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>> flames threaten a neighboring building, so firefighter mark ashley is told to get up on another ladder to prevent even more destruction. >> looking good up here right now. >> looks like laser beams. >> ashley hooks himself in and tells personnel below to turn on his water. firefighter robert bates is standing directly behind the truck. >> mark was on the very tip of the ladder, and i remember hearing the sound of metal and a twisting. it made a very eerie sound. >> bates looks on in horror as...

>> bates looks on in horror as marks ladder buckles. >> it kind of just turned over and started to descent toward the building. >> sector chief tommy walker is in shock, fearing the worst. >> i honestly think ill be going to marks funeral. i honestly think our flags will be at half mast. i honestly think ill be informing his widow that mark was killed at an incident. >> mark is strapped to the ladder. he cant get free fast enough, so he does the only thing he can. he braces for impact. >> i was ...

>> second alarm. >> flames threaten a neighboring building, so firefighter mark ashley is told to get up on another ladder to prevent any more destruction. >> looking good up here right now. >> looks like laser beams. >> ashley hooks himself in and tells personnel below to turn on his water. firefighter robert bates is standing directly behind the truck. >> mark was on the very tip of the ladder, and i remember hearing the sound of metal and a twisting. it made a very eerie sound. >> bates looks...

Building, so firefighter mark ashley is told to get up on another ladder to prevent any more destruction. >> looking good up here right now. >> looks like laser beams. >> ashley hooks himself in and tells personnel below to turn on his water. firefighter robert bates is standing directly behind the truck. >> mark was on the very tip of the ladder, and i remember hearing the sound of metal and a twisting. it made a very eerie sound. >> bates looks on in horror as marks ladder buckles. >> it kind ...

I honestly think ill be informing his widow that mark was killed at an incident. >> mark is strapped to the ladder. he cant get free fast enough, so he does the only thing he can. he braces for impact. >> i was just saying to myself, god, let it hit the building. because i knew if the ladder came all the way down, hes going to die. >> it hit the edge of the roof, it bounced, and it stayed. >> the roof of the burning building does save him from an almost certain death, but the relief is short-liv...

>> looking good up here right now. >> looks like laser beams. >> ashley hooks himself in and tells personnel below to turn on his water. firefighter robert bates is standing directly behind the truck. >> mark was on the very tip of the ladder, and i remember hearing the sound of metal and a twisting. it made a very eerie sound. >> bates looks on in horror as marks ladder buckles. >> it kind of just turned over and started to descent toward the building. >> sector chief tommy walker is in shock, ...

>> looks like laser beams. >> ashley hooks himself in and tells personnel below to turn on his water. firefighter robert bates is standing directly behind the truck. >> mark was on the very tip of the ladder, and i remember hearing the sound of metal and a twisting. it made a very eerie sound. >> bates looks on in horror as marks ladder buckles. >> it kind of just turned over and started to descent toward the building. >> sector chief tommy walker is in shock, fearing the worst. >> i honestly th...

Tells personnel below to turn on his water. firefighter robert bates is standing directly behind the truck. >> mark was on the very tip of the ladder, and i remember hearing the sound of metal. and a twisting. it made a very eerie sound. >> bates looks on in horror as marks ladder buckles. >> it turned over and started to descend toward the building. >> sector chief tommy walker is in shock, fearing the worst. >> i honestly think ill be going to marks funeral. i honestly think our flags will be ...

Firefighter robert bates is standing directly behind the truck. >> mark was on the very tip of the ladder, and i remember hearing the sound of metal. and a twisting. it made a very eerie sound. >> bates looks on in horror as marks ladder buckles. >> it turned over and started to descend toward the building. >> sector chief tommy walker is in shock, fearing the worst. >> i honestly think ill be going to marks funeral. i honestly think our flags will be at half mast. i honestly think ill be inform...

Cant be pleged fast enough, perhaps. progress from the relief well continues. what if it doesnt work? what is new here? bob cavnan joins me from houston. i guess theres been this almost christmas is coming attitude about these relief wells that are going to work, that cutting into the pipeline into that well line into the bottom of the oil deposit is going to save us. is that your view. >> well, chris, the relief well is really the only solution to this particular problem. as we watched here a f...