just sat back and said oh, well, the police are going to take care of it but no, they got on their horses and they took care of business. just three days after hardball s escape, he s back in action. okay, folks, tyler thompson has got a bull that took a little walk. bull rider tyler thompson rides that bucking bull for more than eight seconds. now let s see how many minutes of coverage they ll put on him. since hardball s escape, precautions have been taken to make sure the rodeo stays indoors. there are now four levels of gates that a bull or horse or anything else would have to go through before they get out. two rodeo employees suffer minor injuries from hardball s wild run. but those who were there know things could have been much worse.
and they re off. when the barrettes pull into the parking lot, the rodeo s chuck wagon event is getting under way inside the stadium. if you ve ever been close to these chuck wagons when they re racing, it s rumbling, there s a lot of noise, the horses are making noise, the rigs are jumping up and down and rattling. backstage, a bull named hardball is in his holding pen. hardball is a bucking bull. that night he was scheduled what we call a re-ride bull. on any given night, a cowboy may get a re-ride because of something, a bull doesn t buck or a horse falls down or it slams into the chute coming out. as the chuck wagons roar across the stadium, hardball s startled. he ran forward into a gate that was in front of him, pushed it forward and allowed a pin to come out of a gate that was beside him.
parking lot filled with children. i saw the bull and i froze because i didn t know what was going to happen. march 7th, 2010, houston, texas. the annual houston livestock show and rodeo is in full swing. it s an all-encompassing entertainment extravaganza that s not for profit. it benefits youth education. the event has been going strong for more than 75 years. it s a texas tradition that features lone star staples like great music, down-home cooking, and of course, a top-notch rodeo. we re the largest fair event in north america, the largest rodeo in the world. scott and denise barrett have been taking their 12-year-old daughter sarah marie to the event for years. on this date, sarah marie is especially excited for the headline music act. we went to the rodeo to watch the jonas brothers. i m a big jonas brothers fan.
feet of hardball and lets the taser fly. that just made the bull even angrier, because how would you like to be tasered. it doesn t feel good. the bull charges the officer, missing him by inches. then when all hope seems lost, the cavalry arrives. here comes the cowboy. he ll take care of this. watch this. here s a cowboy. in a scene straight out of an old western, three wranglers rush in on horseback. there was a lot of tension in the parking lot. are they going to be able to get him, are they going to be able to, you know, pull him back, you know, away from everyone. within seconds, one of the cowboys ropes hardball. they got that bull. they got that bull. if you don t have a cowboy on a horse with a rope, you can t control a raging bull. it just doesn t happen. a taser gun is not going to do the trick. it s got to be a cowboy. the cowboys, they could have
camera. i m contessa brewer. there s an old adage that if you want something done, you ve got to take the bull by the horns. but as you ll see in our next videos, when a real bull is involved, you d better run for cover. screams of ole turn into screams of terror as a raging bull jumps into the stands. august 18th, 2010. spain, 20 miles south of pamplona, the famed site of the running with the bulls. at the plaza de toros, a bull tries to make a daring escape. he jumps the stadium wall, hops a wire fence and charges into the stands. horrified fans scramble to get away. a man pulls a child out of the bull s path in the nick of time. the half ton bull gores another man in the back and tramples a woman standing next to him.