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Foot towards the ladder, and i went down. the three men, each one clinging to the next, make their way back to the rescue ladder and finally to safety. was scared to death. i was thinking about my children. i thought i was going to fall to the ground. i was just so happy to hit that building. i could hear the guys telling me to be calm, be calm, we re coming for you. i didn t want to move until i had the other fireman s hand. he said, come on, big boy, we re going to get you down. as i grasped his hand, i felt safer. i knew that he wouldn t have let go of me no matter what. if anything, the ordeal has strengthened their commitment to firefighting and to each other. i trust these guys with my life every day. i knew they were going do whatever it took to get me. if it took another one going down also, i knew they would do that. because we do that for each other. it s a brotherhood. coming up, a boat stuck in the ice in the bering sea. when we heard them say ....
time is running out. we didn t know if mark was being burned to death. we didn t know if he was incapacitated or unconscious, if he was injured. we had a matter of seconds. robert bates and other firefighters quickly raise a rescue ladder and climb to the top. firefighter rick carpo reaches the weakened roof first. now, he, too, is in danger. as i was going across, i was noticing that every place i touched the roof, my elbows, my knees, it was breaking down. i tried to spread out as much as possible to disperse my weight. i couldn t see him because of the smoke, but i was able to hear him and got him to reach out and hold his hand. but neither firefighter is in the clear just yet. the same roof that buckled under the weight of one man must now support two. all i saw was rick, the end of his boot. so i grabbed his boot, and i asked him if he had mark. he said, yeah, i got him. we got to get off the roof now. we got to get off the roof. the roof is going to go. so i just kind ....
time is running out. we didn t know if mark was being burned to death. we didn t know if he was incapacitated or unconscious, if he was injured. we had a matter of seconds. robert bates and other firefighters quickly raise a rescue ladder and climb to the top. firefighter rick carpo reaches the weakened roof first. now, he, too, is in danger. as i was going across, i was noticing that every place i touched the roof, my elbows, my knees, it was breaking down. i tried to spread out as much as possible to disperse my weight. i couldn t see him because of the smoke, but i was able to hear him and got him to reach out and hold his hand. but neither firefighter is in the clear yet. the same roof that buckled under the weight of one man must now support two. all i saw was rick, the end of his boot. so i grabbed his boot, and i asked him if he had mark. he said, yeah, i got him. we got to get off the roof now. we got to get off the roof. the roof is going to go. ....
So i just kind of pulled his foot toward the ladder, and i went down. the three men, each one clinging to the next, make their way back to the rescue ladder and finally to safety. way back to the rescue ladder and finally to safety. thank god i m alive because i was scared to death. i was thinking about my children. i thought i was going to fall to the ground. i was just so happy to hit that building. i could hear the guys telling me to be calm, be calm, we re coming for you. i didn t want to move until i had the other fireman s hand. he said, come on, big boy, we re going to get you down. as i grasped his hand, i felt safer. i knew that he wouldn t have let go of me no matter what. if anything, the ordeal has strengthened their commitment to firefighting and to each other. i trust these guys with my life every day. i knew they were going do everything they could to get me, whatever it took to get me. if it took another one going down also, i knew they would do that. because we ....
all i saw was rick, the end of his boot. so i grabbed his boot, and i asked him if he had mark. he said, yeah, i got him. we got to get off the roof now. we got to get off the roof. the roof is going to go. so i just kind of pulled his foot towards the ladder, and i went down. the three men, each one clinging to the next, make their way back to the rescue ladder and finally to safety. thank god i m alive because i was scared to death. i was thinking about my children. i thought i was going to fall to the ground. i was just so happy to hit that building. i could hear the guys telling me to be calm, be calm, we re coming for you. i didn t want to move until i had the other fireman s hand. he said, come on, big boy, we re going to get you down. as i grasped his hand, i felt safer. i knew that he wouldn t have let go of me no matter what. if anything, the ordeal has strengthened their commitment to firefighting and to each other. i trust these guys with my life every day. i knew ....