i'm contessa brewer. that's all for this edition of "caught on camera." >>> raging fires, deadly flames, a massive explosion rips through a california community. >> oh, my god. ah! >> highways become infernos. >> this is one of the most dangerous areas of interstate 40. >> firefighters face death in the line of duty. >> the lowestest i have come to a near death experience. >> and a day of celebration descends into chaos. >> at one point the fireworks were going 40 to 50 feet up in the air. >> it's not my time to go. that's all i can think of. >> caught on camera, up in flames. >> hello. i'm contessa brewer, welcome to "caught on camera." each year fire kills more americans than all natural disasters combined. yet, we may not think about the things that surround us as potential threats. gas lines, tanker trucks, and even the electrical wiring in your car. when you least expect it, a fire can happen and when it happens on a large scale, whole neighborhoods can go up in flames. >> a massive explosion turns a

i'm contessa brewer. that's all for this edition of "caught on camera." >>> they do battle with the armed and dangerous. >> pursuits are bad. shootings are bad. shooting pursuits, really really bad. >> and handle the most unexpected predicaments. >> it's a hard thing to watch for a lot of people. >> and react quickly when routine situations suddenly turn perilous. >> first mental thing is that i'm a slaughtered lamb. >> police officers put their lives on the line every day. and in their arsenal, they have a silent witness that can speak volumes. >> put the gun down, man! >> in this hour, suspenseful stories seen through the unblinking eye of the dashboard camera. >> oh! "caught on camera, dash cam diaries." >> welcome to "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. dashboard cameras are an important policing tool that can bear witness to details missed by the human eye and reveal invaluable lessons for law enforcement. in this hour you'll see compelling situations caught on dashboard cameras from getaways gon

i'm contessa brewer. that is all for this edition of caught on camera. >>> i'm the customer. that's who in the hell i am. >> when the line is too long -- >> back up! >> when the cabin doors shut. >> please help me! >> when the store you want opened is closed, are you ever tempted to do something crazy? >> probably the most ridiculous thing i've ever seen. >> customers lash out. crowds go out of control. >> everybody was just shoving. >> shoppers snap. >> the customer just went crazy. >> but you know what they say -- >> the customer's always right! >>> "caught on camera: customers gone wild." hello, i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." do you ever feel frustrated waiting in line, or have you watched as someone else flies off the handle? from naked shoppers to angry plane passengers, in this hour, we'll watch what happens when customers go wild. a late-night shopper decides to open up a drive-through in one of the most bizarre and audacious smash-and-grabs this small ohio town has ever seen.

in new york i'm contessa brewer, cbs news. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning,"nterview with ashton carter. we will meet a woman in the aerospace industry who is engineering a more comfortable heal. and this is the "cbs morning news." have a great day. i'm alison harmelin. i'm alison harmelin. >>> and a live look at the golden gate bridge. no headlights out there. oh i see one over there as we begin. the day. good morning, it's tuesday, june 23rd. i'm maria medina. >> hi everyone, i'm frank mallicoat. nearly 4:30. and let's talk a little traffic. there's one car out there. and a little weather on what looks like a pretty good week. >> it's going to be a very good week. very summery week right here in the bay area. good morning everybody, heading out the door we have a little stratus mix at the seashore. 57 degrees in san jose and later today we're bumping the numbers up. 60 beaches and mid 80sen land and we have the full forecast -- inland and we have the full forecast straight ahead but right now good morning liza batallones. >>> we have caltrans work it cost ro

i'm contessa brewer. when i look at the web's most popular videos, the ones that go viral, my favorites get me going back again and again to try and figure out the method behind their madness. in this hour, we'll take a look at some truly unique, brain-twisting videos to see if we can unravel their magic and mystery. we all want to know what on earth made them try that and how did they catch it all on camera? >> a few people have tried it. nobody has ever managed to get anywhere close to what we got today. >> have you ever witnessed a miracle? >> you have to believe you can do these things. it's not, like, impossible. me, my boots and i, we're going to make it. >> in april 2010, an incredible video hits the web making millions believe in the impossible. >> i definitely think it's going to be the next big thing. >> a new sport is introduced called liquid mountaineering, essentially running on water. >> could it ever happen? >> who doesn't want to believe that you can actually run on water? >> and you see t

in new york, contessa brewer, cbs news. one photo shows george sitting on a grassy hillside sunday.was watching from the sidelines at a polo match. it was mom kate's second public appearance of the weekend after giving birth to princess charlotte last month. george turns 2 in july. >>> and dinosaurs stomp the competition at the box office. "jurassic world" the latest installment became the biggest global opener of all times. "jurassic world" made over $200 million in north american ticket sales and is the first to gross over $500 million worldwide in a single weekend. $44 million of those were at imax theaters. nothing else was close. "spy" came in second at $16 million. "san andreas" made $11 million at the box office. >>> a paleontologist tells us what the new jurassic movie got wrong. i'm alison harmelin. this is the "cbs morning news." he told me to use pronamel. it's going to help protect the enamel in your teeth. it allows me to continue to drink my coffee and it was a real easy switch to make. quilted northern works so well people can forget their bathroom experience. but sir

i'm contessa brewer. the power of the natural world sounds us. though it can be youawe inspiri it can also be deadly. disaster could strike without warning and leave behind other devastation. when battle lines are drawn between man and nature, frequently, nature has the upper hand. it's like a time lapse movie scene. >> this looked like something apocalyptic. some kind of end of the world moment. >> although you could see it coming from miles away -- >> look at the size of this thing. oh, yeah. >> you can't escape it. hot, dry weather is the stuff of legend in the sprawling metropolis of phoenix, arizona. here in the valley of the sun, summer temperatures can exceed 100 degrees for weeks on end. being surrounded by desert only makes things hotter. on july 5th, 2011, the combination results in a spectacular phenomenon that fills the sky. >> the storm spanned from one side of the horizon to the other. >> this time lapse must be seen to be believed. the storm is called a haboob. >> a haboob is an arabic term

i'm contessa brewer. highway patrol officers know to expect the unexpected whenever they stop a vehicle. our first story pits an armed felony suspect against u.s. border patrol agents. the tense situation at the mexican border grows worse when officers make a crucial discovery about who else is in the car. a burglary suspect speeds toward the mexican border with a 1-year-old child as a hostage. >> he was holding the baby to his chest and the knife to the baby's neck. he told me they were not going to get him alive. >> one lane, 89 miles an hour. >> monday morning, april 20, 1998. a car tears down interstate 5 south of los angeles, hitting speeds up to 95 miles per hour. >> okay. they're passing el toro now. >> as it hurdles toward the mexican border, officials get a heads-up. >> we got a phone call probably from the california highway patrol letting us know there was a southbound pursuit. >> probably heading for the border. >> the suspect, eddie price, is fleeing from l.a. police who tried to arrest him f

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. >> his 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 a

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." it's human nature to get angry. sometimes emotions boil over. when they do, situations can spiral out of control. in this hour you'll see people who lash out in frustration, despair and rage. >> oh, hell, yeah! [ laughter ] >> it's a scene that would shock anyone. two middle school girls beating each other in front of dozens of their peers. and the whole bloody battle is caught on an iphone camera. >> want to see more of this? [ laughter ] >> one of the girls involved is 13-year-old keira penter. she has just switched middle schools in a small suburb of marryiesville, washington after being bullied in her old school. at first it seems like ooh good fit. >> it was perfectly fine. like i had no problems. i loved it. >> but sierra is bullied in this school, too. sierra's mother, kenneth watson, is frustrated that the problem she thought she had fixed is continuing. >> there's three middle schools in town. they intermingle. so eventually the issues she was h

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, thi

i'm contessa brewer. these 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 to 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 -- n

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." surveillance cameras are everywhere. in this hour, we'll show you criminals they've captured in the act. some of what you see may leave you stunned, like the tough grandmother you're about to meet who fends off a violent attacker in a hotel lobby. this hotel clerk knew working the night shift might mean dealing with some strange characters. >> i had an elderly gentleman try to convince me the invisible mafia was after him. >> but she wasn't prepared to wrestle thieves with machete-sized knives. a harrowing experience caught on camera. kent washington, tamarine jones is working the night shift at the days inn, one of the shuttle drivers dropped off a purse that a guest left in his van. >> i went to look up her room number, not more than 30 seconds later, i heard someone say, excuse me, can you tell me where a certain room is? i told him, it's on the second floor all the way down. then i went back to the phone, looked back down at the phone, dialed the room number and he was standing on the other side of the counter and he

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 to the station 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 rep

i'm contessa brewer. you're in a life-or-death situation and you can't help yourself. often survival depends not just on luck, but also on the heroic acts of another person. they might be trained rescue professionals or simply bystanders tapping into courage they never knew they had. watch what happens when a helicopter crashes into a remote pineapple field, pinning the pilot. a helicopter out of control. one man is frantically trying to save another man's life. it will take near superhuman strength, but warren ameral refuses to let his friend steve die, not here and not now. >> you know, you see your friend there. if you're not going to do nothing, you're going the lose your friend. so i asked the man upstairs to help me. >> warren, affectionately known by his friends as tiny, because of his size, needs the help especially for what he is about to attempt. steve is in a ditch, unconscious, underwater, and his legs are pinned down by the weight of the chopper. it seems impossible, but tiny will somehow hav

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

i'm contessa brewer. they are everywhere. mean the 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 and some are poignant, all amazing clips but they may have left you wondering, are they'll 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, allude the secret service, run up there and put a graffiti tag on air force one while it's all being videotaped. >> you're like, wait a minute. are they doing something to air force one? 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. quickly it became a sensation. >> the first reaction is, always, is this real? and if this is real, how can this be real and what doe

i'm contessa brewer.troversial incidents of the iraq war came to light publicly in april 2010 when wikileaks released video from three years earlier. among those killed, two journalists from reuters. a warning, the video you're about to see is graphic and may be hard to watch. july 12th, 2007. the temperature is more than 100 degrees in central baghdad. this is the most violent period u.s. forces in iraq have seen. the surge, 30,000 u.s. troops are deployed to root out the insurgency. more troops on the streets means more danger. and attacks against u.s. forces are increasing daily. >> this is at the apex of iraq going to hell. the surge has just started. and the war went from incredibly violent to over the top violent, especially in baghdad. >> we would get blown up regularly. snipers shooting at us. never really tell who the enemy was. >> soldiers from the u.s. army's bravo company 216, including specialist ethan mccord, are on patrol in a rundown neighborhood called new baghdad. early that morning the

i'm contessa brewer. when you buy a ticket to a sports event or comedy show, you expect a couple of 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. >> everybody, look out. >> fans run in fear as monster waves take down everything and everyone. >> look at these people. >> there was no control. you didn't know which way was up, and you didn't know what was going to happen next. >> it's february 13th, 2010, and it's the mavericks surf competition known as the super bowl of big wave surfing for good reason. >> the condor, looking solid. >> the competition is held only when conditions are just right to create the most incredible waves on earth. some as high as 50 feet, and only the best surfers are allowed to ride these giants. >> the mavericks event itself attracts 24 of the biggest names in big wave surfing b

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." one of the most embarrassing moments ever at the worst possible time in the worst possible place -- on the job. in this story you'll see professionals doing what they do best until they trip up or slip up and then go with the old saying, laugh at yourself and the world will laugh with you. >> this is fashion week over in paris. there was a problem out there today. a model fell down twice. >> it looked so funny. i'm still laughing when i see this video. how is that possible to fall like that? >> you're just tickled over that. >> it was clear i don't have this anymore. i hope they go to commercial now because i'm about to lose my job. [ laughter ] >> wait a minute. let's start over from the beginning. kamila is a supermodel living in poland. jim vance is a veteran newscaster from washington, d.c. they may live worlds apart, but jim and kamila will forever be linked to each other and it's all because of a pair of ridiculously high heels, a watering can, and

i'm contessa brewer. combine an adrern adrenalin junkie with a authorities 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 skateboarding which he says takes a special skill set. >> you got 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

i'm contessa brewer.trial do you have the kind of evidence you're about to see. a killing captured on six seconds of videotape. no one who witnessed it could believe their eyes, nor would they be able to forget it, but would the videotape send a man to prison or help him get away with murder? we warn you, some of the video you're about to see is graphic and hard to watch. >> a professional photographer, haunted by the image he captured on camera. >> you go out and do stories and you have to wonder, is it going to happen again? >> the tragic story begins thanksgiving morning, 1992, in a little house in ft. lauderdale, florida. a 15-year-old girl named yolanda nunez commits suicide with her mother's gun. in a note she writes she's pregnant and knows if her mother ever found out about it, she would not approve. the suicide intensifies a deep hatred between emilio, the girl's father, and her mother. emilio blames maritza for yolanda's suicide. and wants to have her charged with the young girl's death. but whe

contessa brewer, cbs news. >>> >>> this morning, on "cbs this morning," we will speak with sean henrywill meet a woman in the aerospace industry who is getting a more comfortable feel. and this is the "cbs morning news." have a great day. i'm alison harmelin. ahh, soccer. top chef. soccer. top chef. soccer! top chef! disco. say it and see it with the x1 voice remote from xfinity. >>> and today's tuesday june 23rd, good morning i'm ukee washington. >> i'm erika von tiehl. stories we're following today: we are in for our first heatwave of the season. and excessive heat advisory goes into effect later on today. and, those temperatures will also bring some severe storms this afternoon. also exclusive video of philadelphia residents running for their lives when a gunman opens fire. we're live with the latest on the manhunt. >> and the search is also on for the driver after hit-and-run who left a man to die. >> katie is up right now. let's talk about what's in store for us, what, a heatwave? >> first of all the heatwave, also the threat for severe weather as well later on today. good mornin

as contessa brewer shows us, he got back up and finished the show. >> the foo fighters dave grohl tried to catch himself. but watch in slo-mo. he just stumbles right off the stage. >> i think i really broke my leg. >> she's not a doctor but he was right. foo fighters later tweeted grohl's x-ray a bad brake. the fall was made immediately famous. the man who was called rock's nicest guy apologized for disrupting the show. >> i'm going to fix my leg and then i'm going to come back. >> medic apparently didn't like that. >> and the one guy was like, no, no, no you have to keep your foot in one place don't move it, don't move it. and i said ok. i'm going back on stage. >> that really impressed swedish student adam lunde at the concert with his dad. >> everyone understood if he wanted to go to the hospital and get a morphine shot and be done but he wanted to give us a great show. >> maybe that's why beyonce got back up and justin bieber and lady gaga again and again. "cbs news" sunday morning cameras were in vancouver and caught u2 going off -- well, off the edge. >> >> i lost where i was on p

contessa brewer tells us. >> reporter: devan solanki worked hard to get the grades that made him theder of the class, get him into harvard, invited to an honorary breakfast with his principal. >> they talked to me about how proud they are of me and two days later they tell me that i would no longer be giving my speech. >> reporter: he said he was told the school was overhauling tradition. devan thinks it's personal. he admits he was suspended for disrespecting a teacher. >> i'm an outspokeern person and they might have thought i would use it as a chance to get back at them. >> lauren shahine, said he is a loud. >> he is standing up for the class or specific students. >> reporter: classmates protested in devan's defense. they say administrators threatened to punish protesters, and then devan says he tried to plead his case with his guidance councilor. >> told her i would like to resolve this peacefully. that's it. she walked out. i don't know if she took it as a threat, as an ultimatum. >> reporter: because of that perceived threat, school administration officials told devan he wasn't

here's contessa brewer. >> reporter: you will see green wilderness surrounding the small town of goosebay in newfoundland, a place so small, the military facilities stand out. and that's where 176 passengers were united flight 958 spent friday night. >> they left chicago's o'hare and four hours later were diverted. passengers started tweeting. stuck in canada now why? because the plane had mechanical problems. this town has two hotels so i have to sleep in the military barracks. >> goose bay actually has several hotels, a clerk says they've been booked. passengers called it an epic hail unheated barracks on a 41 degree night. >> it was very cold, yes. >> lois harper said many passengers spent their day in the heated mess hall waiting for word from the airline. >> we were not receiving any communications from united at all. >> reporter: the 11 crew members, apparently had an easier time. passenger sally coventry posted a picture on biter writing united flight crew arrived looking fresh from their comfy night in a hotel. outrage us. when bill turner gripeed that the crew was in a hotel whil

i'm contessa brewer. that's it for this edition of >>> when it comes to viral videos, seeing isn't always believing. >> fantasy football. >> man, did he really do that? >> no way. >> treacherous trick shots. >> bigger and bigger and bigger. >> parking pandemonium. >> i'm the crazy guy who cuts off parking meters. >> it feels real. >> breathtaking biking. . >> this is exactly the kind of place your mother told you not to ride your bike. >> this is a shaving helmet. >> something terrible is going to happen. >> sometimes we like it see bad things happen on the internet. >> that is 7,000 degrees. that will blow your skin right off. >> i can't believe i'm catching this on camera. ? neither can we. let's investigate. >> caught on camera, bogus or bona fide. >> some athletes are the most skilled in the world. >> pull! >> ready? go. >> but is it even humanly possible? >> we like to believe prour fegsal athletes are these sort of sewer heroes. >> you are put into situations where you believe they are exhibiting th

i'm contessa brewer. that's it for this edition of "caught on camera." \s . >>> at any time, in any place -- >> i couldn't believe that was happening. >> disaster can happen, when mother nature and man collide. from raging floodwaters -- >> she was alone, screaming for help. >> to devastating earthquakes. >> there's another. >> unexpected extreme breath temperature dealing moments that reveal the wonder and power of nature. "caught on camera: what on earth?" >>> rescue workers race to save a woman who's been trapped beneath a collapsed building for 48 hours. >> nadia! >> january 12th, 2010. just before 5:00 p.m., an historic 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes the caribbean island nation of haiti. in just 35 seconds, most of the capital city of port-au-prince lies in ruins. surrounding areas are flattened. >> what happened in haiti was beyond anything i've ever seen. >> the disaster is compounded by the fact that haiti, one of the world's most impoverished countries, has a vulnerable infrastructure and poorly constructed buildings. strong aftershocks furthe

i'm contessa brewer. that's all for this edition of "caught on camera." >>> a night at the beach with his brother's truck sends a repeat offender back to jail. >> i fell asleep in the truck and the tide came in and took the truck out into the ocean. brand-new truck that he just paid off. >> but he still has the love of his aunt. >> i want to say he's poophead. i don't think he's vicious. i don't think he's mean. i don't think he thinks. >> what they're saying is that man went no the shop and started shooting. >> a christmas morning holdup leaves a young man dead and four people in jail with serious charges. but one faces a trial of a different kind. >> being nine months pregnant and being in jail is not fun. it's really hard. >> the jail is required to accommodate her newborn. >> we do the best that we can. but it's jail. it's concrete and steel. it's not good to have babies around concrete and steel. >>> some 75 miles east of new york city on long island, is suffolk county and the farming community of ya

i'm contessa brewer. that's it for this edition of "caught on camera." \s >>> shocking video, strange stories and surreal moments. the nation watches mesmerized believing a child is trapped inside a homemade flying saucer. >> could you just say once and for all, was this a hoax? >> the camera captures a bucket wish list that leaves an 80-year-old woman dangling at 11,000 feet. >> he kept saying "hold on," and i says, "i'm holding." >>> and a stolen dump truck plows into police. >> all i could think of was, oh, god, stop this thing. >> heart-pounding rescues. >> she said to me, mindy, kendall's horse is going to die. and i was like, what? >> harrowing moments. >> it's just unconscionable what that kid did. >> and dangerous traditions that will have you saying -- >> what was that? >> "caught on camera: odd and outrageous." >>> the nation is transfixed by a bizarre story of a boy trapped inside a runaway balloon. >> i had to find my son. that was the only thing on my mind. >> october 15th, 2009, ft. collins, colorado. self-taught scientist, richard heene, h

i'm contessa brewer. that's it for this edition of "caught on camera." >>> amazing action, unbelievable rescues. a mother and her children trapped inside the twisted wreckage of a car. >> it did go through our minds that this vehicle could go over the edge. >> firefighters who demonstrate courage any time any place. >> basically you're hanging 80 feet beneath the helicopter which was not the plan i had in my mind. >> we first got on the scene and looked over the edge, and it was like oh, this is a lot bigger than we thought. >> acts of bravery from every day heros. >> i heard a yell for help and i just immediately started running for the door. >> and nerves of steel in the face of imminent danger. >> we had a really small window to get everyone out of this tunnel or it's going to go from a rescue to a recovery. >>> "caught on camera." help is on the way. rescuers race to save a family trapped inside a wreck and hanging on the edge. >> i've never seen anything like this in 34 years. >> january 12, 2012. an

i'm contessa brewer. that's all for this edition of "caught on camera." >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> what is the biggest gang we have in this jail? >> we have bloods. the workers. bloods on all the floors and bloods in all the pods so bloods are everywhere. >> gang violence breaks out when a long-simmering feud boils over. >> trying to show force inside the jail. that's why we're having escalations and fights. >> caught in the middle of the conflict is a young inmate. >> the victim received 50 stitches. he was cut on both sides of his face. >> stand up. >> jail staff responds with an all-out search for weapons. and -- >> hands at your sides. >> normally we call jail college criminals. >> a group of officers attempts to change lives. >> we believe this is the future of corrections which is to put a stop to that. >>> located on the eastern end of long island, new york, suffolk county is a collection of small towns, rural farms and long stretches of beach. but even here