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Equipment to a nearby military base. and they just happen to have the exact tool needed to help save this family. a forklift. >> they were able to come from the opposite side of the bridge. put their forks underneath the back of the tire of the car and hold it up to stabilize it for us. it also created a platform for us to get a firefighter over the edge. >> i put the harness on, walked out over the forklift. there was no problem. i didn't think twice. i just went out there and started working. the most important thing was to have the 10-year-old removed. she was the most critical. >> but they...

He was holding on pretty tight to the building, but he seemed okay. he wasn't like super panicked yet. the guy below him seemed more in a panicked state. i think one of the reasons was that his harness was right around his legs where it should have been, but his whole weight was suspended by that harness which was starting to cut off the blood flow. >> juro approaches the lower victim and secures him to the rope lines. >> with the main line attachment what i did is i attached the end knot to myself, and i attach him to an accessory cord. so his weight is never really on me, it's just on my sys...

I think she probably knew that what could have happened and realized she was lucky, too. so it was amazing to see her strength. >> the lives of three people hang in the balance. then news arrives that some would call a coincidence, others a miracle. a convoy of navy seabees had been stuck in traffic from the accident on the opposite side of the highway. >> we brought highway patrol it's like we have a forklift that has the capability to be on this side of the roadway. and reach underneath that car to support it so it won't slip off. >> the seabees are the navy's construction battalion and they...

Dimensions. but those windows were ten feet back and ten feet offset. so when you're on rope you never want a pendulum and swing them because your rope could cut. >> the ladders are too short, the windows too distant. firefighters are left with one final option. the roof. >> we had a rappelling rack up top that they were using, it's basically a bunch of bars that we weave the rope through. it acts as a frictional device. and once that was all done, which took about 30 minutes, we had placed the firefighter juro into the harness and we lowered him off the side of the building. >> juro carefully...

>> i'll get you out of this. >> we're getting to the end of this here. we're getting close. we're running out of time. and the last thing i want to do, after being successful three other times is leave a firefighter trapped in a culvert at the end of the day. >> russo realizes the boat can provide extra strength to pull jay out of the tunnel. precious seconds tick away as rescuers attempt to maneuver the boat into position. >> be right there. >> the boat pulls jay to the opening of the tunnel but he still must squeeze past the ladder blocking the exit. he makes his way around as the pressure f...