It is a typical day for most New York City reporters covering the news from the sky. But for reporter Andrew Torres and veteran helicopter pilot Russ Mowry, their worst fears are realized 800 ft. above the city. Their chopper spins out of control and nosedives, crashing onto a Brooklyn rooftop with the tail of the helicopter snapping off- all filmed by another news copter hovering right above the crash site. Minutes later, witnesses watch in awe as both passengers emerge from the wreckage.
Imagine crossing the street, minding your own business, and all of a sudden- boom! You are struck by a rolling SUV. Traffic cameras captured it all. A PT Cruiser speeding through a red light at a busy intersection in Dayton, Ohio, collides with an SUV, catapulting it through the air straight at a pedestrian, Scott Tegtmeyer. Witnesses thought for sure he was dead, but after four weeks in a coma, Scott came back from the brink of death and lives to tell his story.
With almost 8,000 jumps under his belt, Michael Holmes, a skydiving instructor, planned to jump again- this time from 15,000 ft. in the air- a flight that would change his life forever. Friends watched in horror as both his main and reserve parachutes failed and he plummeted to earth. Witnesses were sure he was dead, but he was found in the bushes- alive, with his helmet camera still rolling. How was this possible?
A normal morning in Ohio turns disastrous when a driver speeding down the highway loses control. The car barrels down the grassy median, collides with the guardrail and is instantly airborne. It slams into the center post of the overpass and explodes into thousands of small pieces. A nearby witness finds the bloodied and mangled body of 19-year-old Brennan Eden. Miraculously, he completely recovers. Eden has no memory of the accident and no idea of how he survived. But he is on a journey to find out how with the help of a stunt driving team and a crash investigator. Through a series of experiments that re-enact the crash, well uncover what caused the car to go airborne. Experts also reveal how Brennan survived the accident, which would have killed most drivers. ALTERNATE DESCRIPTION APPROVED 6/14/2011: A spectacular flying car crash against an overpass breaks a Firebird into pieces. In August 2010, Ohio teenager Brennan Edens car goes airborne after hitting a guardrail which sends him flying across the highway. Miraculously, he completely recovers. Eden has no memory of the accident and no idea of how he survived. This episode of The Indestructibles will answer the two key questions: Why did Edens car go airborne in the first place? And how did he survive the crash into the bridge, a crash that by all accounts should have killed him? With the support of a spirited stunt team and some mind-blowing experiments, crash investigator Tim Leggett aims to find the reasons for this unlikely survival.
A skydiving adventure goes horribly wrong when Scott Lutzs main parachute separates and flies off during his sky dive. Even though he manages to open his rescue parachute, the directions of instructors cause him to crash into a high-voltage power line. Miraculously, Scott escapes with only minor injuries and makes a full recovery. This episode of The Indestructibles answers two key questions: What caused Scott to steer his parachute straight into a high-voltage power line, and how in the world did he survive a 12 thousand-volt shock? An electric safety expert and a behavioral psychologist perform spectacular experiments that get to the heart of this shocking mystery.
There are days that one shouldnt set a step out onto the street. You never know what is waiting for you around the next corner - everything can happen and change your life in the blink of an eye. Andrew Leitch and his parents are out on a stroll with his little baby boy Hayden who just turned 4 Months. Its a special day for the family but as it turns out it will be different than theyd hoped for. Surveillance cameras record what happens on the suburbs streets. A car drives directly towards the family, neither stopping, nor turning - giving the Leitchs no time to react and leaving them directly in the path of this roaring rampage.
Tumbling off a bicycle at a speed of 108 mph is beyond imagination for most anyone. But not for a professional downhill speed biker like Eric Barone with multiple world speed records on a bicycle. For him its the worst case scenario. And on May 12, 2002 on Volcano Cerro Negro in Nicaragua it came true. Eric Barone had already passed the velocity sensor and had done a new world record when his bike suddenly broke in two.
Its feeding time at the Wellington Zoo in New Zealand. Robert Bennett, who usually tends to the camels and giraffes, decides to help out with the lions because of a staff shortage that day. He enters the cage and places the meat at the lions feeding spot. But in a split second, this routine feeding ritual goes horribly wrong.
