Is it divine intervention, luck?

Or could it be something else, something incredible?

Well, that is what we'll try and find out.

WILLIAM SHATNER (VOICEOVER): Tucson, Arizona, July 26, 2006.

Tom Boyle, a supervisor at a local aerospace company,

is driving home with his wife.

The couple are about to exit a parking lot when another car

pulls alongside them.

What happens next actually changes

Tom in ways that seem to defy the very laws of nature.

[tires screeching]

The driver, he had taken it upon himself

to peel out of the parking lot.

And as he did that, he sucked in a bicyclist

underneath the vehicle.

I jump out of the car.

I go running after the Camaro.

And as I approached the Camaro, there

was a boy underneath on a bicycle yelling for help

and asking people to please get the car off him.

I just reacted.

WILLIAM SHATNER (VOICEOVER): As the boy's cries ring out,

Tom has no time to think.

A powerful force comes alive inside him, a force that allows

Tom to do the impossible.

It just got me so, I guess, nervous

and compelled to help that I just

lifted the side of the car.

As I started lifting the car, I could

hear the bicyclist telling me higher, higher, mister.

Please, go higher.

So I did.

I just held it as long as I possibly could,

and I just thought, don't let go.

And fortunately we got him out.

I'm 6'3".

At that time I was 275 pounds.

And the most I've ever lifted I think was 800 pounds.

As I lifted the car, I'd never thought about how much weight.

I just thought about saving this kid.

Now, Tom's a big guy, a solid guy,

but we're talking about a car, OK?

This is a car that weighs about 3,000 pounds,

and yet he just jacks it up, bare

hands, lifts this thing up.

Human beings can't normally just lift cars.

These situations where people manage to do superhuman feats

of strength like lift a car off someone,

as often happens in science, these are rare events.

We don't have detailed measurements.

And so really understanding the true biophysics and physiology

of all the details that go in remain

a bit of a mystery and an interesting area

for us to explore going forward.

We don't use most of our muscles' capability

throughout the day.

It's capable of much more but for some reason

only under these extreme circumstances.

If we can learn how to control our minds and use it at will,

that would be like being a superhuman, a superhero.

SHANE HOBEL: That will, that power is being driven both

not only by the adrenaline but more importantly,

it's that energy.

It's that type of thing.

In China it's called fajing--

animal explosive energy.

It's a burst of absolute decision.

It's that unknown, that unexplained energetic place

that we all know about.

We talk about it.

We have feelings and vibes about these things.

TOM BOYLE: So this was a once in a lifetime moment for me.

I've never done anything else like this again.

I think you could tap into some amazing power.

I truly do.

It's there.

We just have to have a reason to use it.