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The side. cliff. news helicopters capture the struggle. he can't climb back up or continue down. >> the cliff he was stuck on was approximately 200 to 250 foot cliff side. and he was approximately 75 to 100 feet do you know inwn in the steeper part of the cliff. >> a team is called in to help save ivan and his dog from a nearly 200 foot fall. helicopters make the first attempt, a rescuer is lowered down a safety line and tries to attach harnesses to both ivan and the dog. >> the reason why we decided or the department decided to go with the helicopter first is i guess that's how our procedure ...

Aren't hurt and their safety harnesses keep them from plummeting to the ground. but rescuers are concerned that may quickly change. no one knows how long the scaffold, or the workers, can hold on. >> when they sit in their harnesses for a long time it decreases the blood flow to their lower extremities which creates a lot of physiological problems. >> it's a serious thing. they were starting to get some of that because their legs were starting to get numb. it was a little cold out. >> firefighters first attempt to use their truck ladder to bring the men down, but it quickly becomes clear they'...

Heartbreaking. that's when we realized, we're in trouble. >> reporter: serious trouble, high winds, gusts up to 30 miles per hour buffeting the helicopter's california highway patrol made four passes before with the precision of the surgeon plucking the boys to safety. >> it was the most challenging i've done in the 12 years i've been in air operations. >> reporter: the challenge lowering harnesses the boys themselves had to put on, and coming back around to have them hook up to be safely carried to a landing zone miles away. >> we lowered the hook a couple of times but the wind would blow out...

Was heartbreaking, when we realized we were in trouble. >> reporter: serious trouble, high winds, gusts up to 30 miles per hour buffeting the helicopter's california highway patrol made four passes before with the precision of the surgeon plucking the boys to safety. >> it was the most challenging i've done in the 12 years i've been in air operations. >> reporter: the challenge lowering the haar nepss the boys had to put on and coming back around to have them hook up to be safely carried to a landing zone miles away. >> the wind would blow us out of position and we'd have to go back to try aga...

We thought we could walk across the ridge. we got up there and it was heart breaking. we realized we were in trouble. >> high winds buffetting the helicopters. they made four passes before, with the precision of a surgeon, plucking the boys to safety. >> it was the most challenging i have ever done. >> reporter: lowering harnesses the boys had to put on themselves then hooked up to be carried to a landing zone miles away. >> we lowered the hook, the wind would blow us out of position. >> reporter: the harnesses had to be put on correctly otherwise, it's a long fall. the father watching from be...