AND TOXIC ALGAE.
HOW WIDESPREAD THEY THINK THIS
COULD BE.
YOU'RE WATCHING EYEWITNESS NEWS
LIVE AT 5:00.
TONIGHT, THIS EXCLUSIVE
CELL PHONE VIDEO SHOWS DALE
EARNHARDT, JR.'S PLANE.
YOU CAN SEE THEM COVERED IN
SMOKE AND FIRE BEFORE THE
DOORS EVEN OPENED UP.
IT'S ONLY IN THE SECONDS AFTER
THAT 5 BALL THAT THEY GOT THE
DOOR OPEN.
AND YOU CAN SEE DALE, HIS WIFE
AND DAUGHTER, AND THE TWO
PILOTS ESCAPE THAT BURNING
PLAIN.
-- PLANE.
THE VIDEO IS HEARTSTOPPING.
IT SHOWS THE EXTREME DANGER THE
FAMILY AND THE PILOTS WERE IN
BEFORE THAT CRASH.
OUR DAVE FAHERTY IS THE ONLY
ONE WHO GOT A HOLD OF THIS
VIDEO AND HE'S GOING TO TAKE US
LIVE THROUGH IT SECOND BY
SECOND.
WE'RE ALSO SEEING MAJOR
DEVELOPMENTS BEHIND THE SCENE.
I'M GOING TO KIND OF PUSH IN
RIGHT THERE OFF IN THE
DISTANCE.
THAT'S THE FUSELAGE THAT CAUGHT
FIRE HERE.
NOW, I'M GOING TO PAN OVER TO
THE LEFT, WITHIN THE LAST 30
MINUTES, THEY'VE MOVED THE TWO
ENGINES TO THIS FLAT BED
TRUCK.
THAT IS ONE OF THE WINGS THAT
HAS ALSO BEEN PLACED ON THIS
FLATBED TRUCK.
I GOT A CHANCE TO TALK TO TWO
EYEWITNESSES WHO DESCRIBE
HEARING THE CRASH AND THEN
LOOKING OUT THEIR OFFICE WINDOW
AND SEEING THE PLANE ON FIRE.
YOU CAN SEE BLACK SMOKE
POURING OUT OF THE BACK OF THE
PLANE.
AND A MAN RUNNING TOWARD THE
WRECKAGE.
MOMENTS LATER, FLAMES SHOOT UP
FROM ONE OF THE WINGS, JUST
SECONDS BEFORE THE DOOR TO THE
PLANE POPS OPEN.
SCRAMBLING TO GET OUT ARE DALE
EARNHARDT, JR. AND HIS WIFE AMY
AND TWO PILOTS.
THEIR FIRST CONCERN IS DALE'S 1-
YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.
SHE WAS HANDED TO THE FIRST
PERSON OFF THE BURNING PLANE
WHO RUSHED HER TO SAFETY.
THE VIDEO SHOWS ONE PERSON
FALLING TO THE GROUND.
THEN THE FAMILY'S DOG RUNNING
FROM THE WRECKAGE.
THESE TWO WOMEN CALLED 911,
WATCHING IN HARD AS NAMES
SPREAD ACROSS THE PLANE.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT WAS
HAPPENING.
ESPECIALLY RIGHT HERE IN FRONT
OF OUR OFFICE.
AND WHEN WE SAW THEM ESCAPE AND
THEM HAND A CHILD OUT.
BOTH OF OUR HEARTS JUST SANK.
IT WAS REALLY SCARY.
THERE WASN'T MUCH TIME FOR THEM
TO GET OUT.
AND IT REALLY IS A MIRACLE THAT
THEY GOT OUT BEFORE THE FLAMES
OVERTOOK THE PLANE.
BOTH WOMEN SAY IT WAS JUST
30 SECONDS TO A MINUTE LATER,
BEFORE A SECOND EXPLOSION
CAUSED FLAMES TO ENGULF MUCH OF
THE PLANE.
WE CAN SEE NTSB INVESTIGATORS
AROUND THE PLANE.
FEET AWAY, SKID MARKS IN THE
GRASS IN THE CESSNA CITATION
BUSINESS JET.
FOR MUCH OF THE DAY, RACE FANS
STOPPED BY TO SEE THE
WRECKAGE.
INCLUDING BOBBY LOVELACE AND
HIS SON, WHOSE MIDDLE NAME IS
DALE AFTER DALE EARNHARDT,
JR.'S FATHER.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY TO
DALE AND HIS FAMILY.
THAT YOU'RE IN OUR PRAYERS,
JUST BE BLESSED AND MAKE A
QUICK RECOVERY.
WE'RE SEEING MORE FANS
ARRIVING OUT HERE RIGHT NOW TO
LOOK AT THE WRECKAGE HERE.
AMAZINGLY, NOT EVERYTHING WAS
DESTROYED BY THE FIRE.
I ACTUALLY SAW THE NTSB
INVESTIGATORS INSIDE WHAT WAS
LEFT OF THE FUSELAGE.
REMOVING WHAT MAY LOOK LIKE
LUGGAGE AND A PURSE.
WE HAVE NEW INFORMATION ON
THIS CRASH IN NTSB.
FIRST OF ALL, HERE'S THE
RUNWAY.
IT CAME DOWN HARD.
AND THE RIGHT REAR LANDING GEAR
COLLAPSED.
HADTHIS IS THE GRASSY AREA.
IT ENDED UP THROUGH THIS
DITCH.
THIS IS A BP GAS STATION.
THEY HAVE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO TO
SHOW A LOT OF WHAT
HAPPENED.
DAVE WAS THERE TODAY, TRIED TO
GET THE VIDEO.
INVESTIGATORS WILL LOOK AT
THAT.
BUT THEY SAID EVENTUALLY, WE
CAN GET A LOOK AT THE VIDEO,
WHICH MIGHT ACTUALLY SHOW THE
HARD LANDING.
ALSO, HEARING PEOPLE SAY
THERE'S A SCHOOL IN THIS AREA.
AND SOMETIMES THERE'S WITH
TRAFFIC AND KIDS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THANKFUL THERE