Fire Trapped on the 37 floor
Based on the real-life 1988 fire at the First Interstate Tower in downtown Los Angeles.
Full movie in VHS quality. Subtitels Dutch
Lisa Hartman and Peter Scolari portray two of the survivors of the First Interstate fire who, on that evening, found themselves cut off from help on the 37th ...
Based on the real-life 1988 fire at the First Interstate Tower in downtown Los Angeles.
Full movie in VHS quality. Subtitels Dutch
Lisa Hartman and Peter Scolari portray two of the survivors of the First Interstate fire who, on that evening, found themselves cut off from help on the 37th ...
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00:01:00Good morning, everybody. This is the Captain Jorge Jarrin, airborne up at JetCaptainer 790.
00:01:05Fire companies and paramedics have just finished mopping up at the site of that earlier accident on the Harbor Freeway, southbound, just past the four-level interchange.
00:01:13Now, the vehicles involved are well off to the right shoulder, but I can still see highway patrol units working this accident off to the right shoulder.
00:01:20Traveling is backed up in both directions, making this morning's commute into the downtown area an exercise in misery.
00:01:26Adding to your drive time, if you're coming in from the San Fernando Valley,
00:01:29an accident on the Ventura Freeway eastbound, between Balboa and Havenhurst in the left lane.
00:01:34No injuries reported. Traffic's already backed up and starting now.
00:01:39Also, on the 405 Freeway, southbound, just past Rollerwood.
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00:02:53You boys just coming back from breakfast?
00:02:56Right.
00:02:58Shuck.
00:03:00Shuck.
00:03:06You're here. I'm going.
00:03:08Tough night?
00:03:0917 calls.
00:03:10Is that right? Put out any fires?
00:03:12One that I'm going to be telling my grandkids about.
00:03:15Oh, uh, better check the fuel level.
00:03:18Okay.
00:03:19Clean tools?
00:03:20Uh, we used the chain saw.
00:03:22Billy boy!
00:03:24You see the game last night?
00:03:26You serious?
00:03:27Best game this season. The Bums finally got it all together.
00:03:30That's right. You catch any of it?
00:03:31Oh, yeah.
00:03:32You bet.
00:03:33Top half of the second, bottom of the ninth.
00:03:35Go Dodger Blue.
00:03:37Morning, Danny.
00:03:39Hi, Bill.
00:03:40New kid on the block?
00:03:41Yeah, just came on last week.
00:03:43Waiting to get his feet wet.
00:03:45Hey, Danny.
00:03:46Today's your lucky day.
00:03:48I can feel it.
00:03:49I'm ready.
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00:04:17Tow the elevator, please.
00:04:18Thanks.
00:04:2137th floor is already out.
00:04:23Oh, thanks.
00:04:24You're welcome.
00:04:25Keller's having his party tonight on some guy's boat in the marina.
00:04:28Can you picture it?
00:04:29Not on a full stomach.
00:04:31Did you see the invitation?
00:04:33Under suggested attire, he puts wetsuit.
00:04:36Are you going?
00:04:37Got to work.
00:04:38Oh, come on, Paul. Give it a rest.
00:04:41They already gave you the gold star this month.
00:04:43What else do you want?
00:04:44A name instead of a number on my parking space.
00:04:46You're dreaming.
00:04:51Hey, try to make it tonight.
00:04:55Hi.
00:04:56Good morning.
00:04:57Morning.
00:04:58Smiley.
00:05:00Happy birthday.
00:05:01Oh, you remembered.
00:05:03Oh, better than that.
00:05:05Oh, Allison, I can't believe you actually went out and bought me a present.
00:05:08That's so sweet.
00:05:09Well, there it is.
00:05:10So you better believe it.
00:05:11But you can't open it until Saturday.
00:05:12Oh, don't make me wait.
00:05:13Sorry.
00:05:14Oh, that's not fair.
00:05:18So, how's Kevin?
00:05:19Kevin's great.
00:05:20How's John?
00:05:21Oh, crotchety at 33.
00:05:23So how does it feel to be 30?
00:05:24Oh, I wouldn't know.
00:05:25I'm only 28 turning 29.
00:05:27Oh, come on.
00:05:28No, I really am.
00:05:29I swear to God.
00:05:31Oh, now wait a minute.
00:05:32Is this a sympathy present?
00:05:34Well, you want it back?
00:05:37No, go ahead and keep it.
00:05:39So you'll be 30 next year.
00:05:40But guess what?
00:05:41So will you.
00:05:42Again?
00:05:43Again?
00:05:44Thanks.
00:05:45Bye.
00:05:46Bye.
00:05:57Who's cooking today?
00:05:58Perez, Cap, and Taylor's helper.
00:06:01Oise hot and a salt, okay Perez?
00:06:04Yes, sir.
00:06:05Why, you want a diet, Cap?
00:06:07Oh, just trying to be a little sensible, that's all.
00:06:10You got a job?
00:06:11Yeah, man.
00:06:30Free for lunch?
00:06:31Oh, gosh, yes, come on.
00:06:33How about a picnic?
00:06:33Oh, I'd love it.
00:06:35What'd you get?
00:06:41May there be many more days as lovely as this.
00:06:45I'll drink to that.
00:06:46And half as many nights when you don't
00:06:47get home until 11 o'clock.
00:06:49Look, I know you're determined to be
00:06:51the most dedicated and productive employee
00:06:53in the entire company.
00:06:54That's all well and good, Susan, but it's seriously jeopardizing
00:06:57the prime of our lives.
00:06:59I'm beginning to wonder if we're not missing
00:07:00out on a lot more than sleep.
00:07:01I know.
00:07:03But aren't we supposed to be building a better tomorrow?
00:07:06I mean, isn't that what we're doing?
00:07:08You know what my father used to say?
00:07:09What?
00:07:11Who cares about being the wealthiest man in the graveyard?
00:07:16You know, you work late, then maybe I work late.
00:07:19Then we both work late.
00:07:22Pretty soon, we're 65 years old.
00:07:24We've got financial security coming out our ears,
00:07:26but how many memories do we have?
00:07:27We have this one.
00:07:28Yeah, sure we do, because one of us
00:07:30took the time to make it possible.
00:07:33It's getting to be so easy to lose the time, Susan.
00:07:37Too easy.
00:07:40Where does it all go, right?
00:07:42Isn't that what we're always saying?
00:07:44I'll tell you what.
00:07:47Let's do something this weekend, OK?
00:07:51We'll make a memory.
00:07:55It's a start, isn't it?
00:07:59I love you.
00:08:00I love you, too.
00:08:02I do.
00:08:08Hey, Foster, Diego.
00:08:10Not too much, Holmes.
00:08:11You keep working on your Spanish, and pretty soon,
00:08:14they're going to give you the key to the city.
00:08:15It looks a little like this.
00:08:18Listen, amigo, who can you spare me tonight?
00:08:20For the engineer of sprinkler installation.
00:08:22Hi, Marika.
00:08:24I picked the very best, Roberto and Juan.
00:08:27Listen, do they speak English?
00:08:29I picked the ones that don't.
00:08:31That whole bunch of people, they don't speak English.
00:08:33I'm going to have to get them to speak English.
00:08:35I picked the ones that don't.
00:08:37That way, you can work on your Spanish all night long.
00:08:40Great.
00:08:41That's great, Diego.
00:08:42Listen, how do I say, don't move the drop cloth
00:08:44while I'm still standing on it?
00:08:47Catch you later, amigo.
00:08:48I got a couple of pumps to shut down.
00:08:50Hey, you shut down those pumps, Mr. Sprinkler Engineer.
00:08:52What am I people supposed to use to fill their buckets?
00:08:55Chicken gravy?
00:08:57Dave, I've got no one on Thursday tonight.
00:09:00Can you take care of it?
00:09:01OK, Carlotta, no problem.
00:09:02Thanks.
00:09:06Hello.
00:09:07What they got you doing tonight, Eddie?
00:09:09Something real special, Carlotta.
00:09:11Changing light bulbs.
00:09:12Oh, lucky you got that college degree.
00:09:14Yeah.
00:10:05I'm just coming to work.
00:10:22Oh, no, I've been here since 8 this morning.
00:10:24I just had to move my car up because I'm working late.
00:10:26Long day.
00:10:27Yeah, one of many.
00:10:28See you.
00:10:36Hi.
00:10:37Oh, gosh, I scared him.
00:10:38Sorry, I didn't know there was anybody else here.
00:10:40I'm sorry.
00:10:41It's all right.
00:10:42I guess it's just us, the very faithful or the very dull.
00:10:44Yeah. You're Paul, right?
00:10:46That's me.
00:10:47And you're Susan, right?
00:10:48Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
00:10:49Oh, you, uh, working late?
00:10:50Yeah, I'm hoping to finish up in a couple of hours.
00:10:52You?
00:10:53Same.
00:10:54Maybe I'll see you on the way out.
00:11:06Something going on?
00:11:11More false alarms.
00:11:12I swear we've had 10,000 this month.
00:11:14Yeah, well, if the app ever finished
00:11:15installing the sprinklers, it'll quiet down.
00:11:18Right, except then, I won't have anything to do.
00:11:20Oh, yes, you will.
00:11:21Here we go.
00:11:31Carefully.
00:11:34OK, now we must get him up to the lab.
00:11:51Shutting down the pumps.
00:12:11Roger.
00:12:12Both pumps are off and we've started draining the stand pipes down to 58th floor.
00:12:17I'm on my way up now.
00:12:18Copy.
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00:13:32Hi honey, it's me. It's about five after ten and I'm just about finished.
00:13:37Almost as advertised, right?
00:13:39I'll be home around eleven. I'll see you then.
00:13:43Kev, I've been thinking a lot about what you said today
00:13:47and I really meant it about this weekend.
00:13:49Maybe we could do something special like fly to Vienna or something.
00:13:54Wait up for me, okay? Bye.
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00:15:02Jacob!
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00:15:13Damn it. Knock it off.
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00:15:41Hey Preston.
00:15:43Yeah.
00:15:44I don't know for sure, but we actually might have a problem.
00:15:46Up on the twelfth floor.
00:15:48Okay, ten-four.
00:15:50Do we have an engineer with a radio who could take a run up to twelve,
00:15:53check on some smoke detectors?
00:15:55Yeah, this is Eddie down in the basement. I'm on my way.
00:15:58Thanks man.
00:15:59You guys make a quick run up to twelve and check some smoke detectors.
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00:16:43This is Eddie. Someone help me.
00:16:45Someone help me, please. This is Eddie.
00:16:47Send help, please.
00:16:49Please, someone help me. Help me.
00:16:51Eddie.
00:16:52Help me, please. Send help, please.
00:16:54Help me, someone.
00:16:56Eddie.
00:17:08There's a fire up here at the First Interstate Bank.
00:17:10Six hundred Wilshire.
00:17:12You're calling from six hundred Wilshire?
00:17:14Yes, I am.
00:17:16Do you know what the intersection or the address is?
00:17:19It's on Hope and Wilshire Boulevard.
00:17:22Okay, sir. We're on our way.
00:17:25Sir.
00:17:29Let's go.
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00:17:51to a three-squad, four-battalion one.
00:17:53Respond to the structure fire on the intersection
00:17:56of Wilshire and Hope.
00:17:57It's Hope and Wilshire.
00:17:59Whoa, whoa!
00:18:02Whoa!
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00:18:26Finance division.
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00:18:32Oh, all right. Thank you.
00:18:36Paul?
00:18:39Hi. You ready to knock off, too?
00:18:41Security just called.
00:18:42Yeah? What's that?
00:18:43They think there's a fire in the building.
00:18:44What?
00:18:45Attention. This is security.
00:18:47We have an emergency.
00:18:49There's a fire in the building.
00:18:51Fuego! Fuego!
00:18:53Please evacuate to the nearest stairwell immediately.
00:18:56Repeat, there's a fire in the building.
00:18:59Please evacuate to the nearest stairwell immediately.
00:19:02Security! Security! Do you hear me?
00:19:04Repeat the message in Spanish. Do you hear?
00:19:06Half these people don't understand English.
00:19:09Repeat the message in Spanish!
00:19:11Go! Go! Go!
00:19:16No, Marisa, not the elevator!
00:19:23We'll be all right. We'll be okay.
00:19:25Don't worry. We'll be okay.
00:19:29Why is it opening here? Come on!
00:19:32This is security. We have an emergency.
00:19:35There's a fire in the building.
00:19:37Repeat, there's a fire in the building.
00:19:40Please evacuate to the nearest stairwell immediately.
00:19:44Please evacuate to the nearest stairwell immediately.
00:19:49Come on! Come on!
00:19:56There's no water.
00:19:58What? What did you say?
00:20:01The pumps are down. There's no water.
00:20:06The building's on fire. There's no water.
00:20:09There's no water.
00:20:11There's no water.
00:20:13There's no water.
00:20:15There's no water.
00:20:17The building's on fire. There's no damn water.
00:20:20We're not going to make it.
00:20:23Help me! You go ahead.
00:20:26It is better, Diego.
00:20:29Look down. You see? You see, Diego?
00:20:35We're on the 32nd floor.
00:20:37We can't get an elevator to run.
00:20:39All the stairs are full of smoke. We need help.
00:20:42Can you hear us? We need help.
00:20:44Are you crazy? Try to get a hold of them.
00:20:47Don't do it! You'll die up there!
00:21:07OCD from Battalion 1.
00:21:10We've got the entire east side...
00:21:12and about three-fourths of the south side...
00:21:15of what looks to be the 11th or 12th floor...
00:21:18fully involved with fire.
00:21:20I'm going to need five additional task forces...
00:21:23five additional engines...
00:21:26and five more chief officers.
00:21:28Five chief officers. Roger.
00:21:35Okay, Cap. Here's what I want you to do.
00:21:38Split up your task force.
00:21:40Put your engine on fire attack...
00:21:42and the rest of your task force on lobby control.
00:21:45We'll set the command post at that corner of the intersection.
00:21:53OCD from Chief Sterling. Go.
00:21:55We've got a major emergency.
00:21:57First Interstate Bank on Wilshire and Hope.
00:22:00I'm on my way.
00:22:08All right, guys, let's go.
00:22:10Oh, man, this is going to be a full night.
00:22:13Dan. Yo.
00:22:15Welcome to the L.A. City Fire Department.
00:22:21It's not the 12th. We have a long night.
00:22:23Engine 3, construct 3.
00:22:25Take fire attack.
00:22:34Oh, my God.
00:22:39Oh.
00:22:41How can there be so much smoke already?
00:22:47Oh!
00:22:55Susan, we're in the middle of the building.
00:22:57It'll take about 20 minutes to get to the roof.
00:23:00Longer to get down if we have to pass the fire.
00:23:02Can we make it either way?
00:23:04The doors and the stairwell are locked on every floor.
00:23:06That's right. We couldn't get out even if we wanted to.
00:23:08It's like a chimney in there.
00:23:10I guess that means we're stuck here, aren't we?
00:23:15Come on! Come on! Get in! Get in!
00:23:18Are you okay? Are you okay?
00:23:21What's wrong? Why won't it close?
00:23:24Hit it again. Hit it again.
00:23:27Why won't it close?
00:23:29Security! Security!
00:23:36You guys okay?
00:24:07Oh, my God.
00:24:19What's going on?
00:24:32Oh, my God.
00:24:36Oh, my God.
00:24:38The lights are coming through.
00:24:41I'll be in the fire control room. I'll recall the elevator.
00:24:44No one's got access.
00:24:46Keep that door closed.
00:24:48You can set a power bomb, too.
00:24:51Everyone's doors are on the panel.
00:24:53Check it out. Check the panel.
00:24:55We have to keep that area clear.
00:24:57Get these people out of the building through one of the garage exits.
00:24:59Nobody goes out those doors. Understood?
00:25:01Folks, you okay?
00:25:03You got a list of the names of the people in the building so we can start doing a head count?
00:25:06Security people, maintenance people, yeah.
00:25:08And the office workers, not unless they signed in,
00:25:10told us they'd be working after hours.
00:25:12But they don't always do that.
00:25:14Okay, start with what you've got.
00:25:16Then let's try to figure out if anybody's still upstairs.
00:25:18Here's the building book.
00:25:23I'll get the rotaries off the truck.
00:25:26I want every air bottle off the truck, okay?
00:25:30Hold tight.
00:25:36What floor are you calling from, sir?
00:25:38We're on the 37th floor.
00:25:40Two people on the 37th floor.
00:25:43Can you give me the extension number, please?
00:25:45That's 3705.
00:25:47And your names?
00:25:49Paul DeWitt and Susan Lowell.
00:25:54Okay, have you checked the stairwells for smoke, sir?
00:25:57The stairwells are impossible.
00:25:59We checked four of them.
00:26:01Yeah, we've already got smoke all around us on the floor.
00:26:04Yeah.
00:26:06Yes.
00:26:08Yes.
00:26:10Right, I understand.
00:26:12Okay.
00:26:14What did they say?
00:26:16They said we did the right thing by staying here.
00:26:19And the fire department's in the building.
00:26:21Somebody will call us back soon.
00:26:25Did they say how serious the fire was?
00:26:27I don't know yet, ma'am.
00:26:29I haven't gotten a full report.
00:26:33We've got running stairwell support.
00:26:36First priority, T-bottle.
00:26:38Second priority, T-wall.
00:26:42I'll get him to the rig.
00:26:43You break the coupler.
00:26:45Get his boots out.
00:26:47You got it.
00:26:50You believe that?
00:26:52Somebody mismarked the damn key.
00:26:54Yo, Billy, center field.
00:26:56Check yours.
00:26:58If it doesn't work, break it down.
00:27:00Roger.
00:27:02Give me the tool.
00:27:04All right, stand clear.
00:27:20I see from fire attack.
00:27:22Barely heard you.
00:27:2410th floor is clear for staging.
00:27:26We're moving up to the fire floor.
00:27:28Roger.
00:27:30I see.
00:27:32I see.
00:27:34I see.
00:27:36I see.
00:27:38I see.
00:27:40I see.
00:27:42I see.
00:27:44I see.
00:27:46I see.
00:27:49I see.
00:27:55Heavy smoke.
00:27:57No fire.
00:27:59OCD from Chief Sterling on 9.
00:28:01Chief Sterling from OCD, go.
00:28:03Yeah, I want a complete 360-degree survey from Air Ops ASAP.
00:28:07Chief Sterling from Fire 1, do you read?
00:28:09Fire 1, go.
00:28:11We're looking at the 12th floor now, Chief.
00:28:13Smoke is curling around the structure.
00:28:15Flames are lapping up the outside maybe 50 feet.
00:28:17I think we saw some people on the roof.
00:28:19We're heading over right now.
00:28:21That's a roger.
00:28:23We need to get us all available handy-toppies as soon as possible.
00:28:26Well, sure, I see, Roger. We'll work on it.
00:28:38This is it! We got fire!
00:28:47Ready!
00:29:17All right.
00:29:35Task Force 9, in addition to providing fire attacks,
00:29:38I want you to provide ventilation.
00:29:41I'll get some salvage over there.
00:29:43That's the west stairwell.
00:29:45What's going on? What happened?
00:29:47I don't know. Maybe a bad foul.
00:29:50Shut off one of the hoses.
00:29:52Get out! Back out! Now!
00:29:55Go!
00:30:00I see from Fire Attack. Do you read?
00:30:02Fire Attack, I see. Go.
00:30:04We're on the fire floor.
00:30:06We just lost personnel.
00:30:08We're on the fire floor.
00:30:10We just lost pressure to the hoses.
00:30:12Are you pumping?
00:30:14That is affirmative.
00:30:16Well, what's going on?
00:30:18We need pressure.
00:30:22We just lost power to the stairwells.
00:30:24Repeat?
00:30:26Keep whatever water we've got on that door.
00:30:28If the door goes, we lose this whole stairwell.
00:30:39OCD from Chief Sterling.
00:30:41Chief Sterling, go.
00:30:43I'm on the scene and assuming command.
00:30:45Roger.
00:30:50God help us.
00:31:08God help us.
00:31:38Hey, has anybody hurt?
00:31:40No, but I've got to get down fast.
00:31:42The fire pumps are off in the building and nobody knows it.
00:31:45Forget it. Nobody's going down.
00:31:47Everybody up. We've got a helicopter up here.
00:31:49Let's go. Come on.
00:31:51We'll be all right.
00:31:53Flight Force 10's been assigned to lobby control.
00:31:56Engines 10 and 3, Task Force 9 and Squad 4
00:31:59have all been assigned to Fire Attack.
00:32:01Engines 9 and 10 to Water Supply.
00:32:03Battalion 1 is now Wilshire Incident Command.
00:32:06Wilshire, I see. Roger.
00:32:36We've got water pressure problems, Chief.
00:32:38We've been trying to sort them out,
00:32:40but we still haven't figured where they're coming from.
00:32:42We have pressure up there now.
00:32:44Yeah, but nobody's making any promises
00:32:46about how long it's going to hold.
00:32:48Also, there are generators blowing out.
00:32:50Some floors have electricity and others don't.
00:32:52It is a mess. How many companies are coming in?
00:32:54I put in a request to OCD ten minutes ago
00:32:56doubling the existing assignment
00:32:58and to give us three more battalion chiefs.
00:33:00Also, we've got ten more rescue ambulances on the way
00:33:02and air ops is bringing in two more choppers.
00:33:04What about civilians? Any civilians in the building?
00:33:06No, we haven't been able to determine that.
00:33:08OCD got a call from a couple of people
00:33:10said they were trapped on the 37th floor.
00:33:12We tried calling them back. They didn't answer.
00:33:14Got that extension number? Yeah, Milner does.
00:33:16Who's Milner? I am, sir.
00:33:18All right, have OCD try it. Yes, sir.
00:33:20OCD?
00:33:22They don't answer. We have no way of knowing
00:33:24if they're still on that floor.
00:33:26They might have left. The lines might have fried.
00:33:28We just don't know.
00:33:30How about elevators? Any unaccounted for?
00:33:32Lobby control says ten. Ten.
00:33:34All right, I want to find out where they are.
00:33:36I know we can't do anything about it now,
00:33:38but I want to be ready to move the minute we can.
00:33:40We could have people trapped in elevators
00:33:42all over this building.
00:33:44Anything?
00:33:46No, sir. OCD reports no answer.
00:33:48Have them keep trying every few minutes.
00:33:50Every extension on the 37th floor. Yes, sir.
00:33:52Can you verify the HVAC system is off?
00:33:54Yeah, the air conditioning went off
00:33:56automatically at 6 p.m.
00:33:58Tell OCD I want two more task forces,
00:34:00two additional battalion chiefs,
00:34:02and I'm requesting that Division 3 be assigned to the fire.
00:34:04Yes, sir.
00:34:06I want a structural engineer sent down here.
00:34:08Somebody that knows this building better than I do.
00:34:10Knows what it's made of.
00:34:12How long it's gonna keep standing
00:34:14if we can't work a fast miracle?
00:34:30Joe Doyle, chief.
00:34:32We were working on the sprinkler system.
00:34:34We had to turn off the fire pumps tonight,
00:34:36about an hour before the fire started.
00:34:38What? The pumps are down now?
00:34:40Yeah, the only water you're getting
00:34:42is what's stored in the pipes.
00:34:44Why are we just being told about this now, Mr. Doyle?
00:34:46The air unit just pulled him off the roof, sir.
00:34:48I was in the building, 58th floor.
00:34:50We were lucky we got out when we did.
00:34:52If you can get me back into the pump room,
00:34:54I'll have him back on in five minutes.
00:34:56Captain, get this man some gear.
00:34:58Hand him over to engine 17.
00:35:00Tell him to assist him any way he needs.
00:35:02Go.
00:35:04Chief Sterling from fire 6.
00:35:06Fire 6, go.
00:35:08The north side of 12 is blasting out real good now,
00:35:10and it looks like it's lapping out of the 13th, too.
00:35:12That's the heaviest fire in the north.
00:35:14Roger, fire 6.
00:35:28I want to start using this tunnel access right away,
00:35:30right now.
00:35:32I don't want another man going into that building
00:35:34under this storm of glass.
00:35:36Done.
00:35:38When Renoso and Powers get here,
00:35:40I want a briefing face-to-face.
00:35:42I'll be telling stories about this one for years, Chief.
00:35:44Well, how does it end?
00:35:52Oh, come on.
00:35:58Come on.
00:36:08All the lines are dead.
00:36:16Got to get some air in here.
00:36:18What are you doing?
00:36:48Come on.
00:37:10This is not possible.
00:37:18Come on.
00:37:48Come on.
00:38:08How the hell is a person supposed to get out of here alive?
00:38:18Come on.
00:38:32Get ready for water.
00:38:36Okay, we got pressure.
00:38:38Watch yourselves.
00:38:40It may not hold.
00:38:42We still got problems with the pumps.
00:38:44Let's go for it.
00:38:48Come on.
00:39:18Come on.
00:39:34Truck three,
00:39:36take stairway 6A and go to tenth floor staging.
00:39:40Truck nine,
00:39:42take stairway 5A and go to tenth floor staging.
00:39:48It's my birthday this weekend.
00:40:03Happy birthday.
00:40:04A girlfriend of mine gave me a present this morning.
00:40:12Why don't you open it now?
00:40:18I was thinking about it, but I promised her I'd wait until my birthday this weekend.
00:40:25It's probably just something silly anyway.
00:40:28I think the only reason she bought it was because she was feeling sorry for me.
00:40:33She thought I was turning 30.
00:40:36How old are you?
00:40:4030.
00:40:41Yeah, I'm over the hill.
00:40:44And I'm an Aries.
00:40:45It's a fire sign.
00:40:47Funny.
00:40:54Maybe we should try the stairs again.
00:40:57We won't make it.
00:40:59Well, we don't know that for sure.
00:41:00I think we do.
00:41:03It would be worth a try.
00:41:07We'd be dead, Paul.
00:41:10It's as simple as that.
00:41:12We made the right choice.
00:41:13Even the fire department said we made the right choice.
00:41:15Yeah.
00:41:20Now all we have to do is live with it.
00:41:43I'm running out of air!
00:41:58Go!
00:42:08Get on your toes.
00:42:25It's crazy up there.
00:42:28You spray water, red stuff turns to steam, you can feel it all the way to the back of your eyeballs.
00:42:34The ceiling's coming down.
00:42:36It keeps grabbing at you, trying to tie you up.
00:42:40These are 30-minute air bottles.
00:42:4215 minutes.
00:42:54Watch yourselves.
00:42:56This is what we're gonna remember.
00:43:09Gotta get some water.
00:43:11Dying of thirst.
00:43:13Ain't got some guys scrounging around for some now.
00:43:17Radios hardly work at all up here.
00:43:19Just about useless.
00:43:22Takes a long time walking up and down those stairs carrying a message.
00:43:29We're gonna beat this thing.
00:43:31You just wait and see.
00:43:34They're right, Danny.
00:43:37Right, Perez.
00:43:45Well, I don't know about you boys.
00:43:47But I got tickets to tomorrow's game.
00:43:50And you better believe I'm gonna be there.
00:44:05Hi, honey, it's me.
00:44:06It's about 5 after 10, and I'm just about finished.
00:44:10Almost as advertised, right?
00:44:12I'll be home around 11.
00:44:13I'll see you then.
00:44:15I've been thinking a lot about what you said today,
00:44:18and I really meant it about this weekend.
00:44:20Maybe we could do something special like fly to Vienna or something.
00:44:25Wait up for me, okay?
00:44:27Hi, Susan.
00:44:28It's Allison.
00:44:29In case you haven't already heard, don't bother coming to work tomorrow.
00:44:33The building's burning down.
00:44:34See ya.
00:44:35Oh, by the way, you can open the present if you want to.
00:44:42Hundreds of Los Angeles firefighters have been working for over an hour and a half
00:44:46to gain control over what's already being called
00:44:49the worst high-rise fire in the history of the city.
00:44:52Flames have already consumed most of the 12th floor of a 62-story bank building,
00:44:57the tallest building in Los Angeles.
00:45:01Come on.
00:45:12Come on.
00:45:30Come on.
00:45:33Come on.
00:45:58Aki! Aki!
00:46:02Aki!
00:46:04Aki!
00:46:06Aki!
00:46:18Air Ops is reporting a civilian trapped on the 15th floor,
00:46:21so I'm signaling from the window.
00:46:22I've airlifted two companies to the roof.
00:46:24They're trying to get to him down one of the stairwells.
00:46:26That can't be done, Chief.
00:46:28They can't go down 12 flights of stairs and back up again in that smoke.
00:46:31Even with 60-minute air bottles, I don't care what shape they're in.
00:46:34I gotta let them try.
00:46:35What about the two people on the 37th floor?
00:46:37No answer on the phone, not on any phone on the entire 37th floor.
00:46:40Maybe they got out before it got bad.
00:46:42Went up or down.
00:46:43If they tried to get out, they wouldn't have lasted five minutes in one of those stairways.
00:46:46Then maybe they're still upstairs, and they just can't hear the phone.
00:46:49The point is, there's not a damn thing we can do about it, not now.
00:46:52I've got a dozen search-and-rescue squads standing by,
00:46:54ready to move in the minute the fire's knocked down, but not before.
00:46:58You know, sir, I want you to take over the 10th floor staging.
00:47:00Okay? Get it in shape, get it working.
00:47:02Yes, sir.
00:47:03The rest of you take a look at this.
00:47:06Floors 12 and 13, they're right off. They're gone.
00:47:10What we gotta do, if we've got any kind of prayer of saving this building,
00:47:13is slow the fire on 14 and 15, drive it into the core of the building,
00:47:16so that when it reaches 16, it doesn't get there with this kind of size or heat.
00:47:20Is that understood?
00:47:21Okay, Chief Powers, I want you and your men here on 14 and 15.
00:47:24Understood, Chief.
00:47:26And you got 16. That's where we make our final stand.
00:47:30Powers can reduce the heat on his floors.
00:47:32You've got a hell of a chance to stop it, but if he can't...
00:47:37All right, let's do it. Let's go to work.
00:47:39Good luck.
00:47:41This is Air Ops. We've got Fire 6 standing by with the light on the individual on the 50th floor.
00:47:46I think he's seen us, so we will stay out here just to let him know he isn't being forgotten.
00:47:57Ah!
00:48:09Ah!
00:48:11That was no use.
00:48:15Oh.
00:48:21The refrigerator.
00:48:22What?
00:48:24What about it?
00:48:25It's sealed. The air inside should still be clean.
00:48:30You go first. It was your idea.
00:48:32No, come on. You do it.
00:48:36Wait. Wait. Don't open it.
00:48:38Don't open it.
00:48:53Come on.
00:48:54Okay.
00:48:55Here we go.
00:48:57Okay.
00:49:06How... how was it?
00:49:08It was wonderful.
00:49:10All right.
00:49:16Here we go.
00:49:23Makes you dizzy?
00:49:24No.
00:49:26How many breaths are you taking?
00:49:29Not enough.
00:49:52Chief Sterling?
00:49:53Yes.
00:49:54Willa Reeves.
00:49:55You sent for me. I'm a structural engineer.
00:49:58Oh, talk to me, Ms. Reeves.
00:49:59All right.
00:50:01You've got a 15-year-old, 62-story structural steel building.
00:50:04It's got glass curtain walls built around the center core.
00:50:08You've probably got 2,000 degrees of fire spreading horizontally as well as vertically.
00:50:13I know who the builder was on this, Chief, and he's got credentials higher than the roof.
00:50:17I'm sure he does, but if it stays too hot in there for too long, none of that's gonna really matter.
00:50:21Now tell me what's really possible, Ms. Reeves.
00:50:23What's possible, Chief Sterling, is that the building could break apart.
00:50:27With heat at its greatest, right there.
00:50:30The top 50 floors could end up a pile of rubble on the street.
00:50:34How great is that possibility?
00:50:36I can't answer that. I'm sorry.
00:50:39There's no way of knowing, not from out here.
00:50:41All I can tell you is that it could happen.
00:50:44Look, we have civilians still unaccounted for and may be trapped inside, and over 200 firefighters.
00:50:49How much time do I have, Ms. Reeves?
00:50:52Do you really believe you have a chance of beating this fire, Chief?
00:50:55That's my intention.
00:50:57Can you do it in the next two hours?
00:51:03I don't know that.
00:51:06Because if it burns past the 17th floor, I think it's gone one way or the other.
00:51:10Chief Reynoso, go.
00:51:11We need to double the size of the stairwell support team.
00:51:15One hell of a hike, and one hell of a mess up here.
00:51:19I'm looking at thousands of gallons of water coming down every minute.
00:51:22No lights. Batteries going dead.
00:51:25I roger that.
00:51:26OCD?
00:51:27OCD.
00:51:28OCD.
00:51:29OCD.
00:51:30OCD.
00:51:31OCD.
00:51:32OCD.
00:51:33OCD.
00:51:34OCD.
00:51:35OCD.
00:51:36OCD.
00:51:37OCD.
00:51:38OCD.
00:51:39It's a real butt-ticker up there, Chief.
00:51:41Yeah, tell me about it, son.
00:51:47Watch yourselves.
00:51:49It's bad in here.
00:52:00This doesn't look good.
00:52:02Get ready to bail.
00:52:09You hunt here, Chief.
00:52:10People aren't going to go any minute.
00:52:13Let's get some lines in here from all four stairwells.
00:52:16The Chief told us to hit the fire hard.
00:52:18That's what we're going to do.
00:52:19Roger that.
00:52:23Blackover, get off the floor.
00:52:25Quick.
00:52:26Move it.
00:52:38Move it.
00:53:08Move it.
00:53:39Move it.
00:53:56Air Ops from Air...
00:53:59Air Ops from Air Engine 78.
00:54:03Stairwells are untenable.
00:54:05It is impossible to get to the individual on the 50th floor by the stairs.
00:54:10We're going to...
00:54:11We're going to have to try something else.
00:54:27Susan.
00:54:35Susan.
00:54:56There's something I can do for you.
00:54:57I just want to talk to whoever's in charge.
00:54:59I think my girlfriend is still in the building on the 37th floor.
00:55:02No one will tell me anything.
00:55:05Last time anybody spoke to anybody on those floors was several hours ago.
00:55:08What does that mean?
00:55:09Only that we don't know if they might have left the floor or if they're still there and the lines are down.
00:55:12So no one's even tried to get to them?
00:55:14Milner.
00:55:15Yes, sir.
00:55:16I'm Chief Sterling.
00:55:17You are?
00:55:18Kevin Miles.
00:55:19Let me try to explain the situation to you.
00:55:21All right.
00:55:23Each one of these men you're looking at is carrying 100 pounds of gear.
00:55:26They're in superb physical condition.
00:55:28But it still takes them a minute to walk a flight of stairs, up or down.
00:55:31Now, above the 10th floor in this building, they have to use air because all the stairways are completely filled with smoke.
00:55:36Now, I send in a search and rescue team at this time to look for two individuals who may or may not still be on that floor.
00:55:42They would have to walk up 27 flights of stairs, past the staging area, locate the two individuals, and then bring them back down another 27 floors.
00:55:50Now, that's 54 minutes under ideal conditions, without any search time.
00:55:55They will carry 60-minute boxes of air.
00:56:01We're doing the best we can, Mr. Miles.
00:56:27How you doing, people?
00:56:28Good.
00:56:29That's good.
00:56:30You all right?
00:56:32Good job.
00:56:38What's your name, son?
00:56:39Baldwin, sir.
00:56:40How many times have you been up on the floor tonight, Baldwin?
00:56:42Four times, sir.
00:56:43You have a radio?
00:56:44No, sir.
00:56:46You do now.
00:56:47From now on, you're off the floor and by my side.
00:56:49You stick to me like glue.
00:56:51Whenever I want a message sent to IC or OCD or Air Ops, or even God, you're the one that sends it.
00:56:56Understood?
00:56:57Yes, sir.
00:56:58Does God have call letters?
00:57:02We're gonna get along just fine, Baldwin.
00:57:06Can you whistle, Baldwin?
00:57:11You people have been doing a tremendous job tonight.
00:57:14But your housekeeping stinks.
00:57:17So this is what we're gonna do for starters.
00:57:20I'm going to ask all you firefighters who haven't been up on the fire floor tonight to move over to this side of the floor.
00:57:25All the rest of you, all the rehabs, over there.
00:57:28Makes it a lot easier for me to keep inventory.
00:57:33From this point on, nobody goes upstairs for any reason.
00:57:37Unless they're taking the place of a firefighter who's come down.
00:57:40And Mr. Baldwin, he'll be keeping tabs of all those moves.
00:57:43That means everybody's going to have to clear through him.
00:57:46Understood?
00:57:47Yes, sir.
00:57:48This unholy mess of air bottles,
00:57:50I want a couple of you people to come over here and sort through them.
00:57:53Give me two completely separate areas.
00:57:55One for empties, one for full.
00:57:57Baldwin.
00:57:58Yes, sir.
00:57:59Get air ops to tell the chopper pilots to stop flying so close to these windows.
00:58:02They're blowing smoke back into the building.
00:58:04A couple of you guys over there, grab some pickaxes.
00:58:06Let's knock these windows out.
00:58:07Let's get some ventilation in here.
00:58:08Go away from the building.
00:58:09We got too much wind up here.
00:58:12Go down to I.C.
00:58:13Tell them that some glass is going to be coming down their way.
00:58:16Watch their heads.
00:58:17I.C., this is Battalion 9.
00:58:19And then tell them we need some drinking water.
00:58:21Some juices.
00:58:22Watch yourselves.
00:58:23How about some machaco burritos?
00:58:25We also need water.
00:58:27And then let's put this fire out.
00:58:28Yeah!
00:58:53Water.
00:59:23I.C.
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01:00:51No.
01:00:53You?
01:00:56No, but I've been living with someone for seven years.
01:01:01His name's Kevin.
01:01:03He's wonderful.
01:01:06Where's Kevin tonight?
01:01:08Oh, I'm sure he's at home wondering where I am.
01:01:11He's probably thinking of little things to do to surprise me.
01:01:15He does that a lot.
01:01:17That's nice.
01:01:19What do you do?
01:01:24I guess I plan for the future.
01:01:29God, I'm a jerk.
01:01:32Susan, I don't think we're gonna last much longer up here.
01:01:36What's with these bottles?
01:01:42I've been thinking about what you said about trying the stairs.
01:01:47What do you think?
01:01:50The smokey air coming into the bottle gets filtered by this wet paper towel,
01:01:54and then we can breathe the clean air out of this end.
01:01:58Like that.
01:02:00Looks ridiculous.
01:02:02It's sort of the first diving suit.
01:02:04But I'm gonna try it in the stairwell.
01:02:06Will you come with me?
01:02:10Paul, if it works, we can get out.
01:02:13It's trying, isn't it?
01:02:38Okay.
01:02:40Are you ready?
01:02:42Susan, the door!
01:03:13Roger.
01:03:15Chief, the airborne company on the roof wants you to descend to the 50th floor
01:03:19on a window-washing rig that they found up there.
01:03:24Got anybody with him that knows how to run the thing?
01:03:26No, not exactly.
01:03:30We don't need any more drama than we already got.
01:03:33Remind Captain Driscoll that we got power outages all over the building,
01:03:36and tell him his request is denied.
01:03:38Yes, sir.
01:03:39That chopper still has the individual on that floor inside.
01:03:41That was about five minutes ago.
01:03:43Damn it!
01:03:44When are we gonna get something going our way?
01:04:05We keep going higher, but it doesn't get any cooler.
01:04:09There's lines up here, Captain.
01:04:12I want you to bust out those windows.
01:04:15See if we can vent this area.
01:04:17Roger.
01:04:19You two, take out those windows!
01:04:23If we lose 16, it's all over.
01:04:40♪
01:04:55Chief.
01:04:57Doyle.
01:04:59How are the pumps holding up?
01:05:00So far, so good.
01:05:02I want you to know, I think I can get the sprinklers operational
01:05:05a few floors above the fire.
01:05:07Well, if we turn them on,
01:05:08what happens to the water we're using to fight the fire?
01:05:10No guarantees, Chief. You could lose it.
01:05:13I can't risk that.
01:05:14Well, what's the alternative?
01:05:15Stop it on the 16th.
01:05:16And if you can't?
01:05:17Well, if I can't, I got crews fighting five floors of fire
01:05:20with all the resources I've got.
01:05:21So you'll lose the building.
01:05:23No, Mr. Doyle, I won't lose this building.
01:05:26Let me go up there, Chief.
01:05:27That's out of the question.
01:05:28Give me some gear and a couple of men.
01:05:30Forget it.
01:05:31We can set up the sprinklers on 17 through 19.
01:05:33I can fix them so we can turn them on
01:05:35by operating one valve on each floor,
01:05:37but not until you give the order.
01:05:38You're a civilian, Mr. Doyle.
01:05:40Listen to me for a minute, Chief.
01:05:41We got high-rises all over this city
01:05:43that aren't equipped with sprinklers
01:05:44because they were built prior to 74
01:05:46and there was no law saying they had to be.
01:05:48The company that owns this one
01:05:49spends $3.5 million in this system
01:05:51and nobody even asked them.
01:05:52Chief, it's my job to get them set up and working.
01:05:55I figure the extra efforts do them, don't you?
01:05:58Look, you've already done more than your share.
01:06:01I heard there's people trapped inside.
01:06:05At least one, maybe three.
01:06:07I'd like to try and help, Chief.
01:06:09Then don't ask me to give a civilian authorization
01:06:11to walk into that building, pass five floors of fire,
01:06:14up 19 flights of stairs to an uncertain destination.
01:06:22Mr. Doyle, if you want to help,
01:06:25I'll give you all the spare firefighters I can.
01:06:28You make sure they have all the right tools,
01:06:30but you're gonna stand right over there
01:06:31and talk to them over that radio.
01:06:33Let them be your hands and do whatever needs to be done.
01:06:36Now, you make that call.
01:06:38Okay.
01:06:40Thanks.
01:06:41Milner?
01:06:42Yes, sir?
01:06:43He's gonna need some gear.
01:06:44Make sure he gets it all.
01:06:45What can I do for you?
01:06:46Pipe wrench, crowbar, and some piping.
01:06:49You got it.
01:06:51OCD.
01:06:56I was invited to a party.
01:06:58When?
01:06:59Tonight.
01:07:01Last night.
01:07:03On a...
01:07:04On a big boat in the marina.
01:07:08It's weird, huh?
01:07:09That's where I could have been.
01:07:12I should have been.
01:07:16On a whole ocean full of water.
01:07:20God, why didn't I go?
01:07:24Why did I stay?
01:07:34Enough water for this round of rants.
01:07:39Chief Renoso, go.
01:07:40Running short of air bottles.
01:07:42You see about sending me up 200 more?
01:07:45You hike up four different stairwells.
01:07:47You see four completely different fires.
01:07:49We're just running out of bodies.
01:07:51It's as simple as all that.
01:07:52You need to send me up more firefighters.
01:07:54Roger, I copy that.
01:07:55We're bringing in as many companies as we can get
01:07:57and we're sending them up to you as soon as they get here.
01:07:59Roger.
01:08:00Bowen?
01:08:01Yes, sir?
01:08:04Take Perez and Anderson.
01:08:05Go to 14 and hold that floor.
01:08:07Yes, sir.
01:08:10Are they letting you up again?
01:08:11You bet.
01:08:12You guys are both coming with me.
01:08:18Stand by.
01:08:19Sir?
01:08:20We have a police department unit
01:08:22that wants to use one of our helicopters as a platform
01:08:24to shoot out some windows.
01:08:27Can you repeat that, Miller?
01:08:29What it is, sir, it's an offer from air ops
01:08:31from a police unit to shoot out some windows
01:08:33on the 50th floor because we still have one person trapped there.
01:08:36And I guess either an LAPD or a county sheriff sharpshooter
01:08:39is ready to do that.
01:08:44To air ops and any sharpshooter who's listening,
01:08:47this is Chief Sterling.
01:08:49Please be advised that that's a negative.
01:08:52Request is denied.
01:08:53Repeat, request to shoot out windows on any floor is denied.
01:08:57We're fighting a fire here, gentlemen.
01:08:59We're not making a Clint Eastwood movie.
01:09:01Chief Sterling from air ops understood, roger.
01:09:04Found another stairwell.
01:09:06The heat's not so bad in this one.
01:09:09I see from engine 9, we've located a stairway under the helipad.
01:09:13We're going to attempt a rescue of the civilian on the 50th floor.
01:09:18Do you hear that?
01:09:20What?
01:09:22It sounds like a helicopter.
01:09:25Didn't hear it.
01:09:37Paul.
01:09:39What?
01:09:41I don't know.
01:09:44It hurts.
01:09:46Paul.
01:09:48What?
01:09:51I'm really sorry that we never got a chance to know each other.
01:09:55I mean, before tonight.
01:10:02Yeah.
01:10:08I don't want to die up here.
01:10:11Me either.
01:10:16I think we're going to.
01:10:24Do you hear that?
01:10:25What?
01:10:26It's a helicopter.
01:10:42What?
01:10:54Over here.
01:10:55Hey, over here.
01:10:58Over here.
01:11:00Over here.
01:11:10Please help us.
01:11:12We're over here.
01:11:13Oh, please see me.
01:11:14God, no.
01:11:16We're here.
01:11:19No.
01:11:20Oh, please see me.
01:11:23We're here. Yes, we're here.
01:11:31Come back.
01:11:33Oh, please.
01:11:35Please help us.
01:12:01Please.
01:12:10Doyle.
01:12:12Go, Weiler.
01:12:13The sprinkler's set.
01:12:15Let us know what else the chief wants us to do.
01:12:19And Doyle.
01:12:21Next time, do your own damn plumbing.
01:12:24Will do.
01:12:25Good work, Captain.
01:12:27Captain Weiler's ready, Chief.
01:12:29You can turn the sprinklers on whenever you say.
01:12:31Do you plan to use them, Chief?
01:12:33Doyle only has a final option, but I'm just about there.
01:12:37Some of those floors may not be able to stand the weight of the water.
01:12:40I'm aware of that, Miss Reeves.
01:12:42How much time do you think I have?
01:12:45Maybe 30 minutes.
01:12:59Oh!
01:13:20How are you?
01:13:29How are you?
01:13:59How are you?
01:14:29Oh, my God.
01:15:00Your bell's been ringing.
01:15:02You're low on air. Let's go.
01:15:04We can't.
01:15:06If we leave, we'll lose the floor.
01:15:15Miss Bowen,
01:15:17they don't have enough air to stay up there this long.
01:15:20Captain, get up to the 14th floor, fast.
01:15:23We may have some people down.
01:15:25Move, quickly.
01:15:28Come on. Let's go.
01:15:30We're out of air.
01:15:32No. I'm staying.
01:15:35I'm not leaving this floor.
01:15:37You go get help.
01:15:44Baldwin, I gotta get out.
01:15:46I can't breathe.
01:15:48Hang on, Danny.
01:15:50We can't stop now.
01:15:52We're pushing.
01:15:54We can't stop now.
01:15:56We're pushing it back.
01:15:58We need help up here.
01:16:00Give me the nozzle and follow me up.
01:16:14Raise, Chief Lloyd.
01:16:16Chief Lloyd?
01:16:18Chief Lloyd?
01:16:22This is Chief Lloyd.
01:16:24Chief Sterling is requesting a size-up, sir.
01:16:27We've got smoke
01:16:29and a lot of heat on the 17th floor,
01:16:32but no fire.
01:16:34Repeat, no fire on 17.
01:16:49We've got a handle on it.
01:16:51Keep pushing it back to the center.
01:16:55Keep hitting the ceiling.
01:16:57We're moving in on it.
01:17:04We've got a handle on it.
01:17:06Keep pushing it back to the center.
01:17:09Keep hitting the ceiling.
01:17:11We're moving in on it.
01:17:18Keep pushing it back to the center.
01:17:49Get Chief Powers.
01:17:51Chief Powers?
01:17:53Chief Powers?
01:17:59Wilshire, I see from Powers on channel 11.
01:18:03Powers, go.
01:18:05Tell Chief Sterling his plan's working.
01:18:08We may have turned the corner.
01:18:10We're bringing the fire in toward the center
01:18:13on 14 and 15, narrowly enough
01:18:15Tell Chief Lloyd to hold it on 16 at all costs.
01:18:19We just might lick this thing.
01:18:21Chief Powers from I.C., that is a roger.
01:18:24Raise Air Ops. Give me a report.
01:18:27Air Ops?
01:18:29Northside's pretty active on the 16th floor, Chief.
01:18:32Less than before.
01:18:34I don't want to jinx it,
01:18:36but the fire seems to be lying down
01:18:38a little on the lower floors.
01:18:40Fire 1 from Air Ops, roger.
01:18:42I.C. from Air Ops,
01:18:44would you copy Fire 1's size-up?
01:18:47Doyle.
01:18:49Yeah, Chief.
01:18:51We'll hold off on those sprinklers for now.
01:18:56♪
01:19:11Over here!
01:19:26♪
01:19:32Okay, my friend.
01:19:34Take it nice and easy.
01:19:36♪
01:19:40♪
01:19:46♪
01:19:50Cap, take care of the savants below the fire floor.
01:19:54Chief, airborne unit found a civilian on the 50th floor.
01:19:57He's gonna make him and bring him out.
01:19:59Have search-and-rescue come from base.
01:20:01Go to a staging floor and stand by.
01:20:03Yes, sir.
01:20:05I.C. from Air Ops?
01:20:07Air Ops, go.
01:20:09We're reporting no more fire lapping up the building.
01:20:11Repeat, the fire is no longer lapping the structure.
01:20:13Air Ops from Wilshire I.C., I copy and roger.
01:20:18♪
01:20:26Gracias, amigos. Gracias.
01:20:30Milner, as soon as it's possible,
01:20:32I want a search team sent immediately to the 37th floor
01:20:34to find those people who were trapped up there.
01:20:36And I want the five floors immediately above 16
01:20:38to check for any extension of the fire.
01:20:40Yes, sir.
01:20:42The rest of the building gets divided into five-floor increments.
01:20:44I want one search-and-rescue team for each five floors.
01:20:47But I want teams sent out to every location
01:20:49where we've charted missing elevators.
01:20:51Any of them are between floors, right through the walls.
01:20:54I want them found and I want them opened.
01:20:56Yes, sir.
01:20:58Pray that they're empty.
01:21:00♪
01:21:14♪
01:21:44They gotta be around here somewhere.
01:21:46♪
01:21:54Here she is.
01:21:56She's over here.
01:21:58♪
01:22:04-♪
01:22:06-♪
01:22:08Hold this mask on.
01:22:12Let's get up to the floor.
01:22:14♪
01:22:26Breathe.
01:22:30Are you up here by yourself?
01:22:32Relax. Just relax. Just relax.
01:22:34Breathe. Breathe deep.
01:22:37Okay.
01:22:39Is there anyone else up here with you?
01:22:42No.
01:22:44All right, you stay here with her.
01:22:46We're gonna try to find this other person.
01:22:48Don't worry. You're gonna be okay.
01:22:50We'll get you out of here soon.
01:22:52♪
01:22:59Jesus.
01:23:01♪
01:23:04♪
01:23:10Check your head off.
01:23:12Can you hear me, sir?
01:23:14You're gonna be all right.
01:23:19Raise I.C.
01:23:22I.C. from Truck 9.
01:23:24Truck 9, go.
01:23:26We have two civilians on the 37th floor.
01:23:29Both are suffering from severe smoke inhalation.
01:23:31We're bringing them down ASAP.
01:23:33Have the paramedics standing by.
01:23:35Do you copy?
01:23:37Roger, Truck 9, copy.
01:23:39♪
01:23:43Okay. Get some help.
01:23:45Get him out of here.
01:23:47We're gonna go up to 38,
01:23:49and we're gonna continue the search.
01:23:51Let's go.
01:23:53♪
01:24:00I.C. from Chief Reynoso.
01:24:02Chief Reynoso, go.
01:24:04Are you there, Chief?
01:24:06Yeah, go, Chief.
01:24:08I'm up here with Chief Powers and Chief Lloyd
01:24:10and a bunch of rowdy firefighters
01:24:12who just weren't going to get beat, Chief.
01:24:14I show it to be 219 in the morning,
01:24:17and you get the honors, Chief.
01:24:20All interested parties from Wilshire I.C.,
01:24:22Chief Sterling has declared this fire
01:24:24a knockdown at 0219.
01:24:26Okay!
01:24:28All right! Good job!
01:24:30Good job, guys!
01:24:32Yeah!
01:24:34Whoo!
01:24:36Whoo!
01:24:38Whoo!
01:24:40Whoo!
01:24:42Whoo!
01:24:44Whoo!
01:24:46Whoo!
01:24:48Whoo!
01:24:54Chief, every passenger elevator checks out clean.
01:24:56No one was stranded on any of them.
01:24:58Thank God.
01:25:00They've confirmed one death.
01:25:02One of the building engineers on the service elevator, 12th floor.
01:25:05Chief, excuse me.
01:25:07♪
01:25:10♪
01:25:20Hey, man, they found her.
01:25:22They're bringing her down now.
01:25:24She's okay?
01:25:26Well, they both took in a lot of smoke, but she is conscious.
01:25:29So where will they be bringing her out?
01:25:31Right here. It'll be a little while, though.
01:25:33Yeah, I know.
01:25:35It takes a while to walk down 37 flights of stairs, right?
01:25:37All right. Okay, thanks.
01:25:39You're welcome.
01:25:41See you soon, baby.
01:25:43♪
01:25:51We got to reach the gurneys, okay?
01:25:57Watch out!
01:25:59Here we go.
01:26:01Right here? Yeah.
01:26:03♪
01:26:15Susan!
01:26:17♪
01:26:28I'm not even that old yet.
01:26:33♪
01:26:44Chief.
01:26:46I calculated the fall.
01:26:48It would have been on an angle just about like this.
01:26:55Nice work.
01:27:00COUGHING
01:27:02♪
01:27:21Sure, fine.
01:27:23All right, all right.
01:27:28♪
01:27:38Great stop, guy. I owe you one.
01:27:40I got a ball game to get to.
01:27:42What about the kid?
01:27:44I bet he's getting a full number.
01:27:47Thanks for staying with us, Mr. Doyle.
01:27:50We needed you.
01:27:52Give me a call when this blows over, Chief.
01:27:55I'll buy dinner and we can trade stories about this night.
01:27:58I look forward to it.
01:28:00SIREN WAILS
01:28:12As a result of this fire,
01:28:14Los Angeles City building codes were changed.
01:28:17The L.A. City Council adopted an ordinance
01:28:19requiring the installation of sprinkler systems
01:28:22in approximately 350 commercial high-rise buildings
01:28:26constructed prior to 1974.
01:28:29Residential high-rises were not included in this ordinance.
01:28:33♪
01:28:52♪