i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." a day at the beach, a night out to see your favorite band, a hike in a beautiful state park. sometimes even the most enjoyable activities can suddenly take a turn for the worse. and when they do, who will come to the rescue? for one utah motorcyclist trapped beneath a burning car, the answer is not necessarily who you'd expect. a motorcyclist is trapped underneath a burning car as bystanders rush to try and save him. >> my gosh! >> i did see the flame and i thought the car had potential to blow up. >> logan, utah, is a quiet college town home to utah state university. but right outside campus on september 12th, 2011, a car and a motorcycle collide and the bike bursts into flames. the unfolding scene is captured from the ninth floor of a nearby building of a videographer chris garth. >> i was setting up for a lecture. i noticed smoke outside the window. that's when i started videotaping. >> flames are spreading to the front end of the car. the driver has

i'm contessa brewer. throughout history humans have looked for ways to soar, if only for a little while. flying, floating, and even free falling as you'll see, a lot can go wrong high up in the air. some of the stories are about dreamers while others are about daredevils who relish that trip down, but our first story is about a man at a low point in his life and the effort, high above a city street, to save him. 70 stories above the streets of new york, a desperate man contemplates ending his life by jumping from the top of one of the city's skyscrapers. >> obviously something has brought him to the edge and we want to figure it out as quickly as possible, but the job could always go very wrong. >> august 10, 2011. detectives james cole and sean solar of the new york city police department's emergency services unit are on duty when the call comes in. >> we started our shift at 3:15 that afternoon. and almost immediately as soon as we finished loading up and checking our equipment, a call came over that th

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." breaking the law is one thing. fighting the law is another. in this hour, you'll meet people who challenged authorities. some used guns. some used fists. one even used an 18 wheeler. but no matter the method, they all have one thing in common. somebody was there to capture it on camera. >> a desperate man takes on federal agents in a dramatic four-day standoff. >> i'm a cowboy. i'm coming out like a cowboy. >> before going down in a hail of gunfire. september 2004. bowling green, kentucky. a barn burns to the ground and four horses die. an investigation by the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms or atf points to arson. the main suspect, russell sublet. a 41-year-old ex-con who tends horses in the area. special agent david haynes learned he may own a sawed off shotgun. >> i made contact with russell sublet. he agreed to meet with us. >> on the afternoon of september 29th, sublet is at a local hospital visiting his father. and tells hayes he can meet him there. troopers are brought in as backup. >> he was known

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." you see a crime unfolding before your very eyes. the law breakers are armed, so what do you do? run for help? call 911? or would you try to stop the bad guys yourself? it's one thing to get involved if you are young and able. but in the story you are about to see, one of the unlikeliest of people says not on my watch. northampton, england. it's a bold and brash robbery in broad daylight as three sledgehammer-wielding thugs wail away at this jewelry store front. and three getaway drivers on mopeds rev their engines. it appears no one can stop these helmeted hooligans from their brazen afternoon heist. that is no one except for super granny. >> i'm exceedingly feisty. i know how to smack your hand if it's in the wrong place. >> reporter: her name is ann timson. and cloaked in red, flying down the street with the greatest of ease, the 71-year-old british granny vigilante decides to take justice into her own hands. beating the armed bandits with the only weapon she has, her handbag. >> it

i'm contessa brewer. when people commit violent crimes, they put themselves and others in serious danger. the outcome is never certain, and police officers who respond are faced with the tough challenge of dealing with a threat while protecting the lives of innocent bystanders, often caught in the middle. a bank robber walks out after a heist, thinking he's scot-free and is instantly blind-sided by an undercover police officer. the officer comes out of nowhere, and the dramatic takedown is over in seconds. the boy's identity is obscured because of his age. the police officer's because he's undercover. the incident begins nearly an hour earlier on a cold, snowy morning in toronto, canada. a 16-year-old boy walks into a bank on february 26, 2008. he says he has a gun and demands $150,000. well trained bank employees take their time, complying with the robber's demands and alert authorities by silent alarm. the city's emergency tactical force responds. sharpshooters take up positions outside the bank and out

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." a crash can happen just about anywhere. sometimes the impact is no more than a minor inconvenience. other times it is a life-changing or even a life-ending event. while crashes are often accidents in our first video, you'll see a one-man wrecking effort that is anything but accidental. june 4th, 2004, an irate man in a bulldozer wreaks havoc on the small town of grandby, colorado. >> the vehicle was going in and out of this, basically, a big concrete warehouse, that was made out of prefast concrete. and what he would do is fall forward until the wall would collapse on top of him an then he would pull backwards and he was just going from one end of the build to the other doing that, causing the building to collapse on itself. >> glen trainor is the former undersheriff of grand county, colorado. when the call first comes in that a bulldozer is on the loose, he isn't overly concerned. but that changes after a report of shots being fired. it turns out, this

i'm contessa brewer. in this hour you'll see the most incredible video of collisions and meet survivors who were lucky to walk away alive. you might envision a racetrack or highway. but in our first story the scene of the accident is about the last place you would expect. imagine you're sitting outside your home enjoying a quiet family barbecue when a military plane swoops in and explodes in your backyard. it's a sunday picnic one family will never forget. air shows, exciting displays of the best in flight, held all around the world. a showcase of the rare and classic. an exhibit of thrilling tricks and intricate maneuvers. but at 10,000 feet, even the smallest mishap can result in disaster. september 1997, mark mcdonald and his family are visiting relatives in essex, maryland. nearby, hundreds gather on a warm, sunny day to watch the chesapeake air show. >> i was aware of the air show, and they did have quite a few planes that came in and made some very low fly-bys as they were making their landings. i c

i'm contessa brewer. that's all for this edition of "caught on camera."

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." in this hour, through the unblinking eye of the lens, you'll witness people engaged in reckless or criminal behavior. sometimes these incidents involve the unlikeliest of suspects, those whose demeanor or occupation offers no forewarning of their outrageous behavior, as you'll see in our first video when a trusted school bus driver jeopardizes the lives of dozens of children. may 8th, 2009, alford, new york. it's the end of the day at alford almond central school, and 15-year-old grace scherzer and 14-year-old chelsea are eager to head home. but today's trip on their school bus will be a ride they'll never forget, and it's all caught on the bus surveillance camera. >> you're making the little kids die! no, stop! you can't move. stop the bus! >> when i first got on the bus, the bus driver wasn't on the bus like usual. >> it took her about 20 minutes to get on the bus, and she was escorted by another bus driver. the bus driver asked her if she was all righ

i'm contessa brewer.ese days, it seems like everyone has a video camera and is eager to share their private moments online. but the video you're about to watch was never meant to be shared. it's a video that wound up as evidence only by chance. and it's a good thing. the scene it recorded is disturbing and illegal. >> you want do smoke? >> no! >> i just couldn't believe somebody could do that. >> it was pretty shocking. i've seen a lot of things but that was a first for me. i couldn't believe that this would happen, especially here in pataskala. >> it's a small city in ohio about 20 miles east of columbus. the population, less than 15,000, but it suffers from an unusually high crime rate. >> you know, we get this small town feel, but we have big-town problems here. >> here. >> but even the most jaded residents here can't believe their eyes in april of 2008 when this shocking video surfaces. it shows two teens forcing a toddler to smoke marijuana. >> people were outraged about the video. they just -- nobod

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." when dealing with dangerous people out on patrol or inside prison walls, members of law enforcement know never to let down their guard because the minute that happens, something terrible could unfold. one ohio officer learned that lesson the hard way. a late-night arrest leads to sudden violence. >> this was a person whose intent was clearly to hurt someone. >> this came out of the blue. he did not see it coming. >> and a fight for his life. >> you don't know how it's going to end. >> may 15th, 2011. elyria, ohio, 3:00 a.m. in a small town 30 miles west of cleveland. police are called to the house of 29-year-old anthony thomas whose girlfriend calls 911 after a fight. officer william whit arrests thomas when he realizes he has an outstanding warrant for contempt of court. thomas doesn't resist, and the drive back is uneventful except for one brief exchange. >> at some point in that time frame, mr. thomas made the comment, i can smell the fear in you. officer whit's reply was something

. >>> i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." police officers have a lot of equipment to help them fight crime. guns, tasers, cuffs. but many departments also have another powerful tool. the dashboard cameras installed in police cruisers. as you'll see, they are often the silent partner that can speak volumes. a cop battles for his life in a roadside rumble. >> he was out to kill me. all bets were off. >> until he finds help from an unexpected source. december 11th, 2010, dayton, ohio. veteran police officer jonathan seiter pulls over 64-year-old otto coleman for a headlight violation. >> let me see your driver's license. >> what's the concern? >> the concern is that your headlights are out, sir. >> he started off being defensive with his responses. he was adamant that he had both headlights working. however, they were not. >> i had my headlights on. >> see your high beams were on. that's the problem there buddy. >> the officer soon discovers another problem. >> i suspected after he might have been a drunk driver because i did sm

i'm contessa brewer. wild antics at work have gotten people fired and even put in jail. but our first two stories are about workers who are going about their regular day when extraordinary events unfold. working on a navy carrier isn't really what you might consider a wild gig, but wait until you see what happens to a petty officer just doing his job. it happens in the blink of an eye. a man gets sucked into a jet engine and disappears. >> i didn't even want to see what was going to come oust that intake. i was devastated. i was -- you know, this was my best friend. >> mike mcdonald remembers that night vividly. >> this was the guy i spent the past two years almost every single day with. for him to be gone and not to be alive anymore was just totally shocking to me. >> mcdonald and john bridges are navy petty officers stationed on the "uss roosevelt" during "operation desert storm." bridges is a green shirt, a navy term for an aviation maintenance officer. he helps launch aircraft from the flight deck. th

i'm contessa brewer. they are everywhere -- on websites like youtube embedded in blogs, even in your e-mail. and chances are you've watched them and maybe even forwarded on one or two along to someone else. the videos you're about to see were all popular. some are funny. some are poignant. all amazing but they may have left you clims. wondering, are they real or are they fake? ♪ wait, did someone just spray paint graffiti on air force one? >> in this video, a couple of guys essentially climb a fence, elude the secret service, run up to air force one and put a graffiti tag on air force one while this is all being videotaped. >> you're like, wait a minute, are they going to do something to air force one? you're like, what is going on here? this is crazy. >> did someone really break into andrews air force base and spray paint or tag the president's plane? >> i think people really want to believe it's true. >> the video hit the internet in 2006 and quickly became a sensation. >> the first reaction is always,

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." fasten your seat belts. in this hour we'll be going on wild rides with men and women who never expected to find themselves in such dire situations, facing some daunting questions. will they have the strength to hold on? the will to survive? and the luck to be saved? a whitewater raft capsizes in class five rapids, leaving one woman struggling for survival in the raging water. >> let go of the boat! >> when she sucked down and disappears under the raft, i am petrified. >> burnt ranch gorge on the trinity river in northern california is a challenge to the most accomplished whitewater rafter. and commercial river guide john lane is just that, an expert with more than 20 years experience. >> there are days that you just feel invincible, your crew is firing on all cylinders. every once in a while, you get this feeling that things just aren't happening right or maybe there's just something inside you that worries a little bit. >> on this date, it's not a comme

i'm contessa brewer. in this hour, we'll take a fascinating look at a world where bear bites woman, a raging bull runs wild, and a gorilla finds a toddler in her enclosure in the zoo. what happens next will take your breath away. and later, we have the inside story on one of the most spectacular wild animal videos you'll ever see. in our first video, a tourist crosses the line and gets a little too close to a giant polar bear. >> oh, my god! >> desperate screams. people running. it's complete chaos at the anchorage, alaska, zoo. a woman sneaks behind the zoo barrier and is nearly eaten alive. >> get a gun! drag her legs -- >> i'll never forget her scream. it was definitely someone who needed help. >> a beautiful day at the zoo. families and tourists flock to see the animals to get a little closer to the wildlife they might not otherwise get to experience. >> we have about 100, 120 animals, 36 different species. we take in orphaned, rescued animals. >> one of the most popular attractions is a 1,000 pound p

i'm contessa brewer. how well do you think you know yourself? in this show, we pose the question, what would you do? in situations that are confusing, dangerous, and even life-threatening? some present ethical questions. some are questions of judgment. and others are uncomfortable. but briefly put yourself in the place of the people in 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 hospital parking lot. with police in hot pursuit. the driver is nfl running back brian moats. earlier that evening, his wife gets an urgent phone call from a nurse telling them to come to the hospital. her mother, sick with cancer, is very close to death. >> get in there. get in there. let me see your hands. >> excuse me. my mom -- >> get in there. put your hands on the car. >> my mom is dying. >> officer robert powell gets out of his car, gun drawn, as she tries to explain. >> his mom is dying. >> do you understand? >> as i turned around, he has a gun pointed at

i'm contessa brewer.far we've seen everyday people willing to risk their own lives to save say stranger. we've seen the neglect toward a dying woman reported by cameras in a psychiatric emergency room. in the next story, people in the pizza parlor are unexpectedly faced with a situation. >> it is perhaps one of the most unexpected and brutal knockout punches ever caught on camera. outside a boxing ring. >> got the concussion when he hit me the first time. >> what's more shocking may be what happens next. >> july 31st, 2004. da vinci's pizza parlor, akron, ohio. it's 2:00 in the morning and joseph scar pinot, the man in the striped shirt is about to have a really bad day. it begins slowly when ms. pristine a sims enters and abruptly cuts in line. >> when she entered the pizzeria, she went to the front. i wasn't paying attention much to what she was doing. >> joseph gets a call from his wife from the car outside. my wife was wondering how much longer. somebody just jumped in front of the line, it's going to

i'm contessa brewer. usually a good thing, but not when it sends your dreams down river. when disaster strikes a lakeside resort, no one is prepared for the tragedy that unfolds. june 9th, 2008. a massive flood destroys a community and washes homes down the wisconsin river. >> i thought there's just no way. that can't happen here. i remember when the rooftops went through, it was surreal. i couldn't believe it. >> almost like it was a nightmare that we were pinching ourselves hoping we'd wake up. we were. in a state of shock. we could not believe it was happening. >> it's the height of summer tourist season in the wisconsin dells, a midwestern resort area. >> since i was a kid we went to big chiefs and all that. >> also a quieter year all year round. >> we wanted the perfect setting for a home which we did. >> tim and liz frams built their family's dream home on lake delton and raised their three young children on the shores. >> the entire family just absolutely loved boating. resonated well with what we

i'm contessa brewer.he maritime rule is the captain goes down with the ship. but in our next story, the captain of the oceanos cruise liner decides he has other plans and it's left to a group of untrained, unqualified entertainers to pull off a dangerous rescue. off the coast of south africa, the 12-ton oceanos cruise liner pitches and rolls wildly in a storm. 571 people are aboard the cruise ship, and the situation is even worse than the terrified passengers realize. their captain is missing, and their fate is now in the hands of a bunch of inexperienced staff members desperately radioing for help. >> we were asked how long have we got left to float, what's your position. >> can you give a free channel? over. >> we'll tell you one. >> he would say, what rank are you? i was saying, well, i'm not actually a rank. i'm a guitarist. my job is to rock and roll, not to rescue. >> moss hill is on the ship's entertainment staff. he stumbles into leading a desperate rescue effort when it's clear none of the ship's

i'm contessa brewer. an estimated 40 million people suffer from phobias and one of them is klaus encloses troe phobia. in this hour we'll bring you the stories of people trapped in some of the scariest most confined spaces possible. an airtight sink, a sinking car and an elevator. the fear of death in these situations is all too real so it is up to the rescuers putting their own lives on the line to help those in danger get out alive. it is 9:30 a.m. in thailand. a fire rages in the kitchen on the first floor of the royal hotel and quickly spreads. but 16 floors above, american rochelle stimey knows nothing about the blazing inferno below. no alarm, no phone call, no notice at all. her husband is in china away on business and she's in her hotel room with her 7-year-old daughter sona when something catches sona's eye outside their window. >> i noticed some smoke. then i noticed it was coming from straight down below the window. and then i heard people screaming. >> rochelle panicked, rushes to the door, on

i'm contessa brewer knows iraq is a dangerous place. bombings and firefights are daily threats to u.s. troops and iraqi civilians. it's no surprise, then, that some of the most dramatic video we have comes from that war-torn country. hershey bypass, iraq, september 9th, 2007. a group of soldiers from the 144th military police company, a michigan army national guard unit, are traveling from tikrit to mosul. as they often do throughout their deployment, they videotape the journey. specialist ron dickinson is driving the armored humvee. it's a trip he'll never forget. >> nobody would believe us if we didn't have it on tape. >> three other members of his unit are inside the vehicle, including sergeant jason daw. >> if you slack off and don't pay attention, that's when they get you. >> they've been in the country for several months and seen their fair share of improvised explosive devices, or ieds. >> ieds are the number one threat as far as i'm concerned because you don't know where they're going to be, what

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i'm contessa brewerouse of horror while two teenage boys stand as lookouts. the girl is badly beaten. but if that isn't terrifying enough, the attackers videotaped the assault, hoping to post it on the internet for their 15 minutes of fame. well, they got fame all right, and some may even get a jail sentence to go with it. this is what the world saw, 16-year-old victoria lindsey, or tori, as her friends called her, being punched, kicked and cursed at in the home of her friend, mercedes nichols. >> ooh, yeah, baby. ooh, yeah. >> the beating is an ambush. tori had spent a week at nichols' place in lakeland, florida, because she allegedly is having problems at home. so why would mercedes and five other girls turn so viciously on tori? polk county sheriff grady judd. >> this all erupted as a result of our victim supposedly trash talking these other girls on her myspace account and through text messages. >> you can hear one of the girls talking about the myspace messages. >> no, you said that, tori. i have th

." >>> welcome back to "caught on camera," i'm contessa brewer.rs seem to be wired differently than the rest of us. it's almost as though they court danger. it takes a special kind of person to want to jump out of a plane, launch off a cliff, or the guy in our next story, dive with one of the fiercest predators on earth, the great white shark. he want to get really close to some sharks. his story is a reminder, be careful what you wish for. >> the shark is thrashing back and forth. i have my hand on his nose and mouth. i'm looking into his mouth. >> jerry is fighting for his life as this huge, great white shark flashes its razor sharp teeth and rams through the very cage that's supposed to protect jerry. >> i mean he's shaking literally the whole cage and just surprised it doesn't break apart. >> terrified and trapped, his ordeal is only just beginning. it's a lot more than this 30-year-old banker from the midwest bargained for when he signed on for the shark dive off the coast of south africa. a self-described adrenaline junkie, he knew it would

i'm contessa brewer. police have come to rely on video as an important law enforcement tool.anders have camcorders. and that video catches criminals in the act, helps prove cases in court, and then sometimes is used as training video to help prepare cops for the dangerous situations they'll face every day. the cameras also can catch cops behaving badly. police officers are expected to uphold the law. so these images can be especially shocking. >> how old are you? >> in baltimore, maryland, a 14-year-old is skateboarding illegally and is confronted by a cop who doesn't like the boy's attitude. >> i'm not your father. you give that attitude to your father. you give it to me, i'll smack you upside the head. >> i don't have a father. >> shut your mouth. i'm talking! >> a friend captures the argument on a cell phone, as the officer becomes enraged because the boy, eric bush, calls him dude. >> give me that skateboard. >> the officer puts eric in a headlock and wrestles him to the ground. >> sit down! >> dude! >> sit down! i'm not a dude! >> he takes the skateboard. but then eric d

i'm contessa brewer.ig "gotcha" moment. but the savvy woman you're about to meet never wanted to catch anything like that. and hers is a very personal story. jackie taylor installed a security system, so-called granny cams, in her house, when her elderly father became bedridden. the cameras were meant to give her peace of mind. but what they recorded did anything but that. 90-year-old john taylor, a stroke victim, lies defenseless, as his nurse repeatedly beats him over and over again. >> she just was angry right from the beginning, shaking her finger at him, pounding him in the chest and his stomach. >> john's daughter, jackie, catches it all on a security camera, she installed on her home to be her eyes and her ears while she's away. >> this was a woman she trusted. a woman she considered a friend. >> she would say, jackie, you're like a daughter to me. you know, mother's day, i bought her flowers, things of that nature because even in the short period of time she was here, i thought we bonded pretty we

i'm contessa brewer. that's all for this edition of "caught on camera. >>> this sunday, our exclusive, live interview with speaker of the house john boehner. the senate passes a bill to extend the payroll tax cut, but it's only for two months. now, all eyes are on the house. >> it's my expectation that -- for congress not to further extend this middle-class tax cut for the rest of the year. >> we'll hear from the speaker about this battle and the year of dysfunction in washington over taxes. with americans madder than ever at congress. then the race for the white house. michele bachmann as she makes her final push to win iowa and take on front runter newt gingrich. >> i'm a serious candidate for president of the united states. and my facts are accurate. >> plus, mitt romney picks up a big endorsement in the key early state of south carolina. >> michael and i absolutely, in every way, support governor mitt romney for president of the united states. >> and so this morning we'll talk to governor nikki haley