the same speed as the guy in the wing suit. >> these parachutes are not normal parachute.to guide the parachute the same speed as the wing suits, and slow themselves down, too. >> can the wing suit person, i'm wondering, feel the parachuter's feet on his back? >> actually, if you watch the video again you'll actually see the guy on the parachute did not just put his feet on his back. to stay locked with them you actually rotate your feet underneath the parachute the wing suit is wearing. you actually are locked on and you have to have extreme trust in your pilot. >> has it of been done frbefore? >> the guys at lodi are pioneering the whole thing. nothing quite like the level we're doing up there. >>> now i have a video that has gone crazy in brazil and is now spreading internationally. >> oh. [ laughter ] >> [ bleep ]. >> this is vanessa. she's about to be proposed to by her boyfriend but he sends her on a scavenger hunt to find what she thinks is an easter egg. the first clue son the floor. she picks it up. the second at the bottom of her flip-flop. >> i love this guy for

my parachute is black and white, so i knew it wasn't my parachute. >> a bystander captures this on amateur video. homes after the two collide, they are 1500 feet above the ground and jerome is trapped in a tangled web of cords from the other jumper's parachute. he's unable to move, unable to see and unable to free himself. >> i could feel myself spinning rather quickly. and i was aware of the other parachutes below me. i don't know what i was waiting for, i was just -- just there. we were spinning. >> together the two weigh more than 300 pounds and they are held by only half a parachute. for 40 seconds the two fall helplessly out of control. >> for a brief time i thought that i was going to die because i was going to be surprised when i hit the ground. >> another pilot rushes to where they hit the ground. >> the girl ran passed me and said you better dial for an ambulance. two parachutes were in a wreck and have just hit the ground. i said, how bad? she said, it has to be the worst. >> they hit the ground at about 25 miles an hour. jerome lands on his side and amazingly he's conscious. >>

like he made any attempt whatsoever to release the parachute and use his reserve parachute. that's what we don't understand. >> there were seven deaths at the parachute center between 1999 and 2009. >>> 7 people were hurt today when a navy fighter jet crashed in to a virginia beach apartment complex. six of them have been released from the hospital. both pilots ejected. one is still hospitalized. officials say there were no deaths but they still haven't accounted for all the residents. the fighter was powered by a student and instructor. it appeared the plane was on approach to nearby station oceana. >> a bus carrying prisoners caught fire this afternoon causing a backup on interstate 580, eastbound direction. this shows the scene about 1:00 this afternoon. the bus was taking 22 inmates from the courthouse in oakland to the santa rita jail. two deputies evacuated safely but one was treated for smoke inhalation. >>> a scary scene in oakland. take a look. we first showed you this at 5:15. a truck slammed in to a building at foothill and 39th avenue at 5:00 tonight. we're told

even when i saw the parachute come out and -- i never saw no fire, no flash. nothing. >> what was going through your head? >> well, you know, i was excited that katie, my daughter, could see the parachute. i don't know if she really caught that part or not, but as soonsa the smoke came up it was definitely a feeling in the pit of my stomach that something wasn't right although i still was questioning if it was nothing major because i hadn't heard any impact. i hadn't felt anything so i had no cause to be seriously alarmed, but as soon as we heard the minor explosion and then approached the apartment building in the car we knew things were seriously wrong. >> how much do you know about the area? is it your understanding that on a typical day people will be inside those buildings? >> you know, i'm not from here so i don't know much about the area, but the friend that i was visiting, the first thing that she was saying when we approached was that it was spring break. she knows that apartment complex fairly well. it's a worldwide mix of people, a lot of families a

his friends continue parachuting down the canyon. he is unable to move.oo much of a climb back up the mountain for his friends to help him, so ted waits alone, scared and in serious pain. >> i'm immediately on the radio. >> i'm alive. i think i'm pretty hurt, though. >> i was having trouble breathing. definitely a lot of short breaths. just a lot of pain in my whole core area. i needed help. and i wasn't going to be able to get out of there in that location on my own. >> i can move everything. i literally put it all on my back and i'm coughing up a lot of blood. i don't know if i just knocked my lungs loose or -- >> by the time the rescue team arrives half an hour later, ted believes he's seriously injured. in an incredible piece of timing, two blackhawk helicopters happened to be in the area doing training exercises. >> having two blackhawk helicopters come in and fly into this 100 feet away from a cliff with flying shrapnel of rock, it was a dangerous location. they were 100%, you know, there to help and they are my heroes. >> the army soldiers hoist te

your parachute should go off and you should have enough time to safely parachute to the ground. not entirely clear to me here what this gentleman saw, what the situation was. because if it was a low altitude ejection, that's even more dangerous. that rocket propelled charge would not be able to propel you high enough for you to have the time then to float down in your parachute. so it's not entirely clear what situation the pilots were facing. perhaps they were hanging in there until the very last minute to try and get the plane away from this area. that's what i think many people are going to look at, at how that might have unfolded. >> barbara, just to be clear here, you have reports now -- your sources telling you there were two people taken to a local hospital. one would be the pilot and one was injured on the ground. >> right. we are told -- we are told by local hospital authorities that two patients were taken to local hospital. one was one of the aviators. one was a person from the ground and certainly we know that other virginia beach hospitals are prepared to take any c

the footage of the dangling parachutes. >> oh, a parachute. >> that saved the pilot. >>> the pill that stops cancer? why it might be helping cancer helping to halt cancer in our bodies right now. why the lilacs could hold the secret why. >>> and the painter of life. remembering an american artist. what he hoped to do with each of his paintings. now hanging in 10 million american homes. do you have one in your living room? >>> good evening. we begin here tonight with the city on alert. tulsa, oklahoma. the fbi has joined in the man hunt for the lone gunman behind five separate shootings. three people are dead. two others seriously injured. authorities believe the shooter, a white man, might be tarting his suspects because of the color of his skin. all of the victims were outside walking. the mayor and the police chief were asked, is this a hate crime? they said, the logic would lead you to believe that. we begin with pierre thomas. >> reporter: a serial killer on the loose. a city living in fear. >> this is something we have never seen in tulsa oklahoma since i have been a police office

the parachutes, people watched them parachute to the ground. i believe one of the pilots was taken to the hospital for routine measures. again, the aircraft crashing directly after takeoff. now, naval air station on oceana is just below where this happened. if we can get that map back up to show everybody where naval air station oceana is. it will be just below where this happened. and it is an interior position for the air station itself. and it is a highly populated dense area of virginia beach. but the naval air station is roughly, you can see it here on your map. where mayfair mews. then the yellow line under that is the virginia beach expressway, 264. then a little lower down on the left-hand side, you can see naval air station oceana. so again, you can see all of the development. all of the businesses, all of the roadways leading in and out of the ocean front there in virginia beach. if i still have you on the phone, you said your son was the person who called you. where was he in this general vicinity? >> he was at a driving range not to

one of the parachutes attached to the ejector seats. david tkerley is in virginia beach with word on the student pilot and what happened moments after takeoff that led to this. >> reporter: this is our first good look at the melted carbon fiber, the charred metal, that was an f-18 fighter. hazardous materials crews quietly sprayed down the wreckage. in contrast to the mayhem when the jet slammed in to this apartment complex. >> and i t just looked basically like he dropped out of the sky. >> it was terrible loud crashing! >> and then things started to explode. >> reporter: five apartment buildings, 50 units in all, destroyed in the crash and fire. residents stunned when they discovered the pilots. >> oh, [ bleep ], parachute. >> reporter: this is a pilot basically strapped into his parachute, laying on your patio, >> laying on the patio. on his side. his hands were up. >> reporter: it was that pilot's lucky day. pat kavenaugh is a former rescue worker. >> he apologized for crashing into the complex, and i said, "don't worry about it son

they checked him out for serious injuries and cut him out of the parachute. heros indeed. >>> on to the campaign trail, where the topic today was religion and politics. what is the right balance? plus, gingrich sounding like a candidate who knows he has been beaten. melanie alnwick has our roundup. [ applause ] >> reporter: 100,000 catholics gathered in vatican city. in america, the catholic church has wielded its political power when it forced the president obama to change its rules on contraception coverage. on face the nation, cardinal timothy dolan said it's not realistic to have complete separation of church and state. >> i think politics, like business, education, arts, culture, only benefits when religion, when morals, when faith has a place there. i think the public square in the united states is always enriched whenever people approach it when they're inspired by their deepest held convictions. >> reporter: meet the press discussed faith and politics. >> i think we need to take god off the ballot. this issue surfaces every two years. but for sure, ev

the owner of lodi parachute center says the victim's first parachute opens but malfunctioned and his back up did not open. he landed in a vine yard. he was not identified but friends said he was 70 and was an experienced skydiver who had jumped thousands of times, a faa administration is investigating. >>> the sacramento d.a.'s office is being criticized for locking up the teenaged victim of an alleged rape. prosecutors say they locked up the 17-year-old girl to make sure she testifies in the case. she failed to show up at a preliminary hearing and has a history of running away. the d.a.'s office says the alleged rapist is likely to rape again unless he is convicted. the girl has been in juvenile hall for the past two weeks, a hearing today will determine if she should be set free. >>> a man suspected of robbing several bay area banks has been arrested. 22-year-old jeremy morton was arrested during a traffic stop in sacramento county. morton is believed to have robbed banks in concord, oakland, san leandro, livermore and stockton between february and march of this year. >>> a car stu

the man was still mountain parachute when he when they got to him. he apparently hit the roof and bounced down but the parachute had caught on something. so i know there was one pilot there. i don't know where they got the other person. >> shep: for viewers, a military jet has crashed into a series of apartment complexes in virginia beach, virginia. felissa is on the line with us. right after you saw all this, were authorities out to help the injured. did you see people in distress. you couldn't see anything by the time i came back out. the front of the building, it was out of my view completely. but within a minute, you could hear sirens. very fast response, could you hear them before i could even get my car in the. a navy has been here. a lot of fire apparatus was here. a lot of people, tall ladders trying to fight it from very high up. the smoke was so black and high, they had to use that equipment. >> shep: felissa has had extraordinary day watching this. we're glad you are well. thank you very much for the input. we're learning the navy trained

my parachute weighed 35 pounds. didn't have leverage. >> the only person left in the plane is the pilot. he can't leave the controls. as andy dangles 11,000 feet up with no one to help him, his dad and friends land safely on the ground, where don vick is working desperately to rescue his friend. >> we knew that the odds of someone surviving what andy was going through were possibly not good. >> but don isn't giving up hope, yet. >> it just wasn't an option for andy to perish. it wasn't going to happen. >> he calls andy's dad into his office to run through the rescue option. >> we talked about the different angles of the tack of the aircraft, turning it in different directions, to see if we could dislodge andy. we tried that. >> it doesn't work. andy still hangs under the plane, frantically trying to save himself from death, high above the earth. >> there was one time where i actually got my fingertips on to the step. i immediately slipped off. i kept trying to climb back up. >> with each failed attempt, andy gets mo

pilot flying the man said the parachute opened prematurely second him in a spin. emergency chute never opened. the victim would has not been identified is described as an experienced sky diver who was well known at the lodi parachute center. >> he's had bad parachute in the past and not a history of all the time but in the sport you have what we refer to the as malfunctions and for whatever reason he didn't deal with it. >>reporter: that expert says the victim may have lost conscienceness and been unable to do anything. his body found in nearby vineyard. >>> in santa clara county fish game agent found a hawk shot to death by a pellet gun in san martin. another wounded by the same type of weapon just last month. tonight there is a 5,000 dollar reward for information leading to the shooter. fish game says the dead bird may have been the parent of younger red shoulder hawk found with pellet gun injuries on march 11th. nights a rehab center at the silicon valley build life center. >>> police arrested oakland man who they believe robbed 6 northern california banks. inv

and his parachute hanging from the building and i knew exactly what happened. a jet had crashed. >> reporter: the pilot was laying on his patio. and neighbor colby smith, who felt his walls shake and his power go out, came running to see what happened. >> and i saw the pilot, i saw the parachute on the house and the pilot was still connected to it. >> reporter: these two men and others at the apartment complex became the first responders, running to help the two navy men. >> the pilot said, "i'm sorry for destroying your house," and i just bent down and i touched him and i was like, "it's okay, really, are you okay?" and he was like, "i think i am." >> reporter: the pilots were pulled away, leaving their ejector seats scattered in backyards. the two aviators may have waited until just the last moment to eject. witnesses believe they were trying to avoid hitting nearby schools. residents were shaken. one man sitting and crying. others taken to the hospital for injuries and smoke inhalation, as fire crews looked for any other victims. it is a training squadron he

pilot flying the man said the parachute opened prematurely second him in a spin. emergency chute never opened. the victim would has not been identified is described as an experienced sky diver who was well known at the lodi parachute center. >> he's had bad parachute in the past and not a history of all the time but in the sport you have what we refer to the as malfunctions and for whatever reason he didn't deal with it. >>reporter: that expert says the victim may have lost conscienceness and been unable to do anything. his body found in nearby vineyard. >>> in santa clara county fish game agent found a hawk shot to death by a pellet gun in san martin. another wounded by the same type of weapon just last month. tonight there is a 5,000 dollar reward for information leading to the shooter. fish game says the dead bird may have been the parent of younger red shoulder hawk found with pellet gun injuries on march 11th. nights a rehab center at the silicon valley build life center. >>> police arrested oakland man who they believe robbed 6 northern california banks. inv

i see both of them eject, and the parachutes open.ent off to the right where the plane actually went down. >> when they ejected, you saw them coming out of the plane. i take it they went up before coming down? >> yeah. i mean, it just looked like something shot out of the top of it, which was them, and then the parachutes opened before it finished going down. it was already pretty low by the time they ejected. it looked like it was about to hit a rooftop, and that's when it went over. >> did they seem to be coming down -- >> i couldn't see what actually went down. >> did they seem as though they were coming down really fast? obviously, you did need some height for that parachute to open and catch some wind. >> oh, yes. when i looked up up, it was already angled to the right and coming down and on fire. i saw flames. >> wow. wow. amy miller, quite a day there. we, of course, hope as i know everyone in virginia beach does that it continues to be good news and that no one, in fact, was killed today. so far that's certainly the news we ha

both pilots jumped out with parachutes sending that unmanned plane into several apartment buildings. two more had significant damage. crews had not heard from anyone regarding missing loved ones. they searched for anyone who might have been inside. listen. >> i looked out and saw a pilot bleeding from the nose and his parachute hanging from the building, i knew what had happened. his jet had crashed. >> i knew one day something like this would happen. they're coming in lower and it's scary. >> reporter: the apartment complex is a few yards away from the naval station. they had ruled that the base should be moved. it's a residential neighborhood. once again, seven people were injured but they are expected to sphie. the pilot was apologizing as he was transported to the hospital. cheryl conner, abc2 news. >>> now the latest to a deadly shooting in anne arundel. 53-year-old ray coolington was found. the shooting is still under investigation. >>> a because the man accused of plotting to blow up a military recruitment center mr. spend the next 25 years in prison. antonio martinez plead gu

on board with them, astronaut buzz aldrine. >> we're down, parachutes come out.e still have cabin pressure and it's lowered on the outside. now we descend, all of a sudden the pressure is greater on the outside. that's saltwater, we're home. >> buzz aldrine was back to sign his book for those who had it. >> it's very, very exciting. >> reporter: and of course -- >> tranquility base here. the eagle has landed. >> reporter: to tell stories of his historic moon landing and walk. >> we flew over an undesirable area that takes more time and more fuel. so instead of having 1-1/2 of fuel on touchdown we had 20 second. >> lift off. >> reporter: the space shuttle program will end next year and nasa is now planning on heading back to the moon. aldrine questions the motive. he say that the moon is a barren world. and will not advance america. >> by the time we get to the moon it'll be past the 50th anniversary. 50 years ago we pioneered the moon. why are we going back to pioneer the moon again? >> reporter: instead aldrine wants the future leaders to think boldly. >> we nee

the ejection seat that turned into a parachute for the two pilots. both survive this. the seat charred after crashing but a fence. and all of this happened in a packed suburb. tonight, it is simply hard to believe, no one on the ground seriously hurt. look at this map. those dots there, one, a middle school, another busy highway, the third, a museum. the crash site, right there in the middle. david kerley is in virginia tonight to lead us off. >> reporter: just seconds after takeoff, the navy jet was in trouble. >> i looked up and the plane went straight up with no sound. just the engines were no -- were gone. and he went right into a dive. then boom, i could hear it hit and i seen black smoke and instantly smelled jet fuel. >> reporter: the fa-18 came crashing down onto an apartment complex. >> the whole thing was in flames. the whole backyard and then things started to explode and the black smoke kept going. >> reporter: a roof ripped off one building. others engulfed in flames. the initial crash, followed by explosions. pat kavanaugh, on his couch, heard the crash.

the owner of the lo dive parachute center said the first parachute opened but the back apodi not openhe has not been identified but friends say the map is -- 9 the man is around 70 years old and has thousands of jumps under his belt. >>> ghost ship that floated all the way from japan is resting at the bottom of the ocean. it broke loose during a japanese tsunami and has been floating across the pacific ocean sense. there were fears the boat would become a hazard to other ships trying to navigate through that area. >>> it's the end of the line for deandre brackensick. he was sent home last night despite already knowing the results his friends and family gathered at high five pizza to show their support. they say they are still very proud of him. >> this is only the beginning for him. he will be great. nothing but potential in the future for him. i'm so still proud of him and still proud to be his dad. >> he did make it into the top eight. that means he will perform in the upcoming american idol concert tour. later we will talk to deandre about the competition and future plans. that is

that is the parachute there on the left. in 2008, the pilot of an f-18 that crashed outside of san diego managed to eject, as well. but a family of four on the ground perished. maintenance issue s and an olde aircraft contributed to that crash. >> this is what the investigators look at. what caused this? did they have a fire after takeoff? why did this crew lose control of this aircraft and why did they have to make that decision to eject? >> reporter: already, today's incident is raising questions about the proximity of the base to the community that had grown up around it over the years. >> i've lived here for 14 years and i knew one day something like this was going to happen. because, i mean, the jet, they just come in and they're coming in lower and it's scary. >> reporter: efforts have been made in previous years to move the base, but no solution has been found. today's fiery crash will almost certainly start the debate once again. for "nightline," i'm martha raddatz. >> officials have yet to account for all the reside

stop making those parachutes. i think is the same principle with foreclosures. the problem goes well beyond foreclosures that are illegal. the fact is, if people are getting kicked out of their homes because they cannot afford to pay their mortgages because they were given predatory loans in some cases, they lost their jobs, they are not making enough money in this economy, they are working part time, they have unmet medical needs, so the question is, to the banks, based on their profit margins, get to decide who is in our neighborhood, or do we, the residents of san francisco, get to decide what kinds of neighborhoods we get to live in. so i think it is up to the city attorney, the district attorney, the mayor, to come down on the side of the homeowners and not on the side of the banks. thank you. >> think you very much. [applause] next speaker. >> i will pass and let somebody else speak. i think other people have more elegant speeches than i do. >> thank you. >> think the supervisors who are supporting this. in

that's the parachutes and suits. every time a pilot flies in the u2 our technicians at the 9th support squadron have done five inspections if you will of that pressure suit. just to make sure that all systems are go. >> the pilots who fly the u2 come from across the u.s. military and are specially screened. >> it takes a special kinds of individual to actually sign up for something like that. we have a competitive process for selection of our pilots and that's part of it is to ensure they know what they're getting themselves into by coming into the program in terms of being in that environment all by yourself. at high altitude. in a pressure suit that they're not used to wearing in a normal aircraft. it is something to get used to. it does take some time to get used to operating lick that. >> just flying the plane is a unique challenge says shane. >> it was meant to fly high. that's the regime it really operates best in. however when it gets lower it presents some challenges for pilot. >> presents a real dragon. >> y

rushed to help, cutting them from their parachutes. >> he was very apologetic about crashing, i said to him, don't worry about its, son, we will take care of you. >> while it is unclear whether the fuel dump was intentional or part of the malfunction, navy admiral john harvey credits the pilots with saving lives. >> they hung with that aircraft until the last possible moment on the jet trying to recover the aircraft and get it to safety. >> navy investigators are combing the site searching for a flight data recorder, the pilots interviews will also be key to understanding what caused this $40 million aircraft to crash in a populated area. >> these are very, very skilled, very professional officers, among the best we have and i am very confident we will get a very good detailed breakdown of what occurred. if you want to define a miracle, what happened here yesterday meets that definition for me. >> cowan: more than 60 residents who have been displaced will get assistance from the navy's emergency expense fund, the most severe injuries anyone suffered appear to be just a few broken bon

parachuting to safety, one landed on this man's porch. >> he was bleeding from the nose. his parachute was hanging from the building. >> both pilots survived, only one remains in the hospital tonight. in all seven were taken to hospital taken for non life- threatening injuries. unbelievable, say those who witnessed the horrible crash. >> it was red and orange and crackling. >> as they sift through the charred remains of the apartment, rescuers are hopeful but few of them are still unaccounted for will not be found in the wreckage. >> we are looking at everybody on the apartment manifest and making positive identification with everybody. we don't know what the holiday weekend if people may be out of town. >> there have been several workers out here, walking tonight, still sifting through the wreckage. that plan to work around the clock, and we expect another update at 8:30 in the morning of what progress has been made something else they are looking into is the fuel pump that happened right before the jet crashed. able officials will be looking into whether that was a mech

the witnesses say that his parachute appeared tangled. the faa -- 71-year-old kahoon of navado. the witnesses say that his parachute appeared tangled. the faa says he had 1,000 jumps under his belt. >>> more changes for yahoo. the product chief is leaving. he has been there since 2010. yahoo's ceo will brief the emmyees on employees on tuesday. the layoffs account for 14% of the workforce. they have seen the market share plunge in recent years. >>> the u.s. jobless rate fell slightly last month. but job creation slowed compared to previous months. the march unemployment rate dipped to 4.8% to 3.2. analysts contribute much of it for people who dropped out of the job market. they have predicted the u.s. will add more than $200,000 jobs. >>> it was such a miracle. >> christians everywhere take part in good friday ober is observances. some were moved to tears. >>> the sit in on the berkeley campus. what they are asking for from university officials. >> we are wrapping up a beautiful friday. the temperature change, the up coming weekend and th

the owner of the parachute center says it seems like calhoun's parachute opened prematurely and he didpear to make any attempt to release it or activate his reserve parachute. they will review the chute's log and packing card. the san joaquin coroner's office is also investigating. >>> time to grab the fishing poles and some lemon and garlic. salmon season starts today. it's the first full salmon season in three years. the boat captain says that the initial survey show almost no fishing in three years. they suggest that the salmon population rebound. >> and yes, it should be a great year, but you know we are very superstitious. we don't like to say anything until after it happens. >> my heart is going a mile a minute and i'm waiting for the big surprises here of salmon to get on the lines to go zoom and touch them. they will become the salmon fishing boats soon. the fish counts are so high that it has been extended until november 11. >> all right, your time is 7:39. people are headed outside for the big easter weekend. we've got the egg hunts everywhere. yes, now you can watch them and

taylor parachuted in. he's not someone who studied the year for 20, 30 and 40 years, so there are some mistakes in the book, but of all those scholars who have parachuted in and written a book on the war of 1812, his view is undoubtedly the best. now, my friends in canada are not that fond of it. they think i'm more critical of it than i am. but it's a very fine book. if i had to name one of the best books published in the past 10 or 15 years on the war, i would include his as the best. worth reading. bruce. >> a comment on the hartford convention and threats of disillusion that came from inside the country. just part of the demonizing of the federalists after the war or was there a real risk that new england might disassociate and join the maritimes? >> during the war of 1812, there was talk of succession in new england, but no serious successionist movement. and those who were chosen to attend the hartford convention at the end of the war were virtually all moderates. they adopted a moderate report so in

the owner of the parachute center said it saw his parachute open to early and he didn't appear to attempt to release it and activate this his reverse. the county coroner is investigating. >> the sheriff fighting back tears. >> i miss them terriblely. i want them to be okay. >> the latest twist in a very public drama. >> they were headed for the dumpster at goodwill. their value priceless. how these love letters made their way home. [ female announcer ] this is the story of sam, who made an unexpected arrival. [ woman ] he was 4 months early, weighing 1 pound, 12 ounces. [ female announcer ] fortunately, sam was born at sutter health's alta bates summit medical center. [ woman ] the staff was remarkable. they made me feel safe, trusting, cared for. [ giggles ] they saved his life. i owe all of them my son. [ female announcer ] alta bates summit medical center and sutter health -- our story is you. . >> suspended sheriff san francisco fought back tears talking about his wife he hasn't been allowed to see or speak to in months. the emotional interview followed a brief appearance in court. >>

. >> i seen the two guys' parachute. >> oh, parachute. >> reporter: other residents walked outside to see pilots in their ejection seats in their back yards. >> conscious but barely conscious. >> reporter: and pulled the navy man to safety. >> i cut him loose from his chair. >> reporter: the pilot seen here on the way to the hospital, apologized to residents. >> and the pilot said, i'm sorry for destroying your house. and i just bent down. and i touched him and said, it's okay. are you okay? >> reporter: this was a training flight with a student pilot in the front seat. abc news has learned from a military official that the pilots experienced a fuel lake on takeoff. they started to dump fuel to fly on one engine. but something went wrong. and the pilots were forced to eject, just moments before impact. >> this is a huge mess. >> reporter: rescuers searched all afternoon and into the night, looking for victims. and here's the good news. they thought that there were three people who were unaccounted for. well, there may have been some miscommunication. they actually believe that everybo

the owner of the parachute center said it saw his parachute open to early and he didn't appear to attempt to release it and activate this his reverse. the county coroner is investigating. >> the sheriff fighting back tears. >> i miss them terriblely. i want them to be okay. >> the latest twist in a very public drama. >> they were headed for the . >> suspended sheriff san francisco fought back tears talking about his wife he hasn't been allowed to see or speak to in months. the emotional interview followed a brief appearance in court. >> reporter: the suspended sheriff was in court for about a minute this morning to update the judge about taking domestic violence and parenting classes. afterward he started choking up as he spoke of his wife who is visiting her country with their young son. >> i miss them terriblely. i want them to be okay. the city should never -- sorry -- make anybody feel not invited. . >> reporter: he wrote an opinion piece today because of a court order he and lopez can't have any contact but in her article lopez wrote be strong my dear know that my heart is next to yo