Top 5 videos of the week: from speed devil's skateboard stunt to the mysterious fireball over Bangkok's sky
This week, we highlight a mysterious fireball that lights up the Bangkok sky (any guesses what it is?) and a skateboarder defying death by racing down a highway at a hair-whipping 112 kilometres per hour.
Talk about the need for speed. In this video, Zak Maytum, a 24-year-old longboarder, zips down a Colorado road at 112 km/h (70 miles per hour) seemingly without any padding or support, as cars occasionally whip past him.
In some sections of the road, Maytum crouches lower and uses his gloved hands to touch the pavement, setting off sparks, and doing little twists on his skateboard.
Mysterious fireball blazes over Bangkok sky
A huge fireball streaking across the sky was seen from various locations in Bangkok during rush hour on Monday morning. Several dashboard cameras caught the moment a fiery object appeared, its tip bursting into a larger flame, then disappearing from view behind a wall of buildings.
It's a moment you hope for when you get older: the love of your life, years on, still waiting to surprise you at the airport with flowers.
Twitter user Valerie Jane captured such a heartwarming moment after covertly pointing her camera towards a silver-haired man who was waiting patiently at the airport arrivals lounge with a bouquet of pink roses in one hand. Though looking a bit out of place in the first few minutes, his face erupts into a big smile when he sees the person he has been waiting for -- his equally silver-haired wife -- and the two share a long hug and a kiss.
"This shows the epitome of love. My heart melted and it showed me that this kind of love exists. Hopefully these two lovely people who are in the video can see this," Jane said when she posted the clip on YouTube.
According to Buzzfeed, the couple, 80-year-old Bernard Mills and 75-year-old Carol Mills, live in California and met on eHarmony in 2010 after both lost their spouses.
In an aviation nightmare, an engine on a London-bound British Airways jet caught fire while the plane was preparing to take off from Las Vegas on Tuesday.
Miss Hong Kong Louisa Mak says Occupy Central 'was a special moment in Hong Kong history'
Lousia Mak, the 23-year-old Miss Hong Kong, might be the most talked about person in the city over the past two weeks since winning the crown.
