150 feet off the ground. imagine that. it turns out that a glitch caused the computers to go into safety mode and that stopped the ride literally in its tracks. fortunately no one was hurt. finally, a horrifying turn of events at a hot-air balloon festival in albuquerque, new mexico. one hit a power line and caught fire. this balloon about 40 feet in the air at the time came crashing to the ground with the pilot and crew chief inside. both men were burned and spent the night at the hospital. their injuries, though, could have been a whole lot worse. but listen to this. when residents saw this crash, they all rushed over and used water bottles in order to put out the flames. how about that? and those are your headlines at this hour. those hot air balloon festivals are so popular in that part of albuquerque. >>steve: stay away from the power lines. thank you very much, heather. >>elisabeth: coming up, a school district making kids wear hellments on -- helmets