pilot russ mowry, however, is stuck inside and the helicopter's engine is still running with 80 gallons of fuel onboard threatening to ignite. police officers arrive within minutes. they were already on the scene responding to the earlier shooting that the helicopter originally was sent to cover. >> he was telling us, pull the red levers, pull the red levers. >> to stop the engine. >> to stop the engine, yes. >> rescuers pulled out the pilot out of the wreckage and shut off the engine. the three men are taken to the hospital. all survive the incredible crash. the fuselage around their seats protecting them like a cocoon. their unbelievable survival becomes a national story, and pilot russ mowry is interviewed on the "today" show. >> my last thought was i wanted to get away from the street, wanted to hit a rooftop, get on the rooftop level. i saw that -- what i thought was a white chimney. i said, if i can hit that chimney and stop, that will arrest my forward motion.

i woke up in the ambulance. >> mowry reports to the tower seconds before crashing that his tail rotorinvestigation concludes that a drive belt failed, causing the helicopter to lose all hydraulic power. >> that is the absolute worst thing to happen. that is a nightmare for pilots. and i knew it was going to be really, really ugly. i just knew that we were not going to come out of it. >> mowry does a superhuman job to control crash the aircraft saving his life, his passengers' and innocent bystanders on the ground. >>> jerusalem, israel, may 24th, 2001. a city that's seen its share of tragedy is about to experience another devastating blow. it begins with the most joyous of celebrations, a wedding. nothing is too good for jaime yusef, who rents one of jerusalem's finest wedding halls for his daughter's big day. the wedding begins like a dream come true. his daughter, karen, exchanges vows while the proud father of the bride beams with joy. it's a grand affair, and heim couldn't be happier. all his friends and family have come, almost 700 invited guests in all. as the party gets going,

the traffic here between 238 and mowry avenue a about 23 minutes right now.day if you are driving south to the commute there. no major problems. let's go to the san mateo bridge nearby. that's a nice-looking commute. no problem getting over to 101. if you are driving to the bay bridge toll plaza. that's about a 15 to 20-minute delay. 7:24. let's go to steve. a lot more fog. big bog tank out there. water -- water temperatures, a front to the north, we also have some thick fog inland. pretty good system. you can see where it's going. there will be one more system thursday. i think we'll make it. give us some rain. it will bring in a lot morer air than rain. today, 30s, 40s -- more air than rain. today, 30s, 40s, almost everybody says some form of fog. you are seeing a lot of gray off the coast and over the bay. hazy skies. that coastal fog means it's cooler. much, much cooler than we had last week. pacifica, 55. a little bit of a summer pattern, warmer inland but cooler with that fog by the coast. it will be back tuesday into wednesday. i do think we get some l

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i should say the traffic time between 238 to mowry is about 14 minutes. now let's go to steve. >>> thank you. a very good morning. mostly clear. a few high clouds. a few patches of low clouds. a very quiet end of february. a full moon is today. 12:26 p.m.. but today maybe a little cooler than sunday. just because we have a little cool front sliding by. rainfall. everything was awesome as we hit december. and the tap was turned off in january and also in february. we are now 80% of normal. 83% in san francisco. san jose only 74%. today frank the high was 60. today we will go 58. a few shy clouds. a little bit of patchy low clouds. 30s for some. cold novato. napa 33 degrees. there is really chilly readings here. this system will cool us down slightly today. there is no sign of any rain. not even until march 5th or 6th. mostly sunny and a dry forecast ends this month which will go down as one of the driest. top 15 i believe. mostly sunny. morning high clouds. 60s for a few. occupier 50s for others. a little bit more of an on shore breeze. that will bring the

you can see traffic here about 230 minutes from 238 to mowry. let's go to steve. >>> it's cold inland. low clouds have regrouped. weak system pushing that load crowd deck in coast and bay. a little cooler and breezy by the coast and bay. >>> coming up next on mornings on 2 two children are among four family members missing after a boat trip in san mateo county. what the u.s. coast guard is telling us. >>> a big fire in san mateo county. the video you will see only on two. mom, i invited justin over for lunch. good. no, not good. he's a vegetarian and he's going to be here in 20 minutes! [ mom ] don't stress. we can figure this out. ♪ [ male announcer ] get the speed to make a great first impression. call today to get u-verse high speed internet for as little as $14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. this is delicious. ♪ [ male announcer ] save the day in an instant. at&t. ♪ >>> it's an historic time at the vatican as the pope getting ready to step down and there's news from rome, plus right here in the bay area. >>> and hu

from 238 to mowry avenue it's up to a 20-minute drive. if you are driving into the slay valley, it's -- >>> the santa clara valley, it's barked up. let's go to steve. beautiful site. it was a very dynamic system. didn't have a lot of moisture with it. but produced some hail, sunny, breezy. cold lows, 20s, 30s, 40s. a cool pattern on the weekend. maybe a weak system on saturday morning could be light rain to the north. i think it will wash itself out. it will keeping us from warming you. we were way below yesterday. the system that's churning down in southern california about ready to exit to arizona. a lot of the baseball activities in arizona are indoors because of the rain. also las vegas. but for us, high pressure is building in. the rain was right on the money. .25 to .5 is exactly what fell. .5. give this system credit, it had a lot going with it. it's on the way out of the picture. it left behind very, very cold air. 27 napa, 29 santa rosa. there's 30s in san francisco. a little bills of a breeze might hold some of these temperature

a 25-minute time from 238 to mowry avenue. 7:07. let's go to steve. >>> all right.hat fog has been forming. there was not much a little while ago. but a sign of high pressure is building in aloft. but there's some areas where the visibility has been reduced. especially out to the north bay and the car keen news carquinez strait -- carquinez straight. so right in line, 59 to 64 is the spread on most of the highs here. 45, 56. we'll about 60. mostly cloudy in the morning and then mostly sunny by this afternoon. we could sure use some rain. it's official. everybody is under 100% of the season. in the immediate bay area, santa rosa is now 99% of normal. san francisco 90 and san jose, 86. we were doing so well until january came and february is not looking much better. there's really not any screaming message that says rain, rain, rain. not a lot. warmer this week as high pressure builds in. our system continues to march across the country. it's snowing cincinnati. down towards memphis and then rain in the deep south and then heading into the carolinas and even parts of

we jump down to 880 and fremont, there is a minor crash, the drive between 88 and maury, traffic -- mowrydoes look good, now we have more like a 25 minute delay with no problems getting onto the bridge. if you are driving or approaching san jose or santa clara 237 has some slowed traffic crossing 880, let's go to steve. >>> mostly clouds, mid-level clouds, a breeze for some, picks up and mostly on higher elevations a little bit of snow from the sierra and following the system we had on tuesday, it gave some awesome snow to the desert and now it is moving into the planes but oh cal kegly mostly -- occasionally mostly clouds and it looks like a quiet pattern and i was looking towards next week early march, there is not much that says rain and it will give us some partly cloudy skies and again it is a dry forecast and there goes our low in new mexico and you can see it up in the sierra nevada an occasion naturally light snow on the back edge of that. a few high clouds, breezy, win i, low 50s and 60s and these are slightly below average for this time of year. a system on saturday will cool us

it's backed up to almost 40 minutes from 238 to mowry avenue. that's not very good.ometimes our normal morning, it's about 20 minutes this is almost double the time it will take you to get through the area because of an earlier motorcycle crash near stevenson. give yourself plenty of extra time heading south. i want to show you the bay bridge, 25 to 30-minute delay. a little bit worse than it normally is. not too bad but just a little slower trying to get into san francisco. the bright spot, 237, not all that bad. a little bit of slowing at stager road in the south bay. we're starting off pretty quiet there compared to what we normally have. we certainly do have some slow traffic but not all that bad. >>> all quiet on the west coast. in fact, cool to cold here in the morning. very, very active low. moving across the country. sunny, warmer. a lot of sunshine this week. getting even warmer. next rain may be around march 6th even though it doesn't look that good. i've been trying to find something that states rain all the way out to the middle of march and i can't find

the traffic here is slow from 238 to mowry avenue. at the bay bridge toll plaza, this morning we're looking at about a 15-minute delay before you make it on the span. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. mostly cloudy. a couple of sunbreaks. low clouds, higher clouds moving in. it will be a mostly cloudy day but i think it will be enough to kind of max out some of that low cloud deck. had some 60s yesterday. livermore, 65. today, it will be mainly in the 50s. i dropped gilroy 3. from santa cruz, there is just a lot of low clouds around. a westerly breeze is in place. low clouds, breezy cool, partly sunny, breezy, cool later on. you can see the system is falling apart. not only do we have the lower clouds underneath but the combination of the two give the low of cloud cover. 50s on the temperatures. it's a little chilly out there. more sun on wednesday, then cloud it up on thursday, light rain makes it but then cold air arrives on friday. that will take a cold windy pattern. >>> 7:57. there is a new face joining the richmond city coun

from 238 to mowry, it's been a 19-minute drive. let's go to some live pictures.dge has about a three or five-minute delay before you get into san francisco. no problems on 101 in san francisco. >> no troubles with the weather either. it's clear. offshore breeze sitting at 30. inland temperatures, if this were a summertime pattern, it would be a hot one. for february, it will be rely nice. any patchy fog is already warming up. hayward, 49, the offshore breeze. oakland is 54. santa rosa, antioch have recovered. 46 redwood city. i know redwood shores was down to 42 and 48 san of fell. i -- san rafael. i mean, it's just high pressure. it sits there and is not going anywhere for at least two days. sunny and warmer today. rather breezy to windy. mainly east bay hills. upper 60s low to mid-70s. the warmest day of the week. sunday a little bit of a fog comes up. increase the clouds on monday. everything right now pointing to a cold and rainy system dropping in tuesday. not a lot of rain but a colder system dropping in on tuesday. >>> it fell out of the sky overnight goin

i want to show you the traffic time from 238 to mowry avenue. 40 minutes here as you drive through. south bay commute is a mess. northbound 101 right near 680. there was a car fire, the fire is out. but the traffic is just ridiculous there. alternate route might be if you use the monterey highway if you are going a short distance or to put off that trip. let's go to steve. >>> a little additional coastal fog. a lot of sunshine. a few high clouds just zipping down from the north. weak part of the system. almost all of it. but the fog underneath helped along by a westerly breeze, 30s, 40s, a lot of low clouds and fog moving up and down the coast, a little bit over the bay. it will burn off. there it is. yesterday, it was clear, not today. we have some fog there. a little bit cooler for those closer to the coast and bay. there will be a lot of sunshine. no rain, though. temperatures kind of holding steady. upper 50s, low to mid-60s. we kim down from the monday's highs. we'll settle in for the same and we'll be in the low 70s for some. the weekend l

on the maps, also on 880, southbound 880 in fremont, this is approaching mowry avenue, we are watchingking up to two lanes. again airborne flew over the scene and says it's stacked up toward dakota road. we have two major problems on 880. and a quick look outside a live look at milpitas, 880/237, where the silicon valley commute is off to a great start. we'll have more traffic coming up. >>> the death toll is up to 19 in egypt where a hot air balloon burst into flames plunged into a sugar cane field today. the balloon was carrying foreign tourists over the ancient city of luxor. three survivors including the two egyptian pilots are now being treated at a hospital. there are no reports that i in of the victims are from north america and there's no official cause but one investigator says it appears the pilot's landing cable got caught around a helium tube. egypt has suspended all balloon flights now. >>> kpix 5 has learned a missing bay area couple may have been seen in peru in just the last 10 days. kpix 5 reporter cate caugiran is in the norman wielsch this morning with new possibilit

that's about a 17-minute drive between 238 and mowry avenue. let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sal.lear skies. it will be sunny today and warm he. it will be a warmer week. really not anything that screams rain for next week. 46 in san francisco. a lot of 30s around. there is an easterly breeze or a northerly breeze. pretty good dumbing off the higher el -- coming off the higher elevations. slightly warmer afternoon highs. everything will be in -- well, to the east of us for a while here. 60s on the temperatures. mainly low to mid. a few upper 50s. a lot of 60s. we'll continue to warm up. i think we'll see upper 60s by wednesday and near 70 for some afternoon highs thursday and friday. the weekend is still dry but a little bit cooler. >> all right. thank you, steve. >>> 7:26. some b.a.r.t. riders may need to find a new way to get around. the new law that will allah b.a.r.t. to -- allow b.a.r.t. to ban some passengers. >>> and drivers are fed up with tires being slashed. >> reporter: we're live in los gatos where controversy keeps building around a los gatos gun store. we'll tell you

from 238 to mowry avenue. 17 minutes. some days, i think one day this week, it was up to 50 minutes. 7:08. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. >>> good morning. a little bit more fog on this friday morning. patrick redwood shores says a little bit around san mateo, fc, foster city, but clear south of the bridge. so for some there's pockets of it. i know on the hayward side there's fog. concord, livermore, napa, santa rosa. yesterday, it was the north bay. patchy fog but hazy and warm. mostly sunny. higher clouds. next rain, thursday, friday. next thursday, friday. although it's looking more like a colder system than a rainy system. we need the rain. if you thought where is the breeze, there has not been much. others in the east bay, have a pretty good offshore wind continuing. that for shom the offshore breeze is in place. that means the coast has really nice weather. temperatures on the lows are even warmer that morning than yesterday it will be sunny. mostly cloudy. there's some higher clouds. i think most of those da

has been crowded. 30 minutes from grantline to the 680 interchange and then the commute from 238 to mowryutes. so crowded there for sure. contra costa county, southbound 680 slows just after highway 242 all the way down to danville. let's go to steve. >>> we started off clear but clouds are beginning to increase. high clouds in the north bay. there is a lot offshore. 20s, 30s and 40s for lows. look at the high cloud deck. getting closer. we'll go partly cloudy. there's the 29 fairfield. that's probably about an hour old. so they are probably warmer than that now. a colder morning and a decrease in the breeze. in addition to the high clouds, it will be mild to warm. but not as warm as yesterday unless you are down towards santa clara valley. a lot of 60s, near average to slightly above. no change for thursday. it will be sunny and warmer on friday. and then a tropical clouds for a mostly cloudy, cooler saturday and then much cooler pattern. >>> 7:56. boy, noisy protesters, crashing a bay area city council meeting. [chanting] >> the issue triggering this disruption and how it all ended. >>

we look at the traffic times between 238 and mowry avenue.ne, just like yesterday. remember, when there's no traffic, it's like 14, maybe -- maybe 12 minutes. then across the bay we're looking at the commute between san bruno. >>> sal we have mostly clear skies. colder on the 30s. coast, bay, inland. low 40s in san francisco. we lost the low-income. some patchy fog -- we lost the fog. search pamy -- some patchy fog. the system is coming straight down but it's the colder air coming in on friday that i think you'll go oh, my gosh we're back in that pattern. it will last for only a day or two. colder a lot of 30s here this morning. we had 39 in oakmont. i know sent helena, calistoga, around 31, 32. these temperatures will be about ten degrees colder in wind-protected areas on saturday morning. our cloud/rain forecast, nothing today. everything's good. increasing clouds come in tomorrow morning and then rain starts in the morning, north bay. that will be about 8:00 a.m. timing will be a little different. that's the first part of the system. the s