but this man, charles carnell, made what his attorney is now calling a terrible mistake.quote, blanked out and removed the harness before the safety nets were in place to catch her. she plunged 100 feet and fell flat on her back on the pavement below. with carnell's lawyers said prosecutors have a tough case to make. >> they have to show not that he had one of those moments where he said oh my god, what did i do you about rather i don't give darn what happens next. there is a big difference there. >> reporter: carnell is charged with first-degree reckless yuri and face 25s years in prison. prosecutors need to show he had utter disregard for human life. >> usually that's something like taking a loaded gun and waving it around and firing it into the air. that's a very high standard legally. >> reporter: carnell's lawyer says his client is a dedicated worker who simply had a bad day. >> it is awful. it's terrible. we don't believe it is criminal. >> reporter: in addition to the investigation into what carnell did, authorities are also looking into the suspicious activity inv

as for carnell, the judge ordered he not have any contact with teagan or her family.at the amusement park but he cannot operate the freefall ride, the bungee jump or the ejector seat ride at that park. erica? >> ben, thanks. joining us exclusively from madison, wisconsin, is charles carnell's attorney, chris van wagner. thanks for being withit us. you say your client remembers the incident vividly. he remembers hearing teagan hit the ground, he remembers seeing her but he blanked out at that crucial moment. is that how he says this happened? >> he had one of those momentary spaceouts, that's human nature. we have it while we're driving, talking, sitting here. it's awful. it's terrible. but we don't believe it's criminal. >> so you say one of these human moments. do you see any difference between sfas spacing out at your desk at work and spacing out when you're operating a ride where you have someone's life in your hands? >> well, there's a terrific difference in terms of the risk. but in the area of criminal law, what the criminal law seeks to address and correct and

. >> chris: trauma surgeon carnell cooper is talking about the revolving door of violence in our inner cities. he spent years at the university of maryland medical center in baltimore patching up young african-american men who had been wounded in the streets, only to have them come back more seriously wounded. the turning point was in 1996, when a former patient was readmitted with a fatal gunshot to the head. >> we can't do anything about the things that put him here. we can't do anything about those. i didn't believe that. >> chris: dr. cooper started the violence intervention program, to try to reach young men at a vulnerable moment and get them to change. >> why that guy is in the hospital, why his family is at the bedside crying, over whether he is going to die, perhaps that is a moment when that person will have, will stop and think. >> chris: cooper saw them in the first 24 hours. >> we don't want you coming back into the hospital again with another injury, which may kill you the second time. we're very up front and very clear. >> chris: he identified risk factors that had to be