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Amazingly everyone has now been rescued. division chief napoli credits all of the police and fire crews on the bridge that day with saving the inspectors' lives. >> it was a difficult, technical rescue with a high possibility of loss of life. >> he believes things would have been much worse if the whole crane arm had fallen into the water. >> i think they would have either sunk with the piece of equipment or the trauma they sustained when it hit the water would have not been good for them. >> while some of the inspectors did suffer minor injuries, the emotional impact of the accident has had a...

Three people dangling underneath the danes point bridge nearly 150 feet above the st. john's river in jacksonville, florida. when fire division chief randy napoli arrives just minutes later, he knows he has his work cut out for him. >> i could see that basket dangling, and i thought we could lose the arm and the three individuals on it. if the boom hit the water from over 100 feet, it would not have been a good situation. >> kim brooks is one of the people clinging to life in that basket. she's a department of transportation intern. earlier that morning she arrived, excited to inspect her firs...

>> what's wrong? a crane arm snaps, leaving three people dangling underneath the danes point bridge nearly 150 feet above the st. john's river in jacksonville, florida. when fire division chief randy napoli arrives just minutes later, he knows he has his work cut out for him. >> i could say that arm hanging straight down with that basket on the end. i feared we might lose the entire arm with the three individuals in it. if the boom hit the water from over 100 feet, it would not have been a good situation. >> kim brooks is one of the people clinging to life in that basket. she's a department ...

Feet on steady ground fast enough. >> glad to be back. >> next, it's kim's turn. and she's pulled to safety in a matter of minutes too. >> the adrenaline rush, just knowing that you were being rescued. anything that was remotely a concern quickly went out the window. >> last, but not least, finally sam martin, like kim and bruce before him, is out of the bucket and on safe ground. it's a long hour and a half, but amazingly everyone has now been rescued. division chief napoli credits all of the police and fire crews on the bridge that day with saving the inspectors' lives. >> it was a difficult...

Anything that was remotely a concern quickly went out the window. >> last, but not least, finally sam martin, like kim and bruce before him, is out of the bucket and on safe ground. it's a long hour and a half, but amazingly everyone has now been rescued. division chief napoli credits all of the police and fire crews on the bridge that day with saving the inspectors' lives. >> it was a difficult, technical rescue with a high possibility of loss of life. >> he believes things would have been much worse if the whole crane arm had fallen into the water. >> i think they would have either sunk with...