disappeared and why he came back. >> i had no idea there were people out there that still cared about me. >> a chopper is tethered to a strange-looking contraption. >> this looks like it is out of go-go gadgets. >> how to trim trees with an air saw on steroids it is a gift this guy is going to be -- >> jacked up about. >> hot dam. >> see what it is that sparks fandamonium. a couple of skiers find themselves in a sticky situation. on a snowy mountain face, you see a camera rolling. there is the guy's friend. they are on this really steep, rocky mountain face and they are trying to find a line to go down. they are back country skiing. this video posted by jerome michelle. >> you are seeing this may not be the best idea. >> oh, no. >> oh, shoot. >> camera gets covered up. he is going down and going down fast. the hard way here. part of a little aftvalanche. fortunately, he is able to stay above the snow and he is able to hold on to most of his gear. >> you can tell from the movement of the camera, how much he is panting. he is so nervous from what just happened. >> obviously, the guy got off the mountain, because we are watching the video from the camara tachd to this guy. >> that proofs there is more that one way to go down the mountain. >> another example from a snowboarder, this time in beaver creek. >> i can't stop. >> he is on his back, not just for a little bit but the entire mountain here at beaver creek. >> he doesn't slow down. >> he is having a good time. >> i think he realizes, i can't stop myself. >> how steep is this hill that he just can't stop. this is awesome. can you imagine if this was you? >> this is like sliding without a sled. >> "a," a black diamond slope, "b" and his third day learning how to snowboard. i would have done way worse. >> in two different instances, police ended up getting their guy, first in australia. the guy in the hoodie breaks into a grocery store with a meat cleaver. the 25-year-old shop keeper is not going to allow this guy to get away with anything from his store. the store clerk ends up with the meat cleaver in his hands. he ends up pushg the guy out into the street and some bystanders helped pin the guy down and seconds later, t e guy. >> they not only beat his butt, they actually good him in custody z they think they are not going to fight back. i have a meat cleaver, a gun, a knife. when someone does fight back, they are not expecting it. >> this guy had been involved in a string of robberies over the past few weeks. this was the first guy to fight back. >> this guy may be a little overconfident with his alleged drinking and driving skills. we see 51-year-old robert ortiz attempting to undergo what looks like a sobriety test. >> where are you going? i didn't say walk, did i? >> ortiz thinks this might be a performance. >> can you imagine a line coming from the front of your foot? >> he has got this. >> at this point, the officer is like, gone, brother, making my job and the court's job easier. >> put your feet together. >> okay, let's go. face this way. >> according to reports, police say this is ortiz's 11th dwi charge and he just in new mexico alone, ha had four dwi convictions. back in 2009, ortiz persuaded a court to allow him to get his license reinstated. >> it isn't this guy's fault obviously. it is also a flaw in the system. >> it is pretty bad. >> you can't give this guy a license. >> destruction strikes and there is no telling when. >> oh, no. >> house on fire. >> this video from saturn 911 courtesy of albert collins, you see a lot of smoke coming from the attic of this house in pensacola, florida. you see clear fire. some people behind it are obviously scared by what they are seeing. watch what happens just a minute later. right about here, you see the house starts to glow. it gets really bright. then, a big ball of fire just blows up. ah! >> we lose the shot for just a second but when they turn the camera back on, you see flames everywhere. they are huge. this actually happened on christmas day. firefighters did respond and no reported injuries. >> ah! . a rescue in a remote part of tasmania. a couple of guys went out paddling down the gordon river. one of them lost one of their paddles in the swollen river. they realized they were starting to get into trouble. they were smart. they got themselves to the bank of the river and realized there was no way to walk out and no way to continue going. so they activated their remote location beacon and that got the emergency service headed their way. now, rescue divers going down on a line from a helicopter. the two guys down below on the rocks one by one safely picked up, brought back into the helicopter. the rescuers able to go down and recover the guy's backpack. they got out with their lives and their gear. >> that's when you know they are really good at their job and will save you and your stuff. >> a helicopter is pretty effective in that kind of stuff. they are also really effective at trimming trees. i have never seen this before. high tension power lines in remote areas are at risk by encroaching trees. so how do you cut back the tree limbs and keep the power lines running? >> a giant air saw. this looks like it is out of go-go gadgets in this story. they dangle it down. they dangle this giant saw and run it along the lines and look at that, just chopping down tree limbs. a giant tree trimmer. >> at what point is that pilot going to run into the lines himselves. >> these guys are professionals, very skilled helicopter pilots, fascinating. >> do you think the guy that owns this thing trims the hedges at his house the same way. ♪ the dude just wants an ice-cream cone. >> he decides to mess with him a little bit. >> see the slippery trickery that has his screaming for an ice scream. looking at the da devil mountains. what goes wrong that nearly takes out one of the jumpers. we are all connected online, facebook, instagram or twitter. we all take extensive precautions to try to safeguard some private information. one guy has been putting his private phone number out there online for everyone to see and anyone to call. >> my number is 860-951-5964. >> interesting. anyone can call him. >> really. >> exactly. this is ryan fitzgerald. he is known as the youtube phone guy. he has been doing this since 2007. people can call him with problems, with jokes, with ideas but you can hear in his latest video that he says he has been away for a while. >> a lot of people have been wondering where i went. i wanted to let everybody know i am back and not going anywhere. >> think about putting your phone number out there. it might give you crazy anxiety. >> we have ryan fitzgerald and his twin brother, sean, who also helps him with this project via skype from rhode island. welcome to the show. how did you fall off the map for a while? were you still getting phone calls even though you were having personal issues. >> i fell off. i got my video on youtube and couldn't get it back. i thought people didn't care about me anymore. so i kind of disappeared until i did reupload this new video last night and it completely blew up. i had no idea there were people out there that cared about me and my mission. >> what is your mission? >> my goal is to connect strangers one phone call at a time. there are a lot of people out there that can't talk to their parents or best friends because you never know who might stab you in the back. i'm the guy that people can come to and say anything they want to and they know, no matter what they say, i am not going to tell anybody. i can't believe it has been 18 hours and i have already been going nuts again over here. >> you started a go fund me page now to help with this mission. you are trying to raise $100,000. how do you hope to use that money? >> instead of just doing phone calls, i want to meet some of the people and get to know them in person and help them with whatever else they may need. >> sean, how did you get involved? >> i was always there but i wasn't actually in the limelight. i wasn't actually being asked questions but i was always helping him out in the background. it is working. it helps people out. there is people he has saved. people that were going to kill themselves and he helped out a lot with a lot of people. it is going really well. >> why are you so interested in helping people? >> just helping people. it is all about life experience. through this whole project, it could ever imagine. well, if you're, you know, a street vendor slinging ice-cream all day in turkey, you have to make some fun for yourself. i think this guy is probably having the most fun possible. >> dude in the green shirt comes over. i'll have a cone. >> pops the cone in his pocket. takes the ice-cream away. the cone is here. how are you going to get back here. >> the vendor decides, i'm going to mess with this guy a little bit. ♪ >> he is doing all of this without making a mess. his shirt is totally clean even though it has ice-cream right next to it. >> now, he fills it up. just give the guy the cone now, right? >> oh, there was two cones. oh, he gives it back. another cone. now, the guy is still holding an empty cone. nope, nope. it is almost is there. finally, gives him the napkin. he has the napkin, shakes his hand. thanks for being a good sport, kisses him on the cheek and watches this. smashes the ice-cream. at that point, i would throw the cone on the ground and upset. >> he is so happy. >> at that point, you are like, yes. finally, my ice-cream. >> i hope he got it for free too. he earned it. >> so we are nearing the end of 2013. of course, we are going to start getting the list. the best video from epic tv is one of their top five best extreme moments coming from their perfect flight series. they have been traveling the world b.a.s.e. jumping in some of the most extreme and spectacular places. here they are in china, ten amin mountains. >> that is just beautiful z it is gorgeous. the reason this is in the top five is because of s spin's near miss. yoki jumps first, espin second and luto third. a little cloud and they pick up the lines of the gondolas first. did you see that? he didn't tap it but that slit second, he was nearly a bug on a windshield. >> a 30-degree right turn. i am looking straight into a cable car. i see people. >> i see the cable car. >> really close call. top five stunning moments of the year. >> are you okay? >> for now. >> so close. >> it is new year's eve. we're celebrating rtm style. see the best of '13 next right this minute. still to come, some fishermen out ice fishing get -- >> a little visitor that wanted in on the action. >> find out what the friendly fox wasafter. >> it is a classiccamaro,onoof friend. >> this is a lot for one guy to pull off. >> now, hear how his dream to sell it is coming true. a couple of videos with some really awesome but unexpected encounters. this is out on a lake. two fishermen were out fishing. they had a little visitor that also wanted in on the action. >> right. >> as you can see, it is a fox. >> oh, yeah, a sly little fox. that's a smart fox. if he comes close to the fishermen, they pull the fish out of the ice hole and he can grab it and run it away. >> or you can take it directly from their hands. the guy recording this video actually has some meat, offers it over and the fox takes it. >> foxes are gorgeous. are they not gorgeous? >> they are beautiful. >> look at that little face. >> he gets a couple more treats. >> look at how sweet. >> this other video is in alaska where we obviously know it snows quite a bit. so they have to use the salt. this moose, this ginormous moose thought, this is very tasty. it tastes even better off this cart zechlt is as big as a jeep. >> this gives you perspective how big moose can be. it is as big as this suv. >> imagine if you hit that. you don't want that to happen but imagine if you did. that thing is huge. >> i just realized that my car looks awfully small next to a moose. >> several months ago, i told you guys about this beautiful young girl, danielle hudson. she was diagnosed with a really rare form of brain cancer during her freshman year in high school in scottsdale, arizona. one of her incredible friends says he wanted to have an effect on danielle because she had had such an impact on his life. one of the things he enjoyed was restoring cars. he decided to restore a 1967 camaro and donate all the funds specifically the department for neurooncology research. >> danielle was the person who cared about everyone. she was 100% on board with the idea. i tried to keep her as part of the project. as you see, the car is painted blue. that's her favorite color. we have dedicated everything we have done so far to her. >> unfortunately, his friend, danielle, lost her battle to cancer just days before he was set to complete the restoration. but, i do have a positive updade for you guys. he is going to unveil this car on january 9th, at the phoenix children's hospital and danielle's parents will be there and even more than that, he has now gotten this car in to barrett jackson, which is a huge auto action. his hope is to raise $200,000 to donate to the phoenix children's hospital. >> i don't doubt some donor out there would love to have this beautiful car and also have the money go to a good cause. >> i have to say, this is a lot for a young guy to pull off. >> restoring the car, that's impressive enough. just because he wanted to do it for a good cause. now, because it is somebody that affected his life in a positive way. hopefully, he can do it. >> hot dam. >> grandpa goes nuts when he opens tickets to the sugar bowl. >> wait a second. there is a problem with the ticket. >> uh-oh. >> i thought that was playing in louisiana. >> how a ticket mixup was all in th these days, barefoot running and being barefoot has become quite the trend. what do you do in the winter? these guy s in california, created the earth runners, minimalist winter sandals. >> do you wish to go barefoot year-round? now, you can. >> they created these sandals made with recycled car tires. it is very ecofriendly. the design is very custom molded to fit your foot. >> we offer the closest thing to going barefoot where you forget you have shoes on but aren't limited to where you can go. >> they have conductive laces and a buckle locking system they created. >> they sure are stomping around in these things. you can't do that with any pair of sandals. >> there are a lot of advocates that promote this running. they are doing so well, they need help expanding so they can mass produce these sandals nothing like watching somebody crack open a christmas gift that they are really jacked up about, really excited about it. this individuvideo from last ch grandpa in the blue got some tickets. >> hot dam! wow! >> he loses his mind. >> he gets to go to the alabama game, the sugar bowl, a huge deal, it is going to be in louisiana, coming up, huge came. wait a second, a problem with the tickets. >> uh-oh. i thought they was playing in louisiana? this says the cotton bowl. this can't be mine. >> these aren't even tickets to the sugar bowl. the cotton bowl is missouri and oklahoma state. grandpa is in on it. these tickets are for their guy in the green. that's dad, eric, his son, patrick, put this whole thing together. dad is a big missouri fan. grandpa, that was all a joke. i thought they was alabama, that's where i've been wanting to go. missouri/osu! >> he loses his mind. the whole family goes crazy. >> that's awesome. >> he is going to see his team, missouri, play at oklahoma state, january 3rd at the cotton bowl in arlington, texas. a huge fakeout. >> that was really well done. >> no doubt. >> top-notch! that's our show. we'll see you next time. hello, everybody. i'm beth troutman. if you want great videos, we've got them "right this minute." lifeguards are thrown from a rescue craft that breaks loose. >> stuck at full throttle. >> see the panic to get swimmers out of the way of a rogue boat. drivers compete in a nighttime rally race. >> but there is definitely not enough sfpace for two vehicles n this tiny