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>> were getting to the end of this here. were getting close. were running out of time. and the last thing i want to do, after being successful three other times is leave a firefighter trapped in a culvert at the end of the day. >> russo realizes the boat can provide extra strength to pull jay out of the tunnel. precious seconds tick away as rescuers attempt to maneuver the boat into position. >> be right there. >> the boat pulls jay to the opening of the tunnel but he still must squeeze past the...

A panic state. i think one of the reasons was that his harness was right around his legs where it should have been, but his whole weight was suspended by that harness, which was starting to cut off the blood flow. >> gero approaches the lower victim and secures him to the rope lines. >> with the main line attachment, what i did, is i attached the end knot to myself and attached him to the accessory cord. his weight is not really on me. its just on my system. in this situation, if something faile...

Offset. so when youre on rope, you never want to pendulum and swing them. because your rope could actually cut. >> the ladders are too short. the windows too distant. firefighters are left with one final option. the roof. >> we had a repelling rack up top that they were using, and basically a bunch of bars that we weave the rope through. and acts as a frictional device. >> and once that was all done, which took an 30 minutes, we had placed a firefighter into the harness and we lowered him off th...

I think she probably knew that what could have happened and realized she was lucky, too. so it was amazing to see her strength. >> the lives of three people hang in the balance. then news arrives that some would call a coincidence, others a miracle. a convoy of navy seabees had been stuck in traffic from the accident on the opposite side of the highway. >> we brought highway patrol its like we have a forklift that has the capability to be on this side of the roadway. and reach underneath that ca...

But like anything, i just want to get out. >> on this line, this side of the ladder. >> youve got to move this line underneath the ladder. >> ill get you out of this. >> were getting to the end of this here. were getting close. were running out of time. and the last thing i want to do, after being successful three other times is leave a firefighter trapped in a culvert at the end of the day. >> russo realizes the boat can provide extra strength to pull jay out of the tunnel. precious seconds tic...

>> the 18-wheeler plummets and explodes, instantly killing the driver. but amazingly kelly groves and her two the daughters, 10-year-old sage and 10-week-old milo are alive, trapped inside the twisted wreckage of the car. santa barbara fire department battalion chief and firefighter paramedic greg knuckles are among the first to arrive on scene. >> when we first went out we thought it was a vehicle accident. we didnt know we had a tractor-trailer that was on fire that went over the car and crush...

A window above, possibly below or to the side. >> but plan "b" has its own problems. >> when youre looking at a building that way on tv, it looks like everything is flat. it doesnt give you the dimensions. but those windows were actually ten feet back and ten feet offset. so when youre on rope, you never want to pendulum and swing them. because your rope could actually cut. >> the ladders are too short. the windows too distant. firefighters are left with one final option. the roof. >> we had a r...

Gives him cause for concern. >> the first victim was actually standing on scaffolding. he was hanging on pretty tight to the building but seemed okay. wasnt, like, super panicked yet. the guy below him seemed more in a panic state. i think one of the reasons was that his harness was right around his legs where it should have been, but his whole weight was suspended by that harness, which was starting to cut off the blood flow. >> gero approaches the lower victim and secures him to the rope lines...

To know that she was still alive. i remember saying we need to be strong and that these children need your strength. >> but kellys strength is fading fast. shes crushed against the drivers side window while at the same time reaching behind to hold up her infant daughter in the car seat. the rescue team gets a harness to kelly but its little comfort as she stares through the gaping hole beneath her feet. greg knuckle stands by, but feels helpless. >> she wanted a net. greg, can you give me a net?...

But those windows were actually ten feet back and ten feet offset. so when youre on rope, you never want to pendulum and swing them. because your rope could actually cut. >> the ladders are too short. the windows too distant. firefighters are left with one final option. the roof. >> we had a repelling rack up top that they were using, and basically a bunch of bars that we weave the rope through. and acts as a frictional device. >> and once that was all done, which took an 30 minutes, we had plac...