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And at the parking deck, their attempt to save one man is moving along slowly. firefighter ray labayae continues to talk to the victim and is able to get him an oxygen mask, but now nearly four hours into the ordeal, salvador pena is losing hope. >> it is more time war on, it was more like come down and pray with me, come down and cry with me. we were never able to give him anything for his pain, so that was always there. that was bad. >> but rescuers are making progress. and by now the operation at the apartment complex is in full swing. mike henry has been cutting through the second floor to...

Trying to reach salvador pena. >> a concrete beam came right across his legs. he's still down there, conscious, he's talking about his legs are completely crushed. i can hear him moaning right now. >> pena is on the first floor of a mall parking deck operating his sweeping truck when the quake strikes. and now the entire concrete structure is on top of him. >> we have no idea if we'll even come close to getting to him. >> firefighter ray labayae struggles through the metal and busted concrete to make contact with the victim. >> he is holding his own. his legs are cracked mid-femur there. real ...

Be a little nuts. >> even though henry can clearly see the building is standing, he decides to step back and compare it with another section of the l-shaped structure. >> i saw the first floor balcony or the second-floor balconies line up and the third-floor balconies line up and i went to the roof line and all of a sudden the roof jumps up 8 feet. then it dawned on me the building has collapsed and a whole floor is pancaked. that kind of hit me like a ton of bricks. >> henry starts to do the math in his head. 50 apartments on the first floor and the worst case scenario he thinks there could b...

>> a concrete beam came right across his legs. he's still down there, conscious. he's talking but his legs are completely crushed. i can hear him moaning right now. >> pena is on the first floor of a mall parking deck operating his sweeping truck when the quake strikes. and now the entire concrete structure is on top of him. >> we have no idea if we'll even come close to getting to him. >> firefighter ray labayae struggles through the mangled metal and busted concrete to make contact with the victim. >> he is holding his own. his legs are cracked mid-femur there. definitely a lot of pain. >> t...