>> REPORTING LIVE. I’M HERE FOR OUR CHANNEL 4, THE LOCAL STATION.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: ERIN, THANKS
SO MUCH. NOW WE WANT TO BRING
RICHARD NUNN INTO THE
CONVERSATION. RICH, LOT OF
PEOPLE WORRIED ABOUT YOU
ASKING ABOUT HOW YOU’RE DOING
YOU KNOW, RIDGE KNOWN YOU FOR
20 YEARS. MY FRIEND.
>>LAUREN VERNO: AND I KNOW
YOUR HEART AND YOU SAW THAT.
AND I BET YOU DIDN’T THINK
TWICE BEFORE JUMPING IN THERE.
>> I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT DO THIS
EVERY DAY AND IT WOULD BE JUST
ANOTHER DAY AT THE RELIEF WHEN
THEY GOT THERE. YOU KNOW THAT
I FELT AND I JUST HAVE THESE
OUT. AS I WENT BACK HOME I GET
THOSE. AND TO THIS ONE HERE
FOR ALL OF US THE TIMING WAS
YOU KNOW, I WOULD WHEN WE GETS
THE WITCHING HOUR AND I’VE
SEEN AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE
WAS WELL SEEING SOME PRETTY.
SOMETIMES COMICAL STUFF IN THE
MORNING. BUT TO COME UP JUST
SAN JOSE LITTER. THERE WERE
CAR TIRES THAT BLEW THE TIRES
EITHER OFF THE CAR OFF THE
TRAILER. THERE WAS ANOTHER CAR
THAT HAD HIT THE DEBRIS SO
THEY HAD THEIR HAZARDS ON. AND
THERE WAS THIS WEIRD HAZY YOU
KNOW, I THOUGHT IT WAS DUST
WASN’T FOG, YOU KNOW, AND AS
EVERYTHING KIND OF CAME INTO
IT WASN’T AS BRIGHT IT IS
THERE WITH THE POLICE. LIKE I
JUST YOU I SAW THE CAR. I SAW
THE FLAMES. AND I’M GETTING MY
MIND. I’M THINKING GAS AND OIL
AND WATER DON’T MIX, BUT I
DIDN’T HAVE A FIRE
EXTINGUISHER AND I HAD NO
OTHER CHOICE. BUT TO GET TRY
TO FIND SOMETHING SHOW.
STARTED YELLING, YOU KNOW,
9-1-1. SOME MAY NEED TO CALL
9-1-1. I HAD MY PHONE TRYING
TO USE THAT AS A LIGHT PLANT A
GARDEN HOSE. ONE OF THE
NEIGHBORS CAME OUT AND TOOK
CARE OF 9-1-1, AS I WAS JUST,
YOU KNOW, RELAYING WHAT I CAN
SEE THERE’S SO MUCH DEBRIS ON
THE CAR AND I COULD HEAR
SOMETHING. BUT IT WAS THE
APPLE WATCH THAT WAS TRYING TO
IT WAS TRYING TO FIND A
LOCATION THAT WAS SAYING
EMERGENCY LOCATION HELP AND
WHICH IS A FANTASTIC ADVICE. I
THINK IT’S VERY COOL. IT WAS
CONFUSING AT FIRST BECAUSE,
YOU KNOW, YELLING BACK AT IT.
UNTIL FINALLY, THE YOUNG MAN,
YOU KNOW, I COULD HEAR HIM AND
I WAS PULLING WOULD OFF THE
SIDE. OF THE CAR WHERE IT WAS
WEDGED IN. THERE WAS PART OF
IT THE WHEEL. WELL, THAT COMES
OVER THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER
IS IN THE WAY TRYING TO PUSH
THAT. I CAN ONLY GET THE BACK
DRIVER’S DOOR OPEN. BUT AT
THAT POINT, I COULD MAKE AT
LEAST SOME SORT OF AND MAKE
SURE NOBODY ELSE WAS IN THE
CAR. AND BY THAT TIME, THE
NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE
COMING OUT AND THEN THE JSO
SHOWED UP MINUTES LATER.
SECONDS LATER, FIRE
DEPARTMENT. AND I STEPPED BACK
AND WATCH THEM GO TO WORK AND
IT WAS. YOU KNOW, AT THAT
POINT, I FELT THIS SENSE OF
RELIEF. BUT IT WAS ALSO BEEN
THE GRAVITY OF WHAT JUST, YOU
KNOW, HAPPENED AND WHAT SEEM
LIKE. A LONG TIME WAS PROBABLY
REALLY ONLY SECONDS. BUT, YOU
KNOW, TRYING TO FIND A GARDEN
HOSE, GET IT WAS TOO SHORT TO
TRY TO FIND ANOTHER HOST TO
CONNECT TO THAT. AND
EVERYTHING WENT AND, YOU KNOW,
THE BEST NEWS IS THAT AT LEAST
IN A BIT SERIOUS CONDITION.
BUT, YOU KNOW, COULD BE A LOT
WORSE. AND WHEN YOU THE CAR
AND WHEN I WENT BACK HOME AND
HAD PASSED THE MAN IS VERY,
VERY TO BE IN SERIOUS
CONDITION. YOU KNOW.
>>LAUREN VERNO: THINKING ABOUT
THIS RIDGE. I MEAN, WE TELL SO
MANY TERRIBLE STORIES, YOU
KNOW, AND AND WE SIT HERE AND
THERE’S VERY LITTLE WE CAN DO
ABOUT IT. SO I THINK EVEN JUST
TO BE ABLE TO HELP AND TO BE
ABLE TO JUMP IN THERE AND SAY
I CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS
THAT HAS TO BE SATISFYING. AND
WE SAW YOU THIS MORNING. GET
EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT.
>> LIKE I SAID, YOU THE
GRAVITY OF THE I GOT THERE.
>> I’D LIKE TO SEE THE VIDEO.
AGAIN. THERE’S A HOUSE THAT
HAD A RING CAMERA AND THERE’S
SOME VIDEO IN TO SEE THE TIME
BETWEEN WHEN THAT HAPPENED TO
HIM. I GOT
>> THE TRAILER. THE UTILITY
TRAILER IN THE TRUCK WERE
PARKED AND THAT WILL BE FACING
NORTH ON SAN JOSE. THE CAR WAS
TRAVELING AND PEERED SOUTH AND
SOMEHOW MISSED THE TRUCK BUT
TOOK THAT TRAILER AND PUT IT
WHERE IT IS AWAY FROM THE
TRUCK. AND SO AS I’M GETTING
THERE WITH ALL THE DUST AND,
YOU KNOW, SECONDS, SECONDS AND
IT COULD HAVE BEEN A
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STORY.
BUT I’M GLAD THAT SO FAR THE
OUTCOME IS POSITIVE AND WITH
THE HELP OF THE NEIGHBORS,
THEN GETTING ON THE PHONE. I’M
JUST BEING ABLE TO EXTINGUISH
AND, YOU KNOW, THE FIRE I’M
SURE THAT LIKE EVERYBODY THEY
GOT THERE. IT’S JUST ANOTHER
BUT FOR SOMEBODY THAT I’VE
WALKED THROUGH TORNADO DEBRIS
AND HELP PEOPLE SIFT THROUGH
THAT KIND OF STUFF. BUT THAT
IS IN MY WHEELHOUSE. WHAT
THOSE FOLKS DO EVERY SINGLE
DAY. THAT’S NOT MY WITH TOO.
RICH.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: THANKS FOR
SHARING YOUR STORY. SO MANY
PEOPLE SINGING YOUR PRAISES
THIS MORNING. I KNOW THAT
YOU’RE BEING HUMBLE ABOUT IT.
YOU’RE CERTAINLY GIVEN THE
CREDIT TO OUR AMAZING FIRST
RESPONDERS ARE FIREFIGHTERS
AND OUR POLICE OFFICERS. BUT
WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
BEING THERE AS WELL. AND AND
THAT’S WHY WE KNOW THAT YOU’RE
GOING TO GET SOME REST AT
HOME. WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF
GASOLINE OR OIL ON YOUR LEGS.
SO CERTAINLY WE WANT TO JUST
GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF TIME
JUST TAKE IT ALL IN AND GET
SOME DEEP BREATHS. AND THIS
MORNING.
>> THANK YOU. WILL SEE YOU
TOMORROW BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE
IT’LL BE A WEATHER AUTHORITY