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There was ambers flying in my eyes, it was burning me. i held my hand out and i ended up touching the back of a fire truck and i got over to the side of the fire truck, knocked on the doors. the stickers were melting off this truck. and two firemen came out and picked me up and putds me into their fire engine and put a fire blanket on the windows. it was just amazing. i thought, im say. i can learn in here, right, because this is what they go through, this is what they go through. they called fo...

Vehicles and pushing everybody out of the way that their cars were on fire and made a trail for us. we were able to turn around this huge fire engine and get off that road and get back to the hospital and we were able to start treating patients. >> so you left two near-death experiences and went back to work? >> yes. >> how the -- how did you do that? >> i just needed to stay busy. im trained to be a nurse. it is a wonderful place and they have trained me well and ive gotten there with my team a...

From my pants and. >> from your pants? >> i guess the back of my pants had either a hot ember or they were on fire. i dont even know at the time. i sat down and i burnt a hole in her leather seats and we sat there and prayed and i just said, you know, i dont think we are going to make this. i dont think we are going to make it out of here. she said, we are going to make it out, we are going to make it out. then her vehicle started to fill up with smoke. i just remember in my head thinking, my hu...

The firefighters, i was banging on the door. they jumped out, grabbed me and put me into their fire truck and it was unbelievable. i thought, okay, im okay now. this is okay. i ended up -- they ended up putting fire blankets on the windows and calling for air support, the captain in the fire engine was calling for air support and said, we need air strike, we need air strike now. we are not going to make it. they got back on the radio and ill never forget it. they said, its impossible. we cant se...

Thing to do or not. the oxygen in the air was just being consumed by this fire. i couldnt breathe. i put my hand out and just prayed like please god help me. im going to die again right here. i ran into the back of a fire engine that was melting, the stickers were melting off of this fire engine. the two firefighters came out after i knocked on the door and picked me up and put me into their fire engine and it was a miracle. it was an absolute miracle that i was surviving at that point. when i w...

Fire engine around and got out of there and headed back to the hospital because it was the safest place they said. we headed back and a bunch of nurses, we just started getting to work triaging patients and helping patients out that needed help. my friend karen davis was at the hospital. >> your friend who was in the car in front of you, she is also a nurse. >> she is also one of my nurses that works with me. yes. we work together. we were able to reunite back at the hospital. that was unbelieva...

And it was a miracle. it was an absolute miracle that i was even surviving at that point. and then when i was in the fire engine, the chief in the front seat said, we need air support. were not going to make it. it was so hot -- just everywhere we were breathing in fire, it felt like, and we got -- we got dispatch on the radio and they said, its impossible, we cant bring in air support. >> your heart must have just sunk. >> it was terrifying. it was absolutely terrifying. i never want to hear th...

So far weve heard harrowing stories from survivors. this man stayed behind with his dog as the campfire raged through paradise, california. he said he built an fm radio out of a potato and wire to keep up with the news. earlier i talked to nicole j jolley, a mother of three, who evacuated patients from her hospital when it was burning. it took about 20 minutes to evacuate patients, and then she was stuck in her car trying to get away from the flames. >> i m in my car and theres flames everywhere...

Like sardines. next thing we know, out of nowhere, this dozer came in and pushed cars out of the way and made a path, and we were able to turn our huge fire engine around and got out of there and headed back to the hospital because it was the safest place, they said. >> and she got back to the hospital and she went back to work and helped triage patients while she couldnt figure out where her husband and her kids were. that is remarkable. all that in the northern part of the state. now lets head...

The police here saying quick, quick, quick, move, move, move. they want us not even across the street, rené, from cnn. they want us across the avenue, as far away from the building. by the way, it is not just cnn. [ inaudible ] >> just to set the scene of the response here -- and again, one of our colleagues is walking backwards here. there are dozens of vehicles here. theres a fire engine. there are ambulances up here. the new york bomb squad unit right in front of the building. theyre taking ...