SETH DOANE:
00:00:24
Lindsey Vonn revealed her view of the crash. "I tried. I dreamt. I jumped." But Jacquelyn Martin's photographs were among those to immortalize it in agonizing detail for the rest of us. When did you realize that this was the photo of this crash? Pretty instantly. That left curve is where the--
SETH DOANE:
00:00:45
Martin, a staff photographer for the Associated Press, is based in Washington, DC. She usually covers politics and was on her first assignment of her first Winter Olympics. On Sunday, she was asked to shoot high up on the slope. So the idea of the shot, really, was to have the skier with some atmosphere. It was not expected to be a super actually photograph.
SETH DOANE:
00:01:06
But super actiony is what she got. What did it look like from your perspective? It was pretty terrifying, honestly. She went towards the gate and then clipped it on the right side. Just was obviously going to be a devastating crash.
SETH DOANE:
00:01:19
What do you then do as a photographer? Keep taking pictures? Run to help her?
JACQUELYN MARTIN:
00:01:24
Yeah, I was extremely far away from her, very far, so there's no way I could have gotten to her. I was sending photos live from camera to my editor. I was getting notes from the editors, going, Vonn's crash, Vonn's crash, do we have it? Does anyone have it?
SETH DOANE:
00:01:36
She did, dozens of them. And when the medevac helicopter came, Jacquelyn Martin documented that too.
JACQUELYN MARTIN:
00:01:42
It's a conflicting feeling. I feel proud that I was able to capture the moment. I do wish the moment had never happened.
SETH DOANE:
00:01:49
It's the moment an Olympic dream ended, captured in crisp, terrifying detail. For CBS Mornings, Seth Doane, Cortina. That's tough. You never want to tell an athlete what to do with their body. But I know from firsthand experience. I remember first game of the season, I was playing in Buffalo. I tweaked my knee in the second quarter, went in at halftime. My trainer said, do not go back in the game. We need to check your knee out. Stubbornly said, I got this. I feel OK. I went out in that third quarter, planted by myself, did not get hit, completely tore my ACL. That's because my body was telling me I should not have been out in the field. I'm not saying that's the case with Lindsey. I'm just saying that was my experience. But if she hadn't done it, she would have regretted it. That's for sure. That's for sure. She did what she thought was best. It's interesting. Her dad is now saying, as far as he's concerned, she's done. Ooh. That's what her dad says. I'm still cheering for you, Lindsey.
