angeles airport shooting rampage that left a tsa agent dead has pleaded not guilty. paul ciancia appeared, and the judge will ultimately decide whether he will face the death penalty. now to that amazing rescue on a busy los angeles freeway. a bomb squad officer who was on his way to work saw a car engulfed in flames. abc has the story. oh, my god. reporter: christmas day on one of the busiest freeways in california. a car on fire in heavy traffic. get him out of there! reporter: crashed into the center divider of the highway, bursting into flames. look closely as officer don compton, 26-year veteran with the los angeles police department who was heading to work, braved the flames to help the driver. is there anybody else in the car? reporter: that s the voice of drew gash. he was on the other side of the highway watching the scene unfold, recording it all.
went up here and skidded along there, that whole way. reporter: other bystanders rushed to help. the officer says his reaction was instinct, fighting the searing flames running up his arms and knowing he only had seconds to save the man s life. thompson found the seat belt release button. i said, hey, it s now or never. either you re going to get him out, or he s going to burn alive. i grabbed him with two hands, and i started pulling him out. wow. they they saved that guy s life. they pulled him out just in time. reporter: the driver has now been arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence. lucky to be alive. abc news, los angeles. we may learn more today about the connecticut school shooting a year ago. state police will release more details if its investigation following a summary report a month ago. the same conclusion, though adam lanza acted alone in killing 20 first graders, since staffers, and then himself. the motive still unknown. a hartford newspape
salt marsh. police in jamaica says it appears beth victims were shot. a new custody battle heating up over michael jackson s three cousws children. a cousin has filed for guardianship of the three. t.j. and michael s mother appointed last year. he says the kids happy with the arrangement. on to sports. an impressive new title for king james. miami heat star lumberton has been named the loims hebron has been named the fleet of the year. he s only the third basketball player to receive the award in the 83-year history joining michael jordan and larry byrd. he picked up his fourth mvp award. all right. animal hospital in colorado, rising to the occasion when faced with a one of a kind emergency. a chihuahua milk in labor anonymously dump ted clinic in a laundry basket. the birth wasn t going so well, the puppy was stuck. the vet appeared an emergency cspection, but the puppy appeared dead. about 45 minutes they they heard crying, and they named the pupal miracle. a
fire department hopefully to get some more information. who do we have? i m sorry. i m sorry, i believe we have someone live on the line? don compton, are you there, don? yes, ma am. tell me what you see, what you know. actually, i am not on scene. i ve got a pio en route. what i know is that we have a small private plane that crashed into a building, causing that building to catch on fire. our initial units did some preliminary rescues. they re in the process of setting up and fighting that fire now. we had reports about ten minutes ago of two people from the building unaccounted for. so they were working on trying to figure out where they would be in the building and trying to find them. so it is an ongoing process right now. i do have a pio and some more units en route. and we can give you some further updates, maybe a little further