freeway jack kline 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 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 when it starts drizzling and i was rolling the tape. i was trying to shoot some rain. >> reporter: free lance cameraman jack kline is driving with his daughter when he sees something alarming up ahead. >> i noticed a car slip and sliding, went sideways toward the left and hit a center divider. i seen some smoke coming out of the car. i parked my car, ran towards him and he was moaning. he said my foot, my foot. >> lapd officers also see the accident. >> once we got on the freeway, we saw on the other side there was a multi-vehicle collision and vehicles were all over the freeway. so we pulled up a