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I am a little shaken up still. thanks to the fire department and emergency services. everything's all right. >> reporter: steve schmidt is one lucky guy and arrived back home with quite a story to tell. >> reporter: what was the first thing you did when you got off? >> just sat down. i just wanted to relax a little bit. >> reporter: that's him hours earlier way up on the 44th floor of hearst tower after the scaffolding he and a co-worker were using, suddenly buckled. >> the center motor failed. there were three motors on the scaffold. >> reporter: it took highly trained rescuers more than an h...

And pulled the 49-year-old schmidt, and 29-year-old victor carbello back in the window. >> it's look when you are training. not worried how high. you are getting out there. worried about getting the guys in. >> all this for us? they were smiling when they were out there. they knew we were out there and that we were coming for them. >> reporter: schmidt was smiling. he has been working high in the sky for 15 years. back on terra firma he had one thing to say to the rescue workers who risked their lives to save him. >> i appreciate it. they were great. i mean, they got us off fast, professionall...