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Speedboater Survives 180 MPH Accident

It Destroyed The Boat, And Was Caught On Tape; He Talked About It, On The Early Show

Mark Workentine on The Early Show Monday (CBS)

9-22-08 (CBS) Mark Workentine is lucky to be alive.

The 32-yeart-old speedboat racer was in a practice run on San Diego's Mission Bay Friday when he lost control of his craft, and it flipped over and over and over, then completely disintegrated. It was going 180 mph at the time. Only Workentine survive the incident intact.

He was inside a capsule, which is what saved his life.

The whole thing was caught on tape, and Workentine and Early Show co-anchor Harry Smith watched it as they talked about it Monday: