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First on Scene
First on Scene

First on Scene

—Video journalists and on-scene experts examine the first moments of high-profile disasters across the U.S. with footage that video journalists capture and commentary that on-scene experts provide.
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  • Cops in Arizona swarm to save a baby from a machine-gun wielding maniac; nine of them are shot in their selfless rescue.
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  • Performance car enthusiasts illegally block city streets and intersections before recklessly performing burnouts in the middle of thousands of onlookers.
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  • Heart-stopping dashcam footage of a car plunging over a bridge is just the beginning of a life and death struggle to free the driver from the burning wreck.
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  • A man is struck by a truck in what appears to be a fatal collision; emergency responders are stunned when the man suddenly springs back to life and attempts to steal a nearby van.
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  • Emergency workers respond to reports of a person climbing high in construction site scaffolding; in an unexpected twist, they struggle to convince the naked man to return to earth.
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  • A fleet of first responders mobilize when a deranged man climbs a high-voltage power pylon; witnessing the heart-stopping moment that he does the unthinkable.
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Video journalists and on-scene experts examine the first moments of high-profile disasters across the U.S. with footage that video journalists capture and commentary that on-scene experts provide.

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