this season, give the present of being present. a man knocked unconscious while witnesses walk by. >> i expect a person to call 911. >> but what will they do. >> a cop getting a mouthful from this great grandma. >> you're going to tase a 72-year-old woman? >> an nfl player and his wife desperately trying to make it to the hospital, detained by an unsympathetic cop. >> you ran a red light. >> my mother is dying right now!

>> and i turned around, he has a gun pointed at me. >> what will she do? people faced with tough decisions. >> that's a woman. i had to make and decide myself what i'm going to do. >> it's moral dilemmas with life-or-death consequences. >> if he does jump, i'm going in. but i don't think i really believed it would come down to that. >> scenarios that force you to ask yourself what would you do? hello. welcome to "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. how well do you think you know yourself? in this show we posed the question what would you do in situations that are confusing, dangerous and even life

threatening? some present ethical question, some are questions of judgment and others are uncomfortable but brief put yourself in the places of these stories and ask yourself did they make the right choice? and what would you decide? a car with its hazards on runs a red light and pulls into this parking lot, with police in hot pursuit. the driver is nfl running back ry ryan moeks. earlier that evening, he gets a pho -- his wife gets a phone call saying his mother is very close to death. she is dying of cancer. >> get in there! get in there! >> officer powell gets out of

car and tries to explain. >> as i turned around he has a gun pointed at me, with a cold look of i don't care. >> his mom's dying. >> would you disobey a policeman or -- >> along with her great aunt she heads into the hospital. a lot of people think what i did was crazy or dangerous but the truth of the matter is there's nothing in the world that would have kept me from going up at the time that i did. >> ryan's faced with a decision, too. should he disobey the officer? should he go into the hospital like his wife? officer powell hasn't responded

to reason yet and he feels he's running out of time. >> you ran a red light. >> my mother is dying right now! you're wasting time right now. >> i waited till no traffic the coming. i got seconds before she was gone, man. >> let me see your insurance for the car. >> he does provide his insurance to the officer but the situation quickly escalates. >> do you have a problem? >> i don't have a problem. my mother-in-law is dying right now. >> can you cooperate or i can take you to jail. >> if you're going to give me a ticket, give me a ticket. >> your attitude tells me you need one. >> i'm asking you to just hurry up. >> by now taneisha has made it to her mother's side.

she's worried that her mother won't make it. >> shut your mouth and listen. >> shut my mouth, that's how you talk to me? >> i can screw you over. i'd rather not do that. your attitude will dictate everything that happens and right now your attitude sucks. i can make your night very difficult. >> i wish you -- >> by now more than five minutes have passed. for ryan it all seems surreal. what should he do to get out of this situation? what can he do? can he make it to say his good-byes to a woman who has meant the world to him? >> my mom's relationship with ryan was very different than a typical son and mother-in-law

relationship. they were very good friends, very close. you know, my mom was like a jokester, so was ryan. >> when joe got diagnosed with cancer, her hair started falling out. so what i did was when she bought a wig, i put her wig on and i say you see how good it look and i tried to cheer her up. >> they have been holding vigil at her mom's hospital bed for three weeks, rarely ever leaving her side. but on march 17th, ginetta seems to be improving a bit. >> the nurses were like y'all have been here a long time, go home, take a shower. but that plan would be interrupted. >> the nurse said she's on her last leg. if you want to say your good-byes, you should probably come back right now. >> coming up, would you spend

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midnight when ryan's car gets to the light right before the hospital. it's red. >> the light didn't change. we blue our horn and i waved to the traffic. they saw hazard lights and they didn't go. they told us to go first so we went ahead and went. >> it's fairly obvious what they're doing. the other driver seems to understand, allowing them to proceed toward the hospital. >> yes, i ran a red light but at the same time i was really safe about what i was doing. i didn't just run through the red light, i stopped at the red light, got everybody's attention to let them know, hey, can i come through, can i come through first and everybody waved me on to do so. >> but then as they're pulling into the parking lot, flashing lights -- >> get in there. get in there! >> powell says he doesn't remember pointing his gun, only

drawing it. the moats say he pointed it, first at taneisha, then at ryan. while taneisha goes in, ryan says he thinks it's best to stay with the officer. >> we went back and forth and then i realized i was talking to the wall. he did not care. did i not stop at the red light? >> then you drove through the red light. i waved the traffic off, i turned. >> shut your mouth and listen. >> shut my mouth? is that how you talk to me, too? >> he was just like i can take you to jail, i can tow your car, shut your mouth, all this different stuff that i was thinking that wasn't appropriate for a cop to say to anybody. >> it's decision time for ryan. he knows if he stays he'll probably miss his opportunity to say good-bye and to be there for

his wife. >> well, i was thinking i didn't want anything else bad to happen so i tried to stay calm as possible. >> ryan decide to stay and hopes -- >> that's the nurse. she said he's dying right now and get him up here right now. >> the head nurse comes out to see if she can help. >> i'm almost done. >> for the third time. the nurse is a little more urgent. >> finally ryan moats is issued his ticket for running the red light. by the time he makes it up to his mother-in-law, it's too late. she's already gone. >> i was angry that he wasn't understanding. head nurse came out and told him what was going on. another police officer came and tried to talk to him.

security guard from the hospital came out and talked to him. i was thinking about her. i don't know if anyone's ever seen a loved one pass like that. that's a hard thing to see them actually pass, that's hard. to deal with that by yourself is even tougher. >> it was definitely the hardest thing that i've ever had to do in my life and just to go in, you know, and see her like that -- >> the videos released to the media and the dallas police department immediately issues an apology. >> in the course and scope of everything we deal with in a year, this is more embarrassing and troublesome because it just seems to be unreasonable based on the circumstances. >> officer rob are t robert pow an apology to the moats and resigns. the moats accepts his apology. >> i guess everyone deserves a second chance in terms of

proving what their true character is. >> and the moats think change shouldn't end with ryan. after they hope to shine a spotlight. they meet with the dallas police department accept better police screening. >> if we have a voice to maybe help the situation, maybe bring about some changes to where someone else wouldn't have to go through what we had to go through, then that's what we're going to do. >> but more than anything, the moats want people to know about the kind of person her mother was, a teacher, an advocate for genetic research. >> coming up, a man is knocked unconscious in front of a

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a vicious blow knocks this homeless man to the ground. he scrambles to his feet. but minutes later he's pushed down again. this time he doesn't get up. it's 5:20 a.m. the beatdown occurs outside the pan am market, an international supermarket in washington, d.c. several people witness the knockout punch. watch as dozens of passersby

side step the man. if you saw this altercation, what would you do? what if you just pass a man lying on the street? >> it almost become sickening to think that nobody actually does anything. >> mark fisher writes a story on the column. >> i think they ought -- in fact 166 of them chose to walk by. >> hector grew up in this naked. he runs an organization dedicated to helping business in the area. he said as disturbing as it, is he can understand why so many people just walked by. >> there are nag if they're

there just sleeping or drunk, passed out. so you do become desensitized to it. >> desensitized is right. watch as 5 minutes, 10 minutes. man even loads his groceries into the minivan over the motionless victim. now it's 15 minutes since sanchez hit the ground and still people just walking by. finally after 19 minutes, an employees in the pan am market dials 911. paramedics arrive two minutes later. by this time 166 people either witnessed the beating or walked by the motionless body without doing a thing. the incident remind writer mark fisher of a case from years past. up. >> know, i grew up in new york city where there was the infamous case of kitty genovese. >> a woman is is stabbed outside

her queens home. >>. >> one responds to her call for help. >> it's the bystander effect if we see other people around. because we assume that means means, hey, the other guy's got a handlele. >> unfortunately more than four dk aid after the general owe piece murder, jose sanchez faces the same awful fate. sanchez dies from a tra. >> hector gomez thinks the makium of the population in this

neighborhood may have contributed for the lack of response. >> many of the people may be walking by to do something but felt like they couldn't. you might saturday to. >> that said, while gomez said he understands why so many people may not have called 911, it doesn't mean he think is it's excusable. in fact, he decide to use the incident as a teaching lesson. >> i thought to myself why is it that so many people walk by and are not calling? if i'm layingon the ground, i expect the first person to see me to call 911 right away. so i thought, well, let's make a call 911 come pain. >> immediately following the incident, hector gets together with the police, has flyers translated into several languages and distributes them into his neighborhood. >> excuses are not valid but do

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midnight. now back to "caught on camera." welcome back to "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. would you risk your life to save a stranger who seemingly wants to die? it's a question few people ever have to contemplate, but in our next story strangers is spending a relaxing day in the park were facing that very situation and they'll have to make a decision in an instant. a man perched at the end of a bridge contemplates life or death. >> oh, man. >> but as minutes tick by, the question soon becomes one for witnesses on the ground. what should they do? >> we're skating across the bridge here. >> tara johnson is roller-blading through fairmont park in philadelphia with her boyfriend, garrett couples, on

may 6, 2000, when their leisurely saturday afternoon takes a turn. >> i glanced over my left shoulder and noticed there was a gentleman sitting on the bridge. >> next thing tara and garrett know, police cars and fire trucks swarm all around them. they're forced off the bridge to a nearby riverbank. >> i remember commenting to my girlfriend that if he does jump, i'm going in. but i don't think that i really believed that i would actually -- that it would come down to that. >> if it does come to that, garrett couples is qualified. he's a medical student trained in lifesaving cpr. and for eight straight summers he's been an ocean lifeguard with a perfect rescue record. >> i've been in the water at least 100 times. >> by now, more than 50 i policemen and firefighters are on the scene, and couples assumes that with so many rescuers around they won't need his help. and up on the bridge, negotiators make contact with the man on the ledge as a crowd of onlookers gathers below. >> i see the big rescue truck there. i see police all along the bridge.

>> howard gillam works for a local cable station and just happens to be driving by when he notices some commotion. >> so i'm, like, hey, i've got the camera in my car. let's get out and videotape it. >> gillam estimates by the time he starts taking this dramatic video, the man, matthew buford, has already been on the bridge for ten minutes, maybe more. >> the leg up.

>> buford lets go with one hand, leaning out over the water. >> don't jump! >> police and firefighters are lining the bridge, but strangely, there's no rescue boat in the water. >> a mile down the river. >> but so far nearly 20 minutes have passed and no rescue boat has been able to make it there yet. >> whoa. >> the situation appears to be getting worse. >> oh, come on, buddy. don't jump. >> if buford does jump, he might survive the 50-foot fall. but no one knows if he can swim.

>> garrett said to me, the guy's going to knock himself out and he's going to fall. a minute later he said i might be going swimming today. >> and then nearly 25 minutes into the ordeal, matthew buford jumps. >> there he goes. >> oh! >> what y'all going to do? >> okay. he can swim. >> after he jumped into the river, he started treading water for a while. >> swim! >> and at this time, i'm thinking, okay, where's the rescue unit at? >> no matter what buford was thinking when he jumped, now in the water he seems to be fighting for his life and looks like a man who needs help.

>> dude ain't doing good. >> dude ain't doing too good. >> authorities on the bridge toss down a lifeline, but it doesn't come close. you can see it off to the right. >> must have a hundred boats out there. >> by this time buford has been struggling for almost go minutes in the middle of a 500-foot-wide river.

>> come on, man. >> matthew buford is losing strength. for the first time his head slips under the water. there seems to be no official rescue response. what would you do? what would the bystanders do? should they risk their lives for someone who might not want to be saved? >> and then all of a sudden he went under and i turned around to look and garrett was gone. >> there's somebody out there coming. >> garrett couples, the lifeguard with a perfect record, is in the water, swimming from the opposite shore. buford's head pops back up, but it's clear there isn't much time. >> at that point i just freestyling as fast as i could. >> he's got a long way to go. >> couples know that when a victim goes under he has only a small window, about four minutes, to save someone from drowning. >> he goes under one more time, that's it. >> 50 yards left to swim and matthew buford goes under again. >> come on, man. about a half an hour. >> more than that. >> but garrett couples is closing in. >> i mean, my record's perfect, and i wasn't giving it up. >> we got 900 cops here. >> on the shore, all hope seems lost. >> that's it. >> but under the water, near the muddy bottom, couples is still searching. >> i dove for the bottom, about eight feet, at which point i saw something that appeared white. a flash. and i didn't know what it was. i took another -- maybe a half a stroke and i opened my eyes again, and at that point mr. buford and i were face to face. >> miraculously, garrett couples brings the drowning man back to the surface. with adrenaline pumping, he's lost track of time but knows the four-minute mark that might mean the difference between life and death was fast approaching. >> i heard mr. buford make a

sound as though he was attempting to breathe. >> breathe, buddy! come on!

>> garrett calls out for a life buoy he can use to brace buford as he brings him to shore. >> i need a brig! >> but authorities don't seem to understand. >> i gave him a second look and i noticed that now his lips were getting blue and i knew at that point it's -- you have to make a decision. >> this is a very difficult decision for couples to make. to prevent the spread of aids and other diseases, modern rescue crews carry plastic equipment so they can give emergency breathing without direct mouth-to-mouth contact, part of what's called universal precautions. >> i knew that it was probably going to be a couple minutes before i could get him to shore. i didn't think that he had a chance unless i -- >> he's trying to give him mouth to mouth.

>> that boy is good. >> now finally, help is on the way. but it's not a policeman or fireman. like garrett, it's just another person who was out in the park that day. >> when he went under water, the clock's ticking instantly.

and that's why i went in the water. >> steven lloyd is a 46-year-old registered nurse, but unlike garrett couples he's not a lifeguard. in fact, steven lloyd says he hasn't been swimming in ten years. >> he's trying to do something. >> i just asked him, do you have any training? >> and i gulped on water and i said i'm exhausted. >> i said, okay, well grab him under his arm and we're going to tow him to shore. >> it's been more than four minutes now since matthew buford went under when garrett couples reaches the shore. but if he expects help to be waiting, he's in for another surprise. >> come on. come on. get him over. >> i expected them to have everything possible to save this gentleman set up and ready to go.

at the very minimum the bag masks we use to ventilate somebody and oxygen. i mean, that alone does worlds of good. >> get down there! >> keep the camera rolling. >> out of the way. >> but as the videotape shows, only now are authorities pushing spectators back, scrambling over the railing down to the river. >> i gave him two breaths before i handed him over and they pulled him on shore and began chest compressions. i remember hearing steven lloyd shouting at them. >> i said ventilate him, ventilate him, ventilate him. and they were, like, sir, we can't. universal precautions. >> now more time ticks away. you can see a rescuer carrying a plastic bag with the all-important breathing gear. only now on the way down to the river. >> the man needed to be ventilated. i really thought this guy could have been saved. i really did. energy lives here.

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but watch the video again, this time listening to more of the conversation. it may change your opinion. first the deputy tries to get winkfein to sign her ticket, agreeing that she'd show up for court. and when he asks her to step out of the car, he says she puts both of them in an unsafe position. >> get over here now! >> give it to me and i'll sign it! his police department is defending his actions saying what he's actually doing is trying to get himself and kathryn winkfein away from a notoriously dangerous stretch of highway. >> she chose to disregard not only her own personal safety but she chose to disregard the safety of the deputy. >> if you don't step back,

you're going to be tased. >> the deputy warns her again. then she issues a challenge. >> step back or you are going to be tased, ma'am. >> i dare you. >> the officer doesn't take her up on her dare yet. she keeps moving forward. >> get back over there. >> i'm getting back in my car. >> you are going to be tased. >> i'm getting back in my car. >> no, ma'am. >> the lady was told nine times to step back and comply with the officer's request. step back, ma'am. step back, ma'am. if you don't step back, ma'am, i'm going to taser you. >> so finally the officer makes good on his promise. >> get on the ground. get on the ground. [ screaming ] >> put your hands behind your back. put your hands behind your back or you'll be tased again! >> the video sparks a national debate on morning news shows. >> okay, let me ask you, did the deputy do what was right or did he go over the line?

>> hands behind your back. you are going to be tased again. >> i would say he went a little over the line. >> really? >> he kept shoving this 72-year-old woman. >> i think he pushed her because they're in traffic. get her off the road. she kept trying to get the door of the car. >> couldn't he just grab and -- >> she kept saying don't touch me. you are going to shove a 72-year-old woman. i think at some point -- [ screaming ] >> put your hands behind your back. >> so should the deputy have found another way to gain control? >> he had attempted to put handcuffs on her, advising her she was under arrest. and she broke away from him. that's physical noncompliance. that's physical noncompliance. if he would have forced her down to the ground against -- totally against her will, he could have broke something. he mitigated this safely, effectively, and efficiently. >> medical personnel check out

winkfein at the scene and she's not hurt from the tasing. but she is charged with resisting arrest, a charge she's fighting. and she sends a letter to the travis county commissioner's office demanding $165,000 for pain and suffering, medical expenses and humiliation. the commissioner's office settles with winkfein for $40,000. the constable's office maintains the officer did nothing wrong and calls the payout a miscarriage of justice, insists it sets a bad precedent. the county judge says defending a lawsuit would have cost more than $40,000. winkfein tells us she's satisfied and just wants to put the whole thing behind her. sometimes decisions are made on gut instinct. there's no time to evaluate the consequences. and at a bank in seattle, washington, another man makes a quick decision. will he regret it? >> put the bag on the counter. he said this is a ransom. fill the bag with money. >> jim nicholson is the teller in this video. when the robber demands the money, caught on the bank's security cameras, jim's instincts kick in. >> i grabbed the bag, threw it on the ground and said where is

it? referring to if he had a weapon. >> it's a bold move by the teller. the robber hesitates. he doesn't show a weapon. what would you do in this situation? would you give the robber what he wants or call his bluff? would you attempt an aggressive move? the teller makes his decision. >> i lunged towards him. he backed off. at that point i ran around the counter and chased him. >> nicholson chases the robber down the street, tackling him and pinning him down until police arrive soon after. some see jim nicholson as a hero, but his bosses at the bank don't agree. two days after the robbery attempt, he's fired. some customers are outraged. >> i just can't believe that he would get fired for doing something that i feel was right. >> bank policy says tellers are supposed to comply with the robber, give him what he wants.

basically the goal should be to get the robber out of the bank. key bank has this to say. our policies and procedures are in the best interests of public safety and are consistent with industry standards. money, which is insured, can be replaced. lives cannot." the fbi which advises banks on the best and safest approach believes. >> in no way do we suggest physical confrontation with a robber. too many thing cans go wrong. >> but nickelson says letting this guy get away with it isn't the answer. >> i have to represent him so he cannot do this again, so he cannot come to our branch and

try to rob us again. >> the robber won't be visiting this branch or any bank soon. he pleads guilty to the bank robbery and is sentenced to three years behind bars followed by three years of parole. and that's a medal of award for nickelson. he said despite being fired, if he had it to do all over again, he would. coming up, a convenience store owner makes a startling decision. i said, please, don't shoot me. convenience stores are notorious targets for thieves. >> it's a change of job, you yes, ge makes powerful machines. but i'll be writing the code that will allow those machines to share information with each other. i'll be changing the way the world works. (interrupting) you can't pick it up, can you? go ahead. he can't lift the hammer. it's okay though! you're going to change the world.

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convenience stores are notorious targets for thieves. >> it's a change of job, you know, i'm here long time in this community. i'm here last 15 years. >> mohammed earns this shirley's

express convenience store on new york's long island. he says he maintains a loyal following of customers and has managed to dodge a big bullet in his line of work -- getting robbed -- until now. it's just past midnight and mohammed is finishing up some paperwork before locking up for the night. >> my head is down on my paperwork and i guy come quick and say give me the money. >> the robber tosses the phone and waves a baseball bat threatening mohammed. >> he said hurry up, give me the money. >> one wrong move could have deadly consequences. convenience store murders are near the top of the list of workplace slayings in the u.s. every year. and now the phone is across the room so he can't call the cops. but the clerk has been siding something from the robber with the menacing bat. he's got a weapon of his own, a big gun under the counter. what would you do in this situation? would you fight back? break out the gun? or just give the man threatening you with a weapon what he wants. >> i had to decide myself. i can't call somebody to ask what am i going to do now. >> mohammed makes some choices this robber never sees coming. >> i say hold up. let me give you the money. i take the gun and i tell him drop the bat. get down. and he see my gun. that's a surprise for him. just like a shock. >> almost instantly, the thief drops to his knees and begs for mercy. >> he says please, don't shoot me. don't call the police. please, i'm sorry, i'm sorry. i have no money. i have no food.

my family is hungry. my little baby have no milk. >> the thieves words weigh heavily on mohammed, so next in an extremely odd twist, the shop owner makes an unexpected decision. >> i feel bad. i'm going to help him. i tell him, listen, promise me you will never rob anybody again. >> with the promise, mohammed decides he's going to give money to the man who wanted to take it from him only minutes earlier. >> i come back around the counter, open the cash register, take $40 and i tell him take this money. go take it to your family and never rob anybody again. >> mohammed's compas to the moham life in >> muslim i want to be a muslim just lik he put his for he do a shake han you a you ar >> gave the g more. i tell him, i say t family. i milk, then gone. he's left. to the robbe instea he de conv com and now he's decis first, his decision to >> if the pe i'm g what d you can have i i'm can h >> then the decision to >> some peop i say thi when i'm a l tell me, son, when so >> ask th wants to press charge pro moh lessons too. >> helped to ma shirl mostl m sending i'm i'm g it's >> un year after the i econo the s 15 years. he said, please, don't shoot me. i have no money, my baby is hungry, needs food. >> in an extreme odd twist, the shop owner makes an unexpected decision. >> i feel bad. i'm going to help him. i tell him, listen, promise me you'll never rob anybody again. >> with the promise, he decide he's going to give money to the

man who wanted to take it to him only moments earlier. >> i take $40 and i tell him take this money, go take care of your family and never rob anybody again. >> his compassion seems to hit the thief hard. he says i want to be a muslim just like you. i said are you sure? >> he said yes. >> i say put your right hand up. he does the same thing. and then after this prayer i shake hand and i said congratulations, you are a muslim brother. >> mohamed knows the $40 will

only get him so far so he decide to do more. i tell him take the bread, let me get the milk for your family. i come back, he's gone. he's left. >> mohamed said he wasn't going to call the police but because the robber decide to run away, he decide this thief's conversion may not have been completed and now he's alone in the store, left to think about the decisions he just made. first his decision to overtake the man attacking him. >> if the person has the knife, gun, then i say, brother, what do you need? you want the cash register? you can have it. >> then people say why don't you shoot him? i can't do this think.

when i'm a little baby, my tell me, son, when somebody come to you, help him. >> ses sew that's exactly what mohamed does. and when the cop asks the good samaritan does he want to cause lessons, he declines. >> mostly people in california, they're sending me checks. and in future, i'm going to help. it's changed my whole life. >> unfortunately less than a year after the incident mohamed false victim of but treu to his word, he donates whatever

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