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Members, the firefighters, to go down and rescue ivan. >> firefighter oscar is the first to reach ivan. the 19-year-old has been hanging onto the cliff for more than an hour and is close to letting go. >> once i got to ivan, he was tired. he was extremely exhausted, tired, he was thirsty. i was just trying to comfort him, make sure everything was going to be okay, he was going to be safe. i tried to get his mind off of that scared zone. >> cespedes secures ivan to a harness with no problems and ...

Team called in to help save ivan and his dog from a nearly 200-foot fall. helicopters make the first attempt. a rescuer is lowered down a safety line and tries to attach harnesses to both ivan and the dog. >> the reason why we decided or the department decided to go with the helicopter first, i guess thats how our procedure works, our protocol. we figured that would be the easiest way, the safest way. to rescue ivan. >> but the wind and noise generated by the chopper causes lola to panic. and iv...

>> he was just so physically tired that he probably wasnt going to last much longer on that hillside. >> december 29th, 2011. ivan solace and his father are walking ivans dog lola in lopez canyon, california, when the canine chases a bottle thrown over the side of the hill. >> the dog went down there got stuck, wasnt able to come back up and ivan wanted to go and try to get him. >> but ivans impulse to rescue his four-legged friend takes a frightening turn. >> the slope becomes too steep and iva...

Steeper section of the cliff. >> los angeles firefighters oscar and robert are part of the team called in to help save ivan and his dog from a nearly 200-foot fall. helicopters make the first attempt. a rescuer is lowered down a safety line and tries to attach harnesses to both ivan and the dog. >> the reason why we decided or the department decided to go with the helicopter first, i guess thats how our procedure works, our protocol. we figured that would be the easiest way, the safest way. to r...

Down and rescue ivan. >> firefighter oscar is the first to reach ivan. the 19-year-old has been hanging onto the cliff for more than an hour and is close to letting go. >> once i got to ivan, he was tired. he was extremely exhausted, tired, he was thirsty. i was just trying to comfort him, make sure everything was going to be okay, he was going to be safe. i tried to get his mind off of that, scared. >> cespedes secures ivan to a harness with no problems and decides to take him down the hill. bu...

>> he was just so physically tired that he probably wasnt going to last much longer on that hillside. >> december 29th, 2011. ivan solace and his father are walking ivans dog lola in lopez canyon, california, when the canine faces a bottle thrown over the side of the hill. >> the dog went down there got stuck, wasnt able to come back up and ivan wanted to go and try to get him. >> but ivans impulse to rescue his four-legged friend takes a frightening turn. >> the slope becomes too steep and ivan...

>> los angeles firefighters oscar and robert are part of the team called in to help save ivan and his dog from a nearly 200-foot fall. helicopters make the first attempt. a rescuer is lowered down a safety line and tries to attach harnesses to both ivan and the dog. >> the reason why we decided or the department decided to go with the helicopter first, i guess thats how our procedure works, our protocol. we figured that would be the easiest way, the safest way. to rescue ivan. >> but the wind an...

Members, the firefighters, to go down and rescue ivan. >> firefighter oscar is the first to reach ivan. the 19-year-old has been hanging onto the cliff for more than an hour and is close to letting go. >> once i got to ivan, he was tired. he was extremely exhausted, tired, he was thirsty. i was just trying to comfort him, make sure everything was going to be okay, he was going to be safe. i tried to get his mind off of that, scared. >> cespedes secures ivan to a harness with no problems and deci...

Potentially deadly fall. >> he was just so physically tired that he probably wasnt going to last much longer on that hillside. >> december 29th, 2011. ivan solace and his father are walking ivans dog lola in lopez canyon, california, when the canine faces a bottle thrown over the side of the hill. >> the dog went down there got stuck, wasnt able to come back up and ivan wanted to go and try to get him. >> but ivans impulse to rescue his four-legged friend takes a frightening turn. >> the slope b...

Struggle. he cant climb back up or continue down. >> the cliff was approximately 200, 250-foot cliff side and he was approximately 75 to 100 feet down right in that area, in a steeper section of the cliff. >> los angeles firefighters oscar and robert are part of the team called in to help save ivan and his dog from a nearly 200-foot fall. helicopters make the first attempt. a rescuer is lowered down a safety line and tries to attach harnesses to both ivan and the dog. >> the reason why we decide...