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It doesn't give you the dimensions. but those windows were ten feet back and ten feet offset. so when you're on rope you never want a pendulum and swing them because your rope could cut. >> the ladders are too short, the windows too distant. firefighters are left with one final option. the roof. >> we had a rappelling rack up top that they were using, it's basically a bunch of bars that we weave the rope through. it acts as a frictional device. and once that was all done, which took about 30 minutes, we had placed the firefighter juro into the harness and we lowered him off the side of the bui...

It doesn't give you the dimensions. but those windows were ten feet back and ten feet offset. so when you're on rope you never want a pendulum and swing them because your rope could cut. >> the ladders are too short, the windows too distant. firefighters are left with one final option. the roof. >> we had a rappelling rack up top that they were using, it's basically a bunch of bars that we weave the rope through. it acts as a frictional device. and once that was all done, which took about 30 minutes, we had placed the firefighter juro into the harness and we lowered him off the side of the bui...

Our second option would be to pull them into a nearby window. a window above, possibly below or to the side. >> but plan "b" has its own problems. >> when you're looking at a building that way on tv, it looks like everything is flat. it doesn't give you the dimensions. but those windows were ten feet back and ten feet offset. so when you're on rope you never want a pendulum and swing them because your rope could cut. >> the ladders are too short, the windows too distant. firefighters are left with one final option. the roof. >> we had a rappelling rack up top that they were using, it's basical...

Dimensions. but those windows were ten feet back and ten feet offset. so when you're on rope you never want a pendulum and swing them because your rope could cut. >> the ladders are too short, the windows too distant. firefighters are left with one final option. the roof. >> we had a rappelling rack up top that they were using, it's basically a bunch of bars that we weave the rope through. it acts as a frictional device. and once that was all done, which took about 30 minutes, we had placed the firefighter juro into the harness and we lowered him off the side of the building. >> juro carefully...

Looks like everything is flat. it doesn't give you the dimensions. but those windows were ten feet back and ten feet offset. so when you're on rope you never want a pendulum and swing them because your rope could cut. >> the ladders are too short, the windows too distant. firefighters are left with one final option. the roof. >> we had a rappelling rack up top that they were using, it's basically a bunch of bars that we weave the rope through. it acts as a frictional device. and once that was all done, which took about 30 minutes, we had placed the firefighter juro into the harness and we lowe...