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It doesnt give you the dimensions. but those windows were ten feet back and ten feet offset. so when youre on rope you never want a pendulum and swing them because your rope could cut. >> the ladders are too short, the windows too distant. firefighters are left with one final option. the roof. >> we had a rappelling rack up top that they were using, its basically a bunch of bars that we weave the rope through. it acts as a frictional device. and once that was all done, which took about 30 minute...

A construction platform breaks apart leaving two men clinging to the side of a building. >> i mean, that was over 130 feet. it definitely would have been a fatal fall. >> march 4th, 2011. two workers must face their worst fears when a scaffold collapses outside an apartment building in yonkers, new york. a news helicopter captures the dramatic scene as the men dangle in the cold winter temperatures. yonkers fire chief john flynn and firefighter mike juro assess the dire situation. >> one guy is ...

Nightmare when a tractor-trailer slams into a car carrying a mother and her two children in california. >> they were pushed into the center of the bridge. the tractor went over the edge of the bridge and the trailer followed and crushed the car as it was going over the bridge. >> 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. ...

Our second option would be to pull them into a nearby window. 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 ten feet back and ten feet offset. so when youre on rope you never want a pendulum and swing them because your rope could cut. >> the ladders are too short, the windows too distant. firefighters are left with ...

Been fine and he would have been fine. >> juro safely brings the first man to the ground. typically, another firefighter would rescue the second victim. but the late afternoon dusk is turning to night and chief flynn decides juros experience outweighs other considerations. >> when mike went down the first time it was just getting dark and he had a really good look at the entanglement problems that were there. with the collapsed scaffolding and the ropes that had to work. so, after consulting wit...

Equipment to a nearby military base. and they just happen to have the exact tool needed to help save this family. a forklift. >> they were able to come from the opposite side of the bridge. put their forks underneath the back of the tire of the car and hold it up to stabilize it for us. it also created a platform for us to get a firefighter over the edge. >> i put the harness on, walked out over the forklift. there was no problem. i didnt think twice. i just went out there and started working. t...

He was holding on pretty tight to the building, but he seemed okay. he wasnt like super panicked yet. the guy below him seemed more in a panicked 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. >> juro 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 myse...

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...

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

>> 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 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...