steeper section of the cliff. los angeles firefighters oscar and robert are part of the team called in to help save ivan and his dog from a nearly 200-foot fall. helicopters make the first attempt. a rescuer is lowered down a safety line and tries to attach harnesses to both ivan and the dog. the reason why we decided or the department decided to go with the helicopter first, i guess that s how our procedure works, our protocol. we figured that would be the easiest way, the safest way. to rescue ivan. but the wind and noise generated by the chopper causes lola to panic. and ivan scrambles to cover her with his body. during their attempt, the roteo wash was so great that it was blowing rocks and debris across ivan and the dog, which actually made the situation worse. it turned out it could have been a dangerous operation so we backed out on that and we went to plan b, which was for the members, the firefighters, to go
los angeles firefighters oscar and robert are part of the team called in to help save ivan and his dog from a nearly 200-foot fall. helicopters make the first attempt. a rescuer is lowered down a safety line and tries to attach harnesses to both ivan and the dog. the reason why we decided or the department decided to go with the helicopter first, i guess that s how our procedure works, our protocol. we figured that would be the easiest way, the safest way. to rescue ivan. but the wind and noise generated by the chopper causes lola to panic. and ivan scrambles to cover her with his body. during their attempt, the roteo wash was so great that it was blowing rocks and debris across ivan and the dog, which actually made the situation worse. it turned out it could have been a dangerous operation so we backed out on that and we went to plan b, which was for the
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 team called in to help save ivan and his dog from a nearly 200-foot fall. helicopters make the first attempt. a rescuer is lowered down a safety line and tries to attach harnesses to both ivan and the dog. the reason why we decided or the department decided to go with the helicopter first, i guess that s how our procedure works, our protocol. we figured that would be the easiest way, the safest way. to rescue ivan. but the wind and noise generated by the chopper causes lola to panic. and ivan scrambles to cover her with his body. during their attempt, the roteo wash was so great that it
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 team called in to help save ivan and his dog from a nearly 200-foot fall. helicopters make the first attempt. a rescuer is lowered down a safety line and tries to attach harnesses to both ivan and the dog. the reason why we decided or the department decided to go with the helicopter first, i guess that s how our procedure works, our protocol. we figured that would be the easiest way, the safest way. to rescue ivan. but the wind and noise generated by the chopper causes lola to panic. and ivan scrambles to cover her with his body. during their attempt, the roteo wash was so great that it was blowing rocks and debris across ivan and the dog, which actually made the situation worse. it turned out it could have been a dangerous operation so we
with his body. during their attempt, the roteo wash was so great that it was blowing rocks and debris across ivan and the dog, which actually made the situation worse. it turned out it could have been a dangerous operation so we backed out on that and we went to plan b, which was for the members, the firefighters, to go down and rescue ivan. firefighter oscar is the first to reach ivan. the 19-year-old has been hanging onto the cliff for more than an hour and is close to letting go. once i got to ivan, he was tired. he was extremely exhausted, tired, he was thirsty. i was just trying to comfort him, make sure everything was going to be okay, he was going to be safe. i tried to get his mind off of that, scared. cespedes secures ivan to a harness with no problems and decides to take him down the hill.