the building, construction worker kurtis found himself trapped inside an inferno. i said, i m going to die right here. god, you got to help me. help me out here. omg. reporter: desperately, he crawled out to the balcony. i looked back and saw the flames and the smoke with the flames. reporter: he is five stories up. and the fire is getting closer and closer. burning through the windows and doors. let s pause the video for a second. that the critical moment. that s when he thought there was absolutely nowhere he could go. and then he had an idea. at that point, it was do or die. the only choice i had to survive was to drop down to the patio below. it was the only option, the only option. reporter: curtis is swinging and watch oh no, oh, no. reporter: he lands on that balcony. it was then that fire captain brad hawthorne swings in on his ladder. he was super calm. super calm and cool. reporter: the ladder was about two feet short of the
reporter: as flames devoured the building, construction worke worker kurtis found himself trapped inside an inferno. i said, i m going to die right here. god, you got to help me. help me out here. omg. reporter: desperately, he called out of the building. i looked back and saw the flames and the smoke with the flames. reporter: he is five stories up. and the fire is getting closer and closer. burning through the windows and doors. let s pause the video for a second. that the critical moment. that s when he thought there was absolutely nowhere he could go. and then he had an idea. at that point, it was do or die. the only choice i had to survive was to drop down to the patio below. it was the only option, the only option. reporter: curtis is swinging and watch oh no, oh, no. reporter: he lands on that balcony. it was then that fire captain brad hawthorne swings in on his ladder. he was super calm. super calm and cool. reporter: the ladder was about two feet sho
oh, my god. i think that we probably should be going. time to evacuate, guys. hell yes. oh, thank jesus. thank you, god. oh, my god. [ screaming ] oh, no, my god. hey, what about this guy? they got him. just extraordinary. remarkably no one was hurt in the fire. the firefighter on the end of that ladder and helped rescue the construction worker, senior captain brad hawthorne of the houston fire department. he joins me tonight. captain, this rescue is extraordinary. when the video starts, how long had the fire been going on about at that point? not long. we pulled up and there wasn t much fire but it moved through
right. it can be scary. but we train a lot. and you try to do it just where it s i guess don t know how to explain it. just doing your job. just human nature. just doing the job and making it it just happens. i m glad you re out there. i m sure a lot of people in houston are as well. thank you so much for all you do. thank you. just amazing story and heroic effort by captain brad hawthorne and the rest of the hughouston e department. the firefighters are working the scene of a zefdevastating landse in washington state to risking their lives to save others. at least two firefighters died, 13 others were injured in a fast-moving nine alarm fire at a brownstone in a back bay neighborhood west of downtown. we don t know what caused that fire. and our hearts really go out to the boston fire department, the families of the firefighters who died.
something after this. how do you relax after this? it s so stressful just watching i m getting nervous. right. it can be scary. but we train a lot. and you try to do it just where it s i guess don t know how to explain it. just doing your job. just human nature. just doing the job and making it it just happens. i m glad you re out there. i m sure a lot of people in houston are as well. thank you so much for all you do. thank you. just amazing story and heroic effort by captain brad hawthorne and the rest of the houston fire department. the work the firefighters do is extraordinary. from that rescue in texas, the firefighters working the scene of a devastating land slide in washington state, risking their lives to save others. we think about them tonight. some breaking news out of boston today. at least two firefighters died. 13 others were injured in a fast-moving nine-alarm fire west of downtown. as of now, we don t know what