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None of their usual rescue techniques, pulley systems, drilling, powerful air vacs to separate rock seemed like they would work in this situation. and just then, it hits him. >> i thought of wesson oil, give him some lubrication. >> wesson oil, not exactly a technique you learn the rescue school, but he is trained to respond fast so he dispatches people, including paul's brother tommy, to come back the vegetable oil. >> so we said, okay, we'll be right back. >> they returned within minutes passing the lubricant into the waiting hands of captain roy. >> i started just pouring it onto him where ...

Not exactly a technique he le n learned in rescue school. but he's trained to come up with solutions fast. he sends tommy to go for the popular vegetable oil. >> they return within minutes, passing the lubricant into the hands of roy. >> i was letting it run down the rock on to his pants and front and back of him. >> another firefighter douses paul from above. >> we pulled and he started yelling, and i said don't stop. i said no matter how loud he screams, he's come ought. >> after two hours and 56 minutes into the ordeal, out slides paul. >> when he started moving, his

>> by now, it has been almost two hours. paul is understandably exhausted. captain roy knows that no matter what plan he comes up with he'll need maximum effort from everybody involved, including 11-year-old paul. >> at the time, he was getting real sleepy, so i talked to him and asked, do you play baseball? he said, oh yeah. he perked up. i said, you know how you are out there and it is hot and you are tired and your coach wants to give you a little more physical effort and things to push yourself. and that actually kind of perked him up a bit more. >> captain roy runs through his options. no...

Completely spent. >> that's when i come up with -- i thought of wesson oil. give some lubrication. >> wesson oil, not something they teach in rescue school but captain roy thinks it might work. >> basically i just started pouring it on to him where i could at least splash a little bit. >> paul is coated in gallons of cooking oil and attached to a lifting strap to see if they can stretch his body. >> paul? >> i asked him do you play baseball? he said oh, yeah. he perked up, i said you know how it is when you're hot and you're tired and coach wants you to give you just a little bit more physical...