find themselves in a terrifying plummet. not only are they falling from 12,000 feet at 125 miles per hour, so are the burning parts of the first plane. all the divers opened their chutes and land safely. the pilot of the first plane gets out alive, too, using his time to take a look at the emergency parachute. morning papers. the star-ledger. then there s this. come on, blake. police have found the body of a you ve got it. come on. gunman they believe walked into reporter: blake whedon lands a new jersey mall firing shots the second plane at the airport though there is damage to the at gunmen. propellor and the wing. the shots d didn t hit anyone even though the mall was the jumpers and the pilots, all crowded. it happened at the westfield veterans of the sky, know how garden state plaza mall. close they came. shots were reported around 9:20 very, very lucky. last night right as the mall was about to close. any time two planes collide in as police approached the gunman, the a
all the divers open their chutes and land safely. the pilot of the first plane gets out alive, too, using his emergency parachute. and then there s this. come on, blake, you got it! come on! blake weeden lands the second plane at the airport, even though there s damage to the propeller and the wing. the jumpers and the pilots, all veterans of the sky, know how close they came. very lucky. very, very lucky. any time two planes collide in the air, i mean, it s potential disaster for everybody involved. so, we were all very, very lucky here. reporter: after pursuing thrills in the air, tonight for these 11 lucky people, the greatest thrill is just being alive. incredible. that was anne thompson reporting for nbc news. all right, let s go to business now. wall street posting some modest gains yesterday across the board. just 23 points in the dow jones industrial average. steve sedgwick live for us in london. good morning, steve.
you. reporter: flying in formation some 12,000 feet in the air, two planes had just reached their targeted altitude carrying nearly a dozen skydivers when something went wrong. one of the pilots remembered hearing a lot bang. then the windshield shattered. both planes collided in midair. according to one of men on board, it turned out to be a jump for their lives. four jumpers in the lead plane get out of the airplane, they re on the step hanging on to the strap. then they leave. meanwhile the jumpers in the trail plane have done the same thing, they re on the step. so when they see these jumpers leave, then they leave. we re not sure exactly why they collided yet. but they did. reporter: you can see from these pictures how the lead plane was left mangled. wings came off, they were on fire. pilot got out safely, used his emergency parachute and landed. reporter: pilot of the fratr
plane s right wing. the plane was destroyed, splitting into three pieces. amazingly, all nine quick-thinking skydivers were able to parachute to safety. one pilot used an emergency parachute. he s got to get his seat belt off, he s got to get out the door and deploy his parachute. reporter: the other was forced to make an emergency landing at the airport. that pilot was the only one injured. instructor mike robinson knows a far worse tragedy was narrowly avoided. very, very lucky. any time two planes collide in the air, it is potential disaster for everybody involved. so we were all lucky. reporter: rob nelson, abc news, new york. some incriminating video emerged showing what really happened when a big rig plowed into a patrol car last may killing a police officer. cell phone records show the driver was looking at scantily clad women on facebook and not checking his rear-view mirror as he told investigators. the 18-wheeler was traveling 65
he has a bag, gets in the car. off they go. and a short time later, a knock at the door. police. yes, police. plus, a car repo? not unusual. a car recall and replace the part doesn t come in for six months? wait. what? honda saying drivers should just work around the problem. is that really safe? also wings came off. they were on fire. 12,000 feet in the air, two planes full of skydivers collide. the pilot got out safely, used his emergency parachute and landed. and soccer fans so bad they set their rival s stadium on fire during the game. you re live in the cnn newsroom. good morning. i m carol costello. thank you so much for joining