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Them. and i was terrified then and then i remembered that john liked helicopters and flapped his arms and first thing i said is can you ask the helicopters back off a little. >> he would be excited by the crowd and attention he was getting. he was not afraid. >> the lines are carrying 230,000 volts, enough juice to power a small town. the authorities cut the electricity, but they warn there may still be 20,000 volts of residual power. captain terry from the mesa fire department harnesses himself to the tower and leads the rescue. >> get higher and higher and before you get to the top you say t...

>> one of his favorite fixations. >> he's always liked to climb. right over the back fence, there was 120-foot power tower. there was a green belt behind the house with a series of electrical towers. and john had started to climb them. >> so far, john has only managed to get on scaffolds and ground level before his family has coaxed him down. but that day with both parents at work, he ventures higher. >> john had recently discovered the spikes on the side of the tower. about 20 feet up. so he was able to maneuver the tower and climb up to those spikes. >> brother james is afraid of heights, bu...

Fixations. >> he always liked to climb. right over the back it is yard fence there was a 120-foot power tower. there was a greenbelt behind the house with a series of electrical towers. and john had started to climb them. >> so far, john has only managed to get at the scaffold at the ground level before the family has connectioned them down. that ventures higher. >> he had recently discovered the spikes on the side of the tower with 20 feet up so he was able to maneuver the tower. and climb up to the spikes. >> brother james is afraid of heights but he feels he has no choice. >> james followed...

Has climbed up a power pole in front of my house. he is way up there now. the brother is chasing him. he is just about to the top where the wire is are. you better hurry. >> in no time, john is 120 feet up along with his older brother james. >> he went straight up. i tried to think don't look. it was a sight i could do without. i was afraid up there. >> when got to the top he took his glasses off sew couldn't see how you far down its. >> their father byron hears the news on a traffic report and races home. sondra gets alerted at work by police. >> as i was driving from work home and could see ...

That climbed up. >> word quickly gets out. >> i see him way up there now. he is just about to the top where the wires are. >> okay. >> got to hurry. >> in no time, john is 120 feet up. along with his older brother, james. >> he went straight up. i was trying to calm him. look at me. >> when he got to the top he took his glasses off so he couldn't see how far down it was. >> their father, byron, hears the news a traffic report and races home. she gets alerted at work by police. >> as i was driving from work home, i could see the boys on the tower and the helicopters circling like birds above th...