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With a crane. we went in and used rock bolts 15 to 40 feet into the rock face and added bolts to the site to try to stabilize everything. >> while the community is happy that the road is open again, they are also proud. because of the quick thinking and expertise of a road supervisor and a geologist, no one is injured or killed by the rock slide. >> i get some cold sweats from time to time thinking about all the things that could have gone wrong that day. if i had stopped for coffee, taken a little extra time for lunch before i got out to the site. the timing of everything was such that once i...

We went in and used rock bolts 15 to 40 feet into the rock face and added bolts to the site to try to stabilize it. >> while the community is happy that the road is open again, they are also proud. because of the quick thinking and expertise of a road supervisor and a geologist, no one is injured or killed by the rock slide. >> i get some cold sweats from time to time thinking of all the things that could have gone wrong that day. if i had stopped for coffee. taken extra time for lunch before i got out to the site. the timing of everything was such that once i got there we had time to see what...

Of a boulder that's fallen on to u.s. 64. >> originally we were just going to try to get pictures of a boulder in the road. we didn't know how big. we didn't know if there were any cars trapped underneath. >> when fairbanks and reporter bill mitchell arrived, the road is closed to traffic and the tennessee department of transportation, better known as tdot, is using a giant hydraulic hammer to break up the enormous rock. >> it was huge. it was massive. it covered up an entire lane of the road. they were hitting this thing with all they had, and it was not cracking. you can see little splitters...

Rock bolts, 15 to 40 feet into the rock face, and added bolts to the side to try to stabilize everything. >> while the community is happy that the road is open again, they are also proud. because of the quick thinking and expertise of a road supervisor and a geologist, no one is injured or killed by the rock slide. >> i get some cold sweats from time to time thinking of all the things that could have gone wrong that day. if i had stopped for coffee. taken extra time for lunch before coming out to the site. the timing of everything was such that once i got there, we had time to see what was goi...

15 to 40 feet into the rock face and added bolts to the site to try to stabilize it. >> while the community is happy that the road is open again, they are also proud. because of the quick thinking and expertise of a road supervisor and a geologist, no one is injured or killed by the rock slide. >> i get some cold sweats from time to time thinking of all the things that could have gone wrong that day. if i had stopped for coffee. taken extra time for lunch before i got out to the site. the timing of everything was such that once i got there we had time to see what was going on and get everybody...