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>> firefighter tim daneen is working with other rescuers in 15-minute intervals. they've made it down 20 feet safely and are cutting across when it's tim's turn to dig again. he's finally close enough to talk to the baby boy. >> oh, jesse, just, i'm sorry if i, you know, knocked any dirt in your face, and just give me a few more minutes, i'll have you out of here. we're all working together to get you out. hang in there, buddy. >> as he talks, he inches his way closer and closer. >> we knew we were really close, about three or four inches. and then we took the spade and kind of -- i just kind ...

Father and son are playing together in the backyard of their new home in the small town of mulvane, kansas, just outside wichita. and then, in the blink of an eye, baby jesse makes a sudden move. before his father can reach him, he's gone. it's 7:04 p.m. when jesse's parents call 911, setting into motion a dramatic rescue effort that will soon require more than 50 police officers and firefighters. among them, firefighters dan wegner and tim daneen. >> probably got about ten feet from the hole, and we could hear jesse crying up out of there, and stuck our heads down in the hole and looked at hi...

Their new home in the small town of mulvane, kansas, just outside wichita. and then, in the blink of an eye, baby jesse makes a sudden move. before his father can reach him, he's gone. it's 7:04 p.m. when jesse's parents call 911, setting into motion a dramatic rescue effort that will soon require more than 50 police officers and firefighters. among them, firefighters dan wegner and tim daneen. >> probably got about ten feet from the hole, and we could hear jesse crying up out of there, and stuck our heads down in the hole and looked at him, and sure enough we could see jesse's head and one ar...

And then he did that -- you could tell he was kind of cold and where their little lips quiver. >> daneen stabilizes the toddler with a board and passes him to anxious rescuers. >> i was carrying him. as i stuck my head up out of the trench, then i was just ecstatic that we had him out of there, and the people were cheering. >> jesse seems to take it all in stride. from a dark hole to the glare of television and rescue lights, and not a whimper. but still, down in the ditch, firefighter tim daneen lets his emotions take hold. >> i was just so happy. i mean i actually cried down in the bottom of...

Jesse is stuck 16 feet down. so the plan is to dig down 20 feet with heavy ground-breaking equipment and then cut across by hand. rescuers know they need to move cautiously. >> if there would have been any further collapse, of course, in the well above his head, yes, there's a risk. and that was one of our main concerns is vibration of the ground around the opening. they shut off all traffic, stopped all traffic within 500 feet. >> my role as a rescue was to help with the shoring and the trench. and my job was also to be one of the diggers down at the bottom that actually dug from the trench o...