World's Most Amazing Videos

Episode 10: Explosive Moments

May 19, 1999 • 60 min

In tonight's heart-stopping episode, disaster strikes at every turn. A 12-million-pound freight train plows into a truck, sending shockwaves through the tracks. Then, an explosion rips through a firehouse, trapping brave firefighters in a deadly ball of flames. On the Ferris wheel, a woman plunges to the ground — and her rescuer follows her into the fall. A stunt gone wrong sends a daredevil flying through a blazing wall of fire. And in one of the most bizarre solutions ever, a group of people attempts to dispose of a 16,000-pound dead whale — by blowing it up. Real danger. Real chaos. Real survival. These are the true stories of people who faced the impossible — and lived to tell about it. This is… The World’s Most Amazing Videos.