ladder. see them at the bottom. you can barely make it out. you can see a veryctive scene. that fire and no hoses working the fire so it's fully engaged in the top half of the structure there. alison: it looks like if you look closely at the ladder fire crews are pulling, perhaps pulling somebody from artment building. obviously a really scary scene. this is live again in adelphi, maryland, new hampshire avenue. leon: new hampshire and metserot road. if you know that area in adelphi. you can see there once again there are firefighters now going into the building. obviously still trying to evacuate people. you see people on the ladder there being taken off out of the building off of the floor there. hard to tell how many units may be involved in this fire. this looks like two of them now are burning. one is fully in flames right now. again, you can't see any hoses working the fire. firefighters right now concentrating on getting people out of the building. alison: from what we can tell, there

you can see the fire crews on the ladder truck right now on the ladder. it looks like they are bringing a back board up that ladder to perhaps get someone out of the building. this looks like a three to four story apartment and flames coming out of the balcony. >> there are people on the ladder. that is what we're hearing in our ear now. you're seeing this as we are and we're all getting this information in real-time. a serious situation at this apartment complex. we do not know the name of it just yet, but adam mentioned the location. we haven't heard anything about any injuries, but there is a vigorous effort to get the people inside that building out of it. >> you can certainly expect for there to be some road delays in this area as a massive rush of fire crews and ambulances and police block off that area so the emergency crews have access to get in there. you can see a little wider of a shot there. looks like a four story building, apartment complex. don't know exactly where this apartment complex, area is, but this is in an area close to the univers

it looks like there is one or two people on that ladder there. >> and those ladders are very awkward to climb down and we don't know if the people they're trying to rescue from that building, what their ages are. some of them could be older coming down. for an able-bodied person and someone in great shape is awkward and they're bringing this person down step by step so they could be dealing with someone who might have some physical limits. >> i can tell you from talking with firefighters over the years. they would much rather walk someone out of the building than have to bring them out this way. they put that ladder out there because that is the only safe way to get them out of the building. >> they would much rather walk them out the front door and in this case, it does not look to be possible. >> as you mentioned, wendy, that is a pretty steep incline and that is why firefighters are trying to guide them down the ladder. >> that's how desperate the situation is. we want to bring in meteorologist amelia segal, how windy is it? >> that's the good thing, jim. we're not talking about g

they do have the ladder in place and you can see personnel there on the ladder itself. this is on chillam road over in prince george's county right now. what an operation that is. >> jim, it looks like it is on the fourth floor. and taking a closer look at the monitor, it looks like -- and we do have a rescue under way. there are two firefighters on -- well, at least one firefighter on that ladder. and it almost looks to me like we have children who they're trying to get into one of these beds to bring them down. i don't know if that other person with a hat on is a firefighter or a rescue personnel, but it doesn't look like it. it looks like maybe somebody from the apartment building. >> you can see some people going in and out of the entrance. laura mentioned that bed that they're going to carry up there. i'm looking in some of the windows nearby and you don't see anybody, at least on the right side of the screen, nobody shattering anything trying to get south. they know where they're going, they know where there are people in this building right now. it seems containe

to rescue people down the ladder. it was pretty precarious going there for a moment. can you bring us up to speed on what mark was bringing us on. >> no injuries and this is very early and a lot of the people are being seen by paramedics for the first time in the last few minutes and amelia segal made a good point about the wind, 10 or 15 miles an hour and that may have been one reason why you didn't see a tremendous amount of water being sprayed in that area because that is not the way they like to get folks out of a building. they would much rather walk them out the front door than have to bring them down a ladder especially a ladder that's been extended that far, but in this case you had a lot of residents who were out on their balconies waiting to be rescued and the prince george's fire department together with montt good morningry county was age to get that ladder out in different positions. >> chris, as far as we know, everybody is out of that building? >> mark brady said there were still some people on a stairw

when they arrived they initiated rescue by the ground ladder. they were there 20 to 30 minutes for the firefighters were able to get a handle on it and extinguish it. maureen: mark, could you tell us people who escaped, what condition are they in? and if you know whether there may have been other people in the building? >> maureen, paramedics are evaluating the patients we brought down by way of the ground ladders and they appear to be in good shape. there were other occupants assisted out by the firefighters. they are also being evaluated by paramedics on the scene. i have not received a recent update reporting if anybody has been transimportanted to the hospital. leon: do we know how many people are being attended to there? mark: a dozen people. maureen: mark, mark? mark: yes, maureen. alison: i- -- maureen: i wonder if the people taken away if you can give us any idea about their condition. mark: well, number one, they are in a state of shock. it did not appear they had had burn or smoke injuries. they were in relatively good shape after what

it made a very eerie sound. >> bates looks on in horror as mark's ladder buckles. >> it kind of justover and started to descent toward the building. >> sector chief tommy walker is in shock, fearing the worst. >> i honestly think i'll be going to mark's funeral. i honestly think our flags will be at half mast. i honestly think i'll be informing his widow that mark was killed at an incident. >> mark is strapped to the ladder. he can't get free fast enough, so he does the only thing he can. he braces for impact. >> i was just saying to myself, god, let it hit the building. because i knew if the ladder came all the way down, he's going to die. >> it hit the edge of the roof, it bounced, and it stayed. >> the roof of the burning building does save him from an almost certain death, but the relief is short-lived. >> dispatcher, this is 102. send another ambulance to this location. >> now all that stands between mark and the concrete 35 feet below is a broken ladder and the crumbling wood of a burning balcony. >> for a split second i was like, what are we going to do? what are we going to d

you can see right here firefighters helping at least two people escape the flames down that ladder, all while the fire is raging right there behind them. and again we're talking four stories right now on the very top floor. they had to rescue those people. >> and mark brady said that is because those people could not escape on their own back through the hallway so they were instructed to come out to the balcony where they reached them by ladder. we are going to assume there are a lot more people in the building because it is a multifamily structure. a lot of people got out on their own but we don't know anything about that. they are doing the secondary search and looking for other units and what they might find there. >> you can see them with their

trouble getting up so i picked her up onto the ladder and she told us she couldn't do much. so i ended up carrying her down a few rungs of the top of the ladder. >> we trained together. and, we try too keep calm and we got the job done. >> was this your first rescue. >> it was. >> a job well done for those guys. three firefighters injured last night have all been released from the hospital. >>> new tonight, we have the first look at the man who state place say got behind the wheel and caused a deadly wreck this morning in prince george's county though he didn't have a drivers license. investigators believe juan sanchez crashed into a vehicle driven by angela jefferson and their car crashed into seven others. jefferson who is from springdale maryland passed away at a local hospital. three others were hurt. charges are pending against sanchez, there was a warrant for his arrest because he failed to appear in court over a dui charge. >>> a bizarre murder in fairfax county. police say a man suspected of killing a woman has died. when officers went to check on kun nguyen last mon

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johnson county's program is called ladders, and it started last school year. through that program and others - many are working to make sure kids have a bright future. nats of dancing it's not hard to find happy kids at the dream center. "here at the dream center we have homework support, we have mentoring, we have a performing artscademy. " frederick newell, who started the non-profit, says it's all about education and giving youth more opportunities. "we are creating programs here that kind of help with making sure people don't get involved in the system." his organization isn't the only one striving to help kids. the ladders program is a team effort in johnson county that includes law enforcement, the school l district, the juvenile court system and the county. it focuses on the offense of disorderly conduct, which often comes with fighting. instead of getting charged - kids go through the program, which includes a mental health evaluation, community service and a writing assignment to think about "so hopefully the goal is to modify that behavior so we don'

a ladder that is put up to put water on the fire, water blows back, freezes on the ladder. then that ladder in the air is tons heavier and that could be a very dangerous situation, creating a possibility that a, the the ladder cannot be moved in the event of an emergency or b the ladder itself could come down on the ice. ice build up in the situation like this with a major fire, tons of water and these kind of temperatures is a huge concern along with obviously looking after the fire fighters, the good news from the scene as fire commissioner indicated, we have no reports of any injuries at this time. eat are from the people living in the residents near locust street and no reports of any injuries, the fire fighters but this battle will very much still underway and that call for deluge guns a short time ago indicate ago this fire fighters are looking for where they will draw the line, where they will set up these large volume streams of water, that will create a boundary that will keep this fire from spreading any further. >> that is quite the a fire walt, thanks very much.

that's the other office are at the top of the ladder. he says they rescued the second person at the same time. >> he was aspirating. he couldn't breathe. he had black soot pouring out of his nose. >> climbed up the ladder, grabbed the children, carried them down. >> we're just doing, you know, our job. >>reporter: no one was seriously hurt that i know fire. two other officers also helped with rescues and all of the police officers are being considered for department medals. >>> snow back through metrowest, worcester hills, heading for the we'll track it for you up next. >>> snow showers coming down in worcester. details on the parking restrictions already under way. >>> a special guest at president obama's final address. >>> we're staying on top of this breaking news where two pedestrians have been hit in downtown boston. us. people. one with possible serious injuries. we'll have more on the other side of the break ittle things in life that make me smile. spending the day with my niece. use super poligrip for hold, use my dentures fit we

. >> got the ladder, got it overr3 the fence, put the ladder up to the window, tried to go up there, as much as possible, but the smoke was so bad. that was losing my breath. so i ran around to get the attention of the firefighters. but i ame back, they pulled her out. i'm still in shock about the seeing ralph and josie today, %- you know, they're beautiful people. >>reporter: and tonight, ralph is in serious condition. theiren so, ralph, jr., who had ms, died in this fire. they didn't want any credit for what they did, this was a community effort. obviously, back here, live, you can see the neighbors have been leaving flowers, this has touched a lot of hearts, one person told me that josie is a saint, taking care of her husband and her son. right now, firefighters still don't know what started this fire. reporting live, jaclyn allen, denver7. >> a helpless feeling for those neighbors. thank you, jaclyn. >> first responders across the front range have had a very busy -`24 hours, mountain view fire had to close a fire after a deadly crash there. one person died in that two-car crash.

deeper than that ladder is long. >> right. >> because otherwise they would have stuck the ladder in there and climbed down. >> all right. this guy is all roped up and he's about to head down. >> wow. this is no joke. >> don't let him go. >> need gloves. >> they're doing it over the ladder as well. good thinking. freak out a little bit. >> freak out. >> see what this animal is. >> when you see what the animal is, it's going to warm your heart. >> it's a dragon. over. that's a goat. >> i knew it. a baby dragon. >> it is the cutest little goat that i've ever seen and it gets cuter because it belongs to this little fella. >> oh. and so, you know, we watched the video, we're like wow, a lot went into this for this little tiny goat. when you see it's this little boy and his goat ran off and fell down into the pit you have to go to great lengths for it. >>> as a motorcycle rider, scenes like this just make my blood run cold. you see this guy on his bike obeying all the rules and he's not speeding, he's being quite patient. he now merges. he gets up to speed quickly and you can see his eyes darti

that s officer schuerlein at the top of the ladder. he says they rescued the second person just in time. ofc. james schuerlein, nassau county police "he was aspirating. couldn )t breathe. he had black soot just pouring out of his nose."meanwhile, in the back of the building, officer evan marro helped rescue four more people, two of them children ofc. evan marro, nassau county police "climbed up the ladder, grabbed the children. carried them down."it is the stuff of heroes. we )re told no one was seriously injured. ofc. luis ascencio, nassau county police "we don )t think we re just doing our job."thanks to the work of three of nassau county )s finest who kept their cool under pressure, under the heat. two other officers also helped with the fire rescues. all five officers are being considered for departmental metals. we begin with breaking news of u-s sailors being held by iran. newschannel three s kurt williams joins us from the

deeper than that ladder is long. >> right. >> because otherwise they would have stuck the ladder in there and climbed down. >> all right. this guy is all roped up and he's about to head down. >> wow. this is no joke. >> don't let him go. >> need gloves. >> they're doing it over the ladder as well. good thinking. freak out a little bit. >> freak out. >> when you see what the animal is, it's going to warm your heart. >> it's a dragon. >> no. because that would warm you all over. that's a goat. >> i knew it. a baby dragon. >> it is the cutest little goat that i've ever seen and it gets cuter because it belongs to this little fella. >> oh. and so, you know, we watched the video, we're like wow, a lot went into this for this little tiny goat. when you see it's this little boy and his goat ran off and fell down into the pit you have to go to great lengths for it. >>> as a motorcycle rider, scenes like this just make my blood run cold. obeying all the rules and he's not speeding, he's being quite patient. he now merges. he gets up to speed quickly and he gets on to this wider street. you can see

newell says ladders is a good step, but says more more needs to be done. "8:20:30- i just felt like if somebody would hold onto them and tell them what their potential is then maybe that in themselves, a change in mindset would help our youth not to get into things that would lead them into a system like the criminal justice system." tv-9's jill kasparie with that story. iowa city police say if students already have a prior criminal offense on their record or if they've been through ladders, they will get charged with those two crimes. the chief justice says the johnson county pilot project has reduced the number of school referrals to juvenile court by 61-percent. as we mentioned one of those programs trying to eliminate racial disparity is in linn county. the cedar rapids school juvenile courts, and big brothers big sisters rolled that one out this school year. they're focusing on finding 25 mentors for african american children who could face a troubled future. "right now we have five active matches meeting out in the community doing things together. the majority of them got matched

two officers grabbing a ladder and using it to rescue people from a second floor window. he says they rescued the second person just in time. >> he was aspirating. he couldn't breathe. he had block soot just pouring out of his nose. >>reporter: another officer rescued four more people, two of them children. >> went up the ladder, carried them down. job. >>reporter: no one was seriously hurt in this fire. two other officers helped with the rescues and all the police officers are being considered for department medals. >>> tracking rain drops and snow flakes and then bitter wind for tomorrow. forecast up next. >>> and ahead at 5:00 monitoring the state of our union. preparing for his final address tonight. >>> and the jackpot jumps, just of you thought it couldn't go anyhigher, power ball rin the middle of a time when senior povertyt is increasing. republicans and some democratsp came up with a brilliant idea for cutting cost-of-living adjustments for social security. we said, "it will be over our dead bodies if you cut social security." as president, i will do everything i

. >> as we were climbing the ladder i looked to the left and there was a lot of fire and i was, like,. >>> a new ruling into the legal fight between the church of scientology and a local county could lead to yet another lawsuit. >>> also major changes coming to the home where a d.c. family and their housekeeper were murdered and local crimes are getting attention from leadership on capitol hill. a senator from iowa has been involved. >> i don't sit around and wait. >>> first at 6:30, powerful flames ripped through an apartment building in prince george's county and some of the people that lived there were trapped inside. >> a veteran fire fighter and a relative newcomer helped rescue them and tonight they're sharing details about the scene we watched last night and we're hearing about the 911 calls for help and bureau chief tracee wilkins joins us live from adelphi witthe latest. >> the fire chief told us that this is something that his firefighters trained for, but most of them have never experienced. >> what's going on? >> there's a fire in my apartment. my mom and my dad. >> yes. >

floor. >> i ended up grabbing him and bringing him up on the ladder. i told him if he felt comfortable coming down the ladder, i'd finish up with his wife. >> investigators are trying to pinpoint a cause. they say they have not found anything suspicious. >>> 4:35. happening tonight in a first of its kind meeting the districts will come together to talk about gun violence. they will discuss opportunities for regional collaboration to prevent gun violence in our area. >>> a man in minneapolis dies while in police custody. this started around 9:00 last night and we're told that it started as a domestic dispute. when the police officers got there and were ready to take the man in custody, we're told he started complaining of chest pains. police say he was cooperating with officers at the time, but he did die on the scene. >>> meanwhile the woman that was involved was taken to the hospital to be checked for some minor injuries. back to you. >>> all right, erika, thank you. it's busy as usual at a day care center in ft. myer in arlington. officials say there

it appeared that at least two people were being rescued by fire apparatus, by a ladder that was put up to that building. one of the people just from looking at it, and it is dark out there, and it looked like one of the people may have been a child. we don't have any information yet on the conditions of the people removed from that apartment building. >> what we've been told is four to six units were affected. you can see some of the fire damage right now. you can see it's affecting the upper floors. we saw the flames coming through the roof. you can see sort of a blue light. i'm guessing those are firefighters who are searching through the building, asking, looking perhaps for anyone inside, trying to figure out what may have sparked this fire. we understand, if you can look there to your right, there are still some hospital spots to your right that they are working now to put out. again this fire happened this evening. the 9,200 block of new hampshire avenue in adelphi, maryland. >> want to ask our control room. also want to let you know that because this is right off of new hampshir

you can see the ladder truck with the ladder down as fire equipment is moving out of the way.the fire chief says working smoke alarms save lives here, alerting some 26 residents to what was going on. the red cross is here to help those forced out. again, the fire completely out after some very tense moments after the firefighters battled this two-alarm blaze which brought out extra equipment and extra help. they had to rescue people from the third floor with ladder. 20 adults and six children. everyone is going to be okay, but, of course, there's the aftermath of all this. people in 15 apartment units forced out primarily because the utilities are out, and, of course, it's a very cold morning. we are expecting a lot of snow. we're here at the queens park plaza in the 2 2500 block. it's back open. the fire crews are breaking things down. back to you. >> thank you. >>> pepco wants to back up and runs. they say they're ready to pace 2016. >> it may strike our service territory friday through saturday. >> they say that it has extra workers including more than 200 contractors and 2

kcrg-tv9's jill kasparie reports on the johnson county program called ladders. nats of dancing it's not hard kids at the dream center. "here at the dream center we have homework support, we have mentoring, we have a performing arts academy. " frederick newell, who started the non-profit, says it's all about education and giving youth more opportunities. "we are creating programs here that kind of help with making sure people don't get involved in the system." his organization isn't the only one striving to help kids. the ladders program is a team effort in johnson county that includes law enforcement, the school district, the juvenile court system and the county. it focuses on the offense of disorderly conduct, which often comes with fighting. instead of getting charged - kids go through the program, which includes a mental health evaluation, community service and a writing assignment to think about their actions. "so hopefully the goal is to modify that behavior so we don't see those juveniles again and at the end to keep them from committing offenses that woul

people is somebody able to carry me down the ladder. that's a true statement. i don't expect it personally, but for that comment the members of the public. so i just want tell you why i said that. >> can recall the next item, please >> item 8, communications. communications to commission received since last meeting of december 17 received since last meeting of december 17, 2015. it was an e-mail from jim o'connors dated 12-29-15. >> any public comment on this item? seeing none, any questions or comments? nothing. love to the next item, please >> item 9, under for next fire commission of january 27, 2016. >> is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, i heard a couple suggestions. anyone want to throw out anything for consideration for the next meeting? vice president covington >> i like the presentation on code enforcement. >> any other suggestions? i heard the budget from the chief to do yes, traditionally the second meeting in january is one of the items is reserved for budget discussion. i like to move that is something for consideration. in addit

. >> one of the gentleman from the fire department saw me and came up to the third floor with the ladder and lowered me down. >> the clothes he's wearing are all of the masters student from india has left after the fire. >> my school fees, my expenses, documents, they immigrant documents, my clothes, everything. >> a pillow, a mattress and a picture frame are just some of the items you can spot in this massive pile of debris. but now the community is stepping up to help the families who lost everything in this devastating fire. >> this community has stood

the ladders have been put away as well. possibly a good sign, but not enough to save the businesses and apartments on top of it. let's show you how severe this fire was around 1:30 this morning. this video was given to us by a viewer who are live li ves in the area. he says he took it from the vantage point of headquarters bar and grill. that's what he saw burning the most. neighbors say it quickly spread

. >> so jaime made a ramp out of a ladder and a sheet of plywood. >> i set that up, the ladder and the plywood on top and i was dragging him up. and it was working. i had him -- i got him all the way into the seat. and i belted him in as though he was driving. >> how did you get the suv to the place where you knocked it off the cliff? >> i sat in the middle seat, and i was using my left leg the whole time for brake and gas. and my right hand to steer. >> that can't have been easy. >> no, it was exhausting. >> sitting right beside this man you just murdered, his head is open and bleeding and you've killed him and he's right beside you. how did you keep your sanity? >> i thought of a movie. >> the movie jaime was thinking about is "sin city." this is the scene, a killer assigned to dump a body is driving through the countryside with the corpse sitting beside him. >> i started to tell myself, wow, three years ago, when i watched this movie, never did i feel that i was going to be doing something similar to this. >> reality inside that suburban was horrific. but jaime transformed it to fan

kcrg-tv9's jill kasparie reports on the johnson county program called ladders. nats of dancing it's not hard to find happy kids at the dream center. "here at the dream center we have homework support, we have mentoring, we have a performing arts academy. " frederick newell, who started the non-profit, says it's all about education and giving youth "we are creating programs here that kind of help with making sure people don't get involved in the system." his organization isn't the only one striving to help kids. the ladders program is a team effort in johnson county that includes law enforcement, the school district, the juvenile court system and the county. it focuses on the offense of disorderly conduct, which often comes with fighting. instead of getting charged - kids go through the program, which includes a mental health evaluation, community service and a writing assignment to think about their actions. "so hopefully the goal is to modify that behavior so we don't see those juveniles again and at the end to keep them from committing offenses that would get

in this helmet cam video, the firefighter quickly puts his ladder up. he yells into a room but no one's inside. the firefighter brings his ladder to another window. he sees people and yells for backup. (nat) "hey!" then, in a heart- stopping moment, the tenant hands the firefighter her baby through the window. (nats) "you got a good grip?" (nats) "i got it, got it." he hands the infant to the firefighter below... (nats) "hold onto her from the inside." then helps the other family members down. ray bergman owns the property. he got the frightening call minutes after the fire started. (ray bergman/owner) "i just wanted to make sure everything was safe and you know, hopefully something would still be left when i got here." bergman believes a transient got in and lit a fire in the back stairway. he says, while the damage looks bad, it could've been much worse without this smoke alarm. (ray berman/owner) "it really helped out and did what it's supposed to do." ((kirsten joyce)) > that was megan rupe reporting. highway patrol on a long chase... only to find s

the owner tried to get his cat - jupiter - out of the tree but his ladder fell. firefighters then put the ladder back up for the owner--he came down - but the cat was still stuck! finally - rescuers took a bucket up to jupiter in the firetruck's ladder and brought him down. both cat and ownder are finally reunited. still ahead on good morning las vegas..the biggest football game of the year is around the corner. and one fan is getting ready to represent her team. we'll introduce you to one of if you're doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, you're not alone. while our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1%. my plan -- make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message because together, we can make a political revolution and create an economy and democracy that works for all it's topping today's stories... now trending... falling ridership this winter is leading ube

that's the officer at the top of the ladder. he said they rescued the second person just in time. >> he couldn't breathe. he had black soot pouring out of his nose. >> reporter: in the back of the building, officer morrow helped rescue four more people, two of >> climbed up the ladder, grabbed the children and carried them down. >> reporter: we're told no one was seriously injured. >> we don't think of ourselves as heroes. doing our job. >> reporter: thanks to the three police officers who kept their cool under the pressure under the heat. >> the nassau county pba said there were two other officers involved in the rescue but they were unable to meet with us today. they say all of the officers already considered for departmental medals. >> they are so humble, aren't they? >> yeah, good work. >> they are wired so differently. >> they approach it, it's just part of a day's work. we look at it holy cow look what these guys are doing. >>> sounds too good to be true. a workout where you don't break a sweat. next, classes focusing on y

and that's when i sprinted to the ladder.hen i just kind of skiddied on up as fast as i could, jumped over the parapet. and that's when i saw, uh... [ clears throat ] ...dave ubben off to my left, looked like somebody in the center. and then a couple other people maybe over here. but it -- it still was a lot -- smoke was still up there from -- from just the debris kind of settling down. and so i moved over to dave. i find a tourniquet, because dave's leg was pretty much completely severed off. i think it was just barely hanging on by a thread. and same with his arm. >> some ligaments, yeah. >> so, got the tourniquets on him, called back on the radio, say, "hey, i need the -- i need help up here. you know, i need -- i need help. i heard noise. so i moved over to where the noise was, and it was... >> i was trying to get a tourniquet out, put on myself. and then i saw him -- >> meanwhile, your hand is still flopped down. >> yeah. so i pulled out the tourniquet. and i was just trying to fix my arm. i just kept grabbing it and try

. >> climbed up the ladder. >> and come over and was talking to rone. with him before. he says, "yeah, you know, bub's a sniper." i'm like, "well, hopefully we ain't gonna need you. but i'm glad to have another shooter up here." glen -- bub turned and was walking back towards the front of the building. and almost immediately, a mortar come in and landed on top of the wall right there. >> when i heard it -- and i didn't even know i heard it. it basically sounded like when a rocket goes off and it -- tsshew! >> small-arms fire started coming from this direction. rone had a machine gun. and he stood in a -- probably like a three-quarter cross position and just started laying down hate. >> laying hate. >> laying hate down through this avenue of approach from here. i started to engage with him. i ran out of ammo, knelt down, changed magazines. and right as i'm coming up and i start to re-engage, another mortar hits almost to the center of the building here. and that one, it knocked me back. and that's what hit rone. rone was standing to my left. i got knocke

ladder, we had to be professional and talk about what we would do. >> heroes doing the job. the fire displaced more than 100 residents and the cause is under investigation. they have not found anything suspicious. >> turning to our weather. they continue tomorrow? >> it does. we have weekend plans, we are talking about friday night through sunday. you don't want to miss the forecast. we have a lot going on. today amazing turn around. yesterday a high temperature of 32 and today we went to 53 degrees. absolutely amazing as far as the temperatures were concerned. let's look at the numbers. 53 degrees in d.c. and 56 in fredericksburg. it was on the mild side. tomorrow the temperatures are the rain. look at the rain coming in tomorrow night. it could get heavy. that's what you will be watching for. over the next couple of days, something else too. we have the rain tomorrow night and a colder weekend. the cold air moves in and that will affect the plans and another arctic outbreak. this will stick around for a while. >> police arrested three men in connection with today's terror

some reports say that fire truck's ladder isn't working so it's not reaching them, leaving them to fend for themselves. at this point they have to resort to the only option that seems feasible. 10-year-old boy in this family and has to hold him over the window and drop him. the boy ended up falling about 50 feet down. fortunately there is someone at the bottom that manages to catch the boy. he does suffer a burn from the fire, but to major injuries. now it's mom's turn. she ends up jumping but falls in the snow, followed by the stepfather. she ended up being taken to the hospital and was in an induced coma but is expected to be okay. the stepfather also suffered noncritical injuries. >> i just can't imagine being in that situation, to have to make that life or death decision. >> you see the flames ripping through the building. they only have a split second to make that decision. >> no word on what caused the fire. >>> over to china where a man has drawn a crowd. he is stuck outside of a balcony. you see that rescuers are there responding. they bring up a ladder and harness him in with a

rescuers were on their way up with the ladder. radio communications capturing some of the drama. >> receiving a report of people on the number four floor. >> oh, i told him thank america. the people you do the job so wonderful. so while you are taking me, i said thank america. i was so happy. >> reporter: noel is the couple's son. he had gone in the building to try to save them. >> they would have been injured. i would have lost them. >> god has given us new life. >> reporter: all right, so. he is obviously lucky and grateful. here is other part of the story. his wife was packing to go to india, she made the flight this morning. they left the house on a ladder and she is on a plane this morning headed off to india. the red cross is here by the way assisting people like mr. kate and the many other residents who are here. danny also lives in this complex, she wasn't affected by the fire. she has been here attempting to find a temporary housing for some of the folks because it will take more than several months for this building to b