freeway, jack klein knew if he didn't quickly become part of the story, a man might burn to death right in front of his eyes. . the madness, the misery, the mayhem. just a 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 would they do? it's early afternoon on freeway 170. october 16th, 2005 when the drama begins. >> i was traveling on southbound when i start drizzling. and i was rolling the tape. i was trying to shoot om rain. >> freelance cameraman jack klein is driving with his daughter when he's something alarming up ahead. >> i notice car slip and slide, went slideway towards the left and hit a center divider. i seen some smoke coming out of the car. i park mid car, left the camera, ran towards him. and he was kind of moaning slightly after he came through. he goes my foot, my foot. i thought his foot was stuck. >> officers also see the accident. >> once we got on the freeway, we saw that on the other side, there was a multivehicle colli