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00:05Every minute of every day, cameras around the world are recording our lives.
00:14Capturing the unexpected and the unbelievable.
00:21I remember landing off the drop and knowing it had gone wrong.
00:28These aren't AI-generated images. These are real accidents.
00:34I had no idea if I was alive or dead.
00:36And real people.
00:38You never think something bad is going to happen to you until it does.
00:42I was in shock.
00:43Telling their stories in their own words.
00:47I was definitely not calm. I mean, my heart is, you know, jumping out of my chest the entire time.
00:54From incredible close calls.
00:56The car was on fire pretty good and if we didn't get him out, he was going to cook.
01:02To half-stopping scares.
01:07The boat was sinking. I thought I was going to see my son die.
01:14And uncontrollable acts of nature.
01:18When I got out of the van, I started hearing all the tops of the trees getting snapped like twigs.
01:23I knew it was coming right at us.
01:25These are the moments you'd never believe if they weren't caught on camera.
01:43Coming up, an incredible rescue attempt in a raging flood.
01:48I saw petrol pouring out of the top of the petrol tanker and a spark could have ignited the whole
01:52thing.
01:53A former red arrow plunges into the sea.
01:56I knew I was going down and there was nothing I could do.
02:00And an extreme sports fanatic finds his life hanging by a thread.
02:05It was pretty set in depth really.
02:11When going off-piste, it's essential to have support.
02:15This snowboarder is using a radio to stay in touch with his partner as he begins his run down big
02:21Cottonwood Canyon in Utah.
02:27Hit by an avalanche, he radios an update.
02:34Making swimming motions with his arms helps him to float on the surface of the deadly snow and ice.
02:44After descending 300 feet, he slows to a stop.
02:49He's safe, and thanks to the radio, his partner knows where to find him.
02:54In the French Alps, another off-piste skier found himself on a roller coaster ride.
03:09Although he stopped his 50-foot fall with his skis, he had no hope of climbing out of the crevasse
03:15by himself.
03:17But thanks to his group above, he was rescued in less than 20 minutes.
03:27Even when you have support off-piste, things can still go wrong.
03:32Fortunately, the star of our next story was on hand to help out.
03:37My name is Francis Zuber. I'm from Bellingham, Washington.
03:40I'm originally from New York State, and I moved to Bellingham, Washington to just be where the mountains meet the
03:46sea.
03:49I started backcountry skiing eight years ago now.
03:52If something happens, if something goes wrong out there, you're on your own.
03:56The ski patrol is not going to be looking out for you out there.
04:02To be sure he wasn't on his own, Francis butted up with another skier.
04:08Letting him take the lead, they followed the tracks of previous snow users down the mountain.
04:14Since I'm not familiar with the terrain myself, I like to just go where somebody else has been on the
04:19first time just to play it safe.
04:22After taking a brief tumble, Francis reset to start again.
04:27His safety body was getting further away, so he needed to move fast to keep up.
04:34And I catch a glimpse of this red, sort of orange flash in the corner of my eye.
04:48When I stopped and I turned around, I realized that it was a snowboard upside down.
04:53Which, you know, then I'm like, is that somebody, did somebody lose something?
04:56Then I saw it move a little bit.
04:59And I was like, okay, there, that is a snowboard. There is someone attached to it.
05:03They're alive. They're buried in the snow.
05:06You all right?
05:06One of the first things they teach you in avalanche safety or snow safety is that if somebody is buried
05:11in the snow, you only have 15 minutes to rescue them.
05:14That's kind of the golden number is 15 minutes.
05:16I don't know how long he's been there for, so I don't know how long he has left before he
05:20suffocates on snow.
05:23Then I realized, you know, there's no one else around. My buddy had skied off already.
05:28I have to go to this person right now and dig them out of the snow.
05:32The snow is extremely deep. I'm sidestepping. That's not working. I'm not gaining any ground.
05:40I kick my skis off. I pop out of them.
05:47And when I step out of the skis and try to take a step in the snow, I just sink
05:52up to my waist.
05:56Fearing for his own safety and up to his waist in snow, Francis knew that time was not on his
06:02side.
06:04I grab my skis and I try putting them together and using them kind of as a ladder to pull
06:09myself up.
06:10So I'm doing that process.
06:17And that's kind of working a little bit.
06:18And I realized that I was close enough at this point that I might even just be able to push
06:23the snow out of the way in front of me.
06:25So I start doing that and that ended up being what kind of worked the best.
06:30After what felt like hours, Francis knew that every second was the difference between life and death.
06:36Hold on. I'm coming.
06:37And then I was able to get close enough to grab onto his board.
06:43And use it as leverage to pull myself up.
06:46And then from there, I was able to start digging with my hands.
06:50Though snow contains trapped oxygen, people buried alive will breathe their own exhaled air, causing carbon dioxide poisoning.
06:59That's if hypothermia doesn't get them first.
07:05I was definitely not calm. I mean, my heart is, you know, jumping out of my chest the entire time.
07:12I see the glisten of his goggles, which was an incredible relief.
07:18It's like, OK, I made it to him.
07:21You OK? You all right?
07:26OK, you're good. You're good. I gotcha.
07:29You OK? Can you breathe?
07:31Yeah. OK. All right.
07:35My name is Ian Steger, and I'm born and raised in Bellingham, Washington.
07:40I've been riding this mountain since I was, like, two years old.
07:44And that was something that I would never, ever think would happen to me.
07:49And yet, it did.
07:51You OK? Can you breathe?
07:53Yeah. OK.
07:55But that first breath was incredibly rewarding.
08:00It was the best breath I've ever taken in my life.
08:03We're both going to catch our breath for a sec.
08:07I'm going to help dig you out, OK?
08:09Yeah, no problem, man.
08:11I think hearing him speak was actually the biggest relief.
08:13It was like, OK, I did it. Like, he's OK.
08:17Ian had also been snowboarding with a buddy.
08:20But when he fell into a tree well, his friend had been unable to find him.
08:25After eight minutes, Ian had started to lose hope.
08:29And at that point, I was coming to the realization that there was a good chance that I was going
08:32to die.
08:33But Francis had reached him just in time.
08:36OK, you all right? I'm good.
08:38OK, OK.
08:39I'm going to back up for a sec and get my shovel out, OK?
08:41Thank you. You're good, man. You good?
08:43He got the shovel, and then it took maybe another five minutes or so for him to dig me out
08:48enough that, you know, I could grab his arm and he could pull me out from that position.
08:52All right. How are you doing? Are you good?
08:55I'm good.
08:55OK, good.
08:57I told him, thank you for saving me. You saved someone's life today.
09:04Pretty much as I was rescuing Ian, he asked, you know, where I was from and everything.
09:09I said, I'm from New York.
09:10And he's like, oh, well, you know, I'm a real estate agent.
09:13If you ever decide to buy a house out here, I'm your guy.
09:17So Ian helped us find the house that my wife and I ended up buying.
09:21It turned out that Francis hadn't just saved a life.
09:25He'd made a friend for life.
09:27Yo!
09:27Something to eat.
09:29We've gotten beers a couple of times.
09:31Since then, we've gotten dinner a couple of times.
09:32We're definitely going to take some trips together.
09:35We're going to be lifelong friends.
09:41Coming up, floods.
09:43I was completely freaked out, in tears, and I had no idea what to do next.
09:48A Kentucky teen raves rising waters to rescue her best friend.
09:54And in Kenya, a pair of brothers race against the clock to save the driver of a wrecked petrol tanker.
10:09Boynton Beach in Florida, a car is drifting across a busy intersection into oncoming traffic.
10:16This woman recognizes the driver from work and has just witnessed her passing out behind the wheel.
10:24The brave woman risks her life as she rushes out into the busy road.
10:30But she can't stop the runaway car on her own.
10:35Thankfully, good Samaritans soon join her and help bring the car to a halt.
10:42Working together, they attempt to break into the vehicle.
10:48Eventually using a dumbbell to shatter the glass.
10:53Thanks to the courage of her colleague and these strangers, the driver was rescued and made a full recovery.
11:04Another have-a-go hero in Amsterdam.
11:08This passerby jumped into the canal to free tourists stuck inside this minivan.
11:15As the rest of the holidaymakers escape through the rear windows, more good Samaritans stopped to assist.
11:21All nine tourists on board were rescued.
11:25And next time, they'll let someone else do the parking.
11:30And in Michigan, USA, it's a married couple to the rescue.
11:35It's too late, guys. Too late!
11:38The men are reluctant to abandon ship.
11:40But this heroic husband and wife won't take no for an answer.
11:45It's too late. Get off the boat! Get off the boat!
11:48It's gonna blow.
11:52You guys wanna jump out right now? Jump out right now!
11:55The boaters were unhurt and lucky to be pulled out of the water by the good Samaritans passing by.
12:03But in a remote location, you are less likely to have help at hand.
12:09Like here in Salvo, East National Park.
12:13This vast landscape holds many dangers, even for those who were born and raised here.
12:19My name is Runko Hartley, and I live and work in Salvo, East National Park in Kenya, with my brother,
12:24Taruk Ahali.
12:25Salvo is Kenya's largest national park.
12:28In Salvo, you can find lions, leopards, elephant, buffalo.
12:33Everything you can imagine is in Salvo.
12:39Their grandmother set up the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in 1977.
12:44Ever since, the family have dedicated themselves to protecting the animals in the area.
12:51So, day to day, I fly aerial patrols, looking for any sort of illegal activity within the park.
12:57Aside from my flying work, I work on the ground a lot as well, in veterinary treatments and firefighting on
13:03the ground.
13:09For the brothers, saving the lives of animals is a literal walk in the park.
13:18But when they received news of a human in trouble, they set out on a rescue mission unlike any they'd
13:25attempted before.
13:27Heavy rains had caused a flash flood, washing away a 44-ton petrol tanker and its driver.
13:36The cabin was totally flooded. He had no room in the cabin. He was clinging on top of the truck.
13:41And this water is actually filled with crocodiles and hippos.
13:48We weren't sure whether the truck could be fully engulfed in a matter of hours or minutes.
13:56We just kind of knew exactly what we needed to do and what needed to be done.
14:01To allow Rowan to reach out to the driver, Taru would need to hover and maintain a stable distance from
14:08the tanker.
14:11This was something I've never done before and it was a challenge.
14:14With the shifting weight and with the wind from the left, with the water rushing underneath and with the spray
14:19on the windscreen, that was quite difficult.
14:22Took my headset off and started standing on the skid of the helicopter.
14:35I was immediately greeted by a strong smell of petrol and I looked down and saw petrol pouring out of
14:42the top of the petrol tanker.
14:44This would mean that if Taru were to nick the edge of the petrol tanker with any metal part of
14:49the helicopter, a spark could have ignited the whole thing.
14:54With Rowan's headset off, there was no way for him to tell Taru of the danger.
15:01Fortunately, the driver of the tanker knew what they needed him to do.
15:07When we got low, he instantly made a move for my bro's hand.
15:18I could feel how tightly he was gripping it. He was obviously extremely stressed out and very eager to get
15:24onto the helicopter, understandably.
15:31As soon as he was on board the helicopter, you could see in his eyes a huge sense of relief
15:35and a smile immediately.
15:37You could see a huge weight lifted off his shoulders.
15:47He confessed to us in the helicopter that he had been messaging his family and his wife and children because
15:54he thought this was it and these were his last few hours.
15:56So he made sure to contact everyone and say what he needed to say to his family and friends.
16:03Despite no training in this kind of rescue, the brothers had saved a man's life and not a moment too
16:10soon.
16:12After the rescue, the truck was washed further downstream and totally engulfed by the waters.
16:20But the driver, James Rufus Kinua, made a full recovery.
16:25With his consent, the brothers decided to share their footage to show a different side of the trust.
16:34It's mostly known for conservation and wildlife, but it's much bigger than that.
16:39Community outreach is a huge side of things.
16:42It's been amazing and humbling to see the response to the video.
16:46And as Kenyans, we're very proud.
16:49It's a huge sense of achievement for both of us and we're very grateful to have been in a position
16:54to help James and many like him in the future.
17:05But such dangers are not just confined to Kenya.
17:08In 2023, Alaska's capital city of Juneau faced 13 billion gallons of water as a glacial ice dam melted.
17:21No injuries were reported, but it's a sobering sight to see someone's whole world being literally washed away.
17:31According to the song, the rain in Spain stays mainly on the plane.
17:37But local hairdresser Jose Martinez has come out with his camera to prove otherwise.
17:43In a country known mostly for sun, it's not surprising that some motorists don't know how to deal with this
17:50weather.
17:55Although you'd think common sense would tell you this was a bad idea.
18:01The driver escaped from his vehicle 50 meters down the road.
18:08But not everyone can be so lucky as the planet's weather grows ever more unpredictable.
18:14In July 2022, the deadliest storm in Kentucky's history claimed 45 lives.
18:24And facing the floods together were local residents Sandy and her best pal Chloe.
18:32I'm Chloe Adams and I live in Lexington, Kentucky.
18:36Sandy is a chihuahua mixed with Jack Russell.
18:40And I've had her since I was four and she is 16 now.
18:46Sandy is like a best friend to me.
18:47She's always been there through everything I've experienced.
18:56When the flood happened, I was 17 years old.
19:00My dad was away on a business trip.
19:02As Chloe and Sandy slept, water levels began to rise.
19:08The National Weather Service reported rain was falling at a rate of more than four inches an hour.
19:16So I woke up to the sound of like gurgling coming from my bathroom.
19:22And when I walked in there, I saw water gurgling through the drains of my tub.
19:27I thought it was sewage problems.
19:30And when I came out back into my room, I had this overwhelming feeling that I should go look out
19:36my window.
19:39And when I did, there was water on top of my porch and my porch is six to seven feet
19:45tall off the ground.
19:48I was completely freaked out, like in tears, kind of running around the house.
19:54And I had no idea what to do next.
19:58The emergency services advised Chloe to stay put, but that was no longer an option.
20:05I was thinking that I need to get out of this house because the water is rising and there is
20:10nowhere I could stay in the house that would keep me above the water.
20:16I was very worried for Sandy because I knew she couldn't swim and I did not know at that time
20:22how to get her out.
20:26Chloe's next video picks up her story after swimming through water 40 feet deep.
20:32She'd managed to float Sandy in a plastic tub to a roof near her grandfather's house.
20:37But exhausted, Chloe could go no further.
20:42I'm sitting on the rooftop with Sandy in my lap.
20:48I'm just in complete shock while I'm taking this video and then that's the house that I was in to
20:55swim over to this rooftop.
20:58Her elderly grandfather was also trapped, but was able to post these pictures to social media calling for help.
21:08Seeing them, Chloe's cousin, Larry, paddle into action.
21:15So right there I can see Larry paddling over to me.
21:19And I was thinking, there's someone here to actually, you know, come rescue me and Sandy.
21:26I was extremely happy.
21:28But after five long hours, Chloe knew she'd have to wait for rescue a little longer.
21:36I knew if I were to go first that Sandy would be on the rooftop alone and I was scared
21:41that she would try to jump into the water to come after me.
21:44I just wanted to get Sandy to safety.
21:47That's all I was thinking at that moment.
21:50And so Larry escorted Sandy to the safety of dry land while Chloe stayed behind.
21:59Five minutes later, Larry paddled back to get me.
22:05And now I put the life jacket on and I'm holding on to the back of the kayak.
22:14That's when I was really glad to just be out of the water.
22:21As I look back on the flooding day, if I had not had a dog, I would have immediately got
22:28out of the house as soon as I realized that the waters were rising.
22:32Everything I did that day was to make sure that Sandy was safe and that she would make it out
22:36alive.
22:38The flood may have taken Chloe's home and belongings, but she and her family are grateful that it did not
22:44have an even worse outcome.
22:48When I saw my dad, he gave me the biggest hug and he said, we had lost everything today except
22:54for what really matters.
23:01Coming up, a heart-stopping crash landing for an XRAF man.
23:06The engine just decided to die. I knew I was going to hit the water relatively hard.
23:11And a hero schoolboy takes the wheel.
23:15I see that I was going towards a car.
23:18When a bus careers out of control.
23:30Belleville Lake, USA.
23:32And a classic aircraft worth $1.4 million.
23:40The two pilots ejected from the MiG-23 jet when the engines failed and there was a loss of power.
23:49Although they are out of danger, the empty plane continues towards the lake apartments behind the trees.
24:00Fortunately, not into the apartments. It missed them by just 20 feet.
24:07Thankfully, no one in the complex was hurt and the pilots have recovered from their injuries.
24:12Oh my God!
24:16Florida's Cocoa Beach and another classic aircraft.
24:22Ava! Ava! Get over here! Get over here!
24:26This vintage plane is a Grumman Avenger from 1945, yours for just $500,000.
24:33Though they might knock a bit off the price for water damage.
24:37All right, we got an actual plane crash.
24:42Quiet!
24:43The pilot was praised for his skills in avoiding the bathers and surfers.
24:48But it's a stark reminder that even planes that have flown reliably for decades need good maintenance to keep everyone
24:55safe in the air and on the ground.
25:04Someone who knows all about maintaining aircraft is an engineer based at the Old Park Farm airfield.
25:13For Andy Roberts, his time spent here is a labor of love.
25:19Flying for me is a passion.
25:22It's a passion that I can't get out of my system.
25:25It's a passion that led Andy to join the Royal Air Force.
25:29I joined Red Arrows in 1999.
25:31I did somewhere in the region of 500 hours traveling all around the world.
25:36Lucky enough to fly with Concorde alongside for the Queen's Golden Jubilee, which was absolutely fantastic.
25:43Although he left the RAF in 2005, Andy continued to fly in his own plane.
25:52The aircraft, the Renegade Spirit, is an American kit-built aircraft and was built in, I think, 1990.
25:59Very powerful, sounded absolutely beautiful.
26:05Massive fun to fly.
26:08Massive fun until the day of its final flight.
26:11The weather conditions on the day were absolutely stunning.
26:14It was as still as can be.
26:16It was a beautiful, beautiful day to go flying.
26:19I'd elected to spend the first sort of 20 minutes above the airfield, having a bit of fun, doing a
26:26couple of fly-throughs.
26:30Some gentle wing-overs and just really enjoying the maneuverability of the Renegade airplane.
26:36On this perfect spring day, Andy decided to fly down the coast.
26:42He was 17 miles away from the airfield when disaster struck.
26:47So we're now sort of 600 feet over Porthcourt.
26:50I had a stutter from the engine.
26:53I had enough time to have a quick look at the gauges to see if I could see what was
26:57going on.
26:57Everything was indicating normal.
26:59And then within a split second of that, the engine just decided to die.
27:04Filming from the shore, local residents were amazed to see someone flying so low.
27:11Instantly, once the engine started to run down, I knew I was going down and there was nothing I could
27:17do.
27:21I've got nowhere to go.
27:23I've got rocks on the left.
27:25I've got sea on the right.
27:26You've got to pick up.
27:28So I very quickly elected to put the aircraft in the sea, knowing that it was probably going to hurt.
27:34But I thought that was my best chance of survival.
27:37Oh, my God.
27:41Oh, no, no, no.
27:44The last few seconds went very quickly.
27:47Oh, my God.
27:52I knew I was going to hit the water relatively hard.
27:55I was hoping that the aircraft would stay upright, but knew in my heart of hearts it's probably going to
28:01go over.
28:03Fearing the worst, onlookers called the emergency services.
28:08But inside his cockpit, Andy was able to calmly release his seatbelt and drop headfirst into the sea.
28:14I felt my head hit the rocks and within no time at all, I'd have my feet on the rocks
28:21and I'm stood up thinking, hang on, I'm alive.
28:25Injury wise, I think I was very, very lucky because I had a five point harness similar to a Formula
28:33One racing car.
28:34And that kept to be in my seat during the impact and while the aircraft was turned over.
28:39So I think the lack of injuries was definitely down to the fact that I was well strapped in in
28:45the aircraft.
28:47Looking back, is there anything that Andy would have done differently?
28:51I was very thankful on the day that I managed to steer well away from any other people.
28:59I knew by putting it in the sea, nobody else was going to be involved.
29:03And it would have been down to me to get out of the aircraft safely.
29:07Thanks to Andy's actions, no one was hurt and he escaped with just minor injuries.
29:14But his beautiful biplane wasn't so lucky.
29:19Unfortunately, some weeks later when the accident investigation branch were happy,
29:24the aircraft was then taken to the local scrapyard where unfortunately it was put in a baler and probably turned
29:31into coke cans now.
29:32Very sad day, very sad day.
29:37But Andy's days in the air are far from over.
29:43Fortunately, I've managed to purchase a new aircraft.
29:48I've flown it twice, very cautiously, and it will take a little bit of time to get some confidence in
29:55the aircraft.
29:57Pleased to be back up in the air and pleased to have something else in the hangar again.
30:07The Netherlands, where a driver is filming a bus that has broken down on a level crossing.
30:15Fortunately, the bus was empty.
30:17But unfortunately, they'll now need to repair more than just its engine.
30:24The 85 passengers on board the train were all unhurt.
30:28But while this bus was empty, the bus in our next unbelievable moment was not.
30:35In Ohio, the dash cam on board this truck captures the driver's horror as his brakes fail.
30:41Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!
30:44The 36-ton truck is now out of control and heading towards a school bus full of children.
30:52As he sounds his horn in panic, the CCTV on board records the scene on the bus.
30:58Oh, good God, he is amazing.
31:07Oh, my God!
31:14What was that?
31:15You don't want to know.
31:17Thankfully, the driver in the pickup reversed just in time.
31:23The truck eventually slowed to a stop about a quarter of a mile later, and the driver was praised for
31:29his reactions under pressure.
31:35But in a Detroit suburb, it was the reactions of a 13-year-old that managed to save an entire
31:41bus.
31:44Hi, my name is Dylan Reeves, and I live in Warren, Michigan.
31:49Dylan is one of the 26 million children in America who ride a bus like this to school and back
31:55every day.
31:57The buses are as much a part of American family life as a trip to a diner.
32:02But when a bus failed to return Dylan after school, his stepmother, Iretta, feared the worst.
32:08I could see the corner where the bus usually drops.
32:12I was sitting and waiting and waiting, and there was no bus.
32:15Driving towards Dylan's school, Iretta could see police cars surrounding his school bus.
32:21So I didn't know if it was a bus accident. I didn't know what was going on.
32:26With the whole family worried, Dylan's dad, Steve, received a call.
32:31He goes, you know, this is an officer from the Warren Police Department.
32:34Uh, is this the father of Dylan Reeves?
32:37And I'm like, oh no, what'd he do?
32:40But the police weren't arresting Dylan.
32:43They were praising him for saving lives.
32:46It was just a normal day of school, and I was looking forward to getting home.
32:52As seen on the bus CCTV, the journey home was interrupted
32:56when the driver used the radio to report she was feeling unwell.
33:03I sort of heard it.
33:04I knew she said something.
33:06I didn't really know that she said that she was hot and dizzy,
33:09and I could see that she was waving her hat a lot.
33:14As the driver suffered a medical emergency,
33:17the bus, with its 60 passengers, veered into oncoming traffic.
33:21So I seen it that it was going towards a car,
33:25and it thankfully had missed one car.
33:28I quickly ran up from my seat and slowly hit the brakes,
33:34and put it in park, turned the key off.
33:38Sir, someone call 911.
33:40Now!
33:41Someone call 911.
33:43I don't care!
33:45Someone call 911!
33:49Thanks to Dylan's quick thinking,
33:51he'd stopped what could have been a deadly crash.
33:54An ambulance was on the scene quickly,
33:56and the driver made a full recovery.
33:59The principal came right up to me, and she said,
34:01he is a hero. I want you to know he's a hero.
34:05He's always been observant of his surroundings,
34:08and he was the only one that noticed it
34:10out of the whole bus of kids.
34:11It definitely was nice to see him take charge
34:14in a serious situation like that.
34:17Someone call 911!
34:20Awards and accolades soon came pouring in.
34:25I am so proud of Dylan,
34:27as he made all the difference in this crisis.
34:30But the question on everyone's lips was,
34:33how did a schoolboy know how to drive a bus?
34:37I did talk to the bus driver,
34:40and she said that her and Dylan
34:42had a really good relationship.
34:44That he used to sit right up front
34:46and ask her all about the bus,
34:49and how to drive it.
34:52You know, unbelievable kid. Unbelievable.
34:56Dylan now looks forward to the day
34:58when he's old enough to drive for more
35:00than just a few seconds.
35:02After all, he's already passed
35:04the hardest driving test there can be.
35:09Coming up, when a base jump goes wrong,
35:12a life is left hanging in the balance.
35:14I was just thinking any moment
35:16this tiny little tree branch was gonna break
35:20and I'd fall and land on a bunch of boulders.
35:30With aerial sports, there's literally nowhere to go but down.
35:36In Poland, these friends are flying in formation using wingsuits.
35:41It all goes swimmingly,
35:43until the moment where one deploys his parachute.
35:47With the lines knotted, it's a race against the clock to separate them.
35:54Cutting away his main parachute allows his reserve chute to slow his descent.
36:00But as the ground rapidly approaches,
36:03he realises he cannot reach his safe landing zone.
36:08Now he needs a new place to land.
36:12Unfortunately, it will result in one local game going into extra time.
36:17The pitch may have saved his life, but he is offside.
36:22And from the referee, he earns a yellow card.
36:28All aerial enthusiasts have to start somewhere.
36:32One minute, you're climbing aboard a mountain bike for a ride in the fresh country air.
36:39The next, you've graduated to an adrenaline rush of a more terrifying kind.
36:46So, my name's Rory. I'm a base jumper.
36:51Traditionally, skydiving and parachuting is jumping from planes.
36:55Base jumping is when you're jumping from much lower objects,
36:58a building, a bridge, a cliff.
37:00So, it makes the sport much more dangerous
37:03and decreases the amount of participants.
37:07And the sport nearly decreased by one more participant
37:11when a base jump in South Africa ended abruptly.
37:15Ah!
37:17Leaving Rory severely injured.
37:20I had to get a titanium rod put into my femur.
37:25I had to get a full ankle reconstruction done on my left ankle.
37:28And it took about a year to be able to walk again without a limp.
37:33So, you'd think Rory's days of base jumping would be over.
37:40But you'd be wrong.
37:42I'd been on a month-long base jumping trip around Europe
37:46and I was in Italy.
37:48And it was a jump that I'd done several times before successfully.
37:53So, I wasn't too worried about it.
37:54Let's go.
37:56I set up all of my stuff and did my countdown three, two, one.
38:00Three, two, one.
38:02Ran off the cliff.
38:04Everything was normal through the free fall.
38:06And then when I opened the parachute, it opened facing directly into the wall.
38:11And I was too close to the wall to turn away and avoid it.
38:15So, I just put the brakes on and tried to slow down as much as possible
38:19and just brace myself for the impact, put my feet forwards.
38:27And the impact didn't feel too heavy, but then the parachute basically just dropped straight down.
38:36And I ended up getting caught on the branch of a really small tree and that's where I ended up
38:41dangling.
38:50I was basically looking at this tiny little tree branch and as I sort of bobbed there I could hear
38:57it creaking and crackling
38:58and I was just thinking any moment it was going to break and I'd fall and land on a bunch
39:04of boulders.
39:05And it was pretty certain death really.
39:08That was hectic.
39:10Stay very still.
39:13Luckily, Rory had made a new friend that morning who was waiting for him at the bottom.
39:19But would they hear his cry for help?
39:22Dude!
39:24Are you okay?
39:25I'm okay, but I need help.
39:27I need a helicopter.
39:30Two years after his near fatal accident in South Africa, Rory was once again hanging around waiting for rescue.
39:40So when I was dangling there, I was wondering how long the rescue was going to take.
39:44The first one took 17 hours and I was just hoping that it wasn't going to be the same sort
39:49of ordeal.
39:51You know, you think about your family, you're thinking about the tree, you're thinking about when the hell the rescuers
39:56are going to get there.
39:58And yeah, it is just a complete rollercoaster of thoughts and emotions.
40:04Then all you can do is accept where you are and look to, you know, how to get out of
40:09it the best way that you can.
40:12But it's hard to keep your cool when you're suspended 90 meters in the air.
40:17And your life depends on one flimsy little tree.
40:22So the most terrifying moment was just before the rescue.
40:26A big gust of wind came down the valley and started swinging me under the tree.
40:32It started creaking really loudly and I was getting really concerned.
40:36And that was just at the time that the rescuers were starting to abseil down the cliff to me.
40:43I was thinking, what if the tree breaks when they're, you know, two or three meters above me and seconds
40:48away from, you know, actually being able to get me down.
40:52Fortunately, the only thing to die at this moment was the battery on Rory's camera.
41:02After two close calls, might Rory make a permanent switch from base jumping to mountain biking?
41:09We wouldn't bet on it.
41:11At the end of the day, it's my ultimate passion and something that I love to do.
41:15And I'll do at least one more jump, hopefully several more jumps.
41:21The picture's bright and I'm happy to be here to experience it.
41:32The ocean can be full of surprises.
41:36But not all of them are welcome.
41:42Tiger shark!
41:44Tiger shark ran me.
41:45This fisherman in Hawaii got more than he bargained for when the local marine life started fighting back.
41:55On average, there are 70 shark attacks on humans per year.
41:59This one was probably due to the shark mistaking the kayak for a seal it had been chasing earlier.
42:07Off the Spanish coast, a pod of killer whales are behaving strangely.
42:13That was a strike against the underneath of the boat.
42:17And here comes another.
42:20The four-person crew can only watch in horror as the killer whales continue to attack for a full hour.
42:32Although captive killer whales have been known to lash out, in the wild there are no human fatalities on record.
42:40But the crew of this boat are worried that they may become the first.
42:45As the killer whales have pierced the hull.
42:49We need assistance immediately.
42:51We need assistance immediately.
42:53We are sinking, we are sinking.
42:55It won't help anyone.
42:58As the Coast Guard arrives, the whales have retreated.
43:03But not without causing several thousand pounds worth of damage.
43:07Oh my God, all the way up.
43:14With all these terrors from the deep, it's a wonder that anyone would want to go to sea.
43:21I'm Tom, and what happened to me was just off the south coast of Devon.
43:26We've had the boat for well over ten years, and in the last few years since I've got my licence,
43:30we've just been going out as much as we can, and just a bit addicted to it really.
43:35It's an addiction Tom shares with his good friends Kitty...
43:40...and Sorrel.
43:41It's lovely. Every summer we come down together as a group and go out on the water whenever we can,
43:45and we feel really lucky.
43:48But one trip out to sea had them worrying that maybe their luck had run out.
43:54So we're kind of relaxing on the boat, and I think maybe we should head home now and pack in.
43:58The weather's taking a bit of a turn for the worse.
44:01And we're driving home and Sorrel kind of spots a fin, and I'm like, nah, no chance, I think she's
44:05having us on.
44:10So I can be a bit sarcastic, so Tom thought I was joking.
44:14But Sorrel was right. There was a fin in the water.
44:25But it was attached to something friendly.
44:28When we saw the dolphins, we were all just like, completely ecstatic, like, this is ridiculous.
44:34And then I think everyone just was pure excitement.
44:37And every time one jumped up, everyone was, you know, like, oh my gosh, oh my gosh.
44:43You don't ever expect to see a whole dolphin sort of jump out the water like they do in sort
44:48of films.
44:54And what came next was something Tom thought could only happen on a holiday abroad.
45:00I looked at the others and I was like, guys, I've got to get in the water.
45:05Although it's not uncommon to see wild dolphins off the UK coast, it is rare to find dolphins friendly enough
45:12to allow this.
45:17It was so cool this bit when the big one literally jumped right in front of me.
45:21I think looking back at the footage, we realised just how many there were and how unbelievable the moment actually
45:27was.
45:29Afterwards, I couldn't really believe it, especially to just do it on your front doorstep almost at home.
45:34It kind of makes us realise how lucky we are to live in such a cool place.
45:55We'll see you next time.
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