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Behind him. so we're really concerned. we've got to get this done quickly before the rope goes. >> with one eye on the top of the door, shay tells lewis to wrap his arms around his neck and his legs around the waist. as he steps off the ledge, shay hugs lewis close. they're lowered down to the floor below where more firefighters pull them in. >> relief came when we got pulled in. >> both giagos and lewis are taken to the hospital and treated for smoke inhalation. it takes the fdny another hour to control the fire. afterwards, shay and barr talk to a local reporter. >> you're looking at two guy...

Working. period. >> lieutenant brown assures barr the firefighters on the roof have his back. >> he just said, we're not going to drop you. we won't let you go. >> while other firefighters hold him down, shay lets out rope and begins slowly lowering barr. within seconds, barr is face to face with the trapped man. >> he was very exhausted and he was surprised to see me. >> standing in the smoke-filled window with the fire closing in, music producer jose giagos had been close to giving up in the seconds before barr appeared. >> i thought i was going to die. suddenly i hear a very loud voice. don...

Lasting friendship with the men who saved his life. >> i don't have any words to express how i feel about these guys. they live in my heart. i carry them in a very special part of my heart. >> although he now lives in his native colombia, he has come back to the building where he once feared his life would end. >> it was very hot. there was a lot of smoke coming out of all the windows. >> and we have a surprise waiting for him. on the corner of 7th avenue and 48th street. >> oh, man. >> hi. >> it's kevin shay now retired and living in montana. shay and giagos haven't seen each other for many y...

Forward anyway. >> i didn't have a choice. and i attached myself again and i went over the other side. >> shay, fresh from anchoring the rope on the first rescue, is slowly lowered down to the window where the second victim peter lewis is waiting. >> i can see the smoke and fire coming out the top of the door behind him. so we're really concerned. we've got to get this done quickly before the rope goes. >> with one eye on the top of the door, shay tells lewis to wrap his arms around his neck and his legs around the waist. as he steps off the ledge, shay hugs lewis close. they're lowered down t...

To control the fire. afterwards, shay and barr talk to a local reporter. >> you're looking at two guys, high profile. it could have been anybody. a lot of heros up there. you only see us. it's a lot of guys, a whole team. >> he was first. i'm just fast. it's nothing that anybody wouldn't have done. >> is this the reason you became a fireman in the first place? >> no. it's the whole reason. the whole reason. >> an exhausted by elated patty brown weighs in. >> so proud of these two guys. 50 years on the job, the most courageous thing i ever saw. right, patty? >> in the decade that follows this a...