whitlock stays put while his camera continues rolling. tells him it's safe to get out. >> emergency workers stationed at the end of the race course are on the scene within seconds. >> is somebody in there? >> amazingly, nobody is injured in the crash. >> we all came out without a scratch on us. >> as soon as he clears the chopper, whitlock brushes himself off and starts shooting again. >> i wanted to shoot the helicopter i just came down to kind of separate myself from the crash. maybe to give myself a bit of a buffer. >> the fire department quickly secures the scene and the leaking fuel is controlled. whitlock is grateful to the pilot whose quick thinking, he says, averted a more serious situation. >> we were coming down right on top of the road where there was a lot of spectators on the road. he pulled it off on the last second and put it down on the hill where he did. if he hadn't of done that, there would have been a lot of people hurt. >> this was whitlock's first time up in a helicopter and certainly a memorable trip. and despite th