came running over, we were the closest ones, he says, hey, there's somebody talking to us. >> steve langdon finally managed to attract some attention with the help of his roommate, jerry, who has a hearing impairment and is also trapped in his bedroom right next to steve's. >> my head was against the mattress, so my voice was really muffled. jerry had a hard time hearing me because he didn't have his hearing aid on, so i became jerry's ears and he became my voice. >> firefighter henry grabs his gear and along with his crew starts tearing away at the ilding. they reached steve's roommate first. >> oh, the sky looks beautiful. >> steve is now counting the long minutes until they come back for him. >> he's right by that window. >> i think there was more aftershocks and i could still hear the building settling. >> now the rescuers slice deeper into the building trying to free steve. and not the moment too soon. >> i had five fractured ribs and i had a collapsed lung and i had almost a quarter blood in my lung. later they told me i was probably within 20 to 30 minutes of drowning in my own blood