responding to a call from another firefighter, sheriff major rick albers arrives on scene. the officer has just recently completed swift water rescue training. >> from my experience in training in swift water rescue, he wasn't going to be able to be pulled out just by his arms. they would had to have almost get him in half to get him up from that position. >> myself and a sheriff's deputy determined the only way we were going to get him out of the water was to pull him back upstream, away from the bridge, to get him out, because it was not working, trying to pull him straight up. >> on bunker pants, they have suspenders that go up, and i was able to feel down table to feel down his suspenders and be table to grab as much as he could of his pans and pull. >> come on! >> with all his might, major albers yanks the fireman back upstream, but the waterlogged man is so heavy, he's pulling the officer in too. just at that moment, former paramedic, pam strong grabs the major. >> she grabbed ahold of my legs, which really helped me at that time, i will never forget it, and i was abl