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True stories from the split second a bystander becomes the actor.
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A Boeing 737 with 174 passengers dropped more than 14,000 feet in under a minute.
The sand gave way 20 feet from shore. His son was being pulled out to sea.
Through the smoke, all he could see was her left arm.
Two brothers were pulled off a sandbar in the Colorado River. He went in after them.
An 80-year-old pilot was strapped in upside down beneath the surface.
A woman and two dogs were in open water 150 feet from the bank.
