. >> this home video shows eric jacobs voluntarily getting up close and personal with a huge shark. deliberately jumps on the shark and rides it for about 15 feet. he called it the experience of a >> felt real comfortable with it and i feel to need this fish and need to swimm with him and be part of it. i've been waiting for an opportunity like this my whole life. see something big out on the water like this. >> jacob isn't quite as brave or crazy as he looks. the shark was actually a basking shark which only eats small fish and tiny organism. >> even still, i'm not quite sure all these stories of people getting bitten by sharks and you're riding on one like a pony. >> i won't be doing that any time soon. >> wave man. >> we'll be right back. [ girl ] bye mom! bye sweetie! you'll do great. [ laughs ] this is it! [ all ] 10...9...8... a new school year has so much potential! any resolutions? my resolution is the same as alwlws; keep her full and focused with my fiber. [ all ] 3...2...1... happy school year! [ female announcer ] thihi school year, make a resolution to give your kid kel

eric jacobs is a shark-jumper and joins us from massachusetts. good morning, eric.>> good morning. >> first of all, that i understand, is a basking shark, which is not a danger to humans. but did you know that when it lurked around your boat? >> i knew that once we came upon it, yes. i thought it was a great white at first, but then we realized it was a basking shark. >> and it had apparently been swimming around your boat for a while. let's get right to the question. what caused you to jump in? >> well, once we came upon it, we stayed with it for about 20 minutes, and i got really comfortable with it. and i had to get into the water. i had to feel the experience of swimming in the water with this shark. and it was the perfect situation. it came under the boat, and i jumped on top of it, i grabbed the back fin for a couple seconds. it was really slimy. i would have stayed on it for about 30 seconds, but then i was like, oh, my god, i'm in the water with great white sharks. so i swam back to the boat like michael phelps. you've never seen me swim as fast as i did bac

eric jacobs claims he rode the animal, and there he goes, for about 15 feet as his best friend filmede stunt. it was a basking shark, if you're familiar. the second largest fish in the sea. it's a protected species, so wildlife officials none too thrilled about this stunt here, but jacobson says he would do it all over again. not i. >>> coming up next, how norway today is honoring the 77 victims slaughtered this time last week by a madman. >>> also this -- >> she called us, and then she said, mom, don't panic, there's a man shooting here. >> this is the woman whose daughter texted her, two hours of texting off and on from this youth camp as bullets rang out. you had such a strong response to this interview this week, we'll replay just a portion of it for you next. ♪ ♪ ♪ look at that car, well, it goes fast ♪ ♪ givin' my dad a heart attack ♪ [ friend ] that is so awesome. ♪ i love my car [ engine revving ] [ male announcer ] that first chevy, yea, it gets under your skin. ♪ >>> the suspect in norway's twin terror attacks was hauled out of solitary confinement at a norwegian prison toda