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>> what were you thinking up there? >> i just wanted to get off it. i am a little shaken up still. thanks to the fire department and emergency services. everythings all right. >> reporter: steve schmidt is one lucky guy and arrived back home with quite a story to tell. >> reporter: what was the first thing you did when you got off? >> just sat down. i just wanted to relax a little bit. >> reporter: thats him hours earlier way up phone the 44th floor of hearst tower after the scaffolding he and a...

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And pulled the 49-year-old schmidt, and 29-year-old victor carbello back in the window. >> its look when you are training. not worried how high. you are getting out there. worried about getting the guys in. >> all this for us? they were smiling when they were out there. they knew we were out there and that we were coming for them. >> reporter: schmidt was smiling. he has been working high in the sky for 15 years. back on terra firma he had one thing to say to the rescue workers who risked their ...

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People have got to stay away from some of these piles because to somebody, this is whats left of their home, to rescuers, this is on or another potentially das situation. people cant go wandering in there even though they feel like they should be allowed to because those are their belongings. they have to be careful. they are asking people to please stay away because what i understand, they are experiencing a problem with so many people coming to this area. there are people who want to help, und...

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Who may be trapped in the rubble. further weather alerts are troubling the region to the south. with a tornado watch in texas, even as we speak. in oklahoma, emergency managers say more than 100 have been found alive, but the time is of the essence. as rescue workers with thermal imaging equipment and dogs sift through crumpled cars and splintered structures. medical examiners confirm 24 deaths, 9 of them children, and more than 200 injured. those numbers are, of course, fluid as searchers are o...