Original subtitles

THIS LOOKS LIKE A REALLY BIG MESS.

[NARRATOR]: THIS TIME ON HEAVY RESCUE: 401,

CHAOS IN TORONTO...

I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA HOLD THE WEIGHT.

[NARRATOR]: ...FORCES A TIGHT SQUEEZE.

AM I GONNA MAKE IT?

[SONNY SUBRA]: SLOWLY, SLOWLY!

[HORN BLARES]

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!

[NARRATOR]: A ONE-MAN RECOVERY CREW...

COME ON.

[NARRATOR]: ...MEETS HIS MATCH.

NO.

HOLY CRAP.

[NARRATOR]: AND A DEMOLISHED TANKER...

DIESEL FUEL IS LEAKING ON 'EM RIGHT NOW.

[NARRATOR]: ...SPARKS MAJOR TROUBLE.

WHOA! WHOA! STOP!

HOLY CRAP.

[SIRENS WAILING]

[HONKING]

[TRAFFIC NEWS]: THE WESTBOUND LANES OF THE 401

AN ABSOLUTE MESS THIS MORNING.

[NARRATOR]: NEAR AVENUE ROAD, IN THE HEART OF TORONTO...

[NARRATOR]: ...EMERGENCY CREWS

ARE FIGHTING A HALF-KILOMETRE, MULTI-VEHICLE MESS.

[NARRATOR]: WITH THE COLLECTOR LANES BLOCKED,

THE SLOWDOWN IN MORNING TRAFFIC

IS STRETCHING OUT OF THE CITY.

[SIREN WAILING]

RIGHT NOW, TRAFFIC IS PRETTY MUCH AT A CRAWL.

[NARRATOR]: JUST AFTER 8:00 A.M.,

OPP SERGEANT KERRY SCHMIDT MAKES IT ONTO SCENE.

[HORNS HONK, SIRENS BLARE]

WOW, THIS LOOKS LIKE A REALLY BIG MESS.

[NARRATOR]: A SEMI CLIPPED A BARRIER,

LOSING A WHEEL

AND FORCING A SECOND TRUCK TO VEER AND CRASH

ACROSS THE HIGHWAY.

[SCHMIDT]: FORTUNATELY, NO SERIOUS INJURIES TO REPORT,

BUT A BIG MESS OVER HERE.

HOLY!

[NARRATOR]: ...AND CLEARING IT

WILL BE UP TO THE CREW FROM STEVE'S TOWING.

[STEVE PILLAI]: WE GOT TWO SCENE,

TWO MAJOR ACCIDENTS.

IT'S CHAOS AND A BIG MESS.

OH, MY GOD.

IT HIT VERY HARD.

[NARRATOR]: HALF A KILOMETRE UP THE ROAD,

SONNY SUBRA IS RIGGING THE SECOND TRUCK.

IT'S HIS FIRST SEASON RUNNING STEVE'S ROTATOR,

AND EVERY JOB IS A CHANCE TO LEARN.

I ALWAYS LIKE THAT KIND OF PRESSURE ON ME.

EVERY DAY IT'S NEW THINGS, NEW PROBLEM.

NEVER BE THE SAME.

[NARRATOR]: THIS JOB

SHOULD BE A QUICK RE-OPENING OF THE LANES...

IT'S HURRY, HURRY, HURRY.

THEY'RE ALL WAITING ON US.

[NARRATOR]: BUT BACK AT THE FIRST WRECK...

STEVE!

IT'S ALL AGAINST THAT WALL.

LOOK AT THE ANGLE.

[NARRATOR]: ...THE JOB JUST GOT MORE COMPLICATED.

THIS TRANSPORT TRUCK HIT THE CENTRE MEDIAN,

AND BROKE FRONT AXLE,

AND IS LEANING ON THE EXPRESS SIDE.

HE'S ON THE GUARDRAIL NOW.

IT'S ALMOST READY TO FLIP OVER.

WE MOVE THIS TRAILER,

I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA HOLD THE WEIGHT.

DO YOU SEE THIS?

OH, MAN.

[SIGHING]

YO, HE'S GOT 40,000 POUNDS IN HERE.

[NARRATOR]: 40,000 POUNDS OF EPOXY RESIN

SLAMMED AGAINST THE TRAILER WALL.

WE UNLOAD IT, MAN.

[SONNY]: THE LOAD HAS SHIFTED TO THE ONE SIDE.

THERE IS NO WAY WE CAN HOOK IT UP

AND TAKE IT OFF THE HIGHWAY.

WE HAVE TO OFFLOAD IT.

WE HAVE TO UNLOAD THE WHOLE THING.

YOU HAVE TO UNLOAD IT?

OH, GOD. OKAY.

[HORN BLARING]

WE GOT NO OTHER CHOICE...

WE HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE.

GONNA BE A LONG DAY, I CAN TELL YOU THAT FOR SURE.

[♪♪♪]

[NARRATOR]: ON NORTH AMERICA'S BUSIEST HIGHWAY,

CLOSURE...

IS NOT AN OPTION.

[♪♪♪]

[HORNS HONKING AND BLARING]

[NARRATOR]: 160 KILOMETRES WEST ON THE 401...

[NARRATOR]: ...TRAFFIC IS BACKING UP OUTSIDE OF LONDON.

[TOW TRUCK HONKING]

YOU GUYS IN THE BIG TRUCKS, MOVE OVER.

YOU GOT A TOW TRUCK COMING DOWN THE LEFT SIDE.

[NARRATOR]: AND ROSS SERVICES' BEAR RENDERS

IS HEADING STRAIGHT FOR THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM.

JUST TRYING TO HONK THE HORN

TO WARN THESE PEOPLE TO MOVE OVER.

THESE CARS ARE HUGGING THE LINE...

[HONKING]

TOW TRUCK COMING DOWN THE LEFT SIDE, GUYS.

MOVE OVER, PLEASE.

[BLARING HORN]

HOLY COW.

[BEAR]: I'M PULLING UP ON SCENE,

AND I SEE RUBBER EVERYWHERE.

TWO LANES ARE BLOCKED.

THERE'S DEBRIS ON THE ROAD FOR PROBABLY 500, 600 YARDS.

WOW!

[NARRATOR]: A SEMI SIDESWIPED A ROAD MAINTENANCE VEHICLE.

[BEAR]: FROM RIGHT BY THE FIFTH WHEEL PLATE

ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE TANDEMS,

THIS TRAILER, IT'S TORN WIDE OPEN.

LOOKS LIKE WE GOT 40,000 POUNDS OF RUBBER PELLETS.

THERE'S NO WAY WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS DOWN THE ROAD

WITH THAT LOAD IN IT.

IT'S JUST GOING TO FALL OUT.

[NARRATOR]: AND THE IMPACT...

THE TRAILER SPLIT IN HALF...

[NARRATOR]: ...CAUSED EVEN MORE SERIOUS DAMAGE.

THE BASE IS CRACKED RIGHT IN HALF.

IF WE WENT TO MOVE THIS DOWN THE ROAD,

AND WE HIT A GOOD BUMP,

THE TRAILER WILL BUCKLE IN HALF,

AND THEN WE WILL BE REALLY SCREWED.

[NARRATOR]: SO THE FIRST STEP...

HERE IS THE VAC TRUCK.

[NARRATOR]: ...REMOVE THE LOAD.

[NARRATOR]: THE CLEANUP CREW ATTACKS THE CARGO

WHILE A SWEEPER TRUCK CLEANS THE ROAD.

WE GOTTA GET THIS HIGHWAY OPEN.

LOOKS LIKE A MESSY JOB.

[NARRATOR]: LEAD OPERATOR MIKE ROSS ARRIVES

TO OVERSEE THE TOUGH JOB AHEAD.

YEAH, THAT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD, DOES IT?

[MIKE]: THERE'S NO MOVING THIS TRAILER

UNTIL WE GET THE LOAD OUT OF IT.

THERE'S JUST NOTHING WE CAN DO WITH IT LOADED.

THAT SHOULD DO IT.

[NARRATOR]: AFTER THREE HOURS,

THE TRAILER IS EMPTY,

BUT STILL TOO FRAGILE TO TOW.

THE ONLY THING HOLDING IT TOGETHER IS THE FLOOR, REALLY.

NOTHING WE CAN DO WITH IT LIKE THAT.

IT CANNOT BE TOWED DOWN THE ROAD THE WAY IT SITS.

[HONKING]

[NARRATOR]: AND THE BACKLOG OF TRAFFIC

IS ONLY BUILDING.

YOU CAN SEE IT BOTTLE-NECKING UP HERE.

THIS IS INTENSE.

[NARRATOR]: MIKE NEEDS TO FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION

NOW.

WELL, YOU CAN SEE IF THOSE PINS WILL COME OUT.

THE REAR BOGIES ON THE SEMI TRAILER,

YOU CAN ADJUST POSITIONING.

[NARRATOR]: TANDEM AXLES, OR "BOGIES,"

ARE DESIGNED TO REPOSITION TO ACCOMMODATE A TRAILER'S LOAD.

AND TODAY,

THE BOGIE MIGHT BE THE ANSWER THEY NEED.

[MIKE]: WE'LL TRY AND SLIDE THIS.

HOPEFULLY BRING THE FLOOR UP,

GET THE SAG OUT OF THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER.

BRINGING THE AXLE FORWARD

WILL DISTRIBUTE THE WEIGHT MORE EVENLY,

TO GIVE THE TRAILER MORE SUPPORT.

THAT'S IF IT SLIDES,

BUT I DON'T THINK SHE'S BEEN SLID

IN A REALLY LONG TIME.

WE'LL HAVE TO FIND OUT.

ALL RIGHT, GIVE IT A LITTLE TUG THERE.

[NARRATOR]: BUT WITH THE TRAILER SO COMPROMISED,

EVEN A LITTLE TUG COULD TEAR IT APART.

WHOA!

I THINK THAT'S IT, EH?

I THINK WE'RE LOOKING GOOD.

WE'LL THROW A COUPLE MORE STRAPS AROUND IT,

AND WE'RE DOWN THE ROAD.

IT'S LOOKING GOOD.

WE'RE OUT OF HERE.

THE JOB IS DONE, THE HIGHWAY IS OPEN.

[TRAFFIC HONKING]

[NARRATOR]: BACK IN TORONTO...

[TRAFFIC NEWS]: A HUGE CLEANUP CONTINUES

FOLLOWING AN EARLIER COLLISION.

[NARRATOR]: ...STEVE'S CREW

IS RUSHING TO FINISH THE OFFLOAD.

[SONNY]: 3:00.

[HORNS BLARING]

[SONNY]: IT'S GETTING TOO LONG RIGHT NOW.

STILL WORKING TO GET THIS HIGHWAY OPEN.

[NARRATOR]: BUT HALF THE COLLECTOR LANES

ARE STILL SHUT DOWN.

[HORNS HONKING]

[SONNY]: PEOPLE GETTING PISSED OFF.

IT'S CLOSED LONG TIME, BUT WE TRY OUR BEST, RIGHT?

[NARRATOR]: AND SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE...

[NARRATOR]: ...ARE MAKING A VERY RISKY DETOUR.

[SCHMIDT]: THEY DON'T REALIZE

HOW DANGEROUS THAT ACTUALLY IS FOR THEMSELVES

AND EVERYBODY ELSE WHO YOU'RE SHARING THE ROAD WITH.

THEY WILL BE STOPPED, THEY WILL BE CHARGED,

AND THEY WILL BE TICKETED,

SO IT'S NOT WORTH THAT RISK.

[HONKING]

IT'S GOOD, IT'S GOOD. DROP IT.

GOOD!

[NARRATOR]: NOW THAT THE TRAILER IS FINALLY EMPTY,

THE CREW NEEDS TO CLEAR THE LANES FAST.

WHEW! THAT'S IT.

GOTTA GO, GO, GO!

OKAY, THAT'S GOOD.

LET ME DO A LIFT.

[NARRATOR]: THE TRACTOR IS TOO DAMAGED TO TOW AWAY.

IT NEEDS TO GO ON A FLATBED.

SLOWLY, SLOWLY, OKAY?

[NARRATOR]: BUT THE PLAN...

MIGHT NOT MEASURE UP.

IT'S HIGH, MAN.

IT'S GONNA BE TOO HIGH!

IT'S SO CLOSE.

WE ARE REALLY WORRIED ABOUT

ARE WE GONNA HIT ANY SIGNS OR BRIDGE?

[SONNY]: WE DUMP THE AIR FROM ALL THE TIRES ON THE TRACTOR,

SO WE GOT COUPLE OF INCHES FROM THERE.

[NARRATOR]: THE HEIGHT SHOULD BE WITHIN LIMITS

TO REACH THEIR EXIT.

HOPEFULLY WE GONNA MAKE IT.

I AM VERY NERVOUS.

LET'S GO, LET'S GO.

[NARRATOR]: BUT IT'S STILL GOING TO BE CLOSE.

[SIREN CHIRPING]

OKAY, KEEP ME ON THE PHONE, OKAY?

[NARRATOR]: ROAD MANAGER VALTER CABRAL

HANDLES THE FLATBED...

LET ME KNOW BACK THERE, SONNY, HOW IT'S GOING.

YOU'RE GOOD,

KEEP GOING.

[NARRATOR]: ...WITH SONNY FOLLOWING CLOSE BEHIND

AS HIS SPOTTER.

I'M WATCHING THE HEIGHT AND EVERYTHING FROM MY TRUCK.

[NARRATOR]: THE BIGGEST CONCERN...

OH, OH, OH...

[NARRATOR]: ...CLEARING THE OVERPASS

THAT COMES RIGHT BEFORE THEIR EXIT.

I DON'T TRUST THAT BRIDGE.

IF HE GONNA HIT THE BRIDGE, IT'S GONNA BE VERY BAD.

SLOWLY, SLOWLY.

I DON'T KNOW, SONNY, AM I GOING TO MAKE IT?

SLOWLY, SLOWLY, MAN!

BRAKE, BRAKE, BRAKE, BRAKE, BRAKE, BRAKE!

[SONNY]: OH, OH, OH...

I DON'T TRUST THAT BRIDGE.

[NARRATOR]: ON THE WESTBOUND 401...

[NARRATOR]: ...SONNY AND VALTER

NEED TO CLEAR A LOW OVERPASS

TO MAKE THEIR EXIT.

SOME BRIDGES ARE LOW, SOME BRIDGES ARE HIGH.

WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IT A SHOT.

THERE'S NO OTHER OPTION RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T KNOW.

SLOWLY, SLOWLY!

AM I GONNA MAKE IT?

BRAKE, BRAKE, BRAKE, BRAKE, BRAKE!

ALL RIGHT, YOU GOT IT!

OKAY, YOU'RE GOOD!

CLEAR!

[VALTER]: OKAY, OKAY.

WHEW! WE MADE IT.

YEAH, LUCKY WE GOT IT THERE, MAN.

[NARRATOR]: BUT NOW,

THEY'RE FACING THE DRIVE TO STEVE'S YARD...

I'M SWEATING, MAN.

WE CLEAR THE HIGHWAY,

NOW WE ARE IN THE LOCAL STREET.

[SONNY]: GO SLOWLY.

WATCH OUT THE LIGHTS.

[NARRATOR]: ...A FOUR-KILOMETRE OBSTACLE COURSE

THROUGH CITY STREETS.

OH, YOU GONNA HIT THE WIRE, MAN.

HOLD UP. SLOWLY.

OKAY, OKAY, OKAY.

UH-OH.

OH, MY GOD.

YOU GOTTA MOVE YOUR TRUCK.

WE GONNA HIT THE LIGHT.

WE HAVE TO GO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LANES,

SO AVOID THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS...

WATCH OUT THE OTHER LIGHTS.

OH, OH, OH, OH.

OKAY.

ALL CLEAR.

AWESOME.

THAT'S IT.

WE TOOK A CHANCE, BUT WE MADE IT.

IT'S REALLY A CRAZY DAY, YOU KNOW?

A DOUBLE WRECK...

STRAIGHTEN IT UP.

KEEP COMING, KEEP COMING.

[SONNY]: IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO GET IT DONE.

I AM REALLY TIRED...

OKAY!

WE ARE SO HAPPY WE GOT IT, WE DONE IT.

NOW WE'RE GONNA GO HOME, RIGHT?

[♪♪♪]

[NARRATOR]: 300 KILOMETRES EAST...

OH YEAH!

[DAVID]: I GOT A CALL FROM THE OPP,

WE HAVE A TRACTOR-TRAILER THAT'S GONE IN THE DITCH.

[NARRATOR]: ...UNIQUE TOWING LEAD HEAVY OP DAVID DAVIDSON

HEADS TO A SCENE WEST OF BROCKVILLE.

[NARRATOR]: THE PICKUP COLLIDED WITH THE SEMI,

AND BOTH SLAMMED INTO THE DITCH.

HEY, DAVID.

HEY.

-THANKS FOR COMING OUT. -YEAH.

[NARRATOR]: THE PICKUP TOOK THE BRUNT OF THE ROLLOVER.

NOBODY INJURED, NOBODY HURT?

[NARRATOR]: BUT THE DRIVER WALKED AWAY.

YOUNG LAD IS SOME FRIGGIN' LUCKY

IN THAT PICKUP TRUCK, ISN'T HE?

YUP.

[DAVID]: IF HE'D BEEN ANOTHER THREE FEET UNDERNEATH,

I'M NOT SURE HE WOULD HAVE BEEN SO LUCKY.

[NARRATOR]: LUCKY FOR THE DRIVER,

BUT A TOUGH PULL FOR DAVID.

THE BIGGEST THING IS THAT DITCH, RIGHT?

[DAVID]: BECAUSE OF THE ANGLE OF THE DITCH

AND GIVEN THE EMBANKMENT IT WAS SITTING IN...

OKAY, THIS IS, LIKE, NOT JUST A GENERAL EVERYDAY PULL

OUT OF THE DITCH.

THIS NEEDS TWO TRUCKS.

THIS IS A BIG DAY FOR ME.

LET'S SEE WHAT I'M MADE OF.

[NARRATOR]: BACKUP IS ALREADY ON THE WAY...

[RANDY]: THIS IS MY FIRST OUTING WITH THE ROTATOR

AS THE LEAD OPERATOR OF IT.

[NARRATOR]: ...IN THE NEWEST ADDITION TO UNIQUE'S FLEET...

[RANDY]: WE'VE TESTED 'ER OUT IN THE TRAINING.

LET'S SEE IF SHE'S FIELD READY.

[NARRATOR]: ...A 65-TON ROTATOR.

[DAVID]: THAT'S THE ULTIMATE TOY TO HAVE,

AND IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.

[NARRATOR]: BUT EVEN AS LEAD OP,

DAVID WASN'T EAGER TO RUN THE NEW WRECKER.

NO, I LIKE MY TRUCK.

I KNOW THAT NO MATTER WHAT IT IS,

WHERE IT IS,

MY TRUCK'S GOT MORE THAN ENOUGH MUSCLE

TO DO JUST ABOUT WHATEVER I NEED IT TO DO

OUT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

[NARRATOR]: SO THE ROTATOR WENT TO RANDY DICKSON,

AND IT'S TIME TO SEE IF WEEKS OF TRAINING

HAVE PAID OFF.

[RANDY]: USING THE ROTATOR OUT ON THE HIGHWAY,

IT'S A LITTLE MORE STRESSFUL THAN IT IS

WHEN YOU'RE TRAINING ON IT IN THE YARD.

YOU GET A WHOLE DIFFERENT SENSE OF URGENCY.

[DAVID]: HE DOESN'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE THAT I DO,

BUT HE'S READY AND WILLING TO LEARN ON IT.

[RANDY]: LET'S HOPE EVERYTHING GOES WELL.

IT'S A BIG LEARNING CURVE,

BECAUSE YOU'RE DEALING WITH SOMETHING

JUST A LITTLE BIT OUT OF YOUR EXPERTISE LEVEL.

[NARRATOR]: RANDY'S FIRST STEP

IS SIMPLE ENOUGH...

FROM THERE, I WANT TO COME UNDERNEATH HERE...

[NARRATOR]: ...PULL THE SEMI UP

SO THEY CAN DRAG THE PICKUP OUT.

WE'RE GONNA PUT A COUPLE OF STRAPS AROUND THE BACK,

COUPLE OF STRAPS AROUND THE FRONT OF THE TRAILER...

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE THE ONE

HOLDING THAT TRAILER UPRIGHT, OKAY?

OKAY.

OKAY.

OKAY, PULL IT.

[GRUNTING WITH EFFORT]

THERE YOU GO.

RANDY!

YOU CAN START.

BE CAREFUL, RANDY.

KEEP COMING.

[DAVID]: WITH THE ANGLE THAT THE TRUCK WAS SITTING ON,

WHEN RANDY PUT A LITTLE PRESSURE ON IT,

IT ACTUALLY JUST STARTED TO LIFT ITSELF RIGHT UP.

THERE SHE GOES.

YOU'RE GOOD.

THERE YOU GO.

[RANDY]: SO FAR, SO GOOD.

NOW THE TRICKY PART IS COMING...

GET IT BACK UP HERE WITHOUT IT GOING BACK OVER AGAIN.

[NARRATOR]: DAVID WILL WINCH THE SEMI FORWARD

WHILE RANDY SUPPORTS THE FULLY LOADED TRAILER,

CAREFULLY ROTATING THE BOOM, IN UNISON WITH DAVID,

TO KEEP THE SEMI UPRIGHT.

THIS MANEUVER...

WHOA.

[NARRATOR]: ...WILL BE A REAL TEST

OF RANDY'S NEW SKILLS.

CAN YOU BOOM UP AND TURN AT THE SAME TIME?

OKAY.

YOU JUST WANNA TRY TO KEEP YOUR BOOM...

ROLLING WITH IT, RIGHT?

OKAY.

AS IT COMES UP. OKAY?

YUP.

HERE WE GO!

ALL RIGHT.

[DAVID]: RANDY HAS TO FOLLOW ME,

BECAUSE IF I PULL TOO FAST OR HE MOVES TOO FAST,

YOU COULD LOSE IT.

RANDY!

PUT YOUR BOOM UP?

[NARRATOR]: IF RANDY DOESN'T KEEP UP WITH DAVID'S PULL,

THE TENSION WRENCHING ON HIS BOOM

COULD CAUSE SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE NEW ROTATOR.

[RANDY]: IT COULD BREAK IT APART,

IT COULD INJURE SOMEBODY.

SHE'S NOT MOVING TOO WELL.

GEEZ, THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THAT THING.

[CABLES STRAINING]

HOLY.

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA...

RANDY!

HEY, HEY!

[CABLES STRAINING]

KA

KAY?

KAY? -Y

KAY? -YUP

KAY? -YUP!

[NARRATOR]: ON HIGHWAY 401 NEAR MALLORYTOWN...

HERE WE GO!

[NARRATOR]: ...NEW ROTATOR OPERATOR RANDY

IS FALLING BEHIND DAVID'S PULL...

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA...

RANDY!

HEY!

[CABLE STRAINING] WHOA!

HOLY [BLEEP]!

[NARRATOR]: ...RISKING SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE NEW TRUCK.

WHEW, SHE'S GOT QUITE A TWIST TO 'ER.

[DAVID]: IT WAS A BIT OF AN ANXIOUS MOMENT,

AS YOU'RE STARTING TO PULL ON IT

AND THEN THE BOOM STARTS SPITTING BACK ON IT.

LIKE, USE YOUR BOOM,

JUST, LIKE, AND GO REALLY EASY ON IT.

IT DOESN'T, IT JUST WANTS TO COME.

[RANDY]: I WASN'T LETTING OUT QUITE AS FAST AS HE WAS PULLING,

AND IT WAS ACTUALLY PULLING AGAINST ME.

[DAVID]: THAT'S THE PART

THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT TO LEARN ON,

MAKING THE TWO TRUCKS WORK TOGETHER.

-WHEN YOU'RE PULLING... -YEAH.

-YOU'RE ACTUALLY PULLING THE BOOM AROUND ON ME.

[NARRATOR]: SO DAVID REVISES THE RIGGING PLAN

TO TAKE SOME PRESSURE OFF OF RANDY'S BOOM.

OKAY, PUT 'ER THERE.

[DAVID]: WE'RE GOING TO RIG A LINE FROM THE FOOT

TO THE BACK OF THE TRAILER,

AND THAT WAY,

AS I'M PULLING THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK UP,

YOU'RE GONNA SLIDE THE BACK OF THE TRAILER

UP ON THE ROAD, TOO.

OKAY, TIGHTEN THIS ONE UP.

I'M GETTING TOO OLD FOR THIS CRAP.

PUT A LITTLE MORE PRESSURE ON THAT TOP ONE.

THERE YOU GO.

OKAY, YOU READY?

YEAH.

GO AGAIN.

COME ON.

COME ON, COME ON, COME ON...

NICE AND EASY...

THERE YOU GO.

YOU'RE CLEAR.

GOOD!

THERE YOU GO, RANDY, GOOD JOB.

JUST LIKE THAT.

[DAVID]: I THINK HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS,

BUT HE DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB.

[NARRATOR]: WITH THE RIGHT GUIDANCE

FROM HIS LEAD OPERATOR.

[RANDY]: I HAVE LOTS OF RESPECT FOR DAVID'S EXPERIENCE.

I LOOK TO HIM FOR LEADERSHIP.

WE GOT THE ROAD OPEN FASTER THAN WE ANTICIPATED,

SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY HERE.

ALL RIGHT, AWESOME,

I'LL CALL FOR A PLOW TRUCK, THEN.

-OKAY, THANKS, DAVE. -NO PROBLEM.

[RANDY]: POLICE ARE HAPPY,

NOTHING'S BENT, BUSTED, NOBODY'S HURT.

THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS.

[DAVID]: THERE SHE GOES.

AND WE'RE OUT OF HERE.

[FRIENDLY HONKS]

[NARRATOR]: THE NEXT AFTERNOON,

600 KILOMETRES SOUTHWEST...

[NARRATOR]: ...JUST SOUTH OF SARNIA...

[NARRATOR]: ...POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING

A BRUTAL COLLISION SCENE ON COUNTY ROAD 80,

A COLLISION BETWEEN A LOADED TANKER

AND A MINIVAN.

[GARY]: YOU CAN SEE THE MASS DESTRUCTION,

THE DEBRIS...

[NARRATOR]: ...AND FOR GARY VANDENHEUVEL,

IT'S THE WORST CIRCUMSTANCES TO FACE IN A RECOVERY.

YOU CAN TELL SOMETHING HORRIBLE HAS HAPPENED HERE TODAY.

[NARRATOR]: THE TRUCK DRIVER SURVIVED,

BUT THE TWO WOMEN IN THE VAN...

DID NOT.

[SIGHING] THAT'S TOUGH.

THAT'S REALLY TOUGH.

[GARY]: IT'S NEVER EASY

TO ARRIVE ON A SCENE LIKE THIS,

WHEN YOU KNOW THERE'S LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN LOST.

OPP ARE DOING THEIR INVESTIGATION RIGHT NOW.

TOUGH THING TO DEAL WITH,

BUT, UH, IT'S PART OF WHAT WE COME ACROSS.

[NARRATOR]: IT'S LATE AFTERNOON

WHEN COLLIN ARRIVES IN HIS 50-TON WRECKER

AND GETS HIS FIRST LOOK AT THE SCENE.

HOLY CRAP.

YOU WANNA GO DO A WALKTHROUGH?

I'VE SEEN SOME PRETTY MANGLED WRECKS,

BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE LIKE THAT.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE ALL THAT DOWNSLOPE DOWN THERE, RIGHT?

YEAH.

[GARY]: IT'S ABOUT A 10-FOOT DITCH,

STRAIGHT DOWN,

PRETTY DEEP FOR A TRACTOR-TRAILER

JUST TO DROP OVER AN EDGE LIKE THAT.

THIS JOB ISN'T AN ORDINARY JOB.

THIS TRACTOR-TRAILER IS ABOUT 40 FEET FROM THE ROADWAY.

WE'VE GOT A 10-FOOT DROP IN THE DITCH.

THIS IS GONNA BE A CHALLENGE.

[NARRATOR]: AND WITH THE LOAD INSIDE,

IT WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE.

[COLLIN]: WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GET IT UP THIS EMBANKMENT

WITHOUT BEING OFFLOADED,

IT WEIGHS SO MUCH.

[NARRATOR]: SO ANOTHER TANKER POSITIONS

TO START PUMPING OUT

THE THOUSANDS OF LITRES OF LIQUID FERTILIZER.

[GARY]: WHAT A MESS.

[NARRATOR]: FOR NOW,

ALL GARY AND COLLIN CAN DO IS WAIT,

AND PLAN FOR THE JOB AHEAD.

[GARY]: THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE EASY.

I THINK THEY ARE JUST ABOUT OUT OF HERE...

YUP.

[NARRATOR]: A LITTLE AFTER SUNSET,

THE CREW FINALLY GETS THE WORD

THE INVESTIGATION IS OVER.

OKAY, WE JUST GOT THE GO-AHEAD TO GET THIS STARTED.

[GENERATOR ENGINE RUMBLING]

[NARRATOR]: BUT THE TANKER ISN'T READY TO MOVE

UP THE SLOPE.

[GARY]: I'M JUST GONNA GO UP TOP

AND SEE THAT LIQUID MOVING AND WHERE IT IS.

[NARRATOR]: HALF THE LOAD OF FERTILIZER

IS STILL TRAPPED INSIDE.

WHEW, THAT STINKS.

SMELLS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT LIKE AMMONIA.

[NARRATOR]: AND THEY CAN'T DRAIN IT IN THIS POSITION.

MIGHT NEED A LITTLE MORE LIFT...

THE ACTUAL SPOUT FOR THE OFFLOAD

IS AT THE REAR,

AND THE LOAD AND THE TANK ARE ANGLED DOWN,

SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET A WHOLE LOT OF FERTILIZER

OUT OF THIS TANK

WITHOUT ACTUALLY HAVING TO LIFT IT UP FIRST.

ALL RIGHT, COLL, WE CAN GET OUR WRECKERS IN HERE.

OKAY.

[GARY]: THIS IS GOING TO BE A TWO-STAGE RECOVERY.

[NARRATOR]: SO BEFORE THEY CAN FINISH DRAINING IT,

THEY NEED TO LIFT THE TANKER ONTO ITS WHEELS.

YOU WANT TO FEED THAT THROUGH FOR ME?

I'M GOING TO GET THE LINE OUT.

YUP.

[NARRATOR]: JUST FINDING A RIGGING POINT

ON THE ROUNDED TANK

REQUIRES SOME CREATIVITY.

[GARY]: I'M GOING TO HOOK ONTO THE FIFTH-WHEEL PLATE OF THIS.

I'M GOING TO RUN A STRAP AROUND THE TANK,

BACK INTO THE WRECKER,

AND WE'LL DO A GOOD STRONG PULL WITH THAT.

[NARRATOR]: BUT WITH SO MUCH WEIGHT STILL INSIDE,

EVEN A STRONG PULL

MIGHT NOT BE STRONG ENOUGH.

[GARY]: THIS ONE'S GONNA FIGHT ME.

IT'S ANYBODY'S GUESS UNTIL I START PULLING.

OKAY.

THAT'S GOOD.

PUT SOME PRESSURE ON IT, COLL.

LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

READY?

YEAH. GIVE IT A SHOT, COLLIN.

OKAY.

OKAY, KEEP GOING.

[CABLES STRAINING]

OOH, SHE'S PULLING US.

IS THE ROTATOR NOT SITTING STILL?

NO.

STUFF THAT LEG ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOWN.

GIVE IT A LITTLE PULL, COLL.

HOLD ON.

HOLD.

HOLD IT!

STOP!

WHOA!

KEEP GOING.

OKAY.

[NARRATOR]: ON COUNTY ROAD 80, SOUTH OF SARNIA...

HOLD ON.

HOLD.

HOLD IT!

STOP!

[NARRATOR]: ...GARY AND COLLIN

ARE FIGHTING TO PULL UP A HEAVY TANKER...

WHOA!

[NARRATOR]: ...THAT'S PULLING BACK.

WHOA...

[COLLIN]: UH, WE JUST SLID THE ROTATOR BACK.

IT'S PULLING US INTO THE DITCH,

AND WE DON'T WANT TO GO THERE.

LET OFF THAT LINE.

OKAY.

OKAY, LET'S GET ANOTHER TRUCK ON IT.

LET'S GET YOUR TRUCK IN THERE, PUT IT ON THAT.

YUP.

WE'RE GONNA NEED TWO BIG TRUCKS

TO DO THIS ONE.

[REVERSE ALERTS BEEP]

RIG BIG OR GO HOME.

HE'S CALLED THE BROOD IN

TO COME HELP PULL THIS THING OVER.

SHE'S FIGHTING US,

SO WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT BACK.

ALL RIGHT, HERE WE ARE.

[NARRATOR]: BY NOW,

HEAVY OP KYLE PEWTRESS HAS JOINED THE RECOVERY.

[GARY]: OKAY, PULL FORWARD FOR ME.

[NARRATOR]: HE REPOSITIONS THE ROTATOR.

THERE YOU GO.

I GOT YOU THERE IF YOU CAN PULL 'ER TIGHT.

[NARRATOR]: FOR THE NEXT ATTEMPT,

GARY WILL STAND BACK

AND OVERSEE KYLE AND COLLIN ON THE CONTROLS.

I'M GONNA WATCH FROM THE OTHER SIDE.

LET'S GIVE 'ER A PULL.

OKAY GUYS, READY?

YUP!

YUP.

START PULLING TOGETHER.

OKAY.

KYLE, HOW ARE YOUR LEGS?

THEY'RE STILL UP FRONT, TIRES ARE ON THE GROUND.

OKAY. KEEP GOING, COLL.

HOLD 'ER THERE!

[NARRATOR]: NOW THEY RE-RIG

TO TIP THE TANKER

AND DRAIN THE LOAD INSIDE.

LET'S GO, GUYS.

YUP.

KYLE, I NEED CABLE.

[GARY]: NOW I NEED THE ROTATOR TO ACTUALLY DO A LIFT,

AND COLLIN'S TRUCK

IS JUST GOING TO HOLD THIS TRAILER INTO POSITION

TO PREVENT IT FROM ROLLING BACK OVER.

WATCH YOUR FEET, WATCH YOUR FEET.

OKAY.

OKAY, COLL, GO OVER AND GET YOURS TIGHT, PLEASE.

YUP.

IT'S GOOD, COLLIN.

WHOO...

I'M GETTING MY CARDIO IN TODAY.

[NARRATOR]: THEY'LL STABILIZE THE TANKER

WITH TWO LINES FROM COLLIN'S WRECKER,

THEN USE A BELLY STRAP FROM THE ROTATOR

TO LIFT THE TANKER UP,

FORCING THE LIQUID DOWN TOWARD THE OFFLOAD VALVE...

OKAY, LET'S GET THIS ROTATOR SET UP

SO WE CAN DO A LIFT.

[NARRATOR]: BUT WORKING FROM UP ON THE ROAD...

OKAY, YOU CAN START BOOMING UP AND OUT.

[NARRATOR]: ...THE ROTATOR'S BOOM

WILL BE EXTENDED TO ITS LIMIT...

[GARY]: I'M GOING TO REACH OUT

AS FAR AS I CAN WITH THIS TRUCK.

[NARRATOR]: ...DRASTICALLY REDUCING ITS LIFTING POWER.

WHEN WE GET THE WEIGHT ON THIS,

WE'LL SEE WHAT IT DOES.

OKAY.

TIGHTEN UP ON THAT.

THAT'S GOOD.

LET'S GIVE IT A SHOT.

OKAY, KYLE, START THE PULL.

[WHISTLES]

YOU FLOATING A BIT?

THE FRONT END'S LIFTING.

COLLIN, PUT SOME TENSION ON THERE FOR ME.

GO AHEAD, KYLE, PULL IT UP.

PULL IT.

KEEP GOING TOGETHER.

ALMOST THERE, GUYS.

HOLD.

GUYS, CAN YOU START YOUR PUMP?

WE'LL LET 'EM PUMP UNTIL IT'S DRY...

[NARRATOR]: BUT EVEN THEN,

GETTING THE WRECK TO THE ROAD WILL BE A CHALLENGE.

[COLLIN]: TRYING TO PULL IT UP THIS EMBANKMENT

THAT FAR OUT FROM THE TRUCKS,

IT'S GONNA FIGHT US.

[HONKING]

READY TO ROLL.

[NARRATOR]: 700 KILOMETRES EAST...

WE GOT A JACKKNIFED LOADED TRACTOR-TRAILER

IN THE DITCH.

[NARRATOR]: DAVID DAVIDSON IS BACK ON THE JOB,

AT A JACKKNIFE ON THE WESTBOUND 401.

[PASSING HORN BLARES]

[DAVID]: THE BACK OF THE CAB IS RIPPED OFF THE FRAME.

SHE'S NOT TOO BAD.

I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG JOB TO GET IT OUT.

[NARRATOR]: IT WEIGHS IN AT 50,000 POUNDS,

LEANING DOWN THE DITCH...

[DAVID]: WE'RE GOING TO PUT A STRAP ON THE FRONT.

WE'LL GET THIS FRONT END SUCKED AROUND.

DON'T WANT THE TRAILER TO GO ANY FURTHER INTO THE DITCH.

JUST NICE SHORT LITTLE PULLS UNTIL SHE GETS UP ON THE ROAD.

OKAY.

[NARRATOR]: AND HE HAS TO WORK...

[HORN BLARING]

...IN A SINGLE LANE.

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!

I WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE MOTORISTS DRIVING BY.

ALL RIGHT.

COME ON, BABY GIRL...

COME ON.

SHE'S HEAVY.

COME ON.

[GROANS]

SHE IS NOT BUDGING AT ALL.

[DAVID]: TURNS OUT IT WAS FAR FROM EASY.

STARTED PULLING ON THE TRACTOR,

AND THE TRACTOR STARTED COMING UP,

THE WHOLE REAR SUSPENSION

WAS COMPLETELY BURIED IN THE MUD.

[NARRATOR]: SO DAVID WILL ADD SOME PULLING POWER

TO THE BACK END,

DETERMINED TO FINISH THE JOB ON HIS OWN.

[DAVID]: WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE ON YOUR OWN,

YOU'RE DOING EVERYTHING ON YOUR OWN.

SO YOU'RE PULLING YOUR OWN CHAINS,

YOU'RE PULLING ALL YOUR OWN CABLES...

[NARRATOR]: AND LATELY, THAT'S GETTING EVEN HARDER.

[DAVID]: I WENT TO THE DOCTOR

WITH AN ISSUE THAT I WAS HAVING WITH MY BACK, UM...

THE NEXT THING I'M GETTING IS, LIKE, NERVE TESTING.

THEY THINK I MIGHT HAVE EARLY STAGES OF ALS.

[NARRATOR]: THE DISEASE

GRADUALLY BREAKS OFF COMMUNICATION

BETWEEN THE BRAIN AND MUSCLES OF THE BODY,

RESULTING IN PARALYSIS.

[DAVID]: I JUST KIND OF TAKE IT THE WAY IT IS

AND TOUGH IT OUT.

YOU HAVE TO STAY POSITIVE.

IF YOU'RE GONNA SIT,

AND YOU'RE GONNA MOPE AND BREW ABOUT IT,

LIKE, WHO WANTS TO LIVE LIKE THAT?

[NARRATOR]: AND TONIGHT,

HE'S STILL GOT A JOB TO DO.

[DAVID]: GONNA PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A PULL

ON THE BACK CORNER OF THAT TRAILER.

WHEW, OKAY.

THAT'LL HELP PULL 'ER OUT.

COME ON.

[GRUMBLES]

DAMN IT.

[DAVID]: NOTHING SEEMED TO WORK.

[NARRATOR]: HE'S FIGHTING BOTH THE MUD

AND THE WEIGHT OF THE LOAD PUSHING DOWN INTO THE DITCH.

IT WAS JUST ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER.

I PUT A LOW-LINE ON THE TRAILER TO ASSIST

AS WELL AS KEEP IT FROM GOING OVER.

OKAY.

COME ON!

COME ON.

KIND OF JUST SLIDING ALL OVER THE ROAD DOWN HERE.

I'M JUST RIPPING THE ROAD.

NO.

DAMN IT!

I HAVEN'T BEEN DEFEATED YET, AND THAT WAS ONE THAT DID.

[NARRATOR]: AFTER MORE THAN AN HOUR OF FIGHTING,

DAVID MAKES A TOUGH CALL...

I'M HAVING ONE HELL OF A TIME GETTING THIS THING OUTTA HERE.

THIS IS A TWO-TRUCK JOB.

SOMEONE'S GOING TO HAVE TO COME HELP ME.

I CAN'T DO THIS ON MY OWN.

[GROANS] OH, MY GOD...

AND WE'LL JUST PULL IT STRAIGHT OUT THAT WAY, OKAY?

[NARRATOR]: ON THE EASTERN 401, NEAR MORRISBURG...

COME ON.

[NARRATOR]: ...DAVID HAS MADE THE CALL

HE WAS HOPING TO AVOID.

[DAVID]: NOT A BIG FAN OF BEING DEFEATED BY SOMETHING,

BUT YOU CAN'T WIN 'EM ALL BY YOURSELF.

[NARRATOR]: THE UNIQUE YARD IS OVER AN HOUR AWAY,

BUT A RIVAL HEAVY CREW PASSING THROUGH THE AREA

HAS ANSWERED HIS REQUEST FOR HELP.

[DAVID]: SO HE'S GOING TO GRAB THE TRUCK

WHILE I STILL HOLD ONTO THE TRAILER

AND PULL THE TRAILER AT THE SAME TIME.

[NARRATOR]: AND IT'S THAT TRAILER

THAT'S STILL THE PROBLEM.

[DAVID]: IT COULD GET TOO MUCH OF A LEAN ON IT

WITH THE LOAD IN IT,

AND THEN THE TRAILER WILL TIP OVER.

OKAY, YOU GUYS READY?

OKAY.

COME ON...

HERE SHE COMES.

OH YEAH.

IT'S COMING WELL NOW.

-WE'RE GOOD? -YEAH.

-THANKS.

[DAVID]: I TRY NOT TO OVERDO MYSELF.

I TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HELP NOW WHEN I CAN GET IT.

THAT'S IT.

[NARRATOR]: BUT DESPITE THE CHALLENGES AHEAD,

DAVID HAS NO PLANS TO CHANGE THE WAY HE TACKLES A JOB.

[DAVID]: IN REGARDS TO, LIKE, JUST KEEP GOING TILL IT'S DONE?

NO, THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE.

I MEAN, THAT'S JUST THE WAY I'M BUILT,

BUT THE GOING UNTIL I'M DONE IS GETTING SHORTER, RIGHT?

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE?

I DON'T THINK THERE IS.

I THINK ONCE...

ONCE YOU'VE DONE THIS,

THERE IS NOTHING ELSE FOR YOU TO DO.

IT'S IN YOU FOR LIFE.

ALL RIGHT...

[FRIENDLY HONKS]

[NARRATOR]: ON COUNTY ROAD 80, SOUTH OF SARNIA...

THAT'S GOOD, GUYS, YOU CAN STOP PUMPING.

[NARRATOR]: THE SALVAGE CREW

HAS PUMPED THE LAST OF THE FERTILIZER

FROM THE TANK.

NOW GARY'S CREW CAN GET BACK TO WORK.

[COLLIN]: NOW THAT THIS TRAILER IS OFFLOADED,

WE NEED TO GET IT OUT OF THIS FIELD.

OKAY, PULL IT.

HOLD UP.

KYLE, JUST A SECOND.

LET ME LOOK, GUYS, LET ME LOOK.

I JUST WANT TO SEE WHAT WE'RE CAUGHT ON.

[GARY]: THE AXLES ARE KIND OF STUCK UNDERNEATH.

ONE OF THE TIRES ON THE TANK

IS KIND OF INTO THE TRACTOR ITSELF.

THAT AXLE...

THAT'S GONNA FIGHT US.

THIS THING'S DESTROYED HERE.

[NARRATOR]: THE TRACTOR AND TRAILER

ARE MANGLED TOGETHER.

THEY NEED TO EASE THEM APART

WITHOUT THE TRAILER CRASHING DOWN.

[GARY]: IT COULD ACTUALLY FALL DOWN TO THE GROUND,

SHOCK-LOAD THIS BOOM,

WE COULD BREAK A CABLE, BEND THE BOOM.

IT'S REALLY THE LAST THING I WANNA DO RIGHT NOW.

KYLE, LET RIGHT OFF OF THAT, OKAY?

LET RIGHT OFF?

LET RIGHT OFF, BECAUSE IF IT FALLS,

I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO SHOCK-LOAD YOUR BOOM.

BRING 'ER RIGHT DOWN.

THERE YOU GO.

OKAY, GIVE IT A LITTLE PULL, COLL.

LET'S SEE IF WE CAN PULL IT OVER A BIT.

HEADS UP, GUYS.

WHOA!

THERE WE GO.

OKAY, KYLE, YOU CAN START SNUGGING UP.

GET 'ER TO THE DITCH.

SET 'ER DOWN.

THAT'S GREAT.

PERFECT SPOT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY

PICK THIS WHOLE THING UP IN THE AIR

WITH THE TWO TRUCKS.

[NARRATOR]: THEY RE-RIG COLLIN'S LINES

TO LIFT THE BACK

AND HELP BRING THE TANKER TO THE ROAD.

OKAY, YOU READY?

YEAH.

HERE WE GO.

BOOM 'ER RIGHT UP, GUYS.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET THAT FLOAT.

GOT 'ER.

LET'S GET THIS THING OUT OF HERE.

[NARRATOR]: BUT THE WRECK ISN'T FINISHED WITH THEM YET.

STILL HAVE THIS TRACTOR TO GET OUT OF THE DITCH,

AND IT'S QUITE A TANGLED MESS.

IT DOESN'T EVEN RESEMBLE A TRACTOR ANYMORE.

[COLLIN GRUNTING WITH EFFORT]

[GARY]: WE'RE ABOUT FIVE HOURS NOW

ON THIS RECOVERY...

[GRUMBLES] COME ON.

IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY.

IT'S GETTING A LITTLE TOUGHER NOW.

[KYLE]: I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE TWISTED UP LIKE THIS.

OKAY, WHERE DO YOU WANT TO WRAP THIS THING?

ANYTHING INTACT UP HERE?

THERE'S FRAME.

OKAY, LET'S PULL ON IT.

YOU READY?

GOOD.

[NARRATOR]: BUT AS THE TRACTOR SHIFTS,

IT STARTS TO SPEW FUEL,

AND THEN...

OH...

WHOA.

WHOA!

STOP.

LET OFF.

YUP.

HOLY CRAP.

YOU READY?

[NARRATOR]: OUTSIDE SARNIA...

GOOD.

[NARRATOR]: ...ON COUNTY ROAD 80,

THE MANGLED TRACTOR IS SPILLING FUEL...

OH...

WHOA.

WHOA!

[NARRATOR]: ...AT THE WORST POSSIBLE TIME.

STOP.

HOLY CRAP.

WE NEED TO UNDO THE BATTERIES.

DIESEL FUEL IS LEAKING ON THEM RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE ARCING, WE GOT DIESEL FUEL,

IT COULD CATCH ON FIRE.

I DON'T LIKE ANY OF THIS.

OKAY.

BE CAREFUL.

[SPARKING AND CRACKLING]

AH! THAT IS LIVE.

DAMN, DON'T TOUCH TWO TOGETHER.

YOU'VE GOT FOUR BATTERIES TO DEAL WITH,

AND ALL FOUR OF THEM ARE LIVE.

THERE WE GO.

THERE'S ONE.

WHERE'S THE OTHER ONE?

[WINCING] AAH!

WE STILL GOT POWER!

OKAY, FOUND TWO MORE BATTERIES.

[WINCING] AAH, JEEZ!

THERE WE GO.

SUCCESS!

THAT'S FOUR BATTERIES DISCONNECTED.

OKAY, COLL, LET'S GIVE IT A TRY.

LET'S GET 'ER IN THE AIR, GUYS.

OKAY.

HEADS UP.

JUST STRAIGHT IN.

OKAY.

IT WAS A LONG DAY, I'M GLAD THIS JOB'S OVER.

[GARY]: THERE WE GO.

[NARRATOR]: THE END OF THE JOB BRINGS RELIEF FOR THE CREW...

BUT NO ONE IS HAPPY.

[GARY]: THERE IS NO SATISFACTION

IN DOING A JOB LIKE THIS

WHEN YOU KNOW SOMEONE'S LOST THEIR LIFE.

WE'RE ALL HUMAN, AND IT AFFECTS US.

IT HITS HOME.

[♪♪♪]

[NARRATOR]: THE NEXT MORNING IN KINGSTON...

READY?

-YUP. -RIGHT ON.

[NARRATOR]: ...DAVID HAS A DAY OFF FROM THE HIGHWAY,

BUT HE'S STILL FIGHTING,

EVEN IF TODAY,

IT'S A SYMBOLIC FIGHT.

[DAVID]: SOME DAYS I THINK I'M A PRETTY LUCKY GUY.

I GOT A GOOD JOB, A WONDERFUL FAMILY.

AND I'VE TOLD MY KIDS,

YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT I FOUGHT EVERY DAY,

THAT I DIDN'T GIVE UP.

ALL RIGHT,

THERE YOU GO, MAN.

[DAVID]: I PICKED THE WORD "HOPE"

BECAUSE WITHOUT ANY HOPE, YOU DON'T HAVE NOTHING.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER IT'S ALS,

WHETHER IT'S CANCER.

I DON'T BELIEVE JUST 'CAUSE YOU'RE SICK

THAT THE WORLD ENDS.

IT ONLY ENDS IF YOU LET IT END.

[♪♪♪]

[NARRATOR]: NEXT TIME ON HEAVY RESCUE: 401...

MUST'VE BEEN A HELL OF A RIDE.

[NARRATOR]: ...A SUDDEN COLLAPSE...

IF THERE'S ANY SAFETY CONCERNS,

IT'LL BECOME A FULL STOP.

[NARRATOR]: ...PUSHES THE ROSS CREW...

WATCH YOUR STEP.

[NARRATOR]: ...TO HIT DANGEROUS HEIGHTS.

DON'T GO UNDER IT!

DON'T GO UNDER IT!

GET OUT!

THIS IS WILD TODAY, MAN.

WOW!

[NARRATOR]: AND ON A DEADLY STRETCH OF HIGHWAY...

WE GOT SOMETHING ON FIRE OVER THERE!

[NARRATOR]: ...A YOUNG OPERATOR...

[MITCH]: I JUST HAVE A BAD FEELING.

[NARRATOR]: ...MAKES HIS BOLDEST MOVE.

STOP. WHOA! WHOA!

[♪♪♪]