by this time, more bystanders have converged on the wreckage, including graduate student james o'day who comes rushing in to help lift the car a second time. >> there wasn't any argument whether this would work, this would not work. we just went ahead and did it. >> one, two, three go. come on. >> from behind the camera, garth and his colleagues cheer on the bystanders. >> go. >> oh, go. you can do it. >> the tire started sliding a bit. you could feel people panicking. they started yelling get him out, get him out. if anything we have to get him out before it drops back on him. >> get out. somebody grab him. >> holy crap. >> hurry. >> as the car is slipping, construction worker lee christianson runs over to help. >> i heard someone yelling pull him out. i just got him out. >> christianson pulls him out by his right ankle. >> oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh. moments earlier order the bystanders to back away. they tend to the fire before the victim for fear the car may still explode. from his vantage point, chris garth isn't sure the man is still alive. >> oh, my gosh. >> i couldn't tell if h