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True stories from the split second a bystander becomes the actor.
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A man held an unloaded gun and begged police to shoot him. One officer refused.
Brown water was flowing from inside the dam. One man knew what it meant for the town below.
His wife was down the ladder and all three children were on the ground. He turned back toward the house.
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.
