fresh air. the black smoke was building. as the fire burns out of control, the officers, jack klein and others, frantically try to pry rin oso out of the vehicle. he was hit from inside and his door was smashed in. there was no way we could get him out. they tried to rip open the hood of the car. i said don t, don t, don t open it. more oxygen, more flame. at the same time we re thinking what if this guy doesn t make it? everything was just going fast. we took turns trying to maneuver him into a position where we could get him out. as it progressed, it got a lot hotter and then the flames started igniting and the engine blocked. that is when the sense of urgency really stepped in. alexis is still pinned inside and cannot move.
78-year-old man smashed to the ground by hit and run drivers? just begging, please, come forward. or if suddenly without warning, new york s grand central station came to a bizarre and screeching halt. they re not moving. ? each instance of drama, danger, would you help or merely watch? caught on camera. what would you do? usually news photographers just record a story. they don t intentionally become part of it. but one afternoon on an l.a. freeway, jack klein knew if he didn t quickly become part of the story, a man might burn to death right in front of his eyes. the madness. the misery. the mayhem.
turns trying to maneuver his legs into a position where we can get him out. as time progressed, the vehicle got a lot hotter, and then the flames started igniting in the engine block. that s when the sense of urgency really stepped in. alexis reynoso is still pinned inside and cannot move. the gentleman that was filming this whole event, he would film part of time, and then he would set the camera down and run, get more fire extinguishers for us, and then he would pick the camera back up and start filming again. so he was a really big help. but the fire extinguishers are now empty. i noticed the flames were getting stronger. and there was no fire extinguisher left. i was looking for truck. i said a truck or something big might have some bigger extinguishers. jack sees a greyhound bus stopped up the road. thank god greyhound happens to be there. anybody has a fire extinguisher? you guys have a fire extinguisher? there is a guy burning inside the car. give it to me, guys.
i was trying to shoot om rain. freelance cameraman jack klein is driving with his daughter when he s something alarming up ahead. i notice car slip and slide, went slideway towards the left and hit a center divider. i seen some smoke coming out of the car. i park mid car, left the camera, ran towards him. and he was kind of moaning slightly after he came through. he goes my foot, my foot. i thought his foot was stuck. officers also see the accident. once we got on the freeway, we saw that on the other side, there was a multivehicle collision and vehicles were all over the freeway. so we pulled up. and then we saw smoke and people running around. everybody ran up to us and said there is somebody trapped in the vehicle. that somebody is 22-year-old alexis reynoso. is the belt off? i advised my partner jenson to grab the fire extinguisher, and i ran down to see what i could do. he was trapped. the dashboard was pulled down
caught on camera. what would you do? usually news photographers just record a story. they don t intentionally become part of it. but one afternoon on an l.a. freeway, jack klein knew if he didn t quickly become part of the story, a man might burn to death right in front of his eyes. . the madness, the misery, the mayhem. just a typical day on an l.a. freeway. but then an accident, an inferno, and a man trapped inside. his fate left in the hands of bystanders, forced to choose between saving him or saving themselves. what would they do? it s early afternoon on freeway 170. october 16th, 2005 when the drama begins. i was traveling on southbound when i start drizzling. and i was rolling the tape.