whitlock stays put while his camera continues rolling.ew seconds, the pilot tells him it's safe to get out. >> emergency workers stationed at the end of the race course are on the scene within seconds. >> is someone in there? >> amazingly, no one is injured in the crash. >> we all came out of there without a scratch on us. >> whitlock brushes himself off and starts shooting again. >> i wanted to shoot the helicopter i just came down to separate myself from the crash, maybe to give myself a little bit of a buffer. >> the fire department quickly secures the scene and the leaking fuel is controlled. whitlock is grateful to the pilot whose quick thinking, he says, averted a more serious situation. >> we were coming down right on top of the road where there was a lot of spectators on the road. he pulled it off at the last second and put it down on the hill where he did. if he hadn't of done that, there would have been a lot of people hurt. >> this was whitlock's first time up in a helicopter and certainly a memorable trip. despite the close ca

this morning this hour we are sporting some beautiful marine corps pins from our friend major jimmy whitlock there, can we get an ooh-rah? >> thank you very much. they're going to be cutting the cake a little bit later. that's why they're pumped up. they'll be on a sugar high. >> thank you very much for coming and happy anniversary, everybody. meanwhile 90 seconds after the top of the hour, tonight on the fox news debate republican candidates face off on the economy. >> what you're looking at is a time lapse video of the stage setup where it all will go down, see what the moderators have planned for tonight. let's ask one of them, neil cavuto. thanks for being with us. you've got a busy day ahead of you. >> did you say the debate was tonight? >> you're in milwaukee, neil. >> you didn't tell me. >> yeah, yeah. >> so your question, are you ready to go? >> thank you. >> we're as ready as we can be. you know how these things go when you prepare and get ready for them. you always fear that you leave something out or you're not clear enough. so we keep fine tuning and make sure that we get it just