Cop Saves Woman From Oncoming Car; Motocross Champ Beats The Odds
BALDWIN: Want to share some dash cam video with you that really shows exactly how far a policeman went to quote/unquote "serve and protect." It happens fast. You have to watch very carefully here. Focus on the officer actually behind the car in the clip, the 23-year- old officer pulls a woman out of the path of his own out of control squad car. Watch this, there it goes. Right into this dash cam area, this reported drunk driver hit Officer Phillip Standafer's patrol unit sending it toward the woman who got away with cuts and bruises. The officer was seriously hurt, but he's going to be OK. Dirt bikes are dangerous enough, but adding in muddy track and 40 other riders going at top speeds, it can be pretty frightening. Now imagine being on that track and not being able to hear anything at all. Dr. Sanjay Gupta has this week's "Human Factor."</s>DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): For Ashley Fiolek, motocross racing is in her blood.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: My dad used to race and he brought me to watch one race and I was 3 years old and I fell in love.</s>GUPTA: But there's something different about Ashley when she hits the course. She can't hear a thing. Ashley was born completely deaf. She speaks to us through a sign language translator and a friend Natalie.</s>ASHLEY FIOLEK, CHAMPION MOTOCROSS RIDER (through translator): I don't know it would be riding hearing. I grew up and I was born deaf.</s>GUPTA: In a sport that prides itself on making noise, where hearing your opponents coming is the difference between winning and losing, Ashley is alone.</s>FIOLEK: It's hard to see if someone's coming up behind me.</s>GUPTA: She also uses the vibrations of the engine to make sure she's in the right gear. At this race, Ashley who is the only deaf rider ever to compete in Motocross was trying for the fourth championship title.</s>FIOLEK: I feel really good. I hit every jump and the big double. I hope I can win and hope to be the champion.</s>GUPTA: And she achieved just that, beating out her closest rival for the national championship. But for Ashley, it's about more than just winning.</s>FIOLEK: I think it's really cool to be a role model for the deaf community and it's cool feeling to have people look up to you.</s>GUPTA: For Natalie, her friend's impact is obvious, as well.</s>NATALIE SIMMONS, FRIEND OF ASHLEY FIOLEK: She is very important to women's motocross. As a role model, deaf or not, you know, she is like smaller than I am and she can ride like that. It's crazy.</s>GUPTA: Proof that anything is possible. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN reporting.</s>BALDWIN: Sanjay, thank you. What a story. Sanjay has all these wonderful stories. You can watch him "SANJAY GUPTA M.D." Saturday at 4:30 p.m. Eastern and Sunday at 7:30 in the morning Eastern Time. All right, space geeks, space shuttle "Endeavour" drawing crowds across the country as it is flying around touring the nation piggyback style for one final goodbye. So how is it to pilot a plane with a spacecraft on top? We're going to talk to a former pilot who has done precisely this. We're also going to talk to Chad Myers. That is next.