it for themselves. move! get out of the street! the 18-wheeler sends pedestrians running for their lives. and motorists swerving off the road as it barrels through residential neighborhoods. police were doing everything they could to try to stop him from driving. they tried to shoot out the tire. they tried to block roads. he would just drive around them. fearing for the public s safety, police commanders give the orders shoot to kill. they authorize the officers to fire and use deadly force if necessary. they deemed it necessary. they had no intention of me getting out of the truck alive. plus fire on the truck from the ground and air. i knew at the police station a code 100, which was a shoot to kill order and at that point i m just trying to figure out how to get out of the truck.
the suspect s car was stuck on a raised planter and the smoke from the tire surrounds the honda and unable to see their target, the police hold their fire. seconds later sahareth is able to maneuver the car free. officers unleash another round of bullets. you can clearly see one of the officers executing what s known as a speed load, where he s trying to reload his gun quickly and get it back in the action. you can see the magazine drop quickly and he continues to refire. just to see all the shells flying in the air was like matrix or something. my kids flashed in my face. my wife flashed in my face. that s when i realized, you know what, i m in it too deep. the camera operator takes cover behind his news van but keeps rolling. off camera sahareth gives police the slip yet again. he was finally able to drive
he drove around businesses, across medians. he crossed highways. he got on the wrong side of the highway and drove against the traffic. soon the friction from the truck s locked rear wheels ignites the rubber tires. those flames set fire to the rig s flat bed a forklift, and the load of lumber. once it kaugt ficaught fire, burned controllably. you see this truck with a huge ball of fire in tow. not only the bright orange flames but the huge plume of black smoke as well. in spite of the flames and the sea of police behind him, wilson shows no signs of slowing down. i knew i have to get room to stop the truck and safely surrender before the police had a chance to take a shot at me. across the city crowds appear as people watching the chase live on tv come outside to see
dangerous. he was on the open road with an 18 wheeler that was on fire. it was a true wild west chase and shootout. dallas, texas, nbc news correspondent jay gray is always on the lookout for the next big scoop. we re looking for this man in the surveillance video. i always like to see a good story. on november 7th, 2001, the veteran news man, then with local station kxas, gets the chance to cover just that. it was really amazing. every major news organization was involved in the story. everybody went live. police say about 1:20 this afternoon the hijacker hot wired the truck. it begins when an unemployed truck driver with a criminal
jumped. it s a beautiful spot. there s a lot of sand as long as you make the beach. it can be pretty rocky down there. the it the afternoon of december 8th, 2010. jester will later admit he drank a couple of glasses of vodka mixed with cranberry juice that morning. we re going to do a rollover? rollover? rollover. i was going to freefall it, but i got scared. so we re going to roll over it. you ready? let s do it. let s rock. jester enlists a friend to videotape the jump. i like to keep a record. i ve got a facebook page. we like to share our videos on facebook amongst other base jumpers. you ready? jester prepares to plunge. i was in the middle of the bridge getting the line twist out of my canopy, and the police officer pulled up. there s the police. don t even think about it. don t even think about it. pull your cap back up right now. we re so busted. i think i said a four-letter word at that point and thought for a few seconds and said, i m