passes them explodes. it felt like the bomb came from underneath the floorboards. i said to myself, i can t believe we re about to die. i said, i i was just angry and i was just incredulous, so to speak. and the tree that we were underneath was on fire. but the attack isn t over. and the biggest explosion is yet to come. manning a machine gun at the checkpoint is specialist darrell green. at that time, they the cement mixer was trying to come through our perimeter. a huge cement mixer filled with explosives tries to sneak through the breach made by the first blast and drive up to the hotel. their main goal with the first two explosions was to make a hole into our perimeter, which the first explosion did. the second vehicle was deterred and went into a different direction. guards opened fire on the cement truck using everything they have to prevent it from getting close enough to kill hundreds. once the dust settled, i engaged that vehicle before it
seconds later, the car that passes them explodes. it felt like the bomb came from underneath the floorboards. i said to myself, i can t believe we re about to die. i said, i i was just angry, and i was just incredulous, so to speak. and the tree that we were underneath was on fire. but the attack isn t over. and the biggest explosion is yet to come. manning a machine gun at the checkpoint is specialist darrell green. at that time, they the cement mixer was trying to come through our perimeter. a huge cement mixer filled with explosives tries to sneak through the breach made by the first blast and drive up to the hotels. their main goal with the first two explosions was to make a hole into our perimeter, which the first explosion did. the second vehicle was deterred and went into a different direction. guards opened fire on the cement truck using everything they have to prevent it from getting close enough to kill hundreds. once the dust settled, i engaged that veh
an amtrak passenger train carrying 80 people plows through a tractor-trailer loaded with strawberries. people in the cars lined up behind watch in horror and disbelief. the impact causes the engine to separate from the six cars it s pulling. seen from the second camera on the other side of the tracks, the trailer of the truck is completely demolished. incredibly, the truck driver s not hurt, but two train passengers suffer minor injuries. local police say the truck driver ignores the lights and the bells and tries to beat the crossing arms that are lowering. the driver s ticketed for not stopping. urbandale, iowa, february 25th, 2007. a massive winter storm pounds the midwest with high winds, bitter cold, and more than a foot of ice and snow. we already have up to ten
their buildings shake. it was, like, it s got to be a building falling because it keeps rumbling. gregory s tow truck is parked right above the epicenter of one of the biggest underground explosions the city has ever seen. i don t know what happened to that guy who was in the truck. he was on top. his truck launches into the air and returns to earth with a jolting thud. this truck weighs 15,000 pounds by itself. so it had to be a powerful blast just for it to go up and come back down like that. the explosion leaves a huge crater in the middle of the street. it swallows the tow truck whole. but it s not caused by a bomb or bomber with evil intentions. the most likely thing that was the cause was cold water getting into the pipe, and cold water apparently causes these to explode. an 83-year-old steam pipe buried beneath the city street has exploded, sending up a plume of deadly, hot steam, temperature, 400 degrees.
with his hoses from his truck to the plant. and you can see suddenly something went wrong. what that was, i don t know that we ll ever know for sure. the truck and driver become surrounded by an ominous and dangerous cloud of extremely flammable propane. it s very explosive, plus, that leak happened at a very remarkable speed. it was literally, i believe, under 20 seconds. the driver, fearing something isn t right, tries to shut down the gas. but he s not in time. suddenly, the propane ignites. unfortunately, at that point, you know, it enveloped the driver, too. he was in that cloud. the driver of the truck, you can see it explode. that s horrible. the explosion rocks nearby buildings and businesses across the street, just a few hundred feet away. the whole building shook. the whole building shook. you could definitely tell that something was not right. it definitely sounded like maybe a car had crashed through the