he was just so physically tired that he probably wasn t going to last much longer on that hillside. december 29th, 2011. ivan solace and his father are walking ivan s dog lola in lopez canyon, california, when the canine chases a bottle thrown over the side of the hill. the dog went down there got stuck, wasn t able to come back up and ivan wanted to go and try to get him. but ivan s impulse to rescue his four-legged friend takes a frightening turn. the slope becomes too steep and ivan slides uncontrollably down the face of the cliff. he grabs onto a rock to stop his free-fall and gets close to his dog. news helicopters capture ivan s struggle. he can t climb back up or continue down. the cliff was approximately 200, 250-foot cliff side and he was approximately 75 to 100 feet down right in that area, in a steeper section of the cliff. los angeles firefighters oscar and robert are part of the
kayak, the ladder and the edge of the culvert. thank god he wasn t a giant guy and i could actually lift him up and get him on the ladder and move him to safety. i got him. under the arms. under his arms. i was pretty exhausted. i knew that there wasn t much more that i could do, but i was also, at that point, had been prepared to if somebody threw me a rope, i would have gone back and tied it on to suelina. dennis and claudia are safe. suelina is still trapped inside the tunnel but she s not alone. i m going to send you a rope and a life jacket. a rope and a life jacket. jake king is the first firefighter to arrive at the bridge after the 911 call before the camera starts to record. he hears the desperate cries for help and decides he can t wait for more firefighters to come.
offset. so when you re on rope, you never want to pendulum and swing them. because your rope could actually cut. the ladders are too short. the windows too distant. firefighters are left with one final option. the roof. we had a repelling rack up top that they were using, and basically a bunch of bars that we weave the rope through. and acts as a frictional device. and once that was all done, which took an 30 minutes, we had placed a firefighter into the harness and we lowered him off the side of the building. gero carefully descends and reaches the two men clinging to the platform. he determines the worker on the top end can hang on for a little while longer, but the other one gives him cause for concern. the first victim was actually standing on scaffolding. he was hanging on pretty tight to the building but seemed okay. wasn t, like, super panicked yet. the guy below him seemed more in
dennis he was wedged between his kayak, the ladder and the edge of the culvert. thank god he wasn t a giant guy and i could actually lift him up and get him on the ladder and move him to safety. i got him. under the arms. under his arms. i was pretty exhausted. i knew that there wasn t much more that i could do, but i was also, at that point, had been prepared to if somebody threw me a rope, i would have gone back in the tide to suelina. dennis and claudia are safe. suelina is still trapped inside the tunnel but she s not alone. i m going to send you a rope and a life jacket. a rope and a life jacket. jake king is the first firefighter to arrive at the bridge after the 911 call before the camera starts to record. he hears the desperate cries for help and decides he can t wait for more firefighters to come. so i jumped in the water and
he was just so physically tired that he probably wasn t going to last much longer on that hillside. december 29th, 2011. ivan solace and his father are walking ivan s dog lola in lopez canyon, california, when the canine faces a bottle thrown over the side of the hill. the dog went down there got stuck, wasn t able to come back up and ivan wanted to go and try to get him. but ivan s impulse to rescue his four-legged friend takes a frightening turn. the slope becomes too steep and ivan slides uncontrollably down the face of the cliff. he grabs onto a rock to stop his free-fall and gets close to his dog. news helicopters capture ivan s struggle. he can t climb back up or continue down. the cliff was approximately 200, 250-foot cliff side and he was approximately 75 to 100 feet down right in that area, in a