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Guy's not jumping while i'm 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...

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 his 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. >> the 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 shea and barr talk to a local reporter. >> you're looking at two guys, high p...

But 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 and i could see the fire going up, you know, past the parapet wall, and that's when i knew that they didn't have control of the fire yet and that the second victim was going to be another roof rescue. >> once a rope has been used, it's supposed to be put out of service. but they only have one rope on the roof....

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...

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...