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i like to think we were doing exactly what anyone else would have done. ♪ >> "caught on camera: brave." ♪ >> "caught on camera: brave." >> oh, my god. >> a man is trapped by a raging inferno. >> from the time i started climbing the ladder until the time i got to the top, the whole fifth floor was engulfed in fire. >> oh, no. oh, my god. >> march 25th, 2014, members of houston fire department station 18, including senior captain brad hawthorn and engineer dwayne wibel, are dispatched to a small fire in an apartment complex under construction near downtown houston. >> when the fire came in, it was dispatched as a one-alarm fire. when we officially rolled up on scene, we seen a little bit of smoke. didn't seem to be that big of a fire at the time.

we went around doing the job we are trained to do. everything went real smooth setting everything up. >> the scene is captured through an special pair of glasses worn by the engineer. >> i wear video glasses that we record our incidents with and we use for training. we critique the calls that are recorded and see ways to do things better. >> we were setting up the truck. we was doing it at a fast pace, but the sense of urgency wasn't super, super dire. and the chief that was running if fire he hold us there was somebody on the roof and we didn't know where the person was at. he just told us he was on the roof. we was worried about staging it in the right spot to make the rescue. >> captain hawthorn and two other firefighters start climbing in anticipating of a roof rescue. across the street in her office, karen jones is recording the scene on her smart phone. >> this is just -- oh, my god. >> when i first noticed it, the fire was fairly small, contained into one section of the roof, toward the left side of the roof.

but it spread really quickly. i wonder what started it. >> about halfway up the ladder i noticed the fire had passed where we had the ladder, pushing to the other end of the building. >> the fire, fueled by dry lumber and wind, has grown out of control. if someone is trapped, the firefighters have to move fast. >> i got to the top of the ladder, lots of fire at the time. i felt the ladder move. well our policy is you don't move the ladder with people on it i looked down at dwayne, my driver. i moved the ladder just a little bit. and captain hawthorn looked down at me. and i pointed over to the direction that i was going to move the ladder. >> and then dwayne signaled to me that the worker popped out on the ledge. >> a construction worker appears, not on the roof, but on the top floor of the building. >> the fire was extremely fast-moving. by the time captain hawthorn had climbed the ladder to the tip, it had already run past him and had broken out windows and the patio door on the ledge where

the guy was at. >> across the street, karen jones continues to record. >> he can't get out. >> omg. >> he can't get. because he can't get out the door. >> oh, jesus. they are going to bring the ladder truck over. >> the ladder was further over to the left of him. and you could see him waving his arms and things trying to get their attention. >> do they see him? >> we were just hoping that they would get to him. >> engineer wibel repositions the ladder racing the fire to the edge of the building is that with the amount of fire that was there, he had to get off that ledge pretty quick. >> i've been doing this for 25 years and never seen a fire move that quick. the win had everything to do with it. the more win you feed it, the bigger it's going to get. >> up on the ladder the captain knows he has to hurry. >> the fire was -- it was getting to him. the windows were breaking out slowly working their way to him. which will let more wind in, which got the fire each hotter. the radiant heat, in fire gear

you can feel it. it is lead like an oven. it was all around. you could feel it getting hotter and hotter. >> he bound to be smoking with that gear on. i knew he wasn't going to last much long. >> i could have been standing this far from the window, and i could feel the heat. the distance that the building was from us, he had to have been just on fire up there. >> his back to a sea of flames, the man on the ledge faces an agonizing decision. >> it was kind of a surreal moment watching that happen. >> oh, god, oh, god, oh, god. oh, my god. >> i don't think i was breathing. i think i stopped breathing for that few seconds. oh. oh, my gott god. >> that was his only choice. no human being is going to sit there and burn to death. when he jumped to the floor below i knew that we had to hurry up and get to him.

>> glass melting. the window melting. >> they need to get him. >> the ladder lowers to the fourth floor. only a few more feet. >> time stands still on something like that. i told him not to jump. i told him to hold on a minute. >> it's like when you are watching a suspense film and you are saying go, go, hurry, hurry, hurry, get out of there, get out of there. and you feel your body moving as if you could push that ladder over. >> oh, jesus. oh, god. oh, god. guest get closer to him. >> and dwayne got the ladder in the right spot and i climbed forward and waved him on to climb onto the ladder. >> thank you jesus, thank you, god. >> it was a relief to see that the guy could crawl right onto the ladder. >> but the feeling of relief doesn't last. >> we were at the end of the thriller where, oh, they got him. and all of a sudden, bam. >> oh, my god. oh! oh, no. oh, my god.

>> we were afraid it was going to hit the ladder truck. we were afraid was going to get the firefighter. we were afraid it was going to hit the gentleman on the ledge. we were afraid for the folks still down on the ground because it became kind of a domino effect. this part fell and the other parts fell down. >> the whole fifth floor and the roof collapsed. push of radiant heat. you could feel the heat pick up. >> they got him off the ledge, they get him on the ladder, two seconds later the roof comes down. i almost lost my mind. it was more than a person could take at that period of time i think it's time for us to go. >> from the truck, engineer wibel catches the collapse from his glasses cam. >> look out! >> i was hoping that it wouldn't hit the ladder. i knew we needed to get out of that space as soon as everybody was off because there was a potential for more collapse.

>> captain hawthorn and the construction worker slowly walk their way down. >> we had to move the ladder truck twice to keep it from burning up because just the radiant heat was so hot. we melted all the lights on our ladder truck and roughly 50 to 60 cars in the parking lot also. >> within an hour of getting the call it has become a five-alarm fire. after karen posts the video on you tube, it quickly goes viral. two days after the fire, hawthorn and wibel, as well as the construction worker, curtis ricic, appear on "today" with savanna guthrie. >> you found the balcony, and then there is that moment, you swing to the fourth floor. what's going through your mine? or is it all instinct at that point? >> it was pretty much just a survival instinct, yes. it was either that or sit -- the heat was so intense -- these guys can tell you about the heat. that that's the only option. you know, that was the only option. >> what would you want to say to these guys. >> i'm saying, you know, i was

running away from the inferno trying to save myself. these guys run to and into infernos trying to save other people i shouldn't each be here. these guys, they deserve all the praise and accolades. >> just going out and just doing our job. did we expect that? absolutely not. we just try to go out and do the best job we can. >> that's what they are going to say. that's just the mindset that they have. that's their job. it definitely takes a special type of person because i know i couldn't do it. i look at those firefighters as heros, all of them. whether they have ever seen a fire, touched a fire, put out a fire. because no one make them do that. they are heros to me. >> look out! coming up, a man falls on the tracks as a train bears down. >> i actually thought that this guy is going to die. i'm going to see this guy die. and later. >> he's right there! >> the swells were taking him under.

i remember just thinking we are all going to watch this kid drown. >> when "caught on camera -- brave" returns.

seconds could mean the difference between life or death in the d.c. metro. >> somebody had fallen on the tracks, and i noticed that the train was coming. >> august 25th, 2010. multiple security cameras at the virginia square metro station just outside washington, d.c. show people waiting for a train. dimas pinzon is in the light blue shirt on the way to the station to buy tickets for a family vacation, a last-minute plan after a business trip falls through. >> we had just cancelled the day before, my flight to california. and it was a slow day at work

that day. and since i never leave the office, i was thinking, well, i promised my stepdaughter, maggie, that we would take her to new york for her 17th birthday. and i missed the train by seconds. and so i said all right, i'll just catch the next one. as i'm walking down, i heard somebody yell, get off the tracks. get off the tracks. and i turned around and there was a man on the track who is had fallen off the platform. >> look carefully as a security camera on the opposite platform capture as man falling onto the tracks. >> i turned around, what's going on? and i noticed that the train was coming. i was pointing and saying get under the lift. get under the platform. >> but the man on the tracks doesn't make to it safety. the lights of the train are getting larger. >> i actually thought, this guy is going to die. i'm going to see this guy die. >> people on the platform wave frantically for the train to stop. fortunately, the conductor pulls

the emergency brake near the station entrance as the man staggers to his feet. >> my concern was not the train anymore. my concern was him falling backwards. those train tracks are only about four feet apart. and a six-foot man could easily hit the third rail and electrocute him. and that's when i just said oh, the hell with it. >> pinzon jumps down and heads to the other side, carefully avoiding the third rail. the high voltage line and the possibility of a train coming from the other direction might stop most people in their tracks. but pinzon is not your average commuter. his father, seem as senior work for the new york subway system and would often bring his young son to work. >> my dad taught me a lot about the workings of the subway system and where to walk, where not to walk. he would say don't ever touch that third rail, that's very dangerous, don't ever touch it.

>> down on the tracks in the metro station the childhood lessons come rushing back. >> it was just okay, jump, you know where you are going. had i made the wrong step, i would not be here today. you could be electrocuted instantly. >> being careful to step on the productive cover over the third rail, pinzon safely make it to the man and grabs him. >> once i committed myself to helping that gentleman, there was -- you just go. >> another man follows pinzon's lead and jumps onto the tracks. but as he reaches the center divider he thinks twice and heads back to the platform. put his hands up, put my arms around him, and lifted him up. >> people on the platform pulled both men to safety. pinzon has risked his own life to save a stranger, you about he doesn't hang around. he may be a hero but pinzon has an errand to run.

>> i was thinking, hey, i'm going to miss my train. i don't want to miss my train again. i just thought, my job's done, i'm going over to pick up my tickets. >> the video of pinzon's rescue is released to the news media and he is suddenly thrust into the pot sleight, something he never saw coming. >> it was pretty humbling getting all this attention. the thing about it s i saw a guy who needed help and i wanted to help. >> he doesn't consider what he did as brave, but he does believe the stars were aligned that afternoon. >> the stars are aligned and you don't know but it culminates in a point where you were meant to be there. we cancelled a flight the day before. i never leave the building but on this occasion i did. i miss a train by seconds. had my father never taken me down to the subway system, had my mother never taught me

compassion, to take care of people that need help, you know, had i never had the training in the marine corps, this may have never happened. it seems like everything happened just for that moment. coming up, swept away by a powerful flash flood. >> watch out! get out! get out! >> when "caught on camera: brave" returns.

a freak storm reeks havoc on the road. >> if those two cars were to collide with people standing between them -- >> get out! >> i saw that as a -- pretty much a terminal situation. >> august 4th, 2014, a short but heavy rainstorm brings flash floods to the las vegas area. amateur photographer doug bennett and his wife are returning from an out of town trip when they are caught in traffic caused by the rising water. >> we're driving along.

we see the vehicles stopped. we pull up behind them. and i see that some water is running across the road. and i got out of the car, and we filmed a little bit of footage. >> also stuck in traffic is tech sergeant adam dixon and a group of airmen from the 820th red horse squadron stationed at nellis air force base. >> i didn't really think it was going to be much of a big deal. the water was just kind of flowing. it was coming at us, but the water was raising really, really slow. >> i think we were all thinking, as soon as that stops, then we can be on our way. >> but some people don't feel like waiting. a number of cars try to cross the median to turn around and escape the traffic. several get stuck. bennett puts his camera down to help a driver push his mercury marquis out of the mud. >> we were trying to push it backwards so that he could gain some traction and eventually work his way out of the ditch when suddenly water began flowing under our feet. i pulled the camera out again

and began filming it. >> an airman from nearby creech air force base who was in the merck kyi abandons the car. as the water rushes over the hood bennett notices a group of people gathered around a stranded prius. >> i don't know if they real that a large flow of muddy water is coming towards them. they have got to get out, man, they are going to get swept away. >> dixon and some other airmen are helping an elderly couple trapped in the prius. >> as i was looking around, that's when i saw the water rushing down the median towards us. and as soon as i saw that water, i told the guys that are helping them, all right, look, we have got to give this everything we have. >> watching the scene unfold, bennett is also worried that time is running out. >> i'm very concerned that they are going to have their backs turned and this wall of water is going to hit them. as i begin moving in that direction, the water swells up even further. and the grand marquis begins to float. >> get those people out.

>> the force of the water pushes the 4,000-pound car wood the prius and the unsuspecting airmen? you just realize that things are turning very bad very quickly. >> bennett starts moving towards the prius yelling to the airmen as the floating mercury picks up speed is that look out! get out! get out! get out. >> i knew there was definitely human peril at that point, i was just yelling definitely at the top of my lungs. >> get out! get out! >> focused on getting the elderly couple out of the prius. the tech sergeant is unaware that the car is floating his way. couldn't really hear anything. the water had just kind of hit us. i opened the door and i grabbed the hand of the elderly gentleman and helped him out. then i heard the other guys on the other side of the car yelling we can get the lady out on this side. >> other airmen arrived to help. >> i noticed that is the dixon was on the driver's side trying to pull her out that way but the

water is hitting the door pushing the door closed. >> the water was getting higher and higher quickly and i felt the pressure of the door getting more and more. >> i ran around to the driver's side of the vehicle and pried it open. >> i felt the weight of the door off of my back. i didn't know who it was but i knew somebody grabbed that door and was helping. >> while they are trying to grab the trapped woman the mercury is bearing down on them. >> i was basically pointing the camera at whatever i was looking at at the time. i was trying to keep track of the marquis while i kept an eye on the prius. >> airman pulled the woman from the prius. >> the airman opened up the door and we picked up the elderly woman and carried her out. >> i saw fitzgerald next the me and i knew i had member. i grabbed the lady and slid her out of the car and into me and fitzgerald's arms and actually carried her out.

>> the airman who had been driving the mercury and joined in the rescue is swept into the water. >> as soon as i got to the shore i put the lady down and i ran back to see if i could get to him. we only got to ankle deep water. >> the airman watching the prius is washed away. >> it seems within seconds of pulling this woman out the car started floating away. and then it flipped upside down and i was like holy cow. >> the mercury comes to rest nearby. >> everything unfolded so quickly. this went from being a curiosity to a catastrophe literally in a matter of minutes. >> dixon and the other airmen have no idea their rescue is caught on camera until the following day when a frenzies doug bennett's video on the local news. >> and she called me and said, hey, you know, i saw someone in a red hat pulling someone out of

the water. you know, it looked like you. do you know who it was? it still just kind of seems kind of surreal. this is something you see in the news, something you see in the 9ñ i don't think we were heros i like to think we were doing exactly what anyone else would have done. coming up, a day of fun. >> water is nice. >> becomes a fight for survival. >> and the whole time i'm thinking he's dead. he's dead. >> oh, my god. >> when "caught on camera: brave" returns.

a day at the beach turns into a dangerous rescue mission to save a drowning teen. >> oh, my god! >> he had been facedown for so long, i'm thinking, if i jump in, if i can't get him on the first try, that's it. >> july 6th, 2014, rancho palos verdes, california. friends gary golding, robert mcnolte and hillary swanson are planning a day trip to abalone cove a local park along the oceanfront. hillary recently won a go pro camera in a contest and is looking forward to trying it out. >> we wanted to go to the beach and use the go pro camera to capture the footage of the sea life.

>> by the time the group gets to the beach it's high tide and hard to spot sea life. so gary comes up with a different idea. >> hey, i'll show you this thing at this other cove it's these rocks people jump off of. we'll check that out inside. >> while gary jumps out into the surf. hill rather and rob hang out on the rocks along with friends and family, including rob's sons. >> after we had been there a while a group of young men arrived. they looked to be older teens and they were asking gary about the swell and the current and this and that. >> is water is nice. >> hillary had some shots of me doing flips off the rocks. and then we were going to get some on me and see what we could put it together and have fun. >> it's recording. >> i put the camera on, i turn around, hillary hits record. >> that's an interesting take on it. >> all of a sudden, i just hear oh, bleep, he's in the cave. >> oh, [ bleep ] he's in the cave? >> and apparently, one of the

younger teens that had just arrived had jumped off and his timing couldn't have been worse. all of a sudden, we seen him struggling. and then just the most massive swell of the day that i had seen came rolling. and it turned from oh, my god to oh, my god! >> stay calm. >> gary hands the camera back to hillary and heads toward the water. >> i go down to the water's edge. i'm trying to grab his hand. and i jockeyed down deeper into the water. and hold my hand out. >> the swells were hitting him, taking him under. i started really freaking out. >> i remember just thinking we're all going to watch this kid drown. >> gary had put his hand in and it was trying to lift this young man out of the water but he just got smashed by a wave and sucked into the water himself. >> at this point, i real i'm in serious trouble. i'm fighting for my life.

>> the current sucks gary into the mouth of the cave and hurls him perilously close to the jagged rocks. >> once gary was swept in there and the swells were coming in he was trying to dive under them and they were popping up. one minute they are popping up over here. the next minute they are popping up over there. it was just relentless. >> he is right there, behind you, he's going in the cave. >> we were kind of trying to direct gary to where the kid is. but at the same time, trying to tell gary to get out. >> another bystander, kevin cotter, sees the teen and gary struggle against the powerful surf and prepares to jump in. >> then kev, he jumps off from the other side and tries to get the kid in and needily he is fighting for his life. >> he's right there. >> all the while, hillary kept pointing out where the young man was. >> he's right there! >> and i'm trying to follow where the young man is. i see gary is at this point climbing out now. and the other young man, kevin, who had jumped in, he's climbing out closer to where i was.

>> he's right there! >> him and i got out close to the same time. i made it out of the water. at that point, the waves subsided and the kid popped up, unconscious, facedown. >> panic sets in among the crowd. they are worried that the young man is going to drown right in front of them. >> right there. >> anxiously watching rob mcnolte has a decision to make. >> on the video footage you can tell i'm looking left and looking right watching the swell of the water and trying to look and see if i'm going to go in. i was debating it. >> i could find of feel he would dive in. but also in back of my mine, his two children are with him seeing all this. and to take that risk knowing that your own children are there, to risk your life for a stranger that you don't know speaks volumes. >> i just thought that he has one chance left. i think that was the last i had,

that this was his last chance. and next thing i know my feet left the rock. >> rob jumps in and swims as fast as he can toward the motionless teen. he reaches him quickly. >> it was a miracle -- literally a miracle that he surfaced right where he did. and i got my way over to the rocks and kevin's sister, who was over there, she reached her hand out. and i'm screaming to her, i'm like help me pull him up. help me pull him up. >> pull his hand! >> the teen is pulled out of the swirling surf but he is not out of harm's way. >> i could see the waves keep crashing in on them. and all i could shout at that moment was higher, higher, take him higher. >> i could hear people yelling give him mouth to mouth, give him chest compressions, cpr. all these things are running through my head all at once. so i just immediately started pumping on his chest, giving him chest compressions. and i gave him a couple of breaths of air, and nothing but foam started coming out of his mouth, bloody foam.

and i -- the whole time i'm thinking, he's dead. he's dead. i hear my children screaming, dad, dad, dad. as i'm giving him chest compressions, another huge swell starts hitting, which at this point, while i'm trying to get water out of him, waves are coming in and just -- just funneling in his mouth. and gary arrived really shortly after. >> i get over there and we realize that we have to move this kid. >> oh, my god. >> gary and rob carry the teen to higher ground and continue cpr. >> his eyes are rolled in the back of his head. he's limp. it appears as though he is dead. and there was a moment where we're like, he's dead, he's dead. we are looking at each other. and that's when i just said, no way, we are not going to let this kid die. no way. so we get up to the side. i start cpr, pumping his chest,

turning him on his side. pumping his chest, turning him on his side. >> gary is pumping his chest and his stomach at the same time. and water is just pouring out of the kid. i was just holding his head steady. >> i was thinking this mentally, and not stopping, and not stopping pretty much until the kid groaned. >> a helicopter and emt's arrive to help the teen. they don't know if he was alive or dead. >> he was under water for so long and unconscious for so long, i thought there was no way. and when we got him in the harness to be helicoptered out, right at the last second as we hooked him up to the line, he got his legs under his on his own and he blinked his eyes. that was pretty amazing. >> when rob and gary get back to shore, rob is reunited with his sons.

>> you're a hero. >> that moment where rob is just, you know, walking up to shore, crying from just exhaustion -- he's a hero. and his son crying and running up to him. it was amazing. it was really cool. >> my young son started running to to me and he was crying. >> your dad's a hero. >> i broke down crying. and it was -- it was really intense. it was really intense. but i'm here. >> the 19-year-old victim is taken to a hospital, and makes a full recovery. it's not until the group gets home that they realize that hillary's go pro was rolling during the entire rescue. >> it was unbelievable the footage that hillary captured. >> oh, [ bleep ] he is in the cave? >> i did not expect to see what i saw. it was pretty crazy. >> big brave is all about taking those chances in life to better

other people's. >> oh, my god! >> and we witnessed these two men take basically a leap of faith and save someone. coming up, attacked in broad daylight. but soon the table are turned. >> i had no doubt. i knew. i knew i can take them.

>> when "caught on camera: brave" returns. two would-be thieves attack a man in broad daylight. the victims seems to be at a disadvantage, but not for long. >> i think first two punches and kicks, they knew that they are getting into something that they can't handle. >> july 10th, 2014, houston, texas.

24-year-old myra is working at the fuel depot convenient store. >> i was just working my regular hours in the morning, just it was a lazy morning day, nothing to do. not many people or that the. >> security camera video shows his coworker pull up in his car returning from the bank with a bag of money. >> i saw he is turning into the parking lot. then he parked like right in front of the door. then i didn't see him. >> but he didk see an suv rolling slowly past the store. >> it was a 2014 gmc suv and it's nice one. i like him, so i kinds of noticed it came. and i was looking at the suv and, it's a nice suv. >> two men jump out of the suv and rush toward his coworker. >> only thing i saw first time that he was trying the pull the bag out of him.

then i didn't think anything, started running outside. then while i was running, i saw that my friend fell down. and those guys were on top of him. >> they could stomp his head or do something really bad. when i saw it, ifeld felt like i could save him. it was my pure instincts. i had to go outside and do something about it. >> he and another coworker run out of the store to defend the victim with a barrage of kicks and punches. >> i kicked the first guy. i think i saw he was really surprised because he wasn't expecting anyone to come out from there, to stop them. then he fell down, he looked at me and he start running back. the other guy tried to throw like a girlie punch then i caught him with another hook so he fell down. >> it turns out, this laid-back convenient store clerk has another side. when he is not behind the counter, he is a professional mixed martial artist. >> i'm a fighter. so going into the cage and

fighting with people is kind of like not a normal thing. so for me, i think it's pretty much day to day life what we do. >> he is is a former mixed marble arts champion in his native sri lanka. after immigrating to the united states he finds work at the fuel depot as a way of supporting him while he trains for future fights. >> i wouldn't be scared if both of the guys comes at me at once because i know i can fight them easily. i had no doubt. i knew. i knew i could take them. >> he and his coworkers continue fighting to have larger attacker. the other retreats to the safety of the suv. but emerges a few seconds later. >> i was thinking they might had a weapon. this one guy ran back to the suv and he came back. usually if you do that, you means you are coming back with something else. you know? >> if the man is armed, the situation could escalate. he wants to know if the man has

a weapon and has to think fast. i hit him with a shoe because i didn't know what he had in his hand. so i wanted to take a second and see. but when i hit him with the shoe i saw that he didn't have anything. >> the scuffle lasts for a few more seconds as both of the attackers try to get back to the suv. he and his coworkers give chase and the bigger man is knocked into the back of the moving suv and falls to the ground. >> and i kicked him in the head like three times after he fell down because he was trying to get back up. >> the suv idles near the gas pump. >> i thought it's done, so i was walking back. but i saw the guy coming out again. then i was like, okay, it's not done. then i had to go back. one of the guys from the suv he got down. he was asking that guy on the floor, hey, man, come up, we have to go now. >> i said he is not going anywhere. he's going to stay here. i didn't know what he had in his pocket, knife, maybe a gun.

so i had to knock him out like completely sleeping. >> he seems unphased by the brawl. he lives the dazed man outside for the police, and within five minutes he's back behind the counter waiting on customers. >> i didn't even think it's a big deal. you know? just two robbers and i just beat them up. and i've done things like that before. >> a customer calls police who soon pick up the man. he's charged with robbery with bodily injury. the case is still pending. his accomplices get a way without the money. when the worker sees the video he can't help but critique his fighting. >> i never had a video of a street fight that i z. when i was looking, i felt like, yeah, i did really good. i fell like i did really good. >> while he may be proud of his fighting style, he's humble when his coworkers call him brave. >> it fits someone that is close to me.

it fits my family and my friends. whatever the situation, i would do the same thing over again. >> but he doesn't expect a rematch any time soon. >> i don't think anyone will ever try. whoever has seen the video, no. no one tried, never. it wouldn't happen again. coming up -- >> we had no idea what we were in store for. >> when "caught on camera: brave" returns.

what ended up happening, no one could ever plan that. a little boy literally saved san francisco. >> gotham city needs you, batman. this is police chief greg suhr only hoping you can hear my voice. it's critical that you call me

right now. and bring the bat kid. >> november 15th, 2013, gotham city, u.s.a. there is a crime in progress, and only a team of caped crusaders can save the day. the bat mobile roars down a crowd-lined streed. on this day, badman is a super hero driver for a very courageous side kick, the one and only bat kid! the dynamic duo has a city to protect. bad kid rescues a dam snell distress and does battle with the tricky and fiendish riddler. >> who tricks the riddler? >> as the riddler is led away by the police, the excitement in the crowd is palpable. the good people of gotham are safe! but we can help but wonder, who is behind the mask worn by this small but powerful super hero?

>> who are you? >> bat kid as it turn out is 5-year-old miles scott who has been fighting his own villain, leukemia, since he was 17 months old. six months earlier when gotham city was still san francisco, patrica wilson, ceo of the bay area make-a-wish chapter, got an important call. >> we had a young boy who was diagnosed with leukemia. and his wash was to be batman. and we thought we could turn san francisco into gotham city. i was driving home one night, and i looked at the city and thought it looked gotham-like. >> for help turning the city into gotham, one of the first people patricia reached out to was san francisco chief of police greg suhr. >> when the call came from patricia wilson asking to do something for a little boy -- the answer is always yes,

whenever it can be. so the answer was yes. i was to be commissioner gordon, just to kind of ham-and-egg it up a little bit, make it a big deal. >> you have got to stop him, before he steals the taxpayers' money. >> and then we started working on the capers. and then finally wet we went out to the volunteers to get the 200 volunteers to place around the city at key places and make sure that miles was safe and cheer him on and give him that super hero feel. >> but we had no idea what we were in store for. >> the even planning goes viral, and by the time bat kid arrives on the scene, the crowds are a little larger than expected. >> we thought there was going to be one enter section closed for 15 minutes. and we were going to have two police officers. yeah, well, blocks and blocks and blocks away it's closed down. it's lined like a parade route of people cheering.

and it only got bigger and bigger all day long. >> the event is caught on camera by news crews and passersby and is streamed life on the internet. even in front of all those cameras and people, the mini dark knight has no trbl assuming his aller ego. >> probably the biggest thing that changes in him once he puts on the costume is his shoulder as rock back and he gets this walk but his voice drops about four act after thes and he's 18 all of a sudden. you know, i'm batman. so he's really kind of dramatic. >> 12 seconds i'llan be gone and you two will be trapped in here. >> actor fillin rot plays the riddler. no enigma to bat kid. >> he was to shut me in. i had to stall. i was behind the door running back and forth. door is not shut. door is not shut. door clangs shut and then i grab it.

right then, my next line is let me out. >> let me out! and. >> and files was like, no! >> let me out! >> no! >> when i came up the steps and the cops were taking me out to the paddy wagon, you could hear the roar just at the bottom. and then it just got louder and louder. >> i would say that there were at least 10,000 to 15,000 people at every place that he went. >> and every time he showed up, people would just go nuts. like there he is. he had rock star status. >> everybody was so off the hook happy, i mean it was honestly the happiest day there has ever been in san francisco. >> nicely done, dynamic duo, you've saved the city. i have to believe that you worked up quite an appetite. lunch is on the chief of police.

>> after a quick burger lunch, miles has one final task. do battle with the penguin, and rescue the san francisco giants mascot, lucille. it's been a long day, and miles is exhausted. but he doesn't give up. >> the chemo port had just been taken out of husband arm a month earlier. and even though the day was for him, i even think that he got that it was bigger than miles. so he summoned the courage to keep it going for the rest of us. so, i mean, that's what batman does. >> i'm convinced miles was batman that day. and i think he's convinced. i'd like to think that san francisco made that even more amazing for him. >> i want to thank the bat kid for saving our city! >> after a day of fighting bad guys, batman and bat kid head downtown to receive a key to the city from the mayor. the crowd has grown to an estimated 25,000 people.

even president obama has a message for miles. >> where to go, miles, way to save gotham. >> when we were on the stage and they were showing the highlights of the day, and miles was totally cool. he was eating it up. and i said, hey, miles, you are on the big screen there. do you want to take a look? and he goes, no, i'm okay. and i go really? and he goes, yeah, i did it. >> it was a big deal for all of us. and most especially milgs. however, my favorite part is that two pieces of this -- he is in remission. and i love that part of the story. and the second is that he was five. so he was oblivious to -- he wasn't on twitter. all this mayhem ahead of time, he didn't know, it didn't spoil it. and he got to be batman and enjoy the wish. >> who are you? >> batman. >> it was how do we let this little boy be the super hero he is in his battle against cancer. and somehow, that resonated to so many people.

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