And that's what saved Jeff Bridges' life.

We are a small community. This tragedy has ripped our guts out.

They were silent within a minute or two.

He apparently was overcome by the variety of toxic gases and the oxygen deprivation that likely occurred.

It's probably the biggest hole I've ever been in in my life going into there [Bristol],

When you look at the origins and evolution of life on Earth, it's been severely affected by asteroid impacts through history.