but the judge suspends the sentence. craig is put on two year's probation and pays a $250 fine. >> it's about to get nuclear. >> just what set off his nuclear meltdown remains a mystery. ethan medford's video becomes part of the official police report. he posts it on youtube where craig's antics go viral. >> it's about to get nuclear. it did become a bit of a saying around campus for a while. >> do you want some of me? do you want some of me? >> when he got tased he screamed like a little girl. i think that's probably what made the video so successful on youtube is that it's funny. >> caught in the act. >> i figured i was going to jail any ways so might as well get the jump in. >> this daredevil defies the law
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and lands behind bars. you did that, buddy, now you're going jail. >> the bixby creek bridge, big sur, california. to most people, it's a marvel of engineering, spanning more than 700 feet across a coastal cannian, 280 feet above jagged rocks and pristine pacific beach. to steve jester, it's something cool to jump off of. when the skydiving instructor isn't jumping out of planes, he's hurling himself off things. >> some people do drugs. i jump off of stuff. it makes me feel good. it's like a drug only the fun part is coming down. >> juster is an avid base jumper. >> it's an acronym for building, antenna, span -- which would be the bridge -- and "e" for earth,
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like a cliff. >> super jester! >> there's only one small problem. >> whoo! >> jumping off bridges is against the law. >> what up, baby? >> but that doesn't stop jester from driving his car to the bixby bridge to attempt his 122nd jump off the iconic structure. >> the bixby bridge is probably one of the most beautiful places that i've actually personally based jumped. it's a nice spot, soft sand if you make the beach. it can be rocky down there. >> it's the afternoon of december 8, 2010. jester will later admit he drank a couple of glasses of vodka mixed with cranberry juice that morning. >> going to do a rollover? >> rollover? >> i was going free-fall it but i got scared. >> got scared? >> yeah, i'm going to roll over it. >> okay. >> let's do it. >> jester gets a friend to videotape the jump.
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>> we like to keep a record. got a facebook page, we like to share our videos on facebook and amongst other jumpers. >> brother, you ready? >> jester prepares to plunge. >> i was in the middle of the bridge getting the twist out of my canopy and the police officer pulled up. >> don't even think about it. >> don't even think about it. >> roll that back up right now. >> we're so busted. >> i think i said a four-letter word at that point. i thought for a few seconds and said "i'm going do it anyways." i'm going do it anyways. >> really. >> yeah, here i go. >> the officer approaches jester. >> i'll be down there waiting for you. >> i'm under arrest anyway. >> i was just going to send you down the road. >> i doubt head would have let me go. i figured i was going to jail because i have been to jail a few other times for base jumping. >> sorry, i've got to do it. what's your name? >> my name is officer gingras.
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>> jester tries a peace offering. shake your hand. you're miss -- pissed off? >> i think he wanted to see it. if he wanted to he could have stopped me. he made no effort. >> jester jumps. 15 seconds later he makes a perfect landing on the beach. >> you did good, buddy. now you're going to jail. >> when i got down to the beach, i looked up, could see the police officer racing to the other side of the bridge. i figured they'd give me a ticket and send me down the road but that wasn't the case. as soon as i got up, they slapped the cuffs on me before i was even out of my gear, haul med to jail. >> jester goes to trial and is convicted of disobeying that police officer and driving under
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the influence, among other charges. he could have faced up to three years in jail but is sentenced to 120 days and is served 69 days and enter an alcohol rehab program. his friend posts the video of the jump online and jester becomes an internet sensation. >> it went viral pretty quick. i mean, it ended up everywhere. i had friends calling me from all around the world -- brazil, norway, england, yo, man, we saw you on the news here. it was like -- it was kind of shocking. whoo! >> armed with just a parachute and chutzpa, jester fought the law and the law won. >> for everything i've been through the last year, it wasn't worth it. i ended up sitting in jail for 69 days. that was no fun. would i do it again? probably. >> you did that, buddy, now
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you're going to jail. >> when you here in the danger zone, you better get out of the way fast. >> a landslide terrifies a small town in italy. >> [ speaking italian ] a sinkhole swallows a street in hollywood. >> this looks like this could be really bad. and tons of rock threaten the lives of workers in tennessee. >> couldn't believe what we were seeing. >> in this hour, caution, hazards ahead.

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