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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20121112:00:14:00

so this is probably one of the largest fires atlanta has seen in 25 years. it actually started generating its own wind which is close to firestorm conditions. construction crews on the ground have safely evacuated the building. but sims can only look down helplessly upon a sea of flames. his only means of escape is cut off. most of the crane is built with steps and how you get up and down every day. the crane was sitting close to the building and there was no way i could go down past the flames and get down those steps. and time is not on sims side. the fire advances closer and closer to the crane. and the question becomes, how much longer can it take the punishing heat? there was direct flame contact between the steel at the bottom of the crane and it weakens the steal. if it weakens enough it s going to fall over and you re not going to survive that fall. sims decides to ride the fire out in the cab of the crane, but the rising temperatures turn it

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20121112:00:56:00

intense. when we pulled him out and got him to the middle of the street away from the bike, he was on fire. he stamps out rivera s burning legs as coworkers joe benedict and steven boom arrive to help. john is still trying to put him out with his shirt. joe just looking to do something to help out. that s when i handed him the fire extinguisher. i started es textinguishing fire. when i saw the fire was out on him, i don t know what made me try to put the fire out on the motorcycle, but that s what i tried to do. rivera regains consciousness as boon and saleki pull him further from the wreck. kept trying to get up. get up from the street. i broke my right femur bone.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20121112:00:13:00

a fire out of control, and a man trapped above smoke and flames. the dramatic attempts to rescue him before it s too late are all caught on camera. so i just sit there. waited it out and prayed to my creator that that was it. i thought that was my end. april 12, 1999. a fire breaks out at a construction site in atlanta georgia. at first, the blaze does not appear to be a threat to crane operator iver sims. so he make a decision to stay put 220 feet above the ground. the smoke started coming out of the top of the building and i sit there because i thought maybe i would be able to help the guys, assist them to find out where the smoke was coming from. sims communicates what he can see to his supervisor down below. but the fire quickly goes from bad to worse.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20121112:00:57:00

it was shattered. there was no way of me getting up. but i guess i was in shock. i kept trying and kept trying. they had to literally hold me down. minutes later, fire and rescue crews arrive to extinguish the motorcycle and take rivera to the hospital. he spends three months recuperating there from extensive burns and multiple broken bones. but, it turned out a lot better than i was expecting. i thought i wasn t going to walk. s thatst that s how bad it was. rivera is disappoint the driver only receives a ticket for the illegal turn. but he s grateful for his remarkable recovery and the office workers who left their desks to come to his aid. if it weren t for them i wouldn t be here.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20121112:00:54:30

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20121112:00:54:30
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