hypothermia and water in his lungs. the team removes his cold, wet clothes as quickly as possible. todd is winded, but his airway is clear. major albers assists with one of the other firefighters who also fell into the freezing water. miraculously, there are no serious injuries that day. >> it was a group effort. if they wasn't able to hold on to him on that bridge, we would have been downstream looking for the fireman. >> georgetown first responders transform luck from this bad day into improvements for future swift water rescues. the hope is that they'll be able to rely less on luck and more on preparedness. >> we've learned a lot from the '95 event, to where we're not wearing our turnout gear and we're wearing life vests and we have a swift water team that is on standby for us. >> they'll be ready if babbling