the orlando sentinel reports 28-year-old kristen taylor was still learning how to drive stick shift in her new car when she stalled on the tracks. and with seconds to spare, taylor narrowly escapes her vehicle when the train hits. the train's conductor slowed down to approach the station. but as you can see from that debris that was just flying in the air, the car was completely totaled. florida d.o.t. officials tell the paper this was an extremely close call. >>> now speaking of close calls, take a listen to this dramatic video from an american hiker in the himalayas taken just moments after he fell 70 feet. >> oh, i'm [ bleep ]. i fell through that hole. thankfully i didn't keep falling that way. >> now, despite breaking several ribs, fracturing an arm, john all managed to climb out of that icy crevasse on monday. it took him four to five hours to do it. and then he called for help and waited another 16 to 18 hours for a helicopter to reach him. all is mostly fine now. he did say that if someone else had been with him, he is convinced they both would have died. thankfully he is alive