crews tie a rope to the top of the tree, then firefighter brandon griffith made the courageous climb and started sawing away - spending much of the time thinking. "uh how far can this snake strike and i hope she doesn't get mad." the entire time. "as the tree started shaking, she sucked back to the tree, kinda like we would stay safe, im going to hold onto something." and just minutes later, she was safe, back in her owners arms - yet again. "no more escaping." the whole thing created neighbors gathered to watch. "it was kind of bizarre, it was a typical fire rescue, but crews say it was just as crucial. "it was important to him. we try to serve the citizens of fresno, that's why we're here, so we were just glad we could get the now, harikian is keeping a little tighter hold on his 9-foot, 40-pound baby. we still have a lot to get to this morning... including an officer -- surprised by all the attention he's now getting. he says he was only doing his job. plus -- down, but not out. a play on monday night football -- that has fans asking each other -- did you see that? mostly cloudy s