but there was glass, rebar and concrete and such, i didn t have the proper footwear to continue the climb so i got as close as i could where i could actually see him and he could see me and i told him, i m to go get help and he was like, don t leave me, don t leave me, don t leave me, so i took my phone and use the flashlight to signal an sos to get somebody to come over so finally i got a police officer to come over where he climbed up to come over where he climbed up to him and got some light on the situation and he radioed forfire, search the situation and he radioed for fire, search and the situation and he radioed forfire, search and rescue the situation and he radioed for fire, search and rescue to come and assist in extracting him. ., ., , ., him. how long were you with the boy before him. how long were you with the boy before he him. how long were you with the boy before he was him. how long were you with the boy before he was freed - him. how long were you with the boy
people, in those type of situations, they will find items to make noise with because they want want to be saved. reporter: 35 people were rescued from the structure that was still standing. two more people were pulled from the rubble. at least four were taken to the hospital, where one died. the problem is the building has literally pancaked. it has gone down and i mean there s there s just feet in between stories, where there were ten feet. that is it is heartbreaking, because it doesn t mean, to me, that we re going to be successful, as successful as we would want to be, to find people alive. reporter: nicholas balboa heard a boy screaming for help. he was just screaming don t leave me, don t leave me. reporter: rescue teams helped pull the boy to safety. but dozens of families are, still, wondering about their loved ones. this is very sad, when you are dealing with people that
situation. it was one of those situations where i didn t think. i just acted. ainsley: his name is josh handler, he attends a local high school. in fact he is on the varsity baseball team. he had a few broken bones but nicholas balboa heard his voice. he started screaming. he said it was extremely quiet so i just could hear somebody yelling. i could tell that it was a young boy. he was screaming and saying can you see me? he was sticking his arm out of the rubble. we saw his fingers wiggling, i let him know we were here. he was just screaming don t leave me, don t leave me. the mother of that teenager had severe injuries. her leg was amputated but they will both be okay eventually. brian: do you know what i think something to also keep in mind. even though they keep saying 99. 99 people. a lot of those people might not have been there. hopefully they re traveling in other locations. they might be on vacation or not know the process tone courage somebody say listen, don t look for me, i
it was just i was back there, it was extremely quiet and so i could just hear somebody yelling and as i decided to get closer to the building i could hear and tell it was a young boy and so he was just screaming and saying can you see me? he was sticking his arm out of the rubble and so that s how we saw him. we saw his fingers wiggling. so, you know, i let him know we were here and he was screaming and don t leave me, don t leave me and so i just it was at that point, you know, i just hope any decent human being would do that and they would stay and regard l ers of the situation. bill: so you were talking to him. yes. i led police and fire to him. if myself and the other guy, if we weren t back there i don t know how long it would have been until they found him. bill: really.
but it was too heavy, too much rebar, stuff like that. it was going to take quite a bit of effort to get him out. he was just screaming don t leave me, don t leave me. so we wanted to stay with him and make sure that we got fire and police over there. i was able to signal a police officer using the flashlight of my phone. joining me now is jorge who lives across from that building. you took videos of what you saw there overnight. i want you to start the story. it was just after 2:00, you were headed home in an uber and it was cordoned off so you had to get out and walk. tell me what you saw then. yeah. so it was pretty clear as soon as i arrived in the area that something really, really drastic happened, because you couldn t get in anywhere. so i had to walk, as you mentioned, a couple blocks out of my uber. i entered into my building from