i'm contessa brewer. that's all for this edition of "caught on camera." >>> massive waves take out surfing fans. >> everybody look out! >> we're hearing this crowd yelling run, run, run! >>> a bull charges into the stands. spectators attack. >> what happened there? one of the fans came in! >> he came at me with two fists, right to the chest. >>> bleachers collapse. a plane crash lands at a baseball field. >> desperation set in at that point. >> an off-road vehicle veers off track. >> something had gone seriously wrong but i had no idea what. >> it's not always fan appreciation day. "caught on camera, watch at your own risk." >>> welcome to "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. when you buy a ticket to a sports event or a comedy show, you expect a couple hours of entertainment, a chance to sit back, relax, and enjoy. but the spectators you'll meet in this hour got much more than they bargained for. they thought they were watching for their own amusement. instead, they were watching at their own risk. >>

i'm contessa brewer. that's all for this edition of "caught on camera." >>> a reporter under attack. a referee goes down on the mat. >> he head-butted me in the temple and it was lights out. >> and the next thing you know, you hear somebody yell, it's going the wrong way. >> a falling tower sends a cameraman and others running for cover. a police officer faces an out of control chimp -- >> are you kidding me? >> this chimp is going ape on my car. >> they are on the job facing unbelievable situations. >> and all of a sudden, i just feel a blast of water hit me, and that was it. >> from bizarre -- >> obviously, this guy isn't who he says he was. >> to death defying. >> i just wanted to save myself. "caught on camera occupational hazard." >> welcome to "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. no matter the job, it's bound to have pit falls but certain ska reers come with real hazards. some are expected, either turn out to be quite a surprise. in our next hour, we will meet people faced with some incredible s

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." police dashboard cameras capture the ultimate reality show, vivid stories of life and death, pursuit and rescue. the dash cam dramas in this hour feature a fleeing killer, a suicidal mom, an out-of-control semi, and a host of officers willing to risk everything to keep citizens safe. a six-hour manhunt for a killer on the run comes to a dramatic end at the montana/idaho border. it's the morning of june 14th, 2003. earlier, over the radio, deputy sheriff david conway gets word that an officer has been shot. >> officer is down. >> conway races toward the scene when suddenly, a gold ford taurus crosses three lanes of traffic, nearly running him off the road. >> he tried to ram me. somebody gets a chance, take him out. >> inside the ford taurus is george davis. he not only shot an officer, he killed a man and left six others wounded the night before near a bar in ennis, montana. michael carroll was there. >> he had ran up a tab of 12 or 14 drinks, didn't hav

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera". it is the stuff of nightmare, you are in a plane, or on a boat, and you find yourself in a terrifying life and death situation. in this hour you will meet people bho meet their biggest fears and tell the tale, their stories are real and they are all caught on camera. >> just minutes after take-off from burbank, california, the crew of jetblue flight 229 discoveres a problem and prepares for an emergency landing. >> brace, brace, brace! >> a terrified passenger films the entire ordeal and records what could be his final good-byes. >> just thought i would leave a message just in case, that i love you. >> normally dave is a light-hearted guy, a comedian from southern california. >> you are filling the gas tank, you would never leave. >> but on september 21, 2005, he is in no mood for a long cross-country flight to new york. >> i woke up tired because my girlfriend and i had been in a big argument the night before. >> i dropped him off at the airport at 2:30

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." u.s. troops in the wars in iraq and afghanistan have had some of the most high tech fighting gear, but they've also brought something else to the battlefield like never before. their cameras. the images captured have changed the way people back home see and hear what the troops are going through. thousands of miles away. a terrifying ied attack. >> combat patrolling at that time was hours upon hours of complete boredom punctuated by single moments of sheer terror. >> in the wars in iraq and afghanistan, by far the most common and deadly weapon against u.s. troops has been the improvised explosive device or ied. also known as roadside bombs, ieds have claimed the lives of 65% of all u.s. casualties in both wars. >> the improvised bomb is the signature weapon of both the iraq and of the afghanistan war. it's the number one killer of soldiers. it's the number one weapon of insurgents. they're also as scary as hell. >> whoa! holy -- >> sometimes the differen

i'm contessa brewer. just going through our daily routines, we can be surrounded by dangerous materials and equipment and not even be aware of it. usually we have nothing to worry about because compressed gases, high-powered machines and blasting materials are safe when used and stored properly. but if one little thing goes wrong, the consequences can be disastrous. a fire breaks out at southwest industrial gases in dallas, texas, on july 25th, 2007. this is no ordinary fire. on the lot are several hundred tanks filled with compressed gas, including oxygen, helium and one of the hottest burning gases of all, acetylene. >> acetylene burns at about 3400 degrees. it's used as far as what the common person knows, mostly in welding and cutting. >> local tv news cameras record the blaze as it burns out of control. >> we didn't, of course, realize the scope of what the fire was going to be. >> the fire begins during a delivery of tanks to the refilling station. >> the delivery driver comes running in and says he

i'm contessa brewer. bad behavior can sometimes seem like an epidemic, from road rage to bullying over the internet to fist fights on reality tv. our first video is a prime example of bad behavior. a mob erupts in violence, and not out of anger or frustration, but to celebrate the home team's victory. [ chanting ] >> mayhem in the streets of los angeles. june 2010. 19-year-old student and part-time graphic designer jun gatuna ducks into a downtown bar to watch the last moments of the nba finals. the los angeles lakers versus the boston celtics. >> i just wanted to see what was going on, see if the lakers won or not. and if they did win, i just wanted to see how the victory celebration went. >> the final score, lakers 83, celtics 79. in game seven, the lakers clinched the title, and gatuna heads toward the arena. >> the atmosphere was very energetic. a lot of people were shouting celtics suck, lakers won, lakers won. i headed to staples center because i heard from a lot of friends that that's where a lot o

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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 prefab concrete. and what he would do is fall forward until the wall would collapse on top of him and 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. that's all for this edition of "caught on camera." >>> out of control hoarding. >> you think, wow, why am i doing this? i need to stop. >> -- leaves a mother and daughter overwhelmed. >> it's very chaotic and stressful. >> this is hoarding. >> a real estate investor finds a real steal. >> there was no way anyone could live in the house. >> and gets more than he bargained for. >> you couldn't walk around. you had to climb over it. >> a race against the clock. >> turned out to be 700 cats on the property. >> to save hundreds of lives. >> they were really, really sick and really malnourished. >> and when the experts step in -- >> a stinking rotten mess. >> -- even they can't believe their eyes. >> what i saw would make anybody want to vomit. >>> "caught on camera: hoarding." >>> hello. i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." if you are like me, from time to time you look around your home and you think what a mess. maybe dirty dishes in the sink, a pile of laundry on the floor

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." dangerous materials are used every day, usually without incident, because safeguards are in place to minimize risks. but natural disasters and man-made accidents happen all too frequently, and when highly flammable materials are involved, an emergency situation can become a fireball. may 15th, 2009. firefighters in la misa, texas are battling a blaze at a tank facility that stores oil, gas, and seawater. just when they think they have the fire under control, a flare erupts from the tank on the right. it's not a good sign. and in a matter of seconds, the tank launches into the air like a rocket. >> everything went bright. the heat was real intense. >> a ball of fire races toward firefighters who are forced to run for their lives. >> you just think this could be the day for all of us. it was a violent, violent explosion. >> seconds later, another tank explodes. >> when the second tank exploded, and that's when the debris was flying everywhere and about a t

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. >> oh, 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 uststate 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 by university 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. t

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 will see, a lot can go wrong high up in the air. some of the stories are about dreamers who find new ways to conquer new heights and 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 landmark skyscrapers. >> obviously something has brought him to the edge, and we want to figure out 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 check

hello, i'm contessa brewer. it can happen in a flash and with devastating impact. electrical shock.hen we control it, electricity powers our life, but when it's unleashed, high voltage can be terrifying. february 3, 1996, a desperate man attempts a perilous high-wire act, straight into 16,000 volts of electricity. >> i thought he blew up in a million pieces because there was such a shock and a sound, it was boom! i was, whoa. east los angeles, a vibrant hub of the city. for firefighter eric huck, one call from dispatch would be like any other. >> everybody was shocked. myself and many guys who had many years on the job, this was something you'd never seen before. >> eric and his team arrive on the scene it find a suicidal young man perched atop a power pole, 30 feet up. the rescuers immediately recognize the danger. >> we are dealing with high tension wires. we are talking about, death. within seconds. >> it's not just the suicidal young man whose life is at risk. a crowd has begun to form beneath him and if the man pulls a live wire down with him, he could electrocute a bystander d

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 & firearms or atf points to arson. the main suspect, russell sublet, a 41-year-old ex-con who tends horses in the area. during the investigation special agent david hayes learns sublet may also own a sawed off shotgun, another possible charge against him. >> 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 me

." >>> hello, i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." hundreds of thousands of videos hit the web every day. but only a select few really grab the public's attention and go viral. if you watch like me, sometimes these videos seem a bit suspicious. in this hour, we'll watch some of the web's most popular videos and uncover if they're works of fact or fiction. >> hey. sheri here, obviously. >> in august 2010, a mysterious video purported to be a piece of courtroom evidence starts to circulate across the web. it's dubbed exhibit b-5. >> it has an element of where did this come from. that you're really curious about. >> i am recording this so you can share in this amazing step-by-step process of my brilliant practical joke. >> the video is about an attractive young lady who is setting up a friend of hers to be pranked. >> you need to water this. you making a movie? >> she gets ready with one of her friends who dresses up like some kind of criminal intruder. >> this is a classic surprise prank. >> okay, that's her. hide. >> get down. >> you k

i'm contessa brewer. combine an adrenaline junkie with a sports enthusiast, and what do you have? an extreme athlete. they take risks and push boundaries, breaking records, breaking the rules and breaking a few bones along the way. and danger, it is all part of the game. remember how your mother would say, if everyone jumped off a bridge, would you? well, daryl freeman may have said yes, but only if he could do it on a skateboard. in our first danger zone video, he does exactly that. >> i've done a lot of stupid things, but i guess that's the first one that i actually caught on camera with a lot of different angles. i would consider myself an adrenaline junkie. i think i'm addicted to it. if i'm supposed to work, i want to go skate. it pretty much consumes my thoughts at all times. >> daryl's specialty is downhill skating which takes a special skill set. >> you have to not be afraid of blood, pain, you have to want to go faster. i think there's a lot of friends that i used to skate with and they would get

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.a ship is sinking, the 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 clea

i'm contessa brewer. thanks for watching. on the streets of detroit, someone is hunting and killing young women two at a time. >> we have four homicides of which a serial pattern is developing. >> the first set of women were found on december 19th dead in the trunk of a car on promenade street. >> investigators now believe that three of the victims may have met their killer online in the adult services section of the website backpage.com. >> this tie for us is disconcerting. >> the murders are a brutal reminder of the constant danger and fear that stocks girls and women every day they work in the underground sex trade. >> this is dangerous. there is no way to tell who you're dealing with, what their motives may be, and the risk of loss of life. >> when something goes bad or wrong, they are going to abandon you. >> msnbc goes undercover for a look at life and death in the deadly sale. >> open your eyes before it's your child. >>> today in detroit on street corners and on the internet, selling sex to strangers has become a dead

i'm contessa brewer. that's it for this edition of "caught on camera." >>> you have seen us catch online predators. >> get on the ground now! >> men scouring the internet for sex with teens. >> she wanted it. that is what it seemed to me. >> this time we travel to rural georgia. what positions have you tried? and the men just keep on coming. among them, the religious. the young and inexperienced. what was your plan? >> i have been in a struggle myself, because i am still a virgin. >> and one who fought for his country. you have been in iraq? >> yes, sir. >> you are expected to uphold a certain behavior. >> i won't do it again, sir. >> this is "predator raw." georgia was unique, not only because of the location out in a rural area, but also, because the law enforcement side of the investigation, you had a task force which was kind of the first time we saw local and federal law enforcement working together. >> scooby is at exit 125 at 85. this is scooby-doo coming for ivy. definitely the black wig. >> emily

i'm contessa brewer. that's all for this edition of "caught on camera." >>> defiant, dangerous, and desperate. they are suspects who won't go down without a fight. whether riding down the road in a fiery truck -- >> don't even think about it. >> -- or jumping off a bridge. each in their own way, defied the rules, clashed with police, and paid the price. >> shots fired. >>> "caught on camera: they fought the law." a gunman goes on a deadly rampage in the heart of hollywood. >> i saw a guy on the street in his car go by. he start shooting at him. >> i figured he had blanks. i thought it couldn't be real. it became real when i heard a window shatter. >> i hadn't heard any gunshots. there was no fore warning. there was nothing to tell me that i was driving into danger. i was within half an inch of death. >> he was right there. i kind of just shrug off to the side and make myself a tiny target. hear the gunshot go off. >>> los angeles, california. december 9th, 2011. it's 1k4r07b 10:19 friday morning. chris jo

i'm contessa brewer. that's all for this addition of "caught on camera ". >>> i'm page hopkins. here's what's happening. hurricane sandy continues its slow path along the eastern seaboard expected to take a turn towards the mainland sometime on monday. here is the scene of delaware right now. heavy surf and rain is being felt there. nearly 60 million people are in the path of this storm. a state of emergency has been declared in nine states as official gear up for a multi-day of the storm. bill karins is here. >> nothing has changed. hurricane sandy is is heading all the way into the "jersey shore" about 24 hours from now. we're going to see things increase and get more severe overnight. a lot of people will wake up with power but my monday evening millions will lose power. the green shows you where it's raining but the bands of yellow sin creasing. we're going to get up to very heavy rain bands in maryland and chesapeake bay down to virginia beach. notice the one band heading to virginia beach. that is going to be your first kag of the tropical storm force winds. when those mov

i'm contessa brewer. that's all for this edition of "caught on camera." >>> i don't want to be on the news, dog. >> well, it's a little late for that, dog. >> get on the ground. >> get down, now. >> on the ground. >> how often do you meet underage girls online? >> probably 10, 15 -- >> 10, 15. underage girls you've met online? you say if anyone ever knew about this, i would go to jail. >> he's confessed to everything. he knew that she was underage. >> oh, no. he brought his son with him. he's got his child with him. >> how y'all doing? >> tonight, the strangest parade of suspects you've ever seen. >> nbc again. >> on "to catch a predator." we've been investigating the national epidemic of grown men using the internet to solicit underage teens for sex. as more and more parents become aware of the dangers, so have lawmakers in washington. good evening. i'm stone phillips. >> i'm ann curry. both houses of congress have now passed a bill to create the first nationwide registry for sex offenders, which in many

. >> chuck scar bow and contessa brewer at wnbc in new york, looking at the devastation of a partial building collapse in chelsea, just more evidence of the devastation of sandy, the havoc that it's wreaking with the heavy rain and he have winds at this hour. >> the wind, what struck me, was the reporter saying we're hearing people screaming. >> yes. >> as things start to fly through the air. the wind event is pretty tremendous. new jersey governor chris christie furious about the lack of evacuation planning in atlantic city. now he's telling people there we're not coming for you until tomorrow. that's next. >>> plus, where the insurance industry expects the most damage, and how hurricane sandy is creating havoc for the airline industry as well. as bad as the flights can'tlations wecan' cancellations were today, tomorrow even worse. >>> welcome back. in new jersey a storm within the storm has erupted tonight as atlantic city floods. governor chris christie engages in a fight, very public fight, with the mayor of that city. the governor says he told the people of atlantic city to evac