of the hill and going forward, the first thing i thought was people would have hit the windshield. film maker jeremiah whitlock is inside. i felt that slight sinking feeling in our stomach as you go over top of the hill fast in your car. or the top of a roller coaster. after following the racers from a distance from the start of the course, whitlock wants to get in closer before the last series of turns. the helicopter was moving to cover them better. he is focused on the racers below, not the position of the helicopter. that s when the helicopter started to lose power. we started dropping quick. that s when the rotors starting clipping the top of the tree. i didn t really have time to think. i just held on to my camera until we hit. the impact is surprisingly
kind of separate myself from the crash. maybe to give myself a bit of a buffer. the fire department quickly secures the scene and the leaking fuel is controlled. whitlock is grateful to the pilot whose quick thinking, he says, averted a more serious situation. we were coming down right on top of the road where there was a lot of spectators on the road. he pulled it off on the last second and put it down on the hill where he did. if he hadn t of done that, there would have been a lot of people hurt. this was whitlock s first time up in a helicopter and certainly a memorable trip. and despite the close call, he says, he d fly again. i have my one get out of jail free card. i think statistically i should be good. a giant inflatable slide goes airborne at a children s soccer tournament. oh, my god. oh, my god! and frantic parents rush toward the scene. it was just chaos.
helicopter would explode. is it going to blow up? but what about the three people inside the aircraft? the way it landed on the side of the hill and going forward, the first thing i thought was people would have hit the windshield. film maker jeremiah whitlock is behind the camera inside the chopper as it goes down. the only thing that i felt as the chopper was going down was a slight sinking feeling in your stomach as you go over the top of the hill really fast in your car or the top of a roller coaster. after following the racers from a distance from the start of the course, whitlock wants to get in closer before the last series of turns before the finish line. the helicopter was moving into position to cover them better. he is focused on the racers below, not the position of the chopper. that s when the helicopter started to lose power. we started dropping quick. that s when the rotors starting clipping the top of the tree. i didn t really have time to think. i jus
the impact is surprisingly gentle, but they re not out of danger. fuel is leaking from the chopper and the fear is it could blow any minute. i was worried something was going to catch on fire. the pilot instructs everyone to stay in the aircraft until the rotors stop spinning, but the co-pilot jumps out before the blades come to a complete halt. luckily, he isn t hurt. whitlock stays put while his camera continues rolling. after a few seconds, the pilot tells him it s safe to get out. emergency workers stationed at the end of the race course are on the scene within seconds. is somebody in there? amazingly, nobody is injured in the crash. we all came out without a scratch on us. as soon as he clears the chopper, whitlock brushes himself off and starts shooting again. i wanted to shoot the helicopter i just came down to
on a slope. part of its tail snaps off. the rotor was hitting the ground as it tipped forward. there was bark and wood around it. was the rotor going to come flying off or pieces? you re so close that you d never see it coming. jillet and the others run for their lives afraid it was going to explode. but what about the three people inside the aircraft? the way it landed on the side of the hill and going forward, the first thing i thought was people would have hit the windshield. film maker jeremiah whitlock is inside. i felt that slight sinking feeling in our stomach as you go over top of the hill fast in your car. or the top of a roller coaster. after following the racers