0:00:02 > 0:00:05A close call, a moment of danger when life can hang in the balance.
0:00:05 > 0:00:07I could die here, this is really serious.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11A split second where the outcome could go either way.
0:00:11 > 0:00:12Right, call 999 now.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15The difference between disaster and survival.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19You could see it on the faces of the crew how life-threatening this was.
0:00:19 > 0:00:20Why would you need to swim?
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Apparently, they're supposed to still be on a boat.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25These are the people that have been there and lived to tell the tale.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27I thought she had died.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29It's a day they'll never forget.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31The day they had a close call.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Today on Close Calls,
0:00:49 > 0:00:51a dad with a pushchair,
0:00:51 > 0:00:53two women chatting
0:00:53 > 0:00:55and a car that's out of control.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57It was a very big noise,
0:00:58 > 0:01:02like I could understand straightaway accident, crash, boom.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06- And...- Argh!
0:01:06 > 0:01:11..a snowboarder suffers a horrendous injury after a high-speed collision
0:01:11 > 0:01:12with a friend on the slopes.
0:01:13 > 0:01:14Neither were moving,
0:01:14 > 0:01:17he was in a heap on the floor a bit further down the mountain,
0:01:17 > 0:01:19he was screaming, "My knee, my knee!"
0:01:19 > 0:01:21HE SCREAMS
0:01:22 > 0:01:26Plus, two students heading home by train -
0:01:26 > 0:01:28they've just got off when this happens...
0:01:31 > 0:01:32James!
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Chorton-cum-Hardy, Manchester.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48A dad is wheeling his baby son along in his pushchair.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51I just suddenly saw a car
0:01:51 > 0:01:55barrelling towards me and towards Theo.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57The car's coming straight at them.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59He has only seconds to react.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02It keeps on going,
0:02:02 > 0:02:04heading for a pavement cafe
0:02:04 > 0:02:06where two women stand chatting.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08They're directly in its path.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Chorlton-cum-Hardy, a leafy suburb
0:02:19 > 0:02:22four miles south-west of Manchester city centre.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26It's bustling with independent shops, cafes and bars,
0:02:26 > 0:02:30making it popular with young professionals and families.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Chorlton is home to computer programmer Ludo.
0:02:33 > 0:02:34A Mancunian by birth,
0:02:34 > 0:02:38he lives in the suburb with wife Anna and their four children.
0:02:39 > 0:02:40It's a great honour to be a parent.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42I mean, it's a great joy.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44It's a lot of hard work,
0:02:44 > 0:02:48but there's nothing like having beautiful kids
0:02:48 > 0:02:50kind of smiling at you.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54Ludo often works from home and is a hands-on dad,
0:02:54 > 0:02:57particularly with the youngest child, two-year-old Theo.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Theo, you know, is my only son.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06He's an absolutely fantastic little boy.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Really, he means everything to me and Anna.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Ludo enjoys the busy buzz
0:03:11 > 0:03:14of Chorlton's tearooms and coffee shops.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18He regularly passes by the Tutku Cafe, run by Vasil,
0:03:18 > 0:03:21who moved to the UK from Turkey a few years ago.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23I love the Chorlton customers,
0:03:23 > 0:03:24they are nice, polite,
0:03:24 > 0:03:28so I'm very happy I opened a cafe in Chorlton.
0:03:29 > 0:03:34The cafe's popularity meant Vasil needed an extra waitress.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Step forward Hatice, who's lived in the area for 16 years
0:03:37 > 0:03:41and was looking for work after her youngest child started school.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43It's a good cafe.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45It's a very nice place to work
0:03:45 > 0:03:47because I like the work here.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49The regular people is good is why I like it.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53I don't know, they like me as well, I think so!
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Hatice has been in the job for just a week
0:03:58 > 0:04:02when, one autumn Monday morning, Ludo sets off in a bit of a hurry
0:04:02 > 0:04:05to drop Theo at a local childcare centre.
0:04:06 > 0:04:07They're running later than planned,
0:04:07 > 0:04:11but take their usual route along the main road.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13There we were, just after 11am,
0:04:13 > 0:04:16kind of coming up to 11:30am, going down Barlow Moor Road,
0:04:16 > 0:04:18which is one of the main thoroughfares
0:04:18 > 0:04:20through Chorlton and into Manchester.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Although it's busy it's a pretty friendly place.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25We were just sort of trundling along.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Ludo and Theo are nearing Vasil's cafe,
0:04:30 > 0:04:32which is quiet after the morning rush.
0:04:33 > 0:04:38It was 11:30am and I had five tables
0:04:38 > 0:04:41sitting in the cafe,
0:04:41 > 0:04:44and one table was sitting outside,
0:04:44 > 0:04:46he was eating breakfast.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Hatice has been out delivering an order to a nearby business.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54Just as she's about to go back into the cafe, she spots a friend.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57The two women begin to chat.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59My friend, she sees me,
0:04:59 > 0:05:02when she was talking to me, she says, "Hello," and, "How are you?"
0:05:02 > 0:05:05We talk to each other like me and you.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10The cafe's outside CCTV cameras show their position,
0:05:10 > 0:05:12highlighted here.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Hatice's friend, wearing a coat and carrying a bag,
0:05:15 > 0:05:17is nearest the camera and the cafe.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Hatice is just out of view,
0:05:19 > 0:05:22in front of the row of parked cars.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25She notices Ludo, with baby Theo
0:05:25 > 0:05:27tucked up in his pushchair, approaching.
0:05:29 > 0:05:30That's Ludo in the hat,
0:05:30 > 0:05:33with Theo in the buggy facing his dad.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37The pram, you know, the man is coming.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40I give way, he's past.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44Ludo and little Theo are now in front of the estate agents
0:05:44 > 0:05:46next door to the cafe.
0:05:48 > 0:05:49It's at this point
0:05:49 > 0:05:51something attracts Ludo's attention.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56I just suddenly saw a car barrelling onto the pavement
0:05:56 > 0:05:58towards me and towards Theo,
0:05:58 > 0:06:02and at first I just thought that he wanted to park on the pavement.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06I knew it was going too fast and I thought it was going to stop.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08The two different angles from the CCTV
0:06:08 > 0:06:11show the terrifying moments that follow.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14The car mounts the pavement
0:06:14 > 0:06:16between the shops and the row of parked cars,
0:06:16 > 0:06:19heading straight for Ludo and Theo.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Ludo reacts in record time.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28I just got out the way straightaway.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36I didn't think much about it at the time, I just did it.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38It all happened very quickly, really.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41The second I moved, the car just barrelled past me.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45As the car passes within a breath of the dad and toddler,
0:06:45 > 0:06:49it smashes into the large planters outside the estate agent,
0:06:49 > 0:06:52heading straight for Hatice and her friend.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56The noise is like a bang first,
0:06:56 > 0:06:58but I didn't see the car,
0:06:58 > 0:06:59I heard the noise.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04Then I see the car is coming - I don't know what's happened here.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06She has less than a second to react.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08I pushed my friend, you know,
0:07:08 > 0:07:11I take my friend and then I pushed myself back.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18The CCTV shows Hatice grabbing her friend
0:07:18 > 0:07:23and then falling to the ground as the car strikes her a glancing blow.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26I heard the women behind me exclaiming in distress
0:07:26 > 0:07:28as they jumped out the way as well.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34I think something hit me, I fell down.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Then after I see the table coming in my leg.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Inside the cafe, Vasil is busy behind the counter.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47But the sound of the drama outside stops him in his tracks.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50It was a very big noise,
0:07:50 > 0:07:53like I could understand straightaway
0:07:53 > 0:07:55accident, crash, boom.
0:07:57 > 0:07:58As the car comes to a stop,
0:07:58 > 0:08:01waitress Hatice struggles back to her feet
0:08:01 > 0:08:03and moves towards the cafe.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Her friend and another bystander head over to the car.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13They find an elderly man unconscious behind the wheel
0:08:13 > 0:08:15and call for an ambulance.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20Although there'd been nobody in the street a second before,
0:08:20 > 0:08:23suddenly people ran out of the shops.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26There were broken plates on the floor.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30The fence had been knocked through 90 degrees.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34The big purple planters had been destroyed.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37There were broken tables and the car, of course,
0:08:37 > 0:08:39stuck in the middle of the pavement.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Vasil joins the growing crowd,
0:08:44 > 0:08:46shocked to see the scene of devastation.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51The table was on the floor, everything's destroyed
0:08:51 > 0:08:54and then I couldn't believe it, I had a shock,
0:08:54 > 0:08:56I couldn't understand what's happened here.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00He finds Hatice amongst the debris.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03She told me she fell down. And then I said, "Are you OK?"
0:09:03 > 0:09:05She said, "Yeah, I am fine."
0:09:05 > 0:09:09OK, he said, "No, you are not OK, because you're like..."
0:09:09 > 0:09:13"Your face is... I know you're not OK."
0:09:13 > 0:09:16"Your colour is white. You should sit
0:09:16 > 0:09:19"and wait until ambulances come."
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Thanks to Ludo's extraordinary reactions,
0:09:24 > 0:09:26he and Theo are safe on the forecourt
0:09:26 > 0:09:28of the neighbouring estate agents,
0:09:28 > 0:09:30where staff take them in to look after them.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35Fortunately, because it was a parent-facing buggy,
0:09:35 > 0:09:36he didn't see the car coming.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38I wouldn't want him to have got frightened
0:09:38 > 0:09:40or have any sort of ongoing problems.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44I thought it would be a good idea just to sit down for 20 minutes
0:09:44 > 0:09:45and have a strong cup of tea.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47And I was very glad,
0:09:47 > 0:09:49when he started playing with the estate agents' computer -
0:09:49 > 0:09:51they let him sit at their computer desk
0:09:51 > 0:09:53and I realised that he was basically all right.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00But at the cafe, Hatice is in shock and, as she waits for the ambulance,
0:10:00 > 0:10:05she starts to register the pain in her feet, her knees and her hands.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09When they arrive, the ambulance team give her painkillers
0:10:09 > 0:10:12and take her to hospital.
0:10:12 > 0:10:17They said after four or six hours, and then when I go hospital,
0:10:17 > 0:10:20I come home as well and it's very bad,
0:10:20 > 0:10:22my husband take me, and my friend with me.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Still I shake, they said,
0:10:24 > 0:10:27"You're not all right, see, we told you."
0:10:28 > 0:10:29Back at the cafe,
0:10:29 > 0:10:33Vasil plays the CCTV recordings of his forecourt
0:10:33 > 0:10:36and can't believe what he sees.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40I understand it was a very dangerous accident.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44Hatice was very lucky and also Ludo was very lucky,
0:10:44 > 0:10:48because both of them had a very quick reaction.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Later, it's revealed the elderly male driver
0:10:55 > 0:10:58suffered an unavoidable medical episode at the wheel.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02Ludo has since been back to meet Vasil at his cafe.
0:11:02 > 0:11:07I was very happy to see him here and then I offered him,
0:11:07 > 0:11:11"Do you want me to give you that video?" Maybe he can keep it?
0:11:11 > 0:11:15And then I said to him, I make a joke, I said to him, "One day,
0:11:15 > 0:11:19"when your boy has grown up, you can show to him that video,
0:11:19 > 0:11:24" 'Look, your daddy's the hero, he saved you.' "
0:11:24 > 0:11:26For Ludo, it makes sobering viewing.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31Now I've had a look at sort of a high-res version of it,
0:11:31 > 0:11:34it's much closer than I realised at the time
0:11:34 > 0:11:36and when the police spoke to me afterwards,
0:11:36 > 0:11:37they said the same thing.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Actually, the police officer who spoke to me
0:11:39 > 0:11:42said his toes were curling when he watched the footage.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45I did do it just in time, but...
0:11:48 > 0:11:50But I didn't realise how close it was.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55And mum-of-four Hatice is also very thankful
0:11:55 > 0:11:58she was able to react so quickly that morning.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01If the car had hit us, we will die, definitely.
0:12:03 > 0:12:08And Ludo's grateful his quick reactions saved his baby son.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11It just shows how important it is to make every day count.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Flames shoot into the air, engulfing a train carriage.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Two young students race to warn commuters.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Get back! Get off the train!
0:12:32 > 0:12:34Kitzbuhel in the Austrian Alps.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40A snowboarder begins a downhill run, quickly accelerating.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44His eyes fixed on the snow ahead, he doesn't see what's coming.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48SCREAMING
0:12:48 > 0:12:51His screams echo around the mountainside.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53I knew there was something that was really wrong.
0:12:53 > 0:12:58The pain coming from my knee was just off the scale.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00The injury is catastrophic.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03If help doesn't come quickly, he could lose his leg.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17Firefighter Jed lives in Rochdale with his fiancee, Sharon.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22He's been in the Fire Service for more than 25 years,
0:13:22 > 0:13:25joining up as a lad of just 20.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27I've been a fireman in the back of the fire engine,
0:13:27 > 0:13:30which is the... As I would say, it's the sharp end,
0:13:30 > 0:13:32so every day for me is different,
0:13:32 > 0:13:36whether it's fires, rescues, helping people in the community.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38There's no groundhog in the Fire Service.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Over the years, Jed's colleagues
0:13:40 > 0:13:43have become more than just workmates.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45It's definitely an extended family.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48But then, when the bells go down, you turn out,
0:13:48 > 0:13:51the feeling that you've helped someone is a great feeling.
0:13:51 > 0:13:56But the job can be stressful and Jed makes sure he finds time to unwind.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Do you want to do my bike?
0:13:58 > 0:13:59I can do yours, if you want.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03His relaxation method of choice has always been adrenaline sports.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12The best way of de-stressing myself is taking me completely away.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Whether jumping on a bike or snowboard or motocross bike,
0:14:15 > 0:14:20it's very involving, so your mind can't wander anywhere else.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Many of his friends share his passions and, twice a year,
0:14:23 > 0:14:26Jed and a group of his mates from work go snowboarding.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30Close pal Pete has shared many of these fun trips.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32Going snowboarding is fantastic.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34You save up all year and it's one of your treats for the year
0:14:34 > 0:14:37and, as soon as you're there, you can't wait to hit the slopes.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40I just like that absolute freedom of it.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43You know, getting a bit of adrenaline by going off-piste
0:14:43 > 0:14:45makes it all the more fun.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52On a winter break in the Austrian Alps,
0:14:52 > 0:14:53Jed and Pete are looking forward
0:14:53 > 0:14:57to their first morning snowboarding off-piste.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01It's a bright, sunny day.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04This is Jed's footage, filmed using a head cam,
0:15:04 > 0:15:05as they traverse the slopes.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09I've always been into taking video of stuff
0:15:09 > 0:15:11and you're always hoping to capture
0:15:11 > 0:15:15that comical event where something happens.
0:15:15 > 0:15:16HE LAUGHS
0:15:18 > 0:15:20After lunch, they join the rest of their group,
0:15:20 > 0:15:22who've been skiing nearby.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26The skiers and boarders decide to tackle some slopes together.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28I was really looking forward to this holiday.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30The snow is, like, nice and fresh.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32I made a point of saying,
0:15:32 > 0:15:34"I've had a few injuries in the past few years,
0:15:34 > 0:15:36"it's definitely not my turn this year.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38"Let's make it a good holiday."
0:15:38 > 0:15:41At the top of a wide run, the friends begin their descent,
0:15:41 > 0:15:43with Jed still filming.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51They agreed to meet up at the head of a more testing off-piste slope.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57After a short while, they regroup by the tricky run.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00It's steep and covered in several feet of powdery snow.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Jed plans his descent.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13His camera captures one of his friends
0:16:13 > 0:16:16moving further along a ridge, but he doesn't notice.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21His pal is intending to tackle the run from a different angle.
0:16:21 > 0:16:22They set off at the same time.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27Neither are aware they're on a collision course.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29They quickly gather speed,
0:16:29 > 0:16:33both totally focused on the tempting fresh snow in front of them.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36I could see Jed working his way down, picking up speed.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38I could see the powder coming off the back of him.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41But Pete doesn't spot the danger either.
0:16:41 > 0:16:45Jed and his friend are now hurtling directly towards each other.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49By the time they realise, it's way too late.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52I just had literally a blinking of an eye
0:16:52 > 0:16:55and I had to just lean to the right and we hit.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Jed's camera captures the moment of impact...
0:16:59 > 0:17:01HE SCREAMS
0:17:01 > 0:17:03..and records his screams.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08The two men collide at a combined speed of 50mph.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Jed catapults headfirst into the snow,
0:17:15 > 0:17:17but it's his leg that takes the full force.
0:17:18 > 0:17:22The pain coming through my knee was absolutely excruciating
0:17:22 > 0:17:25and I've experienced a lot of pain in my life.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28I've had quite a lot of injuries and whatever else.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31The other skier is uninjured,
0:17:31 > 0:17:34but Jed's in terrible pain and struggling to breathe.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37I was upside down, buried right up to my knees.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41He's in agony, but he needs to pull himself out of the snow.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49His friends can tell it's serious.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51He's screaming, "My knee, my knee!"
0:17:51 > 0:17:53And it was a piercing scream, you know.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55It's just so unlike him.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58It's out of character for him to moan like that.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01When they reach him, it's clear his knee is badly dislocated.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06He pulls his ski trousers up to reveal the damage.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Look at my knee.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11- Oh,- BLEEP!- Oh,- BLEEP!
0:18:11 > 0:18:14A large bulge on the inside of his knee is clearly visible.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18It's an extreme and excruciating dislocation.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Jed's desperate for the pain to stop.
0:18:21 > 0:18:26I started thinking, strangely, about Lethal Weapon,
0:18:26 > 0:18:29about when he puts his shoulder in,
0:18:29 > 0:18:33and I knew it were dislocated, so I actually started saying to them,
0:18:33 > 0:18:35"Can you not just pull my leg in?"
0:18:35 > 0:18:38We do first aid at work. We deal with casualties a lot.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40But to see a knee joint so far out,
0:18:40 > 0:18:42and as soon as you touch it, and he's screaming like that,
0:18:42 > 0:18:44it was a no-go from the start.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48One of the group alerts staff at a nearby ski lift.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50They call in a rescue team.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54As they wait for help, Jed begins to shiver.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56I was shaking a lot, I think through shock,
0:18:56 > 0:18:59so they put a jacket, an extra jacket around me.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Obviously, we had nothing to take the pain away,
0:19:01 > 0:19:04so they were just trying to sort of take my mind off it, really,
0:19:04 > 0:19:05as much as they could.
0:19:06 > 0:19:11It's 45 painful minutes before an air ambulance appears.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15One of Jed's pals is filming.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18It couldn't land because it was a 45-degree slope and so deep,
0:19:18 > 0:19:19there was no way it was landing,
0:19:19 > 0:19:22so he had to go and land on the piste below.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24The medics need to reach Jed quickly,
0:19:24 > 0:19:29so the female doctor and an assistant are then dangled on a rope
0:19:29 > 0:19:31and flown up the slope towards him.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35The first thing she did was to actually try and relocate his knee.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38As soon as she touched it, Jed began screaming...
0:19:38 > 0:19:40HE SCREAMS
0:19:40 > 0:19:41It was echoing around the valley,
0:19:41 > 0:19:44and I would scream again and pass out again.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48The doctor gives Jed morphine to help alleviate the pain.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51She knows it's vital to get his knee back into position.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Jed's own training means he knows
0:19:54 > 0:19:57the seriousness of the situation too.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Sometimes your leg gets that badly damaged
0:19:59 > 0:20:01because of no blood supply that you lose the bottom of your leg.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06I knew that it had to go back in place, sooner rather than later.
0:20:06 > 0:20:11The doctor tries once more to pull Jed's knee back into its socket.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14The pain came back instantly and then I passed out.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19So they decided that they were going to stick me on the stretcher.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21They're unable to treat the injury on the slope,
0:20:21 > 0:20:26so the decision is taken to rush Jed to hospital for emergency surgery.
0:20:26 > 0:20:31He's in and out of consciousness as he is strapped to the stretcher,
0:20:31 > 0:20:34but the movement, miraculously, shifts his knee.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37My leg just popped back into place by itself.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41What a clunk and what a horrible bone-on-bone kind of sound.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43It was... Yeah, it was horrible.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47It's a huge relief for Jed's friends
0:20:47 > 0:20:50as they watch the helicopter take him down the mountain
0:20:50 > 0:20:52to the local hospital.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55There, doctors put his leg in an open cast
0:20:55 > 0:20:58and tell him he'll need more treatment back home.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00It's the end of Jed's holiday.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04A week later, back home in Rochdale,
0:21:04 > 0:21:08a consultant surgeon gives Jed the news he has been dreading.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12He said that this is in the top three worst injuries
0:21:12 > 0:21:16he's ever seen in 30-odd years of surgery of knees and he said,
0:21:16 > 0:21:20"Be prepared that you're not going to be a fireman any more."
0:21:21 > 0:21:24It's not something Jed's prepared to even consider,
0:21:24 > 0:21:28and he takes on the challenge to stay a firefighter.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31I thought, "I'm definitely going to go back to work," you know,
0:21:31 > 0:21:34because, you know, that's what puts food on the table, so...
0:21:34 > 0:21:36And it's something I love.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39So I was going to move hell and earth to do it.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43He undergoes major surgery on his knee,
0:21:43 > 0:21:46followed by months of intense rehabilitation.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49He surprised us all, really, with the recovery.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51He's gone from strength to strength.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54He's not one that you can keep down for long.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58It takes two years until Jed's back on Blue Watch with his mates.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02And, despite the long fight back to fitness,
0:22:02 > 0:22:04he considers himself very lucky.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08If we were a couple of centimetres either way,
0:22:08 > 0:22:12our heads would have hit and at 50mph, even with helmets...
0:22:12 > 0:22:13HE PUFFS
0:22:13 > 0:22:16..life - over.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19So it was very, very close that day.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34Ouch! That looked like a very nasty injury.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Now, a tale of two lads commuting home from college
0:22:37 > 0:22:39when they get a very nasty shock, almost literally.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Dorchester, Dorset.
0:22:48 > 0:22:53A busy commuter train is about to leave the station when this happens.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55SPARKS WHOOSH
0:22:55 > 0:22:59A horrified passenger who left the train only moments before
0:22:59 > 0:23:01films with a mobile phone.
0:23:01 > 0:23:02It all just went mental.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05There was loads of sparks, loads of noise, loads of smoke.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09Everyone's screaming. And it kind of all just went, like, ballistic.
0:23:15 > 0:23:1817-year-old students Miles and Callum
0:23:18 > 0:23:21have been friends for a couple of years.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23They both attend college in Weymouth.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25They regularly travel back and forth together
0:23:25 > 0:23:28and often hang out when lectures are over for the day.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33The autumn term has started,
0:23:33 > 0:23:36and Miles and Callum are about to take the train back to Dorchester,
0:23:36 > 0:23:38where Miles lives.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41It got to about six o'clock and I wanted to go home,
0:23:41 > 0:23:44so I went and waited for the train, jumped on it with Callum.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46It was the normal train ride -
0:23:46 > 0:23:49like, nothing extraordinary, like, I was just chilling.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53At Dorchester, they get off the busy commuter train.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57Seconds later, Miles realises he's left his bike on board.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59And I ran back, and as the doors were shutting,
0:23:59 > 0:24:00I managed to get my bike off.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04But as Miles catches up with Callum, they're stopped in their tracks.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Say, 20 seconds from me getting off the train
0:24:06 > 0:24:08and, like, barely even being clear of the platform,
0:24:08 > 0:24:10I was only just down to road level,
0:24:10 > 0:24:12and then it all just went, like, absolute mayhem.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14SPARKS WHOOSH
0:24:14 > 0:24:17First thing I heard was a real loud bang.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Kind of like a gunshot, but more like an impact.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23We turn around, we look and we see it's the train,
0:24:23 > 0:24:27our carriage that we was in, just sparking.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30The sky was lighting up, it looked like a firework display,
0:24:30 > 0:24:31but from underneath the train.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35And then I heard another loud bang, and I kind of thought, like,
0:24:35 > 0:24:37"No-one's going to believe this,"
0:24:37 > 0:24:40so I just whipped out my phone, started videoing.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Miles jumps on his bike with his camera on his phone,
0:24:45 > 0:24:47rides towards, recording it.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52I'm walking behind Miles, trying to catch up to him.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55The boys are worried about passengers still on the train.
0:24:55 > 0:24:56GET OFF THE TRAIN!
0:24:56 > 0:25:01You could just see the train going off, and big explosions.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05Miles captures the chaos on his phone.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07No-one seems to know what's happening.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09Everyone started screaming.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12As I kind of get closer, it's sparking and sparking and sparking,
0:25:12 > 0:25:15and then the flames come out from under the train.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19ELECTRICITY BUZZES AND CRACKLES
0:25:19 > 0:25:22I got a bit closer, you could kind of feel the heat of it as well.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25And it was getting, like... I kept feeling the heat push against me.
0:25:26 > 0:25:31The explosions send flames leaping more than 20 feet into the air.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33The boys aren't sure if there are any passengers
0:25:33 > 0:25:36in the affected carriages.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39And I got within, say, like, 10, 15 metres of the railing,
0:25:39 > 0:25:41and it was hurting my eyes to stand there, like,
0:25:41 > 0:25:42I couldn't look at it any more.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45Wasn't really thinking about my safety, to be honest,
0:25:45 > 0:25:47all I wanted to do was make sure everyone else was safe,
0:25:47 > 0:25:48kind of get them off that train.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51But Callum is worried his friend is getting too close.
0:25:51 > 0:25:56And I thought, obviously, if that train goes up, he will get hurt.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59So, I had to run and shout, "Miles, get back!"
0:25:59 > 0:26:01GET BACK!
0:26:01 > 0:26:02SCREAMING
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Miles pulls back,
0:26:04 > 0:26:07but many of the passengers still have no idea what's happening.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09They just sat there, they didn't move.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14Miles is shouting, "Get off the train, get off the train!"
0:26:14 > 0:26:17And then, as I've stepped back, it all just went mental.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20- Jeez! - ROARING
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Everyone's screaming, and it kind of all just went, like, ballistic.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25Like, no-one knew what to do.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30People were shouting, "Get off, get off!"
0:26:30 > 0:26:33Passengers begin to leave from coaches further along the platform.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37The boys are stunned by how unruffled some of them seem.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48GET OFF THE TRAIN!
0:26:48 > 0:26:52Miles and Callum tell a railway official what they've just seen.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54I showed him the video of what had happened,
0:26:54 > 0:26:57and he kind of was like, "Oh, God," he went on the radio,
0:26:57 > 0:27:01and then I think someone called the emergency services.
0:27:01 > 0:27:02He then took control of the situation.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05And he was kind of just making sure everyone was all right
0:27:05 > 0:27:07and, like, there was not much panic any more, so I kind of just...
0:27:07 > 0:27:10He shook my hand and then I kind of just went home.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16Some hours later, the boys learn the explosions
0:27:16 > 0:27:20were the result of electrical arcing underneath the train.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23South West Trains said a problem was identified with the equipment
0:27:23 > 0:27:28delivering electricity to the third rail, which powers the trains.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30Carriages were damaged, but no-one was injured.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Back home, Miles and Callum begin to realise
0:27:36 > 0:27:39what a lucky escape everyone had.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Thank God that Miles got his bike in time
0:27:41 > 0:27:44and we got off the platform in time.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46If we stayed on that train any longer,
0:27:46 > 0:27:51we could have been next to our carriage while it went up.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53Just saying, it was complete luck that I did get off.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57Real close call. Kind of put me off travelling on trains for a while.
0:27:57 > 0:28:01I get the bus to college, to Weymouth, from now on, like.
0:28:01 > 0:28:02Jeez!
0:28:09 > 0:28:12Well, that certainly livened up the journey home!
0:28:12 > 0:28:13See you next time on Close Calls.