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I am a little shaken up still. thanks to the fire department and emergency services. everything's all right. >> reporter: steve schmidt is one lucky guy and arrived back home with quite a story to tell. >> reporter: what was the first thing you did when you got off? >> just sat down. i just wanted to relax a little bit. >> reporter: that's him hours earlier way up on the 44th floor of hearst tower after the scaffolding he and a co-worker were using, suddenly buckled. >> the center motor failed. there were three motors on the scaffold. >> reporter: it took highly trained rescuers more than an h...

>> what were you thinking up there? >> i just wanted to get off it. i am a little shaken up still. thanks to the fire department and emergency services. everything's all right. >> reporter: steve schmidt is one lucky guy and arrived back home with quite a story to tell. >> reporter: what was the first thing you did when you got off? >> just sat down. i just wanted to relax a little bit. >> reporter: that's him hours earlier way up phone the 44th floor of hearst tower after the scaffolding he and a co-worker were using, suddenly buckled. >> the center motor failed. there were three motors on th...