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There or to climb up there, we may have to do that. >> explain what that means, the type of team you referred to. >> a special team that can use different means to climb up the ladder -- sorry, climb up the bridge if they need to. i think were confident were going to be able to get him down with just the ladder truck. >> all right. and, again, you can see that some of the workers there at the bottom trying to figure out how this bridge, essentially the engine part, got stuck. and then when the c...

Were doing maintenance this morning somebody hit the wrong button or something went wrong and the bridge went up and, of course, there were people working on it. so a fairly dramatic situation for those rescue crews. thats a helicopter shot from wsvn, our miami affiliate down in florida and we will, of course, keim you posted on this as it develops. again, the fire and rescue crews trying to figure out a way to get the work earp off the draw bridge in a safe fashion and whether that involves eit...

Bridges do you have in the pompano beach area and have you ever had something like this happen before? >> we have two draw bridges in the city of pompano beach. obviously were a water community. we border ft. lauderdale and boca raton. you can go up and down the coast and find these draw bridges. in our city we have two draw bridges and, no, i have never seen anything like this in my 20 years. >> and, again, for everybody who is just joining us, youre looking at tape on the right of your screen ...

Bridge theyre stuck on and whether those two are easily accessible by fire and rescue? >> theres an east and a west draw and theyre on the east side. and theyre pretty much in good condition. theyre in good spirits. theyre getting a lot of attention. one of them was on his cell phone so hes not in too much distress but i think its more just the awkwardness of being stuck up there for quite a while and having to get down. >> and you mentioned the east and west side. as we see the second worker es...

Occurred. >> and, again, explain to our viewers what we are looking at. that is tape of the small box on the right of the other work eer going down the ladder and then thats a live picture on the left. as you see the camera pull out on the left theres a man at the very top of that bridge. sandra, a question some people may have and that is if, in fact, youre talking about more than 75 feet to get to the very top of that draw bridge and the ladder engine only goes up to 75 feet, then what? >> wel...

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70 feet is the total height. and obviously it is a life-threatening situation if he were to fall onto the concrete, he could get severely hurt if not killed. so obviously were taking all precautions to make sure he gets down safely and doesnt matter how long it takes. >> in fact, we, again, this is a live picture here that final rescue worker, you can see him sort of drumming the iron in front of him, holding on and waiting for the ladder and then a moment ago we were showing you tape from a res...

Repositioned the fire engine, the ladder engine and they are putting the ladder up against the draw bridge. theres one more man who is at the very top. when the camera moves in tight on the left of your screen, who is at the very top and this has been going on for about 45 minutes and, sandra, correct me if im wrong but, again, theyre moving this particular ladder up and presumably theyre going to try to reach this man with the ladder or with the ladder extension? >> thats exactly what theyre do...

This is a story weve been following for about 30 minutes or so. four workers were trapped on this draw bridge and now we see, thankfully, the fourth worker walking safely down that ladder. the draw bridge was undergoing construction by the florida department of transportation. the hydraulics of the bridge apparently failed while in the upward position. thats what you see there and there were at one point four workers who were in the harness or actually secured in their harnesses who were on the ...

On it would be too dangerous. you see the fire and rescue there, the shot from the helicopter trying to figure out a way to get some of the work men off this draw bridge in a way thats, of course, safe, and then be able to lower the draw bridge. we know there were some crews working on the draw bridge when it got opened and stuck. a developing situation there and, in fact, you can see the man with the green sleeves and the yellow vest and helmet at the top, thats the man they are trying to reach...