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>> if i was a crane operator, that would probably be the worst day ever on the job. >> but for peter, an early start to the weekend. >> as far as bad work days go, that wasn't nothing. it wasn't my fault. didn't have anything to do with our company. it was friday, so it was an early friday. >> the workday may have been a washout but the job's not over. the pool itself has only minor damage. a few days later peter is able to complete the installation. he still can't believe what he saw that day. >> i've seen accidents, but like being right there when it happened, i've never seen anything like t...

Little bit of time and let the family know how i'm really feeling about it. you know, their lost loved one. i wake up. i think about the loss of that -- of that loved one. and it's in my heart. every day. it's in my mind. it's in my body. when i wake up, i see -- i see something that i can't change. this is my only way of showing that i'm sorry. and i apologize. and i mean, i wish i could take it back. if i could replace his life with mine, i would. >> manning is awaiting a transfer to prison to begin his five-year sentence. but it could cost him more than just his freedom. a felony conviction...

>> oh, my god! >> in a terrible turn of events, the flaming platform falls directly on to jasen and it seems he is burning alive in front of thousands of people including his own family. [ screaming ] >> i didn't hesitate a nanosecond and i told that crane operator bring him down. we needed to get him down and close to us. >> jasen's sister yells in desperation. >> i remember people yelling go faster, bring him down. but he couldn't. he was literally going as fast as he could. >> the crane operator lowers jasen into the river as firefighters battle the flames. >> i saw him lifeless hanging bac...

Once they did, probably another 10 or 15 minutes to get the tank oriented correctly above the legs. >> the crane operator nearly 130 feet in the air lowers the container closer and closer while his co-workers guide its placement with the attached cables. as one of the men begins his climb down to the ground, the crane suddenly starts to shift. within seconds, to the horror of those watching below, the crane carrying the container gives way, colliding with the legs of the water tower. with cables breaking, the container drops, steel stanchions snapping like twigs. the crane and tower sway towar...

It just seemed to take a very, very long time for the top of the tower and the crane to hit the ground. >> schultz and local residents scramble to safety. >> get out of the way! >> i turned around from running. there was a lot of dust from it hitting. there were sparks, there was a nearby power line that had been hit. and, you know, i heard a lot of people screaming. i really didn't think there would be any survivors based on what i had seen. >> the tower lands just feet from a home, a gaping hole on his top where the crane slammed down. the twisted wreckage is scattered across the neighborhoo...