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Firefighter rick carpo reaches the weakened roof first. now, he, too, is in danger. >> as i was going across, i was noticing that every place i touched the roof, my elbows, my knees, it was breaking down. i tried to spread out as much as possible to disperse my weight. i couldn't see him because of the smoke, but i was able to hear him and got him to reach out and hold his hand. >> but neither firefighter is in the clear yet. the same roof that buckled under the weight of one man must now support two. >> all i saw was rick, the end of his boot. so i grabbed his boot, and i asked him if he had ...

>> a fire rages through an abandoned apartment building in kansas city, missouri. >> we've got the top floor of a throw story apartment building heavily involved. >> temperatures inside the building soar to more than 1,000 degrees, and the structure isn't stable, so the firefighters mount an aerial attack, spraying water from 100-foot ladders hovering over the flames. >> put a man on watch. >> flames threaten a neighboring building, so firefighter mark ashley is told to get up on another ladder to prevent any more destruction. >> looking good up here right now. >> looks like laser beams. >> as...

>> a fire rages through an abandoned apartment building in kansas city, missouri. >> we've got the top floor of a three-story parent building heavily involved. >> temperatures inside the building soar to more than 1,000 degrees, and the structure isn't stable, so the firefighters mount an aerial attack, spraying water from 100-foot ladders hovering over the flames. >> put a man on watch. >> flames threaten a neighboring building, so firefighter mark ashley is told to get up on another ladder to prevent any more destruction. >> looking good up here right now. >> looks like laser beams. >> ashle...

Mark and the concrete 35 feet below is a broken ladder and the crumbling wood of a burning balcony. >> for a split second i was like, what are we going to do? what are we going to do? at that time i started running toward the building. >> mark ashley is clouded in smoke, teetering just six feet away from flames. now a man who spent nearly a decade rescuing others waits for his own rescue. >> three truck, come on back down and get that guy out of there. >> truck three, shut off your water and bring it down. >> chief walker orders another truck on the scene to help, but the radio malfunctions an...

>> bates looks on in horror as mark's ladder buckles. >> it kind of just turned over and started to descent toward the building. >> sector chief tommy walker is in shock, fearing the worst. >> i honestly think i'll be going to mark's funeral. i honestly think our flags will be at half mast. i honestly think i'll be informing his widow that mark was killed at an incident. >> mark is strapped to the ladder. he can't get free fast enough, so he does the only thing he can. he braces for impact. >> i was just saying to myself, god, let it hit the building. because i knew if the ladder came all the ...