by this time, more bystanders have converged on the wreckage, including graduate student james o'dea 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. >> everybody, 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 little bit because of the angle. 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. because it could cause further injury. >> get out. somebody grab him. >> holy crap. >> hurry. >> as the car is slipping, construction worker lee christianson runs over from his nearby work site to help. >> i heard someone yelling pull him out. pull him out. i didn't know how long they could hold the car up. i just got him out. >> christianson pulls him out by his right ankle. >> oh, my gosh. >> oh. >> oh, my gosh. >> police who arrive just moments earlier order the bysta