plummeting to the ground. but rescuers are concerned that may quickly change. no one knows how long the scaffold, or the workers, can hold on. when they sit in their harnesses for a long time it decreases the blood flow to their lower extremities which creates a lot of physiological problems. it s a serious thing. they were starting to get some of that because their legs were starting to get numb. it was a little cold out. firefighters first attempt to use their truck ladder to bring the men down, but it quickly becomes clear they ll have to move on to plan b. our longest ladders are 100 feet long, and these men being about 130 feet above the ground were very much out of the reach of our ladders. our second option would be to pull them into a nearby window. a window above, possibly below or to the side. but plan b has its own problems. when you re looking at a building that way on tv, it looks like everything is flat. it doesn t give you the dimensions. but those window
a window above, possibly below or to the side. but plan b has its own problems. when you re looking at a building that way on tv, it looks like everything is flat. it doesn t give you the dimensions. but those windows were actually ten feet back and ten feet 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
but rescuers are concerned that may quickly change. no one knows how long the scaffold, or the workers, can hold on. when they sit in their harnesses for a long time it decreases the blood flow to their lower extremities which creates a lot of physiological problems. it s a serious thing. they were starting to get some of that because their legs were starting to get numb. it was a little cold out. firefighters first attempt to use their truck ladder to bring the men down, but it quickly becomes clear they ll have to move on to plan b. our longest ladders are 100 feet long, and these men being about 130 feet above the ground were very much out of the reach of our ladders. our second option would be to pull them into a nearby window. a window above, possibly below or to the side. but plan b has its own problems. when you re looking at a building that way on tv, it looks like everything is flat. it doesn t give you the dimensions.
pull them into a nearby window. a window above, possibly below or to the side. but plan b has its own problems. when you re looking at a building that way on tv, it looks like everything is flat. it doesn t give you the dimensions. but those windows were actually ten feet back and ten feet 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
a window above, possibly below or to the side. but plan b has its own problems. when you re looking at a building that way on tv, it looks like everything is flat. it doesn t give you the dimensions. but those windows were actually ten feet back and ten feet 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