sam looked extremely red with the pressure, you know. that was my concern, making sure he remained calm. but kim knows if they have it bad, contractor bruce boyles has it worse. he s hanging below them from his safety harness, which is still connecting him to the bucket. one wrong move could send them all crashing into the water below. we were just encouraging him to hang on, hang in there, help was on the way. kim doesn t know it from her position in the bucket, but the contractor who fell into the river has survived and is pulled to safety below. now rescuers on the bridge are trying to devise a plan to save the rest of them. captain randy fulford was one of the individuals that i knew had recent high angle rescue training that i knew would make the rescue more safe, both for the individuals we were rescuing, but also for our own rescuers. firefighters record the action with their own video cameras. they re hoping to catch this rare high angle rescue on camera
he was sorry. i tried. two more who had fallen, three in all, suffered the same awful fate. three climbers dead. i had this wonderful trip where half an hour ago we were all smiling, go to the other extreme. cleve joiner doesn t know it, standing 30 feet above, but his son, cole, has survived. i didn t even get the wind knocked out of me when i landed. so i just got up and did whatever i could. the call his dad, cleve joiner, makes to 911 sets in motion a massive rescue operation. six national guard and air force