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>> final score last night, heat, 95, spurs, 88. a toddler dangling on a window ledge five stories above the ground. some guys out on a work break heard the little girl easts fy -- terrified cries and looked up. david mackenzie has more on this incredible scene in beijing. >> reporter: an incredible rescue in china. taking a break from work, the group of couriers hear crying. they look up. to their horror they see a 2-year-old girl on the ledge outside a window five floors up. the whole sequenc...

Phlegmy. >> i hope youll -- flemmi. >> i hope that youll talk about that. i know that testimony is coming soon. thank you very much, howie knows this story so well. and whitey bulger from head to tail. still to come, the latest in the george zimmerman trial. if the man who shot and killed trayvon martin is acquitted, what will it mean for sanford, florida? we have a special report, door to door. the police chief of sanford, florida, worried about violence and what hes doing about it. plus, p...

Window ledge of the 12th floor, looking like hes ready to jump to escape the growing heat and smoke. >> people will not burn to death. if they can jump, theyll jump. its that painful and its like youre drowning in smoke. >> barr is not yet anchored to anyone or anything. but he kicks his legs over the edge almost 200 feet above the ground to reassure the man in the window. >> barr is already hanging over the roof without having a rope attached to anything, letting him know not to jump, we were o...

The billowing smoke is caught on camera by news crews at street level and by ron pearlstein from his video production office directly across the street. >> i was sitting at my desk and i saw smoke. just a little smoke coming out of the window. then i saw more. i grabbed my camera, i started shooting. >> as pearlstein zooms in on the building, he sees a man perched on a window ledge trying to escape the thick smoke. >> im like, oh, my god, now this is a life or death situation. >> firefighters fr...

He knows if the rope frays or gets burned, it could snap and anyone hanging over the edge could plummet to his death. as brown leans over the edge to assure the trapped man that help is on the way, barr creates a harness with the rescue rope and climbs onto the parapet wall. the man is now standing on the window ledge of the 12th floor, looking like hes ready to jump to escape the growing heat and smoke. >> people will not burn to death. if they can jump, theyll jump. its that painful and its li...

A high-rise and firefighters must make a daring attempt to try and save them. >> it was definitely going through my mind he may jump or fall. >> its the morning of may 14th, 1991, near times square in new york city. a fires broken out on the top floor of this building on 7th avenue and 48th street. the billowing smoke is caught on camera by news crews at street level and by ron pearlstein from his video production office directly across the street. >> i was sitting at my desk and i saw smoke. ju...

From his video production office directly across the street. >> i was sitting at my desk and i saw smoke. just a little smoke out of the window. then i saw more. i grabbed my camera, i started shooting. >> as pearlstein zooms in on the building, he sees a man perched on a window ledge trying to escape the thick smoke. >> im like, oh, my god, now is this a life and death situation. help him. >> firefighters from the fdny rescue one unit arrive at the building joining other crews already on scene....

Roof, i realized no one could get through the interior because there was a large amount of fire. so they knew the only recourse was to get this guy from the roof. >> the firefighters from rescue one begin to prepare to lower barr by rope to grab the man. >> part of my equipment was the roof rope. so i brought it up, i would use it. it had to be by rope because the ladders wouldnt reach him. >> lieutenant patrick patty brown is in charge of the risky operation. he knows if the rope frays or gets ...

Window ledge of the 12th floor, looking like hes ready to jump to escape the growing heat and smoke. >> people will not burn to death. if they can jump, theyll jump. its that painful and, you know, its like youre drowning in smoke. >> barr is not yet anchored to anyone or anything. but he kicks his legs over the edge almost 200 feet above the ground to reassure the man in the window. >> patty bar was already hanging over the roof without having the other end of the rope attached to anything to l...

immigration. well show you the old clip making new headlines. wolf blitzer is off. im joe johns. youre in "the situation room." we begin with breaking news. american students caught up in the bloody cairo protest are finally on their way out of a nightmare experience in egypt. lets go straight to cnns senior international correspondent, ben wedeman in cairo. earlier today we heard the three american students would be released on saturday. now were hearing its already happened. why? >...