Original subtitles

NARRATOR: Here are some scenes from part

one of "The Steel Inferno."

Ah, this annunciator smoke indicator is going on

and off like a Christmas tree.

MAN [ON WALKIE-TALKIE]: Assistant 7 to LA.

What are you trying to do?

MAN: We gotta get out here!

What've you got in mind?

You gonna fly?

[screaming]

I gotta get down to 16.

What?

Hey, look, no way.

They'll have to work their way up from below.

Look, I gotta find Sue, man.

Possible skull fracture.

Battalion 14, this is Squad 51.

MAN [ON WALKIE-TALKIE]: Squad 51.

We got about 10 victims up here on the 17th floor.

We need a triage team up here fast.

Go up high.

Get that center on here.

And could you send one down there?

Let's work your way up around that corridor.

I've gotta get some relief up here as soon as possible!

Rampart Emergency, stat.

Burn ward's been notified.

Very good.

Easy does it.

All right, try not to cough.

Try not to cough.

Easy.

That's good.

Breathe slowly. Breathe slowly, sir.

You'll be better off for it.

OK, guys, we'll take it from here.

Mike, you want to give me a hand?

Will do, will do. Take him and put them on O2.

I think he'll be OK.

Squad 110 is available.

MAN [ON WALKIE-TALKIE]: Squad 110, report to the 16th floor

and assist.

Squad 110.

Over on the other side of the splint box here.

Right here.

Thanks.

This should be the last of them. - I sure hope so.

Hey, Doc, when you get a chance--

Dr. Colby, we've got a possible skull fracture.

OK, I'll take care of it.

All right.

Possible punctured lung, probable hemothorax.

Roy, we need some O2.

We got a real problem here, Kelly.

Jean, can you handle it?

Michelle, I need a setup for a chest hap.

Can you find me some kind of a-- a pan or a dish?

Sure.

Hubcap?

Yeah, that'd be fine.

How bad's the fire?

We haven't even seen it yet.

- OK. - You need us for anything else?

No, go ahead and take off.

Right on the floor.

Battalion 14, this is Squad 51.

We're available.

MAN [ON WALKIE-TALKIE]: Squad 51, report to the 18th floor

and assist in search operations.

Battalion 14, HT 36.

There's no sign of vertical extension on 19.

We're continuing to search and evacuate.

MAN [ON WALKIE-TALKIE]: 10-4, 36.

We've got a helicopter coming from Coast Guard.

You can evacuate through the roof.

HT 36.

Right this way, folks.

I have a helicopter just up the roof to evacuate.

Keep moving, keep moving.

HT 110 to Battalion 21.

We got a lot of heat buildup on 16.

I'm gonna need some relief up here!

MAN [ON WALKIE-TALKIE]: 10-4, HT 110.

I'm sending you up two more companies, Engines 27 and 19.

HT 110.

Have you searched this floor yet?

We haven't had a chance yet.

Dave, I want you to get me some relief on the hoses.

Right.

Charlie, check out the offices in the far corridor.

Stand further back.

Gimme some fog.

Hey, Dave, we got some hot spots down that corridor!

Let's get a hose on it right away!

Right!

It's all clear, Cap.

We've got no people in there, but you got some hot spots.

Better get a line in there fast!

I'm gonna check this corridor.

Hey, Mike, let's get a line down that highway

and in those offices.

Anybody in here?

Anybody in here?

[sirens]

MAN [ON LOUDSPEAKER]: Assistant 7, Copter 14-42.

Where do you want us?

Copter 42, assist 27.

Evacuation from roof.

MAN [ON LOUDSPEAKER]: Copter 42.

Anybody in here?

Any-- hey!

Anybody in here?

Hey, hey!

Come on, get outta there!

Are you all right?

I-- I thought I'd be OK here.

Well, you're not OK. We're evacuating the building.

It's burning. Come on!

Well, I thought I'd be safer if I stay put.

Are you sure you're OK?

Huh?

Oh, yeah, sure. - OK.

Come on, let's go.

I'll get my bag, huh?

Now, I'm all set.

Good. Go.

- Oh, right. - Go.

Get outta here.

What are you doing now?

I've gotta lock up.

All right, look.

Go down here to the emergency stairway, right?

Walk to the roof, and the copter will take you outta here, OK?

That should be exciting.

Yeah, very exciting.

Is anybody in there?

[coughing]

Just take it easy.

I'm hurting pretty bad.

How about you guys?

You all right?

Can't breathe.

Just take it easy.

Squad 110 to Battalion 14, I need assistance

with four victims on 16.

MAN [ON WALKIE-TALKIE]: Squad 110.

Battalion 14, this is Squad 51.

Available to assist.

MAN [ON WALKIE-TALKIE]: 10-4, 51.

Dave, let's go.

110 needs us on 16.

All right.

You should've seen the weirdo I found hiding up

underneath the desk in there.

What have we got?

We got two burn victims and two smoke inhalation.

Can they be moved?

The faster, the better.

All right, let's go then.

We're gonna get you guys outta here.

Take it easy.

[sirens]

MAN [ON LOUDSPEAKER]: Assistant 7, Copter 14-42.

We have seven victims aboard.

We are transporting to Rampart General Hospital.

MAN [ON WALKIE-TALKIE]: Assistant 7.

MAN [ON LOUDSPEAKER]: LA Coast Guard, 14-42.

MAN [ON LOUDSPEAKER]: 14-42, LA.

MAN [ON LOUDSPEAKER]: LA, we are transporting seven victims

to Rampart General Hospital.

ETA four minutes to hospital.

MAN [ON LOUDSPEAKER]: 10-4, 14-42.

He goes to Rampart General right away.

Mac, this is the triage team.

We've sent one major and four minor to Rampart and two

minor burns to St. James.

We need five more ambulances and 10 bottles of O2.

Dr. Morton, you want to give me hand here?

I'll set him over here.

He's badly burnt.

I'll put him down here.

Is he OK?

[coughing]

We're going to want set up for two normal saline IVs.

- All right. - Wait a minute.

This arm, the vein's shot. How about that one?

No, it's burnt.

OK, let's go for a jugular stent.

All right.

Holly?

Yes, Doctor?

Administer five milligrams of morphine

sulfate and be sure you write it on the tag.

Yes, Doctor.

I want this man sent to the St. James

burn ward as soon as possible.

St. James burn ward.

St. James.

- Hey, I'm beginning to hurt. - All right, all right.

Take it easy, will you? Just take it easy.

Here, breathe some of this oxygen. You'll feel better.

OK.

Hey, Dave, you guys are all right here.

I'm gonna go back and finish checking 16.

MAN [ON LOUDSPEAKER]: LA Coast Guard, 14-42.

MAN [ON LOUDSPEAKER]: 14-42, LA.

MAN [ON LOUDSPEAKER]: LA, unloading patients

at Rampart General Hospital.

Returning ETA to roof evacuation, six minutes.

MAN [ON LOUDSPEAKER]: Roger, 14-42.

Take her to Dr. Horowitz in orthopedics.

All right .

Now, keep her on O2.

Uh, treatment room 5.

Someone will be with her in a minute.

All right, come on, come on.

WOMAN [ON LOUDSPEAKER]: Emergency in 6.

Emergency in 6.

Oh, boy.

Susan!

Sue!

Anybody in here?

Fire department!

Hello?

Hey, Cap!

Cap, fire down this end!

There's a fire in here that's fully involved.

Battalion 21, HT 110.

We got a fire on the 18th floor on the extreme north

side of the building.

At least three rooms fully involved.

Changed the floor on us.

MAN [ON WALKIE-TALKIE]: HT 110, can you start a holding action?

WOMAN [ON LOUDSPEAKER]: Negative.

Repeat, negative.

I don't have enough men.

MAN [ON WALKIE-TALKIE]: Assistant 7, did you copy?

I'm gonna need more crews up there.

Assistant 7.

MAN [ON WALKIE-TALKIE]: Assistant 7, Battalion 21.

We've got a new fire on the north side of 18.

Copy that.

I'm sending up four engines and two trucks.

42s and 86s are on their way now.

What the--

MAN [ON WALKIE-TALKIE]: Battalion 21.

Oh, no.

It's dead.

Let me see if can't pry the door open

and we'll see where we are.

Battalion 21, this is Squad 51.

The elevator stopped on us between the 14th and 15th floor

and won't restart.

MAN [ON WALKIE-TALKIE]: Battalion 21.

All right, you want to give me a boost?

With out without your tanks?

WOMAN [ON LOUDSPEAKER]: Dr. Baker, outside call, please.

Dr. Baker, outside call, please.

Castro.

OK, smoke inhalation.

Take him to Dr. Early in room 1.

OK, get her to surgical receiving, stat.

Come on, come on, hurry it up.

WOMAN [ON LOUDSPEAKER]: Miss Jones, reception, please.

Miss Jones, reception, please.

MAN [ON WALKIE-TALKIE]: Assistant 7, Battalion 14.

The board here in the lobby shows

all the elevators have stopped.

Assistant 7.

Battalion 2, it looks like the elevators are out.

MAN [ON WALKIE-TALKIE]: I heard.

We won't be able to send you any more

men for about 10 minutes.

Can you handle this thing on 18 with what you've got?

MAN [ON WALKIE-TALKIE]: Yeah, I think we can manage.

I'll send in Engine 19 with two 2 and 1/2s up there.

I'll have Engine 27 relieve on the 17th.

10-4, Battalion 21.

LA, Assistant 7.

We have fires on the 17th and 18th floors,

and now the elevators have gone out.

We're going to need eight engines and three more trucks

for stairwell support and more air bottles.

Start another move up.

MAN [ON WALKIE-TALKIE]: Assistant 7.

JOHNNY: You up?

Yep.

JOHNNY: All right.

Gimme some time.

I'm gonna have to wedge this door open.

Just a sec.

OK, door open.

All right.

Get it.

Need a hand up.

Well, that's that.

OK.

All right.

Soon as we get out, I'll hand it to you.

Then you can hand it to me.

Yeah.

All right, let me-- good grief.

Hope the roof holds on this one.

Put together a type and crossmatch

to send him up X-ray.

WOMAN [ON LOUDSPEAKER]: Dr. Parker, outpatient area.

Dr. Parker, outpatient area.

Sever smoke inhalation. Let's get him intubated.

Yes, Doctor.

[sirens]

WOMAN: I mean, I feel like falling out of my purse.

Yes, yeah.

Evelyn.

Evelyn, oh, Evelyn!

What are you doing?

I'm sorry.

I-- I thought.

I don't know who he is.

DAVE: Roy!

Johnny!

What?

Anybody seen Charlie?

We just got here ourselves.

He was supposed to finish searching 16.

Squad 110, this is Squad 51.

Do you read?

Squad 110, this is Squad 51.

Do you read?

We best go on in.

Johnny, Roy, in here!

All right, take it easy, man.

OK, OK.

Easy, easy.

The office, Dave.

Check the office.

Sure, the office.

He's already in there.

Take it easy, man.

Take it easy.

Oh, dang it.

My arm.

Take it easy.

There's somebody here.

Battalion 21, this is squad 51.

We got three victims here on 16.

Are the elevators operating?

MAN [ON WALKIE-TALKIE]: Negative 51.

10-4.

We're gonna have to mule them down the stairwell.

All right.

Come on, take it easy.

You're OK.

I can't leave you alone for a minute, can I?

How is he?

I've seen mugging victims worse.

Let's get out of here.

OK, Trish.

Start him with 100% O2.

Get him on the respirator, and get

blood gas and a chest X-ray.

Yes, Doctor.

She'll be OK.

Give him some O2.

Miss, Miss, can you help me?

I don't know.

What's your problem?

I can't-- I-- who's in charge?

Look, we're kind of rushed. You'll have to excuse me.

Wait, Miss, please.

Who can I talk to?

Look, the helicopter's bringing

a man down with emphysema.

He's going to need low-flow oxygen.

I want you to tell me when he's on the ramp, OK?

All right, go.

Excuse me?

Do, uh, do you have anybody by the name of Davis here?

Oh, I don't know. I--

Evelyn, a young girl, a-- a young woman.

She was wearing a blue-- - Look, I'm sorry.

I can't help you.

Hey, get that out of the way there!

OK, you can take her now. She's gonna be OK.

ROY: Doc?

Yeah?

What have you got, Roy? We're stretched pretty thin.

We got two inhalation victims. We can take care of them.

We got a slightly bashed-in paramedic.

I'll take care of him.

What's happening? - The ceiling fell in on him.

I don't think there's anything serious,

but he does have a sore left shoulder.

All right.

All right, we'll take care of him.

Thanks, Doc.

Hey, take it easy, pal.

Everything's going to be OK. - Sue.

Dave, is she all right? - She's all right.

She's right over there.

Johnny got her on O2.

Nothing but a slight case of firefighter's lung.

Thanks, man.

See you later, pal.

How's it coming?

Not bad, not bad at all.

I could sure use a bath.

Join the club.

It was horrible up there.

Charlie.

Is Charlie all right?

Yeah, the doc's working on him now.

How bad is he?

Oh, I'd diagnose it as the week-off-anai.

You know what that is?

It's paid vacation.

You'll like it.

She's in fine shape.

You might get a new set of vitals on her.

Just keep her on O2.

OK, take her to Dr. Santorum, room 3.

Get her to X-ray, stat.

Darling.

Are you all right?

I'm going out of my mind.

I stood you up again, didn't I?

It doesn't matter.

But it's for the last time.

I swear to you, it's for the last time.

I love you.

You checked the aid station in the garage, huh?

Yeah, no sign of him.

Man, I'm beginning to worry about Mike.

I haven't seen him since the fire started.

- Well, where did he go? - I don't know.

He asked me to relieve him for about 10 minutes.

Hey, I bet he's hitting the bottle

again, sleeping on the job.

You know they almost caught him last week?

You think he could've started this fire?

Oh, no.

He doesn't even smoke.

He just finds some place empty, and he

crawls in and goes to sleep.

Well, if he's still up there, he

could be in plenty of trouble. - Yeah.

I shouldn't have let him talk me into covering for him,

you know? I felt sorry for him.

I thought I was doing him a favor.

- You know this guy? - Yeah, that's Mr. Wells.

He works for Mr. Warren.

He's a coin dealer up on 18.

- What's the problem? - I don't know.

He was acting kind of weird, and he's

got a lot of expensive-looking items in here.

How many times do I have to tell you?

I was just doing my job trying to save Mr.

Warren's merchandise for him.

Is there a safe in that office?

Yes, there is.

And it's a big one, too. - And fireproof, I'll bet.

SECURITY GUARD: Yeah. - Look, fellas--

Well, why don't we just find this Mr.

Warren you claim you work for?

Now, that'll settle things, won't it?

You see him come out?

No.

He might have been injured.

Why don't you take Mr. Wells here over to the aid

station in the garage? - Whatever you say, Sergeant.

Come on, Mr. Wells.

Let's see if we can find your boss, huh?

I bet he's really going to be very

grateful for what you're doing.

I didn't think he had it in him.

Charlie really came out of that lucky.

Mostly just brushed the fire off, too.

He was a fool.

He should have never checked out that hallway alone.

I guess he was kinda anxious about Sue,

not knowing whether she got out OK.

Yeah.

Well, there's a right way to do things and a wrong way.

That's mostly because the right way makes more sense.

You know what makes more sense?

Not to talk shop while we're on a break.

I'm beat.

Man, with those elevators out, I don't even

wanna think about making those stairs again.

Oh, stairs.

Don't even mention them.

MAN [ON WALKIE-TALKIE]: Squads 51 and 110, Battalion 14.

Are you available for an assignment?

Squad 51 and Squad 110 available.

Report to staging area.

10-4.

Let's go.

MAN [ON WALKIE-TALKIE]: Battalion 14, HT 110.

We're picking up a new hotspot on 20.

19th Division, Battalion 14.

Check your north corridors west of the elevators

for vertical extension to 20.

Staging, Assistant 7.

What have we got to put on this new fire?

Well, I'm going to have to pull two engine companies

from stairwell support.

All right, go ahead.

How are you fixed for equipment?

Well, I can give them two 2 and 1/2s.

We'll need some air bottles in about 15 minutes.

Assistant 7.

Good grief, 14 floors.

What a hypocrite.

I thought you said you weren't going to climb any more stairs.

I cannot fly.

Chief, you got another assignment for us?

Yeah, we're running out of air bottles for the crew

up on 19 and 20. Start moving them out.

And check for any real bad heat exhaustion cases up there, huh?

Right.

Oh, man, I don't believe it.

Porters.

World War III is going on, and we wind up as porters.

Oh, stop complaining.

My people have been doing it longer than yours have.

We oughta get him to the burn ward, stat.

I don't know how many more of these we can handle, Joe.

As many as we have to, Dix.

What are you looking for, Chief?

Any occupant above the fire floors

that might be using hazardous materials.

Look, this is an office building.

High price, too.

We don't know allow any manufacturing on the premises.

- How are we doing? - Well, hot and slow.

Look, we got really start working up the crawl from 19

into 20.

We want to get a couple of air bottles down there

and a few in here.

Hey, who's this, uh, who's this tenant in 2130?

Oh, that's Dr. Wayne.

He's a dentist.

Runs a very, very big operation.

Assistant 7 to 20th Division.

HT 110 on 20.

Go ahead.

We have a large-scale dental operation in suite 2130.

Get a crew on it right away.

Forget those air bottles.

Grab that hose pack and let's go!

Chief, look, what's, uh, what's the problem?

He's just a dentist.

Yeah, and dentists use oxygen and nitrogen oxide

under pressure.

And if it's a big operation, he's got lots of it.

If that stuff gets hot, it could blow.

It's here?

Something's wrong.

Let's get some--

Are you OK?

You all right?

Yes, I'm OK.

Battalion 21, this is Squad 51.

We just had a major explosion with injuries

on the 21st floor.

We need immediate assistance.

MAN [ON WALKIE-TALKIE]: Chief 21 to Divisions 18, 12, and 20.

Respond all available spare personnel to 21st floor

by both stairwells.

Firemen trapped and injured.

We gotta get out of here.

They'll never get to us in time.

Uh, the elevators are out.

Let's go down the shaft. - What about the captain?

We gotta take him with us!

We'll take him with us.

OK, now let's take what's left of that line

and wrap it around him and take him down between us, OK?

Johnny, you can go-- Johnny?

Johnny, you can belay us down, all right?

- OK. - You OK?

JOHNNY: I'm OK.

All right, I'll take this one then.

It's stuck on the eighth floor.

Johnny, you ready?

Hold it.

OK, ready.

OK.

OK, legs first.

All right.

Wait, wait. Hold it, hold it, hold it.

You're gonna have to hang on. I've run out of hose.

All right, we'll hang on.

Hey, hold up!

The grease is building up on our gloves!

We're slipping bad down here!

OK, all right.

I got you, I got you.

All right, you're gonna have to slow it down.

That's all I got.

All right, hang on then, hang on.

We'll get this thing off of you.

OK, I'll get out first.

- OK. - You got it?

I got it.

OK.

OK, bring him on back.

I don't believe it, but it worked!

He's coming to again.

Yeah.

Now, all we have to do is schlep him down 15 flights of stairs.

Does he have any broken bones?

Did you check him out?

I will in a sec.

OK.

Come on, just relax.

Easy, Cap.

He's off.

All we have to do is lift him up.

All right.

OK.

Let's noodle the whip.

You got him?

Yeah, yeah.

You got him?

Yeah.

Hold it, hold it.

Dave, hold it.

OK, take him away.

Your captain sure knows how to bounce.

He's got three cracked ribs, a mild concussion,

but we feel he's going to be OK.

Thanks, Doc. That's how he got to be captain.

MAN [ON WALKIE-TALKIE]: Battalion 21 to Assistant 7,

no further signs of fire on any floors.

We can release all units except those needed

for overhaul and cleanup.

Assistant 7.

Well, I don't know about you, but I'm not on cleanup.

Oh, man.

KELLY: I just talked to Diggs, and everything's under control.

Good. You know, I could use a drink.

- Hey, you guys, thanks a lot. - Good job.

Super job.

Thank you.

- Quite a day, huh? - Yeah.

Well, as disasters go, I think we got off easy.

Well, I'll tell you two things, Doctor.

We sure could've used a lot more help

and a lot better equipment.

But I still don't know where the money's gonna come from.

Neither do I, Doctor.

Neither do I.

What are you-- what are you people doing here?

This is-- this is private property.

And get those sample cases outta here!

Come on, use the service entrance.

Come on!

Let's go!

I'll get your names, find out who you guys are,

what's going on here.

Oh, to hell with it.

And they said firefighting is the world's

most dangerous profession.

Sure it is, pal.

Sure it is.

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