josh headford, 20 years old, setting up for a big jump from one side of the arena to the other. josh is wearing the yellow racing suit. >> oh! >> did he hit the roof? >> oh, he got tangled in the wires and the cords holding up the tent? >> josh was at the peak of his jump and he did, you're right, beth, he got caught in a cable that was hanging too low. stopped him like a brick wall. >> oh, my god he's [ bleep ] dead. oh, my [ bleep ] god. >> he fell 25 feet. josh broke his femur, his wrist, his elbow, fractured his shoulder blade. >> ladies and gentlemen we are terribly sorry you had to witness this. >> all his extremities are moving. he's not paralyzed and expected to make a full recovery. despite that huge plummet. >> that's all he broke? look at the fall and hit he took. i expected ribs to be involved. >> the lights immediately go out. listen to the ringmaster as soon as this happens. >> ladies and gentlemen, i need a doctor immediately. this is not part of the performance. >> his body just looks like a rag doll after it hits that cable. >> this is the final act of the final

josh headford broke several bones but is expected to fully recover. >> i really thought i was going to die at that point. i was flying through the air and i just kind of closed my eyes and said, okay. and then i hit the ground and i was still breathing. >> a circus director says the wire was clearly not supposed to be there and someone probably lowered or moved it. an investigation is under way. >>> a stroller with a baby inside rolls off a train platform and on the tracks below. the frantic rescue as the mother tries to save her child. >>> not your average science fair. the bay area teenager who made it to the president's science fair at the white house. a stroller with a child in it, rolls onto train tracks... and a >>> some shocking video out of australia. a stroller with the child in it rolls on to the train tracks there. a man who appears to be making a call on his mobile phone doesn't try to stop it. in fact, he walks aroun it as the stroller goes off the edge. a frantic move dice on the tracks and pulls the baby out of the way before the train arrives. >> a cupertino teenager wh

. >> josh headford struck a cable and fell 25 feet to the crowd below. the lights were dimmed. headford did survive. a circus organizer said the cable should have been removed or lowered. >> yikes. >>> well, scott pelley has a preview of what's coming up tonight on the cbs evening news. >>> syria bans independent reporting, that our clarissa ward got into the country and gives us a rare look at how the rebel army is battling to topple the dictatorship of assad. tonight on the cbs evening news. >>> thanks, scott. here's a look at tonight's closing numbers from wall street. we'll be right back. ,, the 2-4-6-8 value menu's got the everyday value slam, classic burger, build your own chicken wrap, cheese quesadilla, chicken parmesan, all you can eat pancakes, cordon bleu melt, the new cookie skillet a la mode. whew. so many choices, so little airtime. the 2-4-6-8 value menu. >>> another pleasant february across the region. wjz is live with first warning weather coverage. meteorologist bernadette woods and bob turk are updating the forecast for tomorrow and beyond. bernadette? >> we'

josh headford was perfo >>> oh!! >> ouch!otorcycle stunt going horribly wrong during a circus performance in michigan. it was the final act of the show. a bike hit a cable that was supposed to be removed, crash to the floor. officials say the cable may have been too low. obviously, causing the motor cycle to strike it. a circus official says the rider is recovering from a broken leg. another man was struck in the face by the cable. he says he will do it again. >>> a surprise for members of the petaluma fire department who were part of a commercial that ran during halftime of the super bowl on sunday. you might have seen it. >> we all rallied around what was right and acted as one. >> there they are. the firefighters showed briefly in the ad for chrysler. they knew that they might be in this commercial but they didn't know that clint eastwood would be part of it. some critics say that this ad was an endorsement of the obama administration's bailout of the auto industry. >> to me the message when i saw it last night was a messa

josh headford broke his leg, his wrist, his elbow, and his shoulder when his bike hit a cable, causingr below. oh, my gosh. look at that. spectators thought it was part of the show until the ringmaster had to of course call for a doctor. dangerous sport, put your life on the line, and more video proof right there. >> he's lucky to be alive, flying at those speeds, hitting that bar overhead. >> oh, man. >> oh, gosh. can't look at that any longer. >>> well, there's a crime wave in georgia that's just plain nuts. pecan farmers say they are being robbed blind because wholesale prices have soared. look at this. thieves have been seen raking through fields and driving away in trucks. edwin adcock says a group of adults with five-gallon buckets was spotted on his property. >> they didn't have no business getting here unless they -- i wouldn't mind letting them have it if they just ask for it. but i hate them stealing things. >> how much did they get? >> i don't know how much they got. >> reporter: the sheriff's department says they have no leads on the thieves and it's nearly impossible to ma

josh powell won't suspect of this occurrence of white and 2009. terrifying ordeal for spectators and stop and performing on his motorbike on sunday something went wrong john headfordroker a lot of bones but did survive >> i thought i was called to die at that point flying through the air closed my eyes and said okay hit the ground and was still breathing he broke his leg and wrist also fractured fractured his elbow expected to make a full recovery investigation underway to find out why the wire was where he was at seven day forecast the weekend is going to dip >> turning chile and of course the seven day forecast reaches into valentine's day could be snowfall for about * stay 31 degrees at o'hare the last when a gust of the past three days to block light from the northeast constant 21 degrees gives the air the feel of midteens- twenties across the metropolitan area downwind of lake michigan parts of indiana and michigan 31 degrees when it stopped at 17 degrees there. a beautiful shot of the skyline. the nation's capital look at the full note rising time lapse tonight over washington dc. high resolution whether but camera, arlington va. pretty cool. mid-30s pretty