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Window ledge of the 12th floor, looking like he's ready to jump to escape the growing heat and smoke. >> people will not burn to death. if they can jump, they'll jump. it's that painful and, you know, it's like you're drowning in smoke. >> barr is not yet anchored to anyone or anything. but he kicks his legs over the edge almost 200 feet above the ground to reassure the man in the window. >> patty bar was already hanging over the roof without having the other end of the rope attached to anything to let him know not to jump, that we were on our way. >> quickly shay attaches the other end of bar...

Camera by news crews at street level and by ron pearlstein across the street. >> i was sitting at my desk and i saw smoke. just a little smoke out of the window. then i saw more. i grabbed my camera, i started shooting. >> as pearlstein zooms in on the building, he sees a man perched on a ledge trying to escape the smoke. >> now this is a life and death situation. help him. >> firefighters from the fdny rescue one's unit arrive at the building joining other crews already on scene. patrick barr and kevin shay now both retired were with rescue one that day. >> there was people on the street yell...

We knew we had to get up there as fast as we could. >> i was afraid he would jump before we got to him. >> he's moving further and further out on the ledge. >> i could hear the firemen saying stay calm, we're on our way up. >> we're on our way up. just stay there. >> by the time we got to the roof, i realized no one could get through the interior because there was a large amount of fire. so i knew the only other recourse was to get this guy from the roof. >> the firefighters from rescue one begin to prepare to lower barr by rope to grab the man. >> part of my equipment was the rope. i would us...

Like he's ready to jump to escape the growing heat and smoke. >> people will not burn to death. if they can jump, they'll jump. it's that painful and it's like you're drowning in smoke. >> barr is not yet anchored to anyone or anything. but he kicks his legs over the edge almost 200 feet above the ground to reassure the man in the window. >> barr is already hanging over the roof without having a rope attached to anything, letting him know not to jump, we were on our way. >> quickly shay attaches the other end of barr's rope to his own harness. >> i would be the anchor and i could grab somethin...

The building that no one realized i was out there. so that's when i hit the windows to alert them i was outside. and finally somebody noticed i was out there and that's when everybody came together and pulled me in. >> with giagos safely inside the building, barr turns to acknowledge the cheering crowds below. >> they realized somebody just saved someone's life. they appreciated that. >> i don't think that's a fireman, guys. >> but the rescue operation is far from over. there's actually a second man trapped on the other side of the floor. >> as i was bringing the rope back, looked to my right ...