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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 back. i was really, really scared. i didn't know what the situation was at that point. i knew it wasn't good. >> but then slowly, joe chasney sees signs of life in his friend. it turns out the burning platform hung just centimeters

He no longer works for the company and could not be reached to see if he agrees with this assessment. >> 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 days go, that was nothing. it wasn't my fault. 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 ...

>> the crane operator is stuck in the cab screaming in frustration. >> he's just really upset and kind of sounds like homer simpson, like really mad, ah! i can't believe what happened. >> peter turns off the camera to help. >> he was laying forward on the controls, and basically had to get him a ladder so he could crawl out of the cab of the crane, get him down on the ground. he was just shaking. >> amazingly nobody's injured in the crash, but the damage to the house is extensive. >> the crane landed on top of the garage, crushed in the roof, completely destroyed the chimney. all the bricks fe...

>> in our next story, it's a swimming pool that crashes to earth. when a crane takes a dive into a garage. for electrician peter krause there's nothing unusual about a job wiring up a suburban swimming pool. he's done dozens of them in the six years he's worked for a minnesota electrical company. but on june 10th, 2011, he works on a pool installation that's far from ordinary. >> it's not every day that you install a continuous motion pool. they're not very common. and it's not every day that a crane lifts it up over the house. >> peter pulls out his phone to catch the process on camera. >> th...

Baby milo but survive their incredible nightmare. rescuers are praised for their tireless efforts, but some who were there believe fate lent a hand as well. >> we were originally delayed because of a vehicle breakdown. we would have been two hours ahead of the accident. i believe everything happens for a reason. we were just in the right place at the right time. >> it was just amazing that it was there. i started to wonder like, okay, maybe angels wear camouflage. i don't really know, because it was bigger than me. bigger than me. >> just looking back on it, we were lucky at times having the s...