freeway, jach kleine knew if he didn't quickly become part of a story, a man might burn to death right in front of his eyes. the madness, the misery, the mayhem -- just another typical day on an l.a. freeway. but then an accident, an inferno, and a man trapped inside. his fate left in the hands of bystanders forced to choose between saving him or saving themselves. what will they do? it's early afternoon on freeway 170, october 16th, 2005, when the drama begins. >> i was traveling on southbound 25 and it was drizzling and i was rolling the tape. i was trying to shoot some rain. >> freelance cameraman jach kleine is driving with his daughter when he sees something alarming up ahead. >> i noticed the car kind of slip and slide and went sideways to the left and hit a center divider. i seen some smoke coming out of the car. i parked my camera, left the camera, ran towards him. and he was kind of moaning. shortly after, he came to, and he said, my foot, my foot. i thought his foot was stuck. >> lapd officer wall waymire and jeff jensen also see the accident. >> once we got on the freeway we