All language subtitles for Volcano.English

(rumbling)

(rocks falling)

(cracking)

Man on radio:
It's 9:00 A.M.

Temperature is 72 degrees.

Man #2:
Got a backup on the 10 westbound

at Hoover due to police activity
on the off-ramp.

Apparently there was
a drive-by shooting...

Woman:
Eyelid surgery, body sculpting,

citric acid peels...

whatever it takes to create
a whole new you.

(man speaking Spanish)

Man #3:
Can plankton cure cancer?

The answer may surprise you
according to a study published

by the Institute
for Holistic Research...

Woman #2:
A boy of 15 is sentenced

to 10 years for armed robbery.

The judge sent him
to an adult prison...

In other news, a South Central
crowd of 6,000

greeted recording artist
Chilly B

on his release from
country jail this morning.

Man #4: So test-drive a new
or previously owned

Mercedes at your local dealer.

(rumbling)

Woman #3: You'll get a chance
to get this rhinestone bracelet

if you're dialing now
for $35.

Item#633802.

Man #5: The devil knows
the wickedness of the city.

He knows he can prey
on our ignorance.

He knows he can stoke unrighteous
thoughts in our heads.

And he knows he can turn those
thoughts into unrighteous deeds.

(rumbling)

Man #6:
Citizens living near Olvera Street

are unhappy this morning
over a proposed plan

to turn the site of one
of the city's oldest churches

into a mini-mall.

Woman #4: Is this the right time
for you to be investing?

Is love waiting
just around the corner?

Dial 976-STAR.

A certified psychic astrologist
is standing by to guide you

through the mysteries
of the cosmos.

(rumbling)

Man #7: More trouble
for the beleaguered

Metro Rail this morning as angry
Beverly Hills residents gather

to protest the newest extension

of the Red Line subway
into their neighborhood.

The demonstration called outside
the Beverly Center shopping mall...

- The people I see here today...
- Got any spare change, lady?

- Never voted for this subway.
- (speaks Spanish)

- And they certainly...
- They didn't have oat bran?

Never voted to see it stop
in the heart of this neighborhood.

Councilman!
Councilman!

Hey, Councilman,
the people of your district

want us to clean their houses
and to watch their kids.

If we have no cars,
how are we getting to work?

Well, these buses
run every 10 minutes.

- How would you know?
- How would I know?

I know this... every time
this line gets extended,

there's blasting, it's dangerous,
it's expensive, it's noisy.

Nuke the whole city!
Nuke the whole city!

- (rumbling)
- (TV playing)

(yawns)

Kelly, the eggs are ready.

Hello. I think I already told you
I don't eat in the morning.

The people of my district
are being forced to provide

- over half the taxes for this project.
- Ah!

We think that raises the question
of fairness.

Max, clean that up.

Kelly, cornflakes are ready.

All the subway is gonna do is make
it easy for downtown's problems

to make their way west...
drugs, gangs, crime.

- What do we got?
- Gunshots to the back.

Two exit wounds.
BP 80 over palp.

- Heart rate?
- Heart rate 130.

Get a CBC, a chest X-ray
and an EKG.

- What do we got here?
- Drive-by on Hoover.

- County full or what?
- County and Kaiser.

Must be some holiday
we don't know about.

- Ready, one, two, three. Go.
- How many exit wounds?

Two. Here and here.

We got decreasing respirations
and a weak pulse.

Can I have a number two
swab over here, please?

Cool watch, Jaye.
Is that a TAG or a Rolex?

Rolex. Hubby's big
on anniversaries.

(rumbling)

Quake!

(beeping)

- That was refreshing.
- I hate it when that happens.

Okay, quake's over.
Let's tube him.

- Give me a seven.
- Reporter: The quake did not have

the same power as the 1994
Northridge earthquake...

- 9:14?
- 9:14, right.

Everything all clear?
Folks, I don't know what to say.

All right, you can
come out of there now.

Grab a jacket, Kelly.

We have to go by the office
for a while.

You told Mom if I visited,
you'd take the week off.

I am taking the week off.

I'll just wait here, okay?

I can't leave you here
after an earthquake.

Why not? I'm 13 years old.
I know what to do.

Okay, what do you do?

Get in the doorframe,
stick your head between your knees

and kiss your ass good-bye.

All right, that's it.

Who are you calling?

- Anita.
- Dad!

Shut up.
I need a babysitter.

...not to panic.
Please stay calm.

(siren blaring)

Reporter: Damage from
this morning's shaker,

timed at 9:14 A.M.,
seems to be confined

to fender benders
and jangled nerves.

Police radio: We have a 914
noninjury accident 72 Stanley.

Altercation reported.

(people shouting)

We cool now.
It's the LAPD.

Hey, Officer, how about giving us
a ride back to civilization, please?

What's up?
You gonna come out or what?

This our hood.

You want to calm down
and tell me what this is all about?

- You want to get out of my face?
- Hey, if I'm in your face,

- you're gonna know it, all right, bro?
- Ha, right.

Reporter: Still no official word
on the magnitude of that quake.

Have we got
any power failures?

Man on radio:
Blue Line ready.

- What's the status on Green Line?
- Green Line good.

All right, we got radio contact
with the train?

Man on radio:
Radio up and ready on Blue.

Okay, let's get
some business done.

Epicenter and magnitude,
who's in for a ten-spot?

- Palmdale, 6.8.
- Palmdale, 5.0.

Give me Inglewood.

Vegas, 6.8.

Vegas.
I love it.

Reporter: And we hope to be
getting official confirmation

of the magnitude of this morning's
shaker from the seismologist...

I can't. I can't.

It's a couple of sentences.
Maybe a question or two.

- Then you do it.
- When the ground moves,

people want to hear from
a seismologist, not a pencil pusher.

You don't understand.
If I go out there, I'm gonna throw up.

I don't think that's gonna send
the sense of calm we're looking for.

Hey, you guys didn't feel
anything this morning, did you?

Man:
You're off the hook, Flash.

You weren't gonna make her talk
to those nasty reporters, were you?

I've got some stuff
I want to show you later.

Okay.

Good morning.
Good morning. Good morning.

- How are you?
- Hi, Amy.

- Morning, Doc.
- All righty.

- You ready?
- We're on air.

This was a small
to moderate earthquake.

Epicentered in Palmdale...

- Palmdale.
- Yeah!

- Who's got it?
- Dobby's got it.

- Dobby's the winner.
- Yeah.

- Get out of here.
- You lucky dog.

All right, fellas,
let's get back to work.

What do you think this is,
a party?

Aftershocks could
potentially reach the range

that we felt this morning.

Reporter: And, as you may
have heard, it was a 4.9.

Man:
Yes, baby, you can go to work.

Because the building's
been retrofitted.

It's my job
to know that, sweetheart.

- Hello, Emmit.
- I got to go.

Hello, feet.

Man, it is so you to blow
a vacation day for a little tremor.

What are you doing here, Mike?
Vacation means you don't come in.

Your ex-wife called again.

If a dam breaks somewhere
and the mayor calls,

I don't want you telling her
Roark went fishing.

No, see, the mayor's
in Aspen, okay?

We don't pull her off the slopes
for only a 4.9.

Besides, I'd cover for you.

I'm sure you would.
You looked very comfortable

sitting behind my desk
talking on my telephone.

Yeah, it was kind of like
I belonged there or something.

I thought he had the week off.

Yeah, it's that Midwestern
work ethic, you know?

What is that?
What is that?

- Water main ruptured...
- The gas is gone, too.

I sent some crews out there.
Other than that,

the phone lines
and the power lines are all up.

Thank you.

You got to be fast, fast, fast.

Look, watch.
You see that, that, and that?

- Wait, I forgot.
- Okay, watch this.

That man loves to hover.

- Yeah, like you don't.
- Yeah.

Reporter: Seismologists are saying
they think this morning's quake

may have revealed
a new fault system

not previously
thought to be active...

Woman: I don't care
what your supervisor said.

Nobody ran
a work order past me.

And this vehicle
is on public property.

What are you gonna do,
ticket us?

Oh, you the cute one.
How about I tow your ass, honey?

(explosion)

(coughing)

Jesus.
Get an ambulance!

Quickly!

- What the hell happened?
- Come here.

- Gently, gently.
- It'll be all right, buddy.

Help's coming.
Where's Danny?

- (coughing)
- Danny? Danny?

Where are the others?

They're burned up.

Hot.

(computer beeping)

Woman: Getting a code six
from Public Works.

MacArthur Park.
Possible fire or explosion.

Casualties reported.

Reporter:
And word is just coming in

of a possible gas explosion
in the past few minutes

in the MacArthur Park area.

We don't have
any details as yet

as to the precise nature
or size of the blast,

which is said to have injured
a number of city workers,

some seriously.

Rescue crews are responding
at the site of the accident...

Oh, God.

- What are you doing here?
- I got a call.

Said Public Works lost
seven guys. What's going on?

Freak accident
on the storm drain job.

They hit a steam pipe
and got scalded.

No fires, no explosions,
no continuing threat.

We'll copy you on the report.

Steam did that?

- Yeah.
- Where's the survivor?

He's at St. V's right now.
Critical last time I checked.

But I'd like to notify the families

before they hear about it on
"Geraldo" if you wouldn't mind.

You mind if I have a look
for myself?

Roark, we'll copy you.

- Stan: Mike! Mike!
- Okay?

Stan, get over here.
I want to show you something.

How's the choo-choo
behaving these days?

All right, this is where
your problem is.

Was.

- This is your Red Line tunnel.
- Okay.

What I want to do
is shut down this section.

- Oh, God.
- Just as a precaution until we know.

Why should we look bad just
because DWP blew some pipes up?

Nothing blew
down there, Olber.

They hit a steam pocket.

- Steam?
- Yeah.

The tunnel walls
are five feet of concrete.

Where's the threat
to my trains?

(beeping)

- Mine.
- Can we wrap this up, please?

Maybe the earthquake
tore something up.

- Oh, shit.
- Let's find out before we...

You're not happy unless you're
declaring an emergency, are you?

No, actually I enjoy
motor sports, music

and the company
of close friends, sir.

30,000 people think they're taking
the train home tonight.

What am I supposed
to do for them?

Put on extra buses.

It's his mess.
Let him take the shit for it.

Reporter: We arrived at the scene
of this tragic accident.

All around me I can see
rescue workers

and body bags on the ground
right in front of me.

This is an awful tragedy
for the families of the workers

who perished here this morning.

Reporter #2: The intersection
of 7th and Alvarado.

Bodies of workers are spread
across the sidewalks.

We're told that one worker
did survive the accident,

but his identity
has not been released yet.

170 over 105.

Let's give him some more morphine.
Titrate is 10.

Start another line of ringers.

Let's cut away
some of this burnt clothing.

Fran, look.

Steam doesn't
char clothing like this.

This is a flame burn.

- Methane?
- No.

(sniffs)

Something else.

The trouble was not
caused by steam,

which, if you'll recall
our briefing this morning,

was the department's position
all along.

This is such a bad idea, Mike.

This isn't OEM.
This is DWP's show.

Mike:
I want to know what's in that hole.

Well, let Public Works send a crew
in there like they said they would.

I don't feel like waiting
three days for a report.

- Do you, Gator?
- Hell, no.

Okay, let's go.

(man singing)

This is Emmit Reese.
Emmit Reese to ground control.

Los Angeles, do we
have a problem? Do you copy?

Yeah, we copy.
It's hot as hell down here.

You all right?

Great.

Is it too late to switch
jobs with Emmit?

He doesn't want your job.
He wants mine, Gator.

Yes, and a company car, Mike.
Please don't forget that.

Oh, okay.
We're coming up on... oh!

- Gah!
- A rat.

Okay, we're coming up
on the storm drain now.

This is where those guys died.
Seven guys, right here.

Must have died in a hurry.

Let's have a look.

Go on.

- (phone rings)
- Emmit Reese.

Roark!
Roark, is that you? Roark!

Emmit: Mike, it's Chief Sindelar
on the line.

- He would like to speak with you.
- Take a message.

You want me to tell the chief
of police I got to take a message?

Yeah. Tell him...

I'm slightly busy right now.

I think that's the issue
he wants to discuss with you.

Sindelar:
What the hell's he doing?

Public Works
is sending a crew in.

Those guys are idiots.
He knows that.

Mike felt this was too
time sensitive to wait, sir.

Tell him we've got
procedures here.

Tell him he's not in
Kansas anymore.

Emmit: You're not in Kansas
anymore, Mike.

St. Louis.
I'm not in St. Louis.

St. Louis.
He's not in St. Louis.

I don't give a shit where he's not.

He has a desk now.
That's where he works.

He doesn't give a shit.
You have a desk.

- That's where you work.
- Damn, it's hot.

(beeping)

Got a reading here.

There is a steam vent.

Water and Power had it right.

Steam's coming up through
a crack in the concrete.

It's tremendous heat.

(concrete cracking)

Aftershock?

No, subway.
We're right up against it.

- Mike?
- What the hell is going on?

Hold on one minute, sir.
Mike?

Wait a minute.
I can't hear you.

Mike? What happened?
I lost you. You there?

Look at those rats.
They're cooked.

Damn, Gator.
I'm cooked, too.

(sensor beeping rapidly)

So are you, man.
This is not good.

Let's get out of here!

Emmit:
What the hell is going on, man?

- (gasps)
- Oh, shit!

Get LAPD on the line.

Clear everybody out of this park
right now. You all right?

Get Olber on the telephone

before we lose a couple
of trains down there.

Squeeze off everything in this
sector... gas lines, refinery lines.

I lost you on the radio, Mike.
What's going on?

Big jet of gas coming up
out of the bottom of that tube.

I don't know what it is.
Sparks hot as hell.

- He ain't lying, Emmit.
- And find me a scientist.

A geologist. Somebody who can
tell me what the hell is going on.

Got it.

Guide:
Situated on Wilshire Boulevard's

famous Museum Row

the La Brea Tar Pits
are one of the LA Basin's

most active geological features.

Here for the past 40,000 years,

a deep fissure in the Earth's crust
has allowed oily tar and methane

to bubble up to the surface
from far underground,

evidence of the ceaseless
activity below our very feet.

Reporter: The 22-story
Beverly Heights apartment building

will open on schedule this week
in spite of construction delays.

That's the word from
developer Norman Calder.

Many see the new landmark tower
across from the Beverly Center

as a sign the LA economy
is on the rebound.

Now here's Jere Laird
with the rest of the business news.

Wow.

So?

I think I married a genius.

Three years, four banks,
$100 million...

the doors are open.

Jaye:
I am so proud of you, honey.

You never gave up.

You didn't let me.

Here's how I see our future.

We move into this penthouse

and then you transfer to Cedars,
which is right down the block.

Norman.

I don't want my wife
treating gunshot wounds.

I want her treating
tennis elbows.

Right. Finished?

Hardly.
This is only the beginning.

(music playing on TV)

I can't believe
he got a babysitter.

Yeah, well,
I'm doing him a favor.

A big favor.
I'm gonna miss my class.

(phone ringing)

Hello?

Mike.

Oh, fine.
A perfect little ray of sunshine

like I was
after my parents separated.

Every couple of minutes, her head
comes off her shoulders

and rotates 360 degrees

and then she starts
watching TV again.

It's been hours.

Well, we've got a bit
of a situation here, honey.

I'll come home
as soon as I can.

But tomorrow we get
to go to OJ's house

and then
the Beverly Center, right?

I thought we talked
about Disneyland.

Dad, we talked about
getting my nose pierced.

- Not in this life, baby.
- Ahem.

I'll be home as soon as I can.
Hi, what can I do for you?

I'm getting my nose pierced.

It's a nice look.

Especially when you sneeze.

You can't do this.
What?

You're talking about
10,000 customers

with no cooking
and no heat.

The gas will be restored
as soon as it's safe, all right?

When is that gonna be?
You're talking about

sending a crew
to every single house

to turn on every damn pilot.
This could take weeks if not more.

Excuse me.
Just one second, please.

- Having fun yet?
- I'm starting to miss the Mississippi.

The mud, floods, your buds.

Woman: Mike, you have a call
on your private line.

That'll be my little girl
wanting a tattoo.

Would you help me with this guy?
How you doing, darling?

Why the hell did you
leave Kelly alone?

- Oh, Wendy. How are you?
- Pulling one of your usual stunts.

What do you mean,
one of my usual stunts?

- It was an earthquake, Wendy.
- You know she hates earthquakes.

- She's only 13.
- Nobody likes an earthquake!

- So she's been alone all day.
- She has not been alone all day.

I left her with a babysitter.

- What babysitter?
- A neighbor.

How is she supposed to know what
to do if there's another earthquake?

You know she freezes up
when she gets scared.

Kelly knows precisely
what to do in the event of...

- You never change, Mike.
- Hello? Hello?

Phone went dead.

Yeah. They've been doing that
all over the city.

I'll get a crew
out there right away.

Amy:
I know. I've got it.

Why don't we just do some more
underground blasting

and find out if there's
a fault line down there?

- No, let's do it your way.
- My way?

We'll empty every building over
two stories and we'll all go back

to horse and buggy.
How's that?

- God, you're a geek.
- Mike. Emmit.

Did you know that?
You're a geek.

Nice shirt, Stan.

- You Roark? Amy Barnes.
- Yeah. Hi.

I'm from CIGS.
Nice to meet you.

Careful, Mike. Disagree with
anything Dr. Barnes says,

she'll have you in city council
meetings for 12 months.

Would you please give it a rest?

All we said was Cahuenga
was geologically unstable.

The whole city
is geologically unstable.

That's why I don't want you
blowing up tunnels under it.

Thank you for coming
on short notice.

But could you save
the fight for later?

Yeah, sure.
2:00 good for you?

Oh, go ahead.
Encourage her.

So, Dr. Barnes, can you tell me
what's underneath MacArthur Park?

Not with any certainty, no.

Ooh, that's a shock.

We ran trains through there
all day and no incidents.

Yes, but this rock solid analysis
is from the guys

who collapsed
Hollywood Boulevard.

My engineers were down there.
No demonstrable risk.

You got some conflicting evidence?

Some reason to strand
all those passengers?

I'm all ears. Until then,
we stay on schedule.

- Man: Stan, you got a second?
- I'm sorry, Mike.

(groans)

He's got to change
his nicotine patch.

(chuckles)

- So...
- So...

So...

how do I find out what's
underneath MacArthur Park?

A low-grade evacuation
of MacArthur Park.

City officials won't comment
whether this evacuation

has anything to do
with the deaths today

of those seven public workers
at an intersection next to the park.

- Amy: Take a look at this.
- Mike: Oh, okay.

What am I looking at?

That lake was
62 degrees yesterday.

- Today it's up to 68.
- It is a sunny day.

It is lovely, isn't it?

Mr. Roark,
it takes a geological event

to heat a million gallons of water
by six degrees in 12 hours.

What is a geological event?

I'm sure you're aware of this,

that our continents
sit on tectonic plates.

Great big rafts floating
over an ocean of molten rock.

Yeah.

When they shift
like they did this morning,

we get an earthquake, okay?

Yeah.

Same mechanism
can sometimes open a fissure.

Sometimes magma
can find one of those fissures

and rise up through it.

- What's magma?
- Lava.

Lava?
Here in LA?

It's one of several possibilities.

It is unlikely,
but it is a possibility.

We have a history of that
here in the downtown area?

Paricutin, 1943.
A Mexican farmer sees smoke

coming out of the middle
of his cornfield.

A week later there's a volcano
1,000 feet high.

There's no history of anything
until it happens.

- Then there is.
- (mouths)

Well, thanks, ladies.

(chuckles)

Enjoy your day in the park.

- Ooh, yeah. That was subtle.
- What?

What, you want me
to humor him?

He asked us for a hypothesis.
You have a better one?

- It's lava.
- Lava.

Hey, hey, hey.
That's me.

That's me.
I got to call my mom.

- Uh-huh.
- I'm on TV.

Excuse me.
You invited us, remember?

You want me to call Olber
and tell him

the demonstrative risk
he's looking for is lava?

No. I want you to give me
time to do my work.

Why, 'cause the lake went up
a few degrees?

No, because seven men
baked to death down there

and nobody knows why.

All right, MTA does not answer
to the city.

You know that.

I cannot go to the mat with them
unless you know something.

I do know something.
Just not with any certainty.

Is that the company line?

I'm a scientist.
Certainty is a big word.

Come on, I have to have time
to collect my data.

I've got to get down there
and get samples.

- I can't let you do that.
- Why not?

It is too dangerous.
That's why.

I'm sorry.

Shit.

What did he say?

Oh, it's too dangerous.

It's man's work
and you're just little girlies.

- I can't let you go down there.
- He likes you, I can tell.

He's okay,
in a macho, controlling,

slightly superior,
suspicious of anyone

who's not from his hometown
kind of way.

So you like him.
This is good.

We've got to go down there.

I don't see how we can.
This place is swarming with cops.

Yeah.

Let's do it in the morning
before the cops come on duty.

All right.
I'll pick you up at 4:00.

4:00 it is.
Bring coffee.

- Okay.
- What have you got?

More harmonic tremors.

(bubbling)

Man on radio: Good morning.
It's just after 5:10.

Didn't take long to get our
first Sig Alert this morning.

We've got a jackknifed
produce truck

on the westbound
side of the 10

spreading tomatoes
all over the roadway.

One lane open
as Caltrans crews move in.

(laughing)

Amy: Wow.

- Earthlings, we come in peace.
- (laughs)

God, these suits weigh a ton.
I feel like I'm wearing a car.

Hey, look at this.

Looks like sulfur.

I can't smell it.

- It's everywhere.
- Oh, shit.

My flashlight's going out.

May be traces
of magnesium, nickel.

- What do you think?
- Take some samples.

That's how we'll find out.

My battery's dead.
Hold on a sec.

Hey.

What?
What do you got?

I don't know.

(screeching)

- (rumbling)
- (animals howling)

(barking)

Kelly:
Daddy!

Kelly, baby.

Coming.

- Hang on.
- Dad!

Hang on, baby.

No, come back.
Come back.

Stay right there
in that door, baby.

- (gasps)
- Get down!

(wheels screeching)

(screaming)

(grunts)
Rachel!

- (screams)
- Rachel!

Help!
Oh, God!

- Amy! Amy!
- Hang on.

Rachel!
Give me your hand!

- Oh, God. Come on.
- Oh, God!

Come on!
Come on, Rachel!

- I'm burning up!
- Hang on.

- I'm burning up!
- Take my hand!

- I'm burning!
- Hold on, Rachel!

(screaming)

(panting)

Oh!

How about that
wake-up call, everybody?

Okay, we have phone lines.
Phone lines are up.

- All right, generator switching.
- (powers up)

All right, emergency power's up.
What do you got, Phil?

(computers beeping)

Katie, DWP?

DWP, I'm doing that right now.

- Billy? Anybody seen Billy?
- He's stuck on the 10.

- He's not in yet.
- (all shouting)

(exhales)

All right, listen up, people.

I want to have a meeting
of all department heads

in Roark's office
in exactly five minutes.

That's a very cool hat
there, Emmit.

Oh, thanks a lot. You know,
that's funny 'cause your wife

rolled over and she said the same
thing to me this morning.

That's a pink slip.

Any more quips
or can we work this thing?

Like all of you, we here
at the Channel 10 newsroom

felt that big jolt this morning.
It was a powerful earthquake.

We're having trouble getting
through to the police, fire,

and other emergency officials.

Put your seat belt on, honey.
Remember?

(news playing on radio)

That's okay, baby.
There you go.

I want to go home.

We're going to the safest room
in town, baby, I promise.

(dialing)

- Operations.
- Yes, this is Roark.

- Got Roark, line one.
- Yeah, got him.

Mike, listen, there's no reports
of damage yet

to any of the hospitals,
but 911 is off the hook.

ADSAC is reporting
that all the freeways are clear.

Okay, we got
some good news here.

ADSAC indicates that all
the freeways are free and clear.

I want you to get all
the helicopters up right now.

Bob, we've got
to get some pictures.

Get those choppers
in the air now.

I'm heading east on Wilshire.

We're coming up
on the tar pits.

The poles are all up,
but there's no light.

A lot of haze here.

- Let me in there, Brian.
- Okay, hold on one second.

We have to get to that break.

Yeah, it looks like the power's
down everywhere in the city.

- How'd you get in so fast?
- Get in?

Come on, boss, you know
I sleep on your desk.

Disaster is my life.

He's kidding, baby.

Woman on radio:
Obviously it's too early

to get any kind of a reading
from the scientists

at the California Institute
of Geological Studies...

(explosion)

- Dad!
- (tires squealing)

Hold it, hold it.
What was that?

(steam whistling)

Is that something
on your end, Mike?

Mike, come in.
What's going on?

(clanging)

Daddy, what is this?

- I don't know, baby.
- (shrieks)

(electricity crackling)

Mike, come on.

(whistling)

- (horns honking)
- (tires squealing)

(whistling)

(Kelly gasps)

(siren wailing)

- We're gonna die.
- No, we're not.

I'm gonna need
both hands, sweetheart.

Emmit, what's
the nearest fire station

- for Wilshire and Stanley?
- Dad!

What are you looking at, Mike?

Mike? Mike, come in.
What's going on?

Fire, heavy,
on the ground and structural.

And there's immense conical smoke
coming up out of the tar pits.

And something like meteors
coming up out of the smoke.

Sounds like you said
something like a meteor.

- (explosion)
- Kelly: Look out!

Or something like bombs.

Emmit, get ahold of that geologist
Amy Barnes right away.

- You have Amy Barnes, Katie?
- Well, check him again.

No, I'm swamped.

We're looking all over for her, Mike.
Nobody knows where she is.

- Okay in here?
- Still shaking, man.

- Everybody all right?
- (baby crying)

(gasping)

God damn it!

(siren wailing)

(water bubbling)

(whistling)

Where are we?

Power failures on all the lines.

- Contact with the trains?
- All but one.

I think we've got a problem.
Number four train

westbound on the Red Line
outside MacArthur Park.

Temperature on board
reached 20 degrees above normal.

And it's still going up.

What do you want to do, Stan?

I'm going down there.

Get a team together.

(steam hissing)

- (coughing)
- (moaning)

- Man: What happened?
- (coughs)

Everybody okay in here?

Man: How you doing?
What's happening?

I'm fine.
I think we had an earthquake.

- Earthquake?
- Yeah, are you okay?

- What's causing all that heat?
- I don't know, sir.

Hey, I'll help you.

No, no, please.
Stay where you are.

- Nobody move.
- Why is it so hot in here?

I'm gonna try and open
one of these doors for you.

Woman:
I can't breathe.

Reporter: The power outage
is pretty widespread.

A number of fires
are breaking out...

Refinery info's coming in.
I got Marty on that.

Hyperion's got no damage.

We're still waiting on
Tillman Reclamation.

- They're not calling.
- Okay, look, call DWP.

- Stay on it. Yes, Chief?
- Roark?

- No, this is Reese, sir.
- Where's Roark?

- He's on his way.
- I'm gonna be delayed.

My damn car's stuck
behind my damn gate

because we have
no damn power!

Yeah, I got it.
No damn power.

Very good.
Reese out.

Jerk.

(sighs)

Lisa, get me a bottle
and a half of aspirin.

Our staff is caught in traffic
and we will...

mainly due to the quake.

Man on radio:
This is KNX 1070

continuing our live coverage
of this morning's quake.

A situation is developing
in the Wilshire District.

- (sirens wailing)
- Our Bob Davis is there now

reporting from
his car phone. Bob?

Mitch, I'm approaching
the scene now.

There's some kind of ash
falling everywhere.

Almost looks like
a gray snow.

Several buildings are burning
out of control at this hour.

It began a few minutes
right after the quake

started by
an undetermined source.

There was an explosion,
lots of breaking windows

and then flames.

Mitch: Bob, are we talking
about a ruptured gas line?

- (explosion)
- (whistling)

(truck crashes)

(clamoring)

Mike:
All right, calm down, everybody.

The fire department's on its way.
Put some pressure on that.

Emmit!
We've got a mess here.

Can you hear me?

I need a traffic perimeter
for three blocks

in every direction
around Wilshire and Stanley.

Okay, Wilshire and Stanley.
I'm on it, Mike.

Man on radio: 17 is down.
17's engine is down.

Wilshire and Curson.
Wilshire and Curson.

Reporter:
Several outbreaks of looting

following this morning's
strong quake.

Now, as you can see,
these pictures just coming in

to the Channel 10 newsroom
verify that looting is going on.

We are now hearing that
the National Guard

has been activated and is on
its way to Los Angeles...

(officer speaking
over loudspeaker)

(crying)

(tires squealing)

- (explosion)
- (gasps)

Stay with me.
You still with me?

You'll be okay.
Got help on the way.

Don't move, sweetheart.
You'll be safe here.

- You're leaving me here?
- No, I'm just going over there.

I'll be right back.

You'll be able to see me
the whole time.

- If you get scared...
- (honks horn)

...you honk that horn, okay?

Mitch, I've arrived at the park.
I'm there now.

Get out of here!
Don't touch that man.

Watch out!

Don't touch that man, ma'am.
The ambulances are on the way.

I'm a doctor.
This man has a skull fracture.

This other man has a compound
fracture in his left leg.

Can you get him off the street
and keep him warm?

And find out if there's anything
in the fire truck

that we can use as a splint.

There are firefighters
out in the street.

There's a man
inside the truck.

(man screaming)
Help! Help!

Get me out of here.
Help! Help!

Bob: It's getting harder and harder
to hear anything right now.

The roar is constant.
It's very loud here.

I can barely
even hear myself think.

There are geysers of steam
going up right out of manholes.

All I hear right now
is just this roaring sound.

It's roaring.

(roaring stops)

(rumbling)

(explosion)

(screaming)

Oh, my God.

Mitch...

Mitch, I don't know how
to describe this, but the tar...

the tar pits themselves
are on fire

and they're right now spilling
out onto Wilshire Boulevard.

It's coming right up
out of the ground itself.

It's as if the tar caught fire,
melted, and somehow expanded.

The downed fire truck
is still on its side.

Injured firefighters are desperately
in need of medical help.

Rescue personnel
are starting to arrive.

I know this sounds crazy,
but it almost looks like lava...

volcanic lava pouring
onto the street.

Dad!

Kelly.

(whistling)

(Kelly screams)

(screams)
Dad, hurry!

My leg is burning!
It hurts!

- It hurts.
- Stay calm.

Don't panic.
We'll get you out of here.

Come on.

Okay, baby, here we go.
We're gonna be fine.

- Dad, look out!
- Hold on. Hold on.

Dad, your feet.

Don't worry about it, baby.
Don't worry about it, okay?

Look, we're gonna jump,
all right?

Here we go.
You're gonna be fine.

Okay?

There seems to be a downed...

Fireman:
I can't move!

There seems to be a fireman
in the downed truck.

The driver's still inside!
Somebody get him out of there!

Let me out of here!
I can't move!

Help!

Get me out of here!
Get me out of here!

Get me out of here!

Oh, God!
Oh, my God!

- (screaming)
- Bob: Two firemen...

two firemen
have just burned alive.

This is horrible.
It's horrible.

It totally consumed
the wounded firefighters.

Try to get those out of there!
They're dragging other firemen

off the street now
in an effort to save their lives.

Watch his head.

- Watch his left leg!
- Give me a hand with this guy.

...suffering and human carnage

yet right along acts of incredible,
incredible bravery.

Fireman:
Fall back. Fall back.

We've got to get
more units here.

Watch out for his leg.

This girl has a burn on her leg.
Can you help her, too?

I have to get these men
to a hospital.

I'm going to take them to Cedars.

- You want me to take her, too?
- Dad!

Get down!
Get down!

Mike: Don't worry about it.
You're gonna be okay.

Stay calm.
Give me that telephone.

Mitch, that was a large
catering truck

and now it's just a huge,
huge ball of fire.

It's a fireball
burning out of control.

Emmit, we're at level one here.

I want you to have the CHP
close all the off-ramps

on the I-10 at La Brea,
La Cienega, Fairfax,

and bump that traffic perimeter
to 10 blocks

- away from the La Brea Tar Pits.
- I got that, Mike. What is it...

Emmit, I will give you
details later, just get it done.

Get some hoses
on those trees up there, fellas.

Turn the traffic around
on Wilshire right now.

Back up.
Get out of here.

- You're OEM, right?
- Yeah.

You need to be here,
she doesn't.

- She's my daughter.
- Yes.

This is a second-degree burn.

- I'll take her to Cedars.
- Ow!

It'll be fine, but it could get infected
if we don't deal with it.

Here's my name
and my pager number.

This is no place for her.
You know it.

Dad, we're going home, right?

No, sweetheart, this is not
a safe place for you to be.

We've got to get that leg
taken care of right now.

- But I want to stay with you.
- She got any medical allergies?

No. This lady's name
is Dr. Jaye Calder, honey.

She's a doctor.
She's gonna help you.

Watch your feet there, baby.

I want you to go with her.
I'll talk to you by telephone

as soon as you get to the hospital.
All right, there's my card.

Please, please.
You can't just leave me.

Honey, you cannot be here
and I have to stay.

- Why?
- Because it's my responsibility.

- So am I.
- (car starts)

Please, I promise
I won't get in the way.

Just go. Go!

- Go.
- Dad!

Dad!

(sirens wailing)

Hey, I need a radio.
I really need it.

You guys have your radios...

As you can see, we've got a lot
of confused people below us

running in every direction,
obviously terrified.

This man is... well, I can't even
guess where he's running.

- Ladies and gentlemen...
- No, I don't think so, Chief.

I mean, why would Mike
be running around down there?

- That's Mike Roark.
- Shut up.

What? No.
Look, I just talked to Mike, okay?

He was in the car.
Yeah, and besides,

this guy's a lot taller.

Look, Chief, I'm kind
of swamped right now.

I'd appreciate it if you'd
let me call you back.

- Yes, all right. Reese out.
- What the hell is that?

Marty, I'm looking at the same
damn thing you are.

You guys seeing this shit?

Reporter: What can only
be described as lava

is now snaking its way
down Stanley Avenue

just off Wilshire.

(sirens blaring)

Jim, this is Stanley Avenue
just off Wilshire.

The house behind me
has just exploded into flames.

And to put it bluntly,
all hell is breaking loose.

You can see the panic
in residents' faces.

Reporter #2:
And God knows what it is,

but something fiery
is raining down from the sky.

It's a war zone here.

- My dog is in there.
- You can't go in there.

My dog is in there.
Bill! Come here, boy.

- (barking)
- Come here, boy. Bill!

- My dog is in there. Bill!
- He'll be okay.

- Come here, boy. Bill!
- He'll be okay.

- Bill! Come here, boy.
- (barking)

(woman shouting)

(whines)

(barking)

(growls)

Come here, Bill.
Come here, Bill.

Oh, Bill.

- There he is.
- Oh, he's a good dog.

You got it.
You got it, boy.

My house, man.
I was born in that house.

- I know.
- Fire trucks!

How come I don't see
any fire trucks?

- They're up on Wilshire.
- I'm gonna get some help.

- I think you should pull over.
- Why?

Because this guy's leg,
it's, like, gushing.

There's a blanket
underneath him.

Pull it out and press it
down over the wound hard.

Look, I think that you
should just pull over.

If I don't get to the hospital now,
I'm gonna lose both of these guys.

Now do what I tell you
and help me out here.

Look, Kelly,

I know you're scared.
I'm scared, too.

So I'm gonna need your help.

Help me, okay?

(groans)

Reporter:
Still no one has any idea

what to put in the way
of this lava.

Declaration of emergency,
immediate assistance

from county, state,
and federal,

all available National Guard
units to this site,

and air tankers.

We're gonna have to drop
some water here.

Okay, now listen, Mike.
I've got a bunch of meds coming in.

I'm gonna route them
over to Midway.

- Is that okay with you?
- No, no. Send them to Cedars.

That's where we're sending
the patients. It's the safest place.

All right, Cedars. Good.

Look, I just got a little message
here from Sindelar.

He's stuck on the damn freeway
directing traffic.

- He wants me to tell you...
- I've got a desk.

- That's where I work.
- And never shall you stray.

- Yadda, yadda, yadda.
- Tell him not to expect me.

No problem.

Bob: Mitch, it's an even more
chaotic scene here

with emergency personnel
still desperate

to find some way of stopping
this thing.

Officers! Do you know where
the driver of that bus is?

- What are you talking about?
- Come with me. Come on.

Bob: Right now rolling past
the County Art Museum

igniting palm tree
after palm tree.

Reporter: Well, we now have
a name for this crisis.

It is, according to the US
Geological Survey,

a volcano.
Yes, you heard that correctly.

As remarkable as it sounds,
a volcano here...

Amy:
Excuse me!

Oh, my.

(explosions)

You would have
loved this, Rachel.

- (whistling)
- Cover!

- Cover!
- Hey! Hey, hey!

Don't. Look at it.
Keep watching it.

Now! Move!
You guys, that way!

It's a lava bomb.

You don't do anything

until you know where
it's gonna land.

Mike: All right,
I need 20 strong men

as soon as you can get them
standing right here.

Go get those firemen right now.
Get those officers right there.

(whistles)
Get over here, guys.

Right over here by this bus.
Right now. Let's go, hurry up.

God, This Hieronymus Bosch
is heavy.

That's 'cause he deals
with man's inclination

towards sin in defiance
of God's will.

- I didn't mean it like that.
- Oh.

All right, fellas, come over here.
Right over here, please.

- Are you all right?
- Hardly.

All right, gentlemen,
what I want to do is move the bus

up against the museum
like so.

- Like so?
- Yes, like so.

Then I want to shoot out the tires
on the other side of the bus.

I cannot turn it over unless
the tires on one side are flat.

All right?

What we want to do
is build a corridor

to keep whatever this is
out of the middle of Wilshire.

- Amy: It's lava.
- All right, it's lava.

- What?
- Get around to the front, fellas.

Hurry up. Let's move.
Get around to the front of the bus.

All right, on the count
of three, fellas.

One...

two, three.

We got it.
Go, go.

All right. Police officers
on the other side of the bus.

Shoot out those tires. Rest of you
guys right along this bus.

Right here.
Come here.

All right, on the countdown.
Aim low.

Three, two, one, fire.

(grunting)

All right, we know that stuff is lava.
What do I do next?

You have got to evacuate
the Westside.

This thing is gonna burn through
the city until it hits the ocean.

The Westside?
There's a million people.

They're gonna be
a million dead

or homeless people
if we don't evacuate.

This is going to destroy
everything it touches.

(coughing)

All right, he's still breathing.
Can you grab this arm?

- Yeah. He's heavy.
- Grab there. Right there.

All right, here comes the lava.
Let's go, let's go.

All right, let's get
this guy out of here.

Are you getting a sense of
what we are dealing with here?

This is a volcano.
All we can do is get out of its way.

You mean run for the hills
and hide.

- That's right.
- I can't do that, not ever.

- Man: Look out!
- Oh, God. Look out.

Stay with this guy.
Stay with him.

Hey, get that ladder
over here now.

- Bring it down.
- What are you gonna do?

- What are you doing?
- Get us out of here if I can.

Fireman:
Hey, watch out for those flames.

- All right, grab his feet.
- Get that ladder out of the fire.

- The hose is gonna burn.
- Mike: Come here.

- Out of here! Move out!
- We're not gonna do this.

Pull it out!
Get out of here, move.

Oh, God!

- Amy: Oh, God. Oh, God.
- Hang on.

- Push them in.
- I can't, the ladder's buckling.

There's too much weight on it.
I'm gonna have to swing 'em over.

Move it.

He couldn't swing us
the other way?

I'll ask him when
we get down there.

The hose is burning.
The hose is on fire.

- The hose!
- Ah!

- Shit!
- Hold on.

I'm holding on!

Faster. Move it.
They're cooking in there.

I'm burning!
My feet are burning!

Fireman: Keep the guy still.
The ladder's gonna give.

It's buckling.
Keep him still!

It's gonna break!
The ladder's going.

Amy: Keep still.
You're moving your legs.

- Keep still.
- Move it!

- Hang on. Hang on.
- Stop kicking!

(screams)

Oh, my God.

This guy needs some oxygen.

Get him over
to Cedars right away.

You all right?

Oh, sorry. Sorry.

- Are you all right?
- Yeah.

Oh, God,
I've never been better.

So what do we do now?
Come on.

(grunting)

(rumbling)

That lava
is coming from a vent.

The bad news is
there could be other vents.

Maybe bigger ones.
Maybe even 10 times as big.

Which means we probably have
not seen the main eruption yet.

- You think that's going to happen?
- I don't know.

I need specifics.
I need a phone.

- A phone. Give me that.
- Hey, I need that back.

- Get off the line.
- Stay where you are.

I'm right here.
I need that back.

Man: Hey, look, the lava's
moving around the bus.

- It's working.
- Give me that phone.

- Hey, that's property of KNX.
- Not anymore, pal.

All right, Emmit, how soon can you
get me a couple hundred K-rails?

- I want to build a corridor.
- What are K-rails?

They're freeway dividers.
Concrete freeway dividers.

Are you planning
on channeling this?

I don't think flood control
is gonna work.

- I'm on the telephone, all right?
- Sorry, sorry.

Mike, I'm gonna put
a call into Public Works.

I think they probably have
something we can use, too.

- Roark.
- And any private contractor we have

that's working on freeways,
doing roadwork...

Roark!

Whoa.

And call Gator.
Cedars is gonna be swamped.

I want him over there.

You don't want him
there with you?

No, Kelly is on her way
to Cedars now.

- She got burned, Emmit.
- Shit.

Look, she'll have a suite by the time
the sun comes up, all right?

All right, out. Out.
What?

All right, the bus
is just deflecting this, okay?

It is coming back around.
It's obviously got in the store.

We are dealing with very
determined stuff here.

All right, we're gonna
have to build some berms

- until the K-rails get here.
- Yeah? With what?

Well, we'll dig up the sidewalk.
We'll dig up the street.

We'll improvise, okay?

Reporter:
Literally hundreds of firemen,

police, city workers
have grabbed jackhammers,

pickaxes,
they've grabbed shovels,

to try to channel this lava.

...the ash and the smoke
in the air right now...

...even make a dent in this
latest attack on Los Angeles.

That wall has to be
five or six feet tall, fellas.

- Stay with it.
- It's hitting every side street.

We've got structural fires,

a couple hundred inhalation
cases already.

I can't keep it up
unless you get me some help.

I'm working on it. In the meantime,
do everything you can

to keep it on Wilshire.
You push abandoned vehicles

in there with your fire trucks
if you have to right there.

My street's on fire. You got to
get some trucks down there.

- What street?
- What street?

The one with the smoke
coming out of it.

- Stanley, right over there.
- Soon as we get this under control.

There won't be any houses
left by then, man.

Look, I'm sorry.
We'll get to it when we can.

Yo, I'm talking about
people's houses.

You're up here saving a museum.

You want to get this guy
off me?

- Hey!
- Oh, great. Mark Fuhrman.

- Let me see your hands.
- You got to be joking.

Give me your hands.

Yo, get your goddamn
hands off me.

- Terry, what's going on?
- Harassing a firefighter.

Bullshit.
I was asking that guy for help.

Terry, this is stupid.
Let him go.

- I'm taking him in.
- All right, he's all yours.

- Shouldn't you be saving lives?
- Don't move.

Stan: Watch that third rail.
I don't want anybody hitting that.

- Damn it, it's hot.
- It's getting hotter.

Watch that rubble right there.
Watch for the rubble.

Oh, Jesus.

There she is.

Looks like we got
a hell of a fire, Stan.

Yeah, we sure do.
All right, let's go.

Let's go.
Double time, let's go.

Can't be gas. They turned off
the whole quadrant.

It's got to be electrical.
Call LAFD.

Tell them there's a fire 500 yards
from MacArthur Park station.

Get those first aid kits
and those oxygen masks

down here now.

Here, give me that.

Come on.

Hit it.

Come on, hit it.

Oh, my God.

Give me a push.

Let's check these people
out in here.

Check 'em out
at the other end.

I've got a pulse here.
Look at the other one.

Come on, hurry up.
How many we got?

Give me a count here.
Give me a count.

Some oxygen up here!

- Stan.
- Just a second. Just a second.

Stan!

Let's get everybody out of here
on the station floor right away.

What do you got, Pete?

What the hell is that?

Get off the train.
Get off the train!

Every one of these bodies
off the train now!

Fireman's carry, go! Go!

- We can't get them all.
- Anybody see the driver?

- Give me your gloves.
- What are you doing?

I'm gonna go find the driver.

Every one of these people
off the train now.

- Pete: Stan!
- Come on, move it. Go!

Go!

Pete:
Stan, get back here!

Reporter: We are in
the parking lot at Cedars-Sinai

and this is an absolutely
incredible scene.

These injured people
are staying in the parking lot

because the emergency room
right now is filled to capacity.

The injured just keep coming
here one after another.

This to me seems
more like a MASH unit

than a major
metropolitan hospital.

- (phone rings)
- Yeah?

- Gator, you got my little girl?
- Right here.

- How is she?
- Doc says she's gonna be fine.

- Doctor: Nearly done.
- Let me talk to her.

Man's got a direct line to
the governor, but he's calling you.

- I'm fine, Daddy.
- This is gonna sting.

Honestly, I'm okay.

Okay?

I love you, baby.

Then stop sending
bodies this way.

We have got a full house
over here.

Well, I don't have any choice.

Cedars-Sinai is the only
emergency room

that's still safe
north of the flow.

Gator: We got earthquake victims,
car accidents, burns.

We got a ton
of smoke inhalation.

They're doing triage
on the sidewalk.

Put the post-ops in the mall.

Beverly Center's got to have
its own power. Put 'em in there.

- The mall, huh?
- Yeah.

Anything good at the Cineplex?

I'll have the cops close down
all the streets for you, Gator.

Jesus.
Oh, God damn it.

Jesus H. Christ.

Did you see that?
The flow's gonna turn.

Yeah, I saw it.
What's south of here, Lieutenant?

Convalescent homes,
hospitals, residences.

I'll tell you what's south of us.
A big gas station.

And a million houses
and everyone I know.

Where do you think you're going?
Get back in there.

- We need everybody we can get.
- Shit.

Mike:
Emmit, where are those K-rails?

I need them right now.

Hey, Terry, what were
you trying to do,

take that guy downtown?

Better take the freeway, man.

- Wilshire's looking pretty bad.
- Hey, enough.

- (coughing)
- Let's get these people on the cart.

Come on, Stan.
Come on, Stan.

Come on, Stan.
Where the hell are you?

(grunts)

(sizzling)

Holy Mary, mother of God,

pray for us sinners now
and at the hour of our death.

Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee...

Holy Mary,
Mother of God,

pray for us sinners now
and at the hour of our death.

Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou
amongst women

and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, mother of God...

Get on the walkie.
Make sure Jenkins is at the station.

- It's Stan.
- There he is.

- Jump, Stan!
- Come on, Stan!

Stan, get out of there!

Jump!

Get out of here!

Stan, you can't save him.

- Come on!
- Jump!

- Forget him.
- Come on, Stan.

- Come on!
- Come on!

Save yourself!

(screaming)

(coughing)

(Stan screaming)

Katie: Emmit, FAA is on the line.
They want an update.

- Where are we with the airports?
- Marty: We shut down all outgoing.

Everything incoming
is being rerouted to Ontario.

No, no, no, Marty. No.
Look at that screen, okay?

That cloud is blowing due east.

We got to send everything
to San Diego.

Emmit, they got a couple of
gas lines burning up Fairfax.

They can't get
any hydrant pressure.

It's like a blowtorch.
This thing's gonna pop.

- Swimming pools.
- What about swimming pools?

Pump out all
the swimming pools.

That's thousands
of gallons a pop.

- That's all the water we need.
- Emmit. Emmit.

Just got a call from La Brea.

There's total gridlock
from Pico to Sunset.

Didn't we send over
all those damn traffic cops?

That's who's calling.
They're stuck at Olympic.

Cars keep stalling out
because of all the ash.

It's clogging up
the air filters.

Chevettes, right?

Reporter: Okay, okay.
Now you can see it.

Coming right at us.
Just a relentless tide of lava

melting the street itself.

It simply incinerates
everything it touches.

Reporter #2:
They're using concrete,

they're using cars,
they're using benches...

You've got to get me
some water pressure.

I'd love to.
The whole city's out.

- The hydrants are going dry.
- Lights are out in San Francisco.

We've got to get
these guys some help.

- They're getting their asses kicked.
- Yeah, I can see that.

(sirens blaring)

Don't you hear me?
The lights are out in San Francisco.

The street is on fire.

Nobody gives a shit
about San Francisco.

(truck horn blares)

(radio chatter)

All right, good to see you.

What we want to do is build
a corridor out of these K-rails,

keep everything flowing down
Wilshire and headed west, all right?

- Where are the rest of them?
- What rest of them?

- This is it.
- There's only about 80 here.

82. Everything else
is stuck on the 5 or the 10.

We're trying to keep this city
in one piece, pinhead.

- 80 rails ain't gonna do it.
- What're you blaming me for?

Convenience, okay?
Maybe we could chopper more in.

One at a time?
Forget about it.

Why don't we knock down
a couple of buildings

and block this son of a bitch?

All right, come with me.
You guys come with me.

- You got to open up a reservoir.
- And the city drinks what?

There won't be a city
if you don't get off your ass.

- I'm doing the best I can.
- Knock this shit off.

What is with you people?

Chief, how long's it gonna take
this stuff to get to Fairfax?

At the speed it's moving,
about 10 minutes, give or take.

Is that enough time
to build a barricade?

Oh, fuck it.
All right, look.

Wilshire Boulevard,
Fairfax.

80 K-rails double-stacked
in a horseshoe, okay?

A cul-de-sac.

That's got to be a wall
at least six feet high.

All right, do you have any
helicopters, water tankers?

- Not yet, but they're on the way.
- All right, great.

Once you get this lava to pool,
dump everything you've got on it

all at once, try to form a crust.

Maybe it'll dam itself.
That's what they did in Iceland.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

This is like putting a Band-Aid
on a broken leg.

I got to tell you, I don't know
how many men

we should keep putting
in front of this thing.

We're gonna put as many people
in front of it as it takes.

Listen up, people,
let me tell you what's south of us.

No more museums,
no more department stores.

Just homes.

People, if we turn and run now,
they're gonna be defenseless.

You don't like my plan,
that's good.

Give me another plan,
but don't tell me we're backing out.

- Is everybody clear on that?
- Yeah!

All right, let's go
build a wall.

Come on, CAT,
push 'em over.

Push 'em over.

All right, come on,
push 'em on in.

Give me 14 to 15 guys
on each one of these things.

Right over here.
On this K-rail.

Right in here. Right in here.
Hold it, hold it.

Somebody hold this thing
on the other side.

Watch your legs.

Right over here, fellas.
Right over here.

Pick 'em up!

Right up under.

Let's go.

- Let's go.
- Come on.

We need more guys
on this one.

Shit, it's too heavy.

Hey, man,
you know what they say.

No pain, no gain.

- All right, that's it.
- I knew it. Here it comes.

I'm about to be the volcano
version of Rodney King.

Officer:
Give me your hands.

Roll tape, fellas.
Y'all got this, huh?

Give me your hands.

- Go home.
- I'm supposed to say thanks?

No.

- What'd you do that for?
- Let's go.

Come on, now.

Still don't have enough
guys over here.

Give us a hand.

(straining)

Yo, you block this shit, it stays
out of the neighborhood, right?

Yeah, that's the idea.

Come on, let's go.
Come on, move. Move!

Come on.
What you waiting for?

- Come on!
- All right.

Let's move this thing!

One, two, three.

(all groaning)

All right, come on.
Wheel it in. Wheel it in.

Get it in there.
Okay, keep moving.

(whistles)
Over there.

Reporter: With so many people
who have been horribly injured,

it is so easy to forget the victims

who can't tell you where it hurts.

And fortunately
these wonderful veterinarians

put their lives on hold
to help these animals.

This is a great story.

This potbellied pig was actually
trying to find his owner...

Okay, just one more stitch.

You're really brave,
you know that?

We got internal bleeding here.

Can you watch her?

Are you okay?

Yeah.

- Is the boy hers?
- Yes.

Hi, sweetie.
We're putting the kids in the mall.

- Prep her.
- Mommy.

- Mommy.
- How are you at babysitting?

Get me a milligram of epi
on board now.

- Hi.
- Hi.

You okay?

Mike: Step right up.
We don't have a lot of time.

- Roark.
- Yeah?

There is lava
in the Red Line.

Just came through
on the emergency band.

It overtook a subway train
near MacArthur Park

and completely destroyed it.

- It is still flowing?
- It stopped.

But I think there's more
under us.

There's got to be something
feeding this from below.

A source.
We know it broke through here

at the tar pits,
created this vent.

We now know that it broke
through at MacArthur Park.

That means that it's traveling
laterally underground

over the course
of at least eight miles.

Yesterday you said it flows
straight up.

I've never tracked lava
under a city before, okay?

I just don't know
what it's going to do

with man-made tunnels
to travel through.

It doesn't matter.
I need everything I've got

to deal with what's in front of me.
I don't have time to take a flier

- on a geological theory.
- All right, but somebody's got to.

I can only fight
what I can see.

I know.
Good luck.

- I'm gonna check it out.
- All right.

Reporter: Here's a recap of the
crisis as it stands at this hour.

Throughout the city,
Red Cross shelters are being

hastily erected out of
high school gymnasiums,

churches, and synagogues
in an attempt

to house the flood of shaken
citizens now left homeless.

Okay, ready, you guys?
Ready?

One, two, three.

Shh.

Okay, rock beats scissor
and scissor beats paper.

I'm not paper,
I'm lava.

What beats that?

My dad.

I hope.

(men shouting)

(sirens blare)

Save your hoses, Chief.

I want to let it pool up
all the way to the top.

- Save your hoses.
- Hold the hoses.

None across
until I give the word.

Just have to wait it out now.

This is the moment of truth.

The entire street is now
completely engulfed.

The weight of this lava has got
to be absolutely intense.

(speaking German)

Will this plan work?

(helicopters whirling)

(speaking German)

All right, that's it, Chief.
Open 'em up.

- Open hoses!
- Open hoses!

(cracking)

(cheering)

There must be thousands of
gallons of water being dropped

over this entire area.

The entire area
is absolutely drenched

and the steam that is coming off
of this thing is unbelievable.

Oh, shit.

(hissing)

(beeps)

Oh, God.

- (cheering)
- (horns blaring)

Reporter:
I don't believe this. It looks...

it looks just possible

that this whole thing
may be nearing an end.

Reporter #2:
It's working.

This incredible gamble
seems to be paying off.

Did we just beat this bastard?

- It looks like it.
- (laughs)

- Flood control!
- Reporter: Ladies and gentlemen,

- it is a miracle of the Miracle Mile.
- Hallelujah!

Reporter:
Look at the faces of these people.

Look at these guys.
It looks like they've done it.

They have accomplished
the impossible.

They've beaten back
Mother Nature

and claimed an extraordinary
victory over the volcano.

One last heroic stand
here on the corner

of Fairfax and Wilshire.

Hell of a party.

I probably should have
brought a hat.

- Chief.
- Yeah?

They need some help
over on Stanley.

Structural fires.
Residential.

Miller, get your engine
over to Stanley.

Yes, sir.

I guess that's my bus.

Hey, good luck.

You, too, man.

Let's see what this baby can do.
Come on, you ready or what?

Yo, I always wanted to ride
one of these things, man.

Stanley Ave.,
here we come.

Whoo!

You're a good man, Terry.

- All right, Roark.
- (phone ringing)

Way to go, guys.

Roark.
Hey, way to go.

How fast can you get to the corner
of Wilshire and Western?

- We got a problem.
- No, not anymore.

We got it stopped.

The volume of ash coming down
is way too high to think

- that we're out of danger.
- Then how come it stopped?

Maybe it didn't.
Maybe it just went someplace else.

How do you know
it didn't just stop?

You know, I don't.
But when Mount St. Helens blew,

the force was
27,000 times greater

than that
of the Hiroshima bomb.

You think that vent released
anywhere near

- that much energy yet?
- No.

Let's just assume
we haven't seen the real bulk

of the magma yet, okay?
Trust me, get down here.

Shit.

(revs)

Hey, hey!
That's my bike!

Reporter: As crews battled
the flow on Wilshire and Fairfax,

emergency rooms
at Cedars-Sinai, Midway,

and Kaiser Permanente
hospitals have all reported

that their staffs
and supplies are being...

Yes?

Norman: Jaye, I want you back
home with me where it's safe.

Norman, can we talk later?

I don't like his breathing.
Let's tube him.

Norman:
Jaye, you've been there for hours.

Let someone else take over.

God knows what those people
are coughing up on you.

Woman: Dr. Calder,
we need some help over here.

- I'm hanging up now.
- Jaye!

Amy:
Go!

- (hissing)
- Oh!

Right over the Red Line.

That steam could come
from anywhere.

Maybe the earthquake
broke a water main.

- How'd it get heated?
- I don't know.

- You've got to lower me down.
- I'm not letting you go down there.

- Why? It's too dangerous?
- Yes.

- I thought it was a water main.
- All right, I'll go.

You'll go?
How are you gonna get up?

- I'm gonna lift you?
- I'm not letting you go.

Then what are we gonna do?

Amy: Oh, God.
This is so stupid.

The city's finally paying
for its arrogance.

Which particular
arrogance is that?

Building a subway under land
that's seismically active.

Yeah, it was a foolish man
that built his house upon the sand.

Mathew 7:26.

A favorite
among geologists.

All right,
there's the tunnel.

- I don't see anything.
- What way are we facing?

- West?
- I don't know.

I can't see anything.

Huh?

- Hey!
- Ah!

Oh!

- Damn.
- (coughing)

Ah, damn!

Oh, God.

The tunnel's insulating it.
It's like a lava tube.

It's keeping it superheated
and fluid,

which is why
it's moving so fast.

Yeah, but moving where?

It's gonna go through the tunnels
until it hits a block.

When it hits a block,
it's gonna punch through.

You mean erupt.

Yeah.

One, two, three.

How far between
tunnel sections?

- How should I know?
- Guess.

10 or 12 feet.
Yes, this is Roark.

I need to know
where the Red Line stops.

Got to figure out
how fast this this is moving.

You mean where
the last station is?

No, no, no.
Where did you stop the tunnel?

We stopped drilling under
the Beverly Center at La Cienega.

My God.
That's where Cedars-Sinai is.

That's where Kelly is.

How long before
it hits La Cienega?

Hold on.

How long before it hits
La Cienega?

I don't know.

If a tunnel's caved in anyplace,
it's gonna be a little bit slower.

God, 30 minutes,
maybe less.

That's no good.
That's not enough time.

- No kidding.
- We got to move those people.

No, no.
That ain't a possibility, Mike.

We don't have any hands left
for that kind of evacuation.

We got secondary fires
popping off all over the city.

They're looting in Beverly Hills,
for Christ's sake.

All right, then we have to reroute
it or block it in some way.

We got 2,000 people in the way
down there, Emmit.

Mike, listen, Moses couldn't
reroute this shit, okay?

It's everywhere.

We got a flow in the storm drain
under Fairfax.

The Genesee transformer's out.
That means the whole Westside...

Wait, wait.
Where's that storm drain go?

It dumps into Ballona Creek.

- What?
- What did you just say?

- Emmit.
- Hold on! Hold on!

It dumps into Ballona Creek.

Ballona Creek goes into the ocean.

Yeah, we caught
a break on that one.

Yeah, I would say.
How close is it to Cedars?

It's close enough.
All right, listen up, Emmit.

I need a demolitions team,
LAPD, National Guard,

- private contractor or all three...
- Bobby, move. Move!

...at San Vicente and 3rd
right now

loaded with everything
they've got.

(chuckles)
Oh, shit.

Man, I want to be like Mike.

(sirens blaring)

Reporter:
Right outside Cedars,

we don't know
what's going on right now.

Officials have told people

around here to evacuate
immediately.

Now realize, these are
injured people.

Some severely injured.
So something is going on.

All right, here's what
the lava is doing.

It will flow down
the Red Line subway tunnel.

It will continue until it comes
to a dead end right here

under this intersection.

This is the Holly Hills
storm drain extension.

It connects here
to the Holly Hills trench.

And anything that flows into
that trench is gonna come through

the storm drain on down
the Ballona Creek to the ocean.

- We got 25 minutes here.
- No, we've got 20 minutes.

All right, we got 20 minutes
to extend the San Vicente trench

200 yards up San Vicente
Boulevard to this place right here.

- Extend it?
- Yes, extend it.

- Lieutenant, where are we at?
- Ground zero.

He said the lava's gonna
break through right here.

- Right here?
- Mike: Yes, right here.

Look, what I want you to do is drill
holes in San Vicente Boulevard.

Lower enough charges
into it to blow up a trench

200 yards long as wide
as the street and as deep

- as you can possibly make it.
- What?

We're gonna take this thing
to the ocean.

Wait a minute.
This is not gonna work.

The street slopes the other way.
Look at the contours.

Look here. It is not
going to move into the trench.

It is going to go
the opposite direction

right into the patients.

Maybe some of it
can be diverted...

It won't.
Would you trust me?

It is going to flow
that way.

Now everybody just grab
some stretchers.

Let's save as many lives
as we possibly can, okay?

Ed: There's a couple
of thousand patients.

They're doing surgery in the street.
We can't possibly save everybody.

Oh, I know that. I sent them all
over there along with my daughter.

I...

I don't...

I don't know what to do.

- What about a dam?
- What?

What about a dam?
Something that we can drop

in front of the hospital
and divert the flow this way.

- What?
- What you said.

- Knocking a building down.
- Are you serious?

Yes, I'm serious.
Look at that thing.

That's got to be 50,000 tons of steel
and concrete. Will that work?

You are gonna knock
a building down?

Yes, I am.
Will it work?

I think it might.
I think it might.

Wait, you want to bring that thing
down flush against the mall?

- Absolutely.
- That's a precision drop.

That takes days to plan.

Set a speed record.

So you just want
to blow up the street

and knock down a building
in 20 minutes?

- 19 now, buddy.
- Let's split the squad.

All right, what do you
want me to do?

Find my daughter.

Please.

I left her with
a Dr. Jaye Calder.

I gave that woman my child,
she gave me this card.

Find her.

Okay.
I'll find her.

Okay? Trust me.
I'll find her.

(men shouting)

Sergeant. Bring your men
and follow me right now.

Caltrans, come this way.
Put your first charge right there.

Food.
Where's Tommy?

He went through there.
Can I have French fries?

- (people screaming)
- (police shouting)

Officer:
Remain calm.

We are evacuating
the triage units now.

(speaking Spanish)

Excuse me.
I'm looking for a little boy.

- He's about three years...
- Un momento.

Have you seen a little boy?
He has blond hair.

You should be back
in there, honey.

No, I'm looking for a little boy.

One of the Red Cross
people will find him.

No, you don't understand.
He's my responsibility.

Man: Everybody out.
We're evacuating the Hard Rock.

All right, people. Evacuate.
We must leave right now.

Everyone put down
what you're doing.

Everyone out.
We must evacuate.

Everyone out.
Put down what you're doing.

Come on, let's go.
Bring that through.

- Is the building empty?
- Yeah, all clear.

Reporter: We're told that large
amounts of explosives

are being brought in from
National Guard armories,

private contractors,
and LAPD depots.

That's good, fellas.

Reporter: It's an extraordinary
effort underway here.

Tommy!

This urgent advisory from the city's
emergency operations center.

(overlapping broadcasts)

As a result of the emergency
situation in the area

surrounding the Beverly Center,

there is the possibility
of a series of explosions.

Please do not leave your homes.

Stay away from windows
and protect yourselves...

(police talking
over loudspeaker)

They put some kids in the mall.
In the Hard Rock, I think.

Okay, you've done your duty.
Can we go now?

Do you think there's a chance
she still might be there?

Maybe. She was watching
some children.

Norman, hold this.
What have we got?

- Thank you.
- Here, take this.

These people are strangers, Jaye.

Are you gonna die for them?

Jaye, answer me.

I am answering you, Norman.

This man's in cardiac arrest.
I'm defibrillating.

- Charging.
- Shit!

- Clear!
- I'm out of here.

(pulses)

Not much time.
Hurry up.

Reporter: An amazing scene
here as demolition teams

and city workers pour
into the area.

Reporter #2: Once again, if you
live in the Beverly Center area,

stay inside and stay away
from all the windows.

Kelly!
Kelly Roark!

- Kelly Roark!
- Man: Beware of flying glass.

Kelly!
Kelly Roark!

- Low, are you set?
- Ready!

- Danny, are you all ready?
- We're good.

- (rumbling)
- Here it comes.

- Danny, are you ready?
- 10 seconds away.

You haven't got 10 seconds.

(people screaming)

It's coming.
It's coming.

Everybody out!
Everybody out!

Get out of here!
Move it! Move it!

- Come on, come on.
- Come on, move!

- Go, go, go, go!
- Give me a hand here.

- Put them in.
- We got to move, buddy.

- (screaming)
- (hissing)

It's gonna blow.
It's gonna blow.

- I'm done!
- Look out!

(screams)

(screaming)

- (all gasp)
- What the?

My God.

Reporter:
This is just an incredible scene.

We are watching,
literally, a stampede...

Some...

some...

(screaming)

(lava bomb whistling)

My leg,
I think it's busted.

Get me out of here.

- Ah!
- It's broken.

Kelly Roark!

- Tommy.
- Start detonation sequence.

(siren blaring)

(straining)

Ah!

It isn't gonna budge.
Go on, get out of here.

- You can make it if you run.
- I won't leave a man down.

I'm gonna get you
out of here, pal.

(straining)

- Ed: La Cienega, are we clear?
- La Cienega clear.

- Lower San Vicente?
- Lower San Vicente all clear.

- Upper San Vicente?
- Upper San Vicente all clear.

Tower? Tower, can we go?

We have to go.
I repeat, are we clear?

I got all hell
breaking loose up here.

We got to go now.
I repeat, are we clear?

- We got to go now.
- Tower clear.

I copy.

Go.

Hold it.
Hold it, there's a kid out there.

There's a kid out there
on 3rd and San Vicente.

Hold it. Hold it.
There's a kid out there.

- Tommy.
- (Tommy crying)

Get out of there!
Kelly, get out of there!

Abort. There's people.
Abort the...

stop the explosions!

(Tommy crying)

- (screaming)
- (crying)

Reporter:
The skyscraper...

Dad.

Get out of there!
Kelly, get out of there!

Reporter:
Jim, as far as we can tell

through the clouds
of dust and rubble,

this audacious plan
seems to be working.

Reporter #2:
Relieved city officials

are breathing their first sigh
of relief in many hours

as this desperate strategy
looks like it's paying off.

Reporter #3:
And in the triage area

there is rejoicing
as the lava flow...

Mike Roark?

Mike Roark,
are you there?

Mike?

Reporter:
...through the dust and smoke

there is an atmosphere
of celebration here.

People are laughing
and smiling.

Feeling a sense of more
than just relief.

And about 200 feet away,
there is a 20-story apartment building

lying on its side,
a temporary dam.

Roark?
Roark, can you hear me?

Roark!

Roark, can you hear me?

The flow is at Crescent Heights
and turning.

The trench is holding.

Reporter: The improvised rerouting
through the storm drains

and trenches
seems to be holding.

Roark!

Amy:
Roark!

Approaching
Wilshire intersection.

Reporter: The flow is passing
underneath the 10 freeway.

And way down below us
we can see that fiery flow

moving along the creek.

The concrete walls
seem to be holding up

against the weight of the lava
as it steams toward the Pacific.

- Roark!
- Roark!

(people continue calling)

Mike:
Hey! Over here!

Katie:
Just got word on Mike.

He's okay.
His little girl, too.

- Roark is okay.
- Nice.

(cheering)

(sighs)

Reporter:
And it is good news at last.

Satellite pictures show
the volcano is shutting down.

The lava is subsiding.

This may be the first chance
for stunned Angelinos

to finally look around
and take stock.

For with nearly 100 dead,
thousands injured,

and damage in the billions,

this crisis has surely
touched every one of us.

Let's go find your mom.
What's she look like?

She looks like...

Look at their faces.

They all look the same.

(thunder rumbling)

(cheering)

Well...

had I been in charge, I would
have evacuated the Westside,

sacrificed half the city,

maybe made parking
a little easier in Beverly Hills,

but I would have been wrong.

If you'd have been in charge,

we would have known about
this 24 hours in advance.

You saved a lot of lives today.

Aw, shucks, Roark.

I let the guy out of my sight
for one minute.

Max, go. Go.

Hey, Kelly.
Look who we brought you.

(gasps)

- Max!
- Mike: Hey, Maxie.

Aw.
(laughs)

Just another day
at the office, huh?

Yeah.

Mr. Roark.
We got a phone call for you.

It's Chief Sindelar.
Yeah, just a moment.

- Finally made it in, huh?
- Yeah.

He says we got
mudslides in Malibu.

Yeah, a couple hundred
structural fires,

gas and power's down
over half the city,

gridlock on all the freeways.

Hope you got some
bright ideas for this.

I do.

You handle it.
I'm on vacation.

I'm going home
with my daughter.

Come on.

- Come on, Max.
- (barking)

You know, I could
get used to this, Mike.

(chuckles)

All right, let's go.
Hello, Chief.

No, it's still Emmit.

I know.
I don't know what to tell you.

It's not personal.
Yes, it's raining here, too, sir.

Guys, it's a little wet out here.
You want a lift?

Yeah.

Well, you said you wanted
to go to the Beverly Center.

- How'd you like it?
- (laughs)

- Huh?
- It was cool, Dad.

- Cool?
- Cool.

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♪ Imperial Highway ♪

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♪ Put down the top ♪

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♪ From the South Bay ♪

♪ To the Valley ♪

♪ From the Westside ♪

♪ To the Eastside ♪

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