That s it was crazy. it was a little scary. february 18th, 2008, c.j. morales is working in the stock room of a shoe store when he hears a big bang. it sounded like a big thunderbolt or something. it sounded like like big crushing noise. i walked outside and i had seen, like, the car was there, like destroyed. espenal who works at the music store nearby he is startled by the sound the impact. all of a sudden we heard a noise instruments that we had in the front just kind of like shook so right away my manager and i, we came to the front. john is street vender felix johnny torya. talking to this guy, this lady came too fast and got no time to press the brakes. she almost go inside of the
we re extremely luck they didn t go overboard. it turns out, this isn t the first time the suspects commit that day. earlier, they re seen cruising in a stolen 4-runner looking for vacant houses to rob in cornelius, north carolina. the m.o. that we have seen is a stolen vehicle is used to go to other areas, neighborhoods, and try to check for people who aren t at home for easy targets. after circulating several neighborhoods for approximately 30 minutes or so i went into one of our neighborhoods where we had had an increase in home break-ins. the suspects are spotted and police work quickly to try to catch them. officers from huntersville helped out with the officers in cornelius to kind of secure the entrances to that neighborhood. the officers were already at this point in position ready for them. and the 4-runner went over some spike strips. we did actually flatten the front left tire of that car. even with a flat tire, the trio manages to escape the roadblock. o
Store. the scene outside shocks the store workers. when i walked out from the back, the car was on the sidewalk already. it was like right in front of where johnny s things were at. and it was just there, like, stop. and it was smoking. the suv is badly damaged. and johnny is severely injured. i remember him on the ground. he said his leg, his leg was like really messed up. pushed me inside. it doesn t push me to the side, i don t be here talking to you. i called the guy from the next door. the guy gave me a hands and i was bleeding in my leg. he was on the ground. he was trying to lean on things. when he came asking for help he actually started leaning on this part this part of the door. and obviously that s not a good sign. so we called 911 right away. it was like, probably, 15, 20 minutes before the ambulance showed up. due to the severity of his injuries, first responders rushed johnny to the hospital. his leg was like really messed up.
the honda grand prix is an open wheel indy car race and portions of the airport, including east-west runway, become part of the actual race course. the tower provides a perfect view to watch the race, so dave decides to bring his camera along. we were on top of the tower on the roof and i was just shooting just footage of, like, everything that was around, and then i noticed that there was a bunch of these old warplanes that were taxiing over here on the runway and they were about to take off. sometimes we ll do air shows in between races or during the main race. in this case, this was like the event that kind of kicked the race off. i was getting the plane as it was coming in to land, it didn t really seem out of the ordinary to me. but the plane is in trouble. its engine stalls. and the pilot struggles to make the runway. at first, it looks to darby like the plane is going to make it. then as it was coming in, it just seemed like all of a sudden, it just dropped.
with the suspects in custody, authorities put the day s dramatic events in perspective. no injuries to the suspects. no injuries to officers. and no injuries to any citizen that may have been around that incident. okay, look it, he s fishtailing. here you go. fishtailing. he s going to wreck. we were very, very fortunate that nobody got hurt. that mower didn t fly off of the bridge onto that busy interstate. the three men are charged with numerous crimes including robbery with a dangerous weapon. i did testify against the three individuals and ultimately they were all sentenced to prison time. mr. staples, who was the leader of this group, got 12 years, six months active. and the other two individuals, mr. gaines and mr. hines received eight years, six months. these high-speed hazards should serve as a warning to anyone on the road. when a car passes you at a high rate of speed driving