our first story takes us to houston texas where a massive five-alarm fire has engulfed a 50 million
apartment complex dropping a construction worker on a fifth floor balcony the video you're about to
see was recorded on a cell phone camera by people in a neighboring office building he
can't get out because he can't get out the door oh they're going to bring the ladder truck over
oh my god this guy is on the freaking ledge look at this oh my god where do they see him the worker
is in grave danger he has mere seconds before the fire is on top of him oh my god construction guys
yeah high winds are causing the fire to spread rapidly shattering windows as it moves towards the
trapped man as the glass doors of the balcony melt from the extreme heat the man realizes he can't
wait for the ladder truck and attempts to drop to the balcony below oh no oh no oh no oh oh my god
keep going keep going look at the glass melting up there on the window they need to get him oh my god
oh god oh god
get closer it hell he can jump from there the fire has ravaged the fifth floor and is now making its
way to the fourth floor where the worker waits for the ladder i need to move that truck up oh my god
oh thank jesus thank you god he makes it to the ladder but he's not out of harm's way yet
that man is beyond lucky brought to safety just before the building collapsed he was one
of nearly 90 workers on the site that day all of whom managed to make it out alive thanks to
the fearless work of the houston fire department and joining me now is curtis reisig the man who
survived that blaze to tell us more about his harrowing experience curtis great to have you
on so how quickly did this fire spread it just that wind picked up and when i got to the patio
i looked to my right and i said there is no way these flames are spread like this there is it's
impossible for them to be where they are right now and uh i said uh well i'm trapped i mean i
said a prayer right there so they're gonna find me dead right here and i couldn't you know i couldn't
it was like a panic attack hits you because you're you're engulfed in this thing and
you're thinking you're not going to get out i mean really was literally thinking i wouldn't
get out because this smoke was just so toxic what were you thinking when you realized you
had to make that incredible leap of faith i see the firefighters and thinking you know that that
ladder is not moving as fast as these flames are i mean they're getting right here i'm starting
to feel the heat i've got to do something i'm going to have to swing down to the lower level
and i said god just got to get me through this and sure enough he i made it i landed on my butt where
i wasn't going to stumble off that building curtis you finally make it onto the ladder and then
the building begins to collapse above you what was it like seeing that i'm thinking i'm home free now
i'm safe i'm safe and then i see the building collapse and this rush of heat from from that
rooftop collapsing i think we gave each other high fives and said thank you jesus let's go
i was just happy to be alive breathing and off that building just truly incredible thank you
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