what's it like to go full >> danger, just flashing back and forth. >> adrenaline. >> it's magnificent. it's crazy. >> add haven't tour. >> there are a lot of things that can go wrong. it's what drives these daredevils. they fly at high speed and challenge gravity. they dive to get close to sharks. >> i'm just looking at jaws of death. >> and that's only the beginning. >> the next thing you know, it knocks my regulator out of my mouth. i realize i'm got to get out of the cage and drown or the shark is going to bite me. >> they're thrill seekers. they have no fear.

"caught on camera" risk. >> they live on the edge. they're addicted to adrenaline. they're dare devils and constantly pushing the limits to go faster and farther and higher than anyone else. but sometimes the rush is replaced by a jolt of pure terror. >> faster than a speeding bullet. it's a bird. it's a plane. no. it's a man. in a wing suit? and it doesn't get much mover daring than this. >> many of us have had that dream of flying when we're

small. flying a wing suit in the mountain is that feeling. >> wing sult jumpers reach speeds up to 150 miles an hour. >> it's like medicine for me. those first two, three, four seconds, they are extraordinary. >> but with big reward comes big risk. >> it's magnificent. it's crazy. >> for norwegian weng suit flier hanz langs, this day starts like any other. >> beautiful day. no winds. perfect for wing flying in the mountains. >> after a long hike up a mountain in northwestern norway, hanz and a few friends find the spot they've been looking for. a two-foot by one-foot ledge perched more than 5,000 feet above the ground. for hanz, there's only one way

down. >> i gain speed, the first four, five seconds, then you flatten out when you get speed in the suit. >> so far his flight is going as planned. >> after ten, 12 seconds of free fall, i say okay, this is nice. i have a nice path. i make a slight curve to lose some height and also gain speed. i made a sharp right turn going pretty close there and then make a left turn into the neighboring valley. i was like, this was marvelous, my hair on my neck, awe, it's awesome. >> now streaking along the mountain side at about 110 miles an hour, caught on his helmet camera, a great jump turns disaffidavit trous. in an instant he's getting too close to the mountain.

he deploys his pair suit. >> i opened my parachute, i'm very aware that i have very close to the mountain side. >> if he crashes into the mountain, he knows it could mean death. so he fights with everything he has to turn his parachute away from that menacing wall. >> instantly, when i saw it, it's going to be a fight for life and death. so i just put all my energy on hitting the wall. after the impact, you are only working, working, working, working to survive. >> hanz uses his legs to kick himself away from the rock. much to his surprise, it works. >> i was like, wow, i'm flying out again. i got a second chance. >> but he doesn't immediately realize the lines attached to

his parachute are twisted, and he begins to fall straight down. >> ah! >> bam. i felt immediately that bang with my leg. >> his collision with the unforgiving rock breaks his leg. >> i felt instantaneously pain. and then i see the bushes and into the bushes, luckily. >> hanz sounds worse than his injuries actually are. the bushes provide a nice soft landing spot. >> if that's pure rocks or a shelf or something, i could have died. people have died in that situation before me. >> he's so happy to be alive. as the pain of his broken leg sets in, so does a whole range of emotions. >> i was so angry and so lucky

in one moment. >> [ bleep ]. >> i was way angry because it's a lack of concentration. i don't think i've said so many swearing words in a row. >> hanz' anger is short lived, a rescue helicopter is on the way, and as he lays in his makeshift bed of bushes, he tries to make some sense of what happened to him. at first hanz is having what he thinks is a great flight. as he carves his way around the mountain, seemingly flying, it's on this turn he says he makes an almost deadly mistake. >> the major error was i was flying too close to the mountain. >> so close that when he tries to correct the mistake by deploying his parachute, he doesn't have room to turn himself around, away from the rock face and into open space. >> and i feel trapped. i was very afraid of doing a turn. doing a turn you lose lots of

altitu altitude. >> so he sees only one choice. >> when i understood that there was only one way and that was into the mountain, i was scared. you just have to try to avoid what might kill you and it goes very fast. >> luckily he does survive what could have been a deadly fall. >> the helicopter is coming right now to get me. >> the chopper arrives and hoists hanz to safety. he's flown to a hospital where he's treated for his broken leg and given stitches for a few cuts, but amazingly has no life-threatening injuries. >> lesson learned. don't hit the mountain. coming up -- >> the shark is flashing back and forth. >> a man fights for his life under water. >> next thing he knows, he nothings my regulator out of my mouth. >> no air.

a shark on the attack. >> the first steps are some of the worst. the start is the most difficult. >> when "caught on camera: risk" continues. with the xfinity tv app,

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careful what you wish for. >> the sharks just flashing back and forth. i have my hands on his nose and mouth. i'm looking into his mouth. >> jerry loman is fighting for his life, as this great white shark flashes its razor sharp teeth and rams through the very cage that's supposed to project jerry. >> he's shaking literally the whole cage. i'm surpriseed it doesn't take apart. >> terrified and trapped, his ordeal is only just beginning. a lot more than this 30-year-old banker bargained for when he signed up for the shark dive off the coast of south africa. he knew it would be dangerous. it started as the thrilling experience he hoped for. >> you couldn't have scripted it better. this once-in-a-lifetime experience where these huge, huge creatures get so close to you. >> close, but this close? >> stuff is going to happen, but you've just got to live your

life. you only have one life. >> jerry decides he needs to live it to the fullest. as vice president at a large bank, he works long hours, nights, weekends, and hasn't ever really taken a vacation. when he sees an ad in the paper for a trip to south africa, he makes a spontaneous decision and packs his bag. >> i was going to pull out all the stops and the piece deresistance was cage diving, shark diving. >> a couple months after seeing the ad in the paper, jerry finds himself in one of the diving capitals of the world at the southern tip of south africa, staring at a shark cage. >> shaking your head, looking, wow, that thing is so small. if one of these sharks wanted to get into it, there was no stopping it. >> as jerry sizes up the shark cage, he notices an even bigger

concern. >> i kind of remember noting that it seemed like there was a big hole, big holes around the side. they mentioned they had removed a bar so a camera crew could swim and out and hadn't put it back. >> jerry thinks that hole looks big enough for a shark to get through. but the captain assures him he'd be safe. he nods cautiously and boards the board. he didn't come halfway around the world to miss out on seeing great white sharks. when out at sea he finally gets a look at one of these massive creatures, he understands why the captain isn't concerned about that little gap between the bars. >> this thing looked like a submarine. it was huge. >> jerry loves it. he's hooked. >> they're really inquisitive, swimming up to the bottom, swimming around the sides, getting really close. you could almost kind of plays with him. >> jerry never imagined the shark could get this close. >> bam, hits this cage, just spot on, right on the opening

where they had the bar removed. all of a sudden you see this huge head with just teeth inching its way closer and closer. >> any diver's worst nightmare, jerry and another tourist are forced into the bottom of the cage to avoid the now thrashing shark. >> looking at the jaws of death. this can't be happening. i can't die. >> the shark is forcing his way further and further into the cage. >> it was a few inches away. i remember looking into his mouth, my hands on his nose. >> jerry is frantically searching for a way out. >> i wasn't going to be able to swim up to the top because he was just moving around too much. more than likely he was going to bite a leg or an arm. >> the situation is dire and almost unbelievably it's about to get worse. >> the next thing you know, nothings my regulator out of my mouth. >> with no air supply, it's do or die. i realize i've got to get out of the cage or i'm going to drown,

or the shark is going to bite me. >> he has to think quickly. >> i'm trying to throw him off, he manages to turn his head. i realize there's an opening. >> the other diver sees what jerry does and he knows if he stays it could mean death. miraculously he shoots out the other side of the cage. they're both out, thrilled to be alive. be but the danger is far from over. coming up, jerry loman is out of the cage, but not out of danger yet. >> i had ten kilos of air on me, so i started fighting. >> a dramatic fight for survival. and later, balancing on the brink. a high wire walker steps into danger when "caught on camera: risk" continues.

jr.ry loman, a banker from the midwest was hoping for the trip of a lifetime when he booked his six-week vacation to south africa. when he finds himself under water without oxygen, fighting fiercely with a five-ton great white shark, he knows he's one head thrash away from death. suddenly, he sees an opening and somehow he manages to escape the rath of the great white. as soon as he finds himself in open water, he realizes he's not

out of danger yet. his lunges are burning for air and he can see the surface, but he just can't get there. >> i start falling, and i had ten, 12 kilos of weight on me. >> with 10 to 12 kilos or 25 pounds shoving him under water, he manages to grab the bottom of the cage. >> i need to get out of the water. >> he climbs up the cage, emerges from the water and finally the air his body is craving. >> they throw me into the boat and i remember laying face down for a couple minutes going, did this really happen. >> lucky to be alive, he rolls over and sees the other diver who was in the cage with him, also with his limbs intact. >> he says, man, you saved my life. i was just going to stay there. you made the decision and got out the side and it worked for

you, so i thought i would try it. >> they're both safe on the boat but realize the shark they escaped is now the one fighting for its life. >> great whites have to swim constantly to get the oxygen through the water so they can survive. if he stays in that cage, he's going to die. >> despite his ordeal, jerry doesn't want to see the shark die. so the group works together to tip the cage and free it. and when he returns to land, jerry can't seem to free himself of the memory of his close encounter. >> i had nightmares for probably four to six months after that, just waking up. wow, you put your arm somewhere, he bites your arm off. >> finally he's at peace with what happened that day. >> i've kind of come full circle, that before i was more in the corporate world and now actually for a living i'm a dive instructor. >> a dive instructor? that's right. perhaps the most surprising part of this whole story is that jerry loman now runs his own

company out of thailand. >> i'm a dive instructor for a living. we'll see sharks on a daily basis. i don't have any residual effects from it. but it was definitely a scary, traumatic event. christian sqoo is balancing on a narrow code more than 3,000 feet in norway. he's attempting a slack line walk when suddenly -- >> it's august 3, 2006. christian is atop keir rad mountain in southwest norway. he strung the line himself, testing each screw to make sure it's securely fashioned and edging along the wire, checking it inch by inch. his only protection if he falls during the attempt will be a safety harness attached to the line. if the cord or screws break,

christian will plunge to his death. >> translator: there are a lot of things that can go wrong. for example, you could have something sharp in your pocket that can cut the line. >> once christian has gone through his safety check, he starts psyching himself up for the attempt. music gets him in the zone. it's hard to believe anyone can relax perched so high above the rocky cliffs, but with his feet dangling over the edge of the canyon like he's just sitting at the kitchen table, christian finds peace. he's ready. he edges along the rope to the other side of the ravine. christian climbs onto the line and struggles to find his balance. he's tried and failed to do this same slack line walk before, so he knows how difficult it will be. >> translator: the first steps are some of the worst. the start is the most difficult.

>> tentatively he takes a few ste steps. he tumbles, instinctively clinging to the rope for safety. it's a scare rereminder of how easily this can go wrong. seemingly unshaken, christian prepares to start again. unlike a tightrope, the slack line is loose. it bounces and swings as christian tries to balance. the line is flat, but it's only one-inch thick. christian is 3,280 feet in the air. that's nearly three times the height of the empire state building. slowly, cautiously, breathing deeply, christian places one foot in front of the other bridging the gulf step by step.

as he reaches the halfway point of the 39-foot crossing, he starts singing to himself. a tiny voice in the vast canyon. seconds later -- >> whoo! >> he's made it. >> whoo! >> immediately after the stunt, christian tries to explain why he took on the challenge. >> translator: we create contrast in our lives, so that for things to be really great, we must also experience hell. standing on that line is hell. it's damn good to come home and sit on the sofa and relax. >> whoo! >> if you have a video you'd like to send us, you can logon to our website, caught on camera.msnbc.com. i'm contessa brewer. that's it for this edition of

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