- A hiker was stranded on the side of a canyon's ledge. Rescuers had to be hoisted up with a fire truck to a dangerously high level to save him from falling to his death. Just to make contact with the rescuer the hiker had to take a leap of faith and leap into his arms.
- A man was trapped holding onto a tree in the middle of raging and frigid flood waters while rescuers attempted to save him by lowering down in a helicopter. When the man refused this option because his bike couldn't be rescued as well (!?) they resorted to Plan B which was diving into the treacherous waters while tied to something permanent and swimming over to get him. I never saw how that one played out but the bike must have been something special. I gave up watching after the rescuer dived several times into the water only to get carried downstream himself and then dragged back to safety.
- High speed police chases. We all are familiar with the O.J. chase and how the cops followed him for what seemed like hours at low and high speeds down the freeways. Well that seems to happen frequently in these parts and we get to watch it all go down on our TVs. This week's caper was finally stopped and arrested but not until after some tense moments with big guns drawn and traffic collisions narrowly avoided.
I'm not used to this level of coverage and scared out of my wits it will end in disaster. We could watch some poor soul's demise right then and there as we eat our lunch and fold the laundry! Of course my eyeballs are glued to the set.
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