broken window and prepare to grab the safety ropes to pull the scaffold into the building. now they re eye level with the scaffold, close enough to see the fear on the faces of those two men. they were terrified. they didn t think they were going home that day. firefighters try to make a bigger hole in the glass to give the window washers more room, but there s no time. when the scaffold collides again with the building, at the precise spot where firefighters are waiting the two frightened men seize the moment. they didn t wait. they were so afraid that they literally just dove through that small opening. after their 15-minute terrifying wild ride, oscar gonzalez and hector estrada break down. they are grateful to be alive. translator: we really thought the cables would snap and the scaffold would crash down. thank god it didn t. translator: when the wind started we tried to hold on to the cables on the building, but
they were terrified. they didn t think they were going home that day. firefighters try to make a bigger hole in the glass to give the window washers more room, but there s no time. when the scaffold collides again with the building, at the precise spot where firefighters are waiting the two frightened men seize the moment. they didn t wait. they were so afraid that they literally just dove through that small opening. after their 15-minute terrifying wild ride, oscar gonzalez and hector estrada break down. they are grateful to be alive. translator: we really thought the cables would snap and the scaffold would crash down. thank god it didn t. translator: when the wind started we tried to hold on to the cables on the building, but our arms got too tired. we lost energy, it was so cold. so we let it loose. everyone involved agrees the situation could have been catastrophic if not for the
able to get on an amtrak train and pay cash to the conductor. now you ve got to reserve a seat in advance on all those trains and they ve got your name so they don t know quite where you were sitting. it s not like an airplane but they do have a record of how many and the names of the people onboard. this is a place where you could get off that train and probably hail a taxi. so if you weren t injured and didn t wait around for help you could be gone by now. in fact, you would probably feel pretty silly sitting out there on a wind any night and waiting for something you know there s no reason for you to stick around. so there may be a problem accounting for everybody. peter goelz, again, this happened just over an hour ago, and as we wait for the mayor here the mayor will have to deal with the situation on several fronts. he ll have to deal with the injuries how this happened where exactly they re going, and how to update the family members who were involved and waiting to hear fro
firefighters try to make a bigger hole in the glass to give the window washers more room, but there s no time. when the scaffold collides again with the building, at the precise spot where firefighters are waiting the two frightened men seize the moment. they didn t wait. they were so afraid that they literally just dove through that small opening. after their 15-minute terrifying wild ride, oscar gonzalez and hector estrada break down. they are grateful to be alive. translator: we really thought the cables would snap and the scaffold would crash down. thank god it didn t. translator: when the wind started we tried to hold on to the cables on the building, but our arms got too tired. we lost energy, it was so cold. so we let it loose. everyone involved agrees the situation could have been catastrophic if not for the experience, skill and teamwork of the firefighters and for
tonight we re bringing back cnn heroes tradition honoring young people making a difference. at cnn, we call these inspiring kids young wonders. our first young wonder tonight saw a problem, thought of a solution and didn t wait to grow up to actually act. to tell her amazing story is an actor who was the youngest person ever to be nominated for an academy award. what did you do when you were 9 years told? i didn t do much. she was nominated at the age of 9 for beasts of the southern wild. hi, kids can do amazing things when they re just kids. mozart wrote his first symphony when he was 8. lily born s pretty cool, too. she saw that her grandfather was having trouble drinking from a glass. his hands shook a lot because he