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DAVE PETTITT (NARRATES): This time on Heavy Rescue, 401...
low clearance...
It's like threading a needle.
We're hung up on the roof.
..causes high pressure...
Are we getting too close?
..Duncan...
You're right out on the line!
..runs out of room...
Just stop!
Son of a bitch.
Oh, she's real mangled.
..and a truck in the trees...
I'm not liking that.
..leans heavy on Herb's.
Whoa, whoa!
Whoa, whoa, hey!
A mid-winter warm front slams into southern Ontario...
..drenching the highways around Toronto
in an unrelenting downpour.
Well, the rainstorm we've been expecting
is certainly causing excessive delays this morning.
We're dealing with numerous closures,
flooding on and off ramps...
We are supposed to get about a month's worth of rain in,
like, a 24-hour period.
Just north of the 401 in Brampton,
constable Rob Visconti
heads to check on a maintenance crew at an on-ramp to Highway 410.
The ramp is obviously flooded due to the amount of rain
that we've been getting.
The MTO's got the top of the ramp shut down,
not allowing any cars onto the ramp, for safety.
Dangerous situation.
Cars coming down the ramp, they're gonna hit the water,
they're gonna hydroplane,
so we gotta get it cleared right away.
If a layer of water gets between a car's
wheels and the road,
steering and brakes are useless.
That's when your car is gonna spin out of control,
and you're gonna cause a collision.
So, slow down, leave lots of space ahead of you,
and pay attention to what's in front of you,
behind you, and beside you at all times.
It's supposed to get worse
as the afternoon and evening progress.
I'm just gonna continue patrolling our area here.
I'm expecting a pretty busy day ahead of us.
No freezing rain yet, but it's still dangerous.
It's a poor visibility because of the rain and fog.
30 miles north,
conditions are weighing heavy on Sonny Subra.
I am expecting a son.
My life has completely changed.
If I lose my life,
I got nobody to look after my kids and my wife,
so basically, it's me...
It's not belong to me.
I got a call.
There's a truck blocking the lane on the northbound 400.
It's right there, but it's really hard to see.
He is blocking the lane.
Oh, wow, this guy is in a bad spot.
Whew.
Why these two cars here?
What are they doing?
You guys OK?
The driver ran out of fuel
and called family members for help.
They're on scene,
waiting for his son to deliver a jerry can.
I asked them, they said they are OK,
but I can see they are not OK.
I'm gonna go let the OPP know they are not OK.
Very bad spot here.
There's a transport truck blocking the right lane.
401, 400 northbound.
It's very dangerous, because, like, people cannot see.
They don't know if it's in the lane, or it's in the shoulder.
They can come and hit the truck right in the back,
so, boom, it's gonna be a disaster.
With the risk increasing every minute the family waits...
the OPP responds to clear the lane.
Hook 'em up?
OK, thank you, officer.
This is really a bad spot, but nothing you can do.
You gotta hook it up.
The live lane of traffic is very close to us.
If somebody, they don't pay attention,
they can run into us.
..but just as Sonny starts to hook up,
the driver's son finally arrives...
..and he's determined
to save his father from a towing bill.
(THEME MUSIC)
On North America's busiest highway, closure...
Is not an option.
I don't know what's going on here.
To clear the lane quickly,
the constable is giving the son one chance.
Alright, let's just... Yeah, yeah.
I'll let them...
Let them do it.
If they can start the engine,
it will clear the lane faster than Sonny can rig up.
They're gonna put fuel in, then start it up, and then go.
Officer gave them a chance, but if it doesn't work,
then I have to tow it.
It's a waiting game is going on right now.
It's a very bad spot.
They shouldn't run out of gas on the highway.
120 miles southwest,
the temperature is just a few degrees colder...
..but that's just enough.
This stretch between Ingersoll and Putnam,
it can get pretty greasy from day to day.
Doesn't take much for this area to turn into a sheet of ice.
Ross Services' Austin Hutchinson is pushing through the slush.
I'm heading up towards Ingersoll.
I got a call for a tractor-trailer
that supposedly has jumped the median.
He's the newest heavy op to join a team loaded with veterans.
We're the young guys coming in,
and we need to step up,
and we're gonna have to take on a bigger role.
We'll go down and have a look, see what we got.
Today, Austin will be stepping up
alongside lead operator Mike Ross...
Aw, man.
Seriously?
..and the job already looks daunting.
I show up to a tractor-trailer
that's on top of the guardrail,
but it's stuffed underneath an overpass as well.
They never mentioned anything about an overpass.
Looked like he jackknifed,
and put it up over the guardrail in between two columns.
We don't want to just pull this tractor-trailer straight back
and start ripping the front end apart,
and then we're into coolant leaks,
and possible engine oil leaks, and stuff like that.
Well, I was thinking
maybe we should take the trailer off it.
Just confirm that it's empty, and see if that will work.
Empty. Yeah.
The goal is always to try and work without shutting down the highway,
so we're gonna see what we can do here.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Real slow, OK?
Yeah.
Austin will pull the trailer from the back...
while Mike lifts and guides the front.
Taking the signal from Mike here,
we're backing this trailer up while he's swinging it out,
bringing it out underneath of this overpass.
It's a little bit nerve-racking, obviously.
I don't want to have the nose of this trailer
swinging off the end of Mike's rotator.
Perfect.
Perfect so far...
Yeah, that doesn't look good, eh?
..but now it's clear
just what the tractor, and they, are up against.
We're definitely dealing with inches to spare here.
There's a beam under it and everything,
and these posts are going to be an issue, and...
We're gonna have to do something with it.
I don't know.
On Highway 400, just north of Toronto...
..the stranded semi is fuelled up.
He's trying to start it.
..but the truck refuses to start.
So, now, it's up to Sonny to clear it off the road.
Where do you wanna go, gas station?
(SIGHS)
The temperature's going down.
It's gonna get freeze now.
Freezing cold rain, eh?
OK?
It's an automatic truck.
I have to pull the drive shaft, but it's raining so hard,
it's not an easy thing.
(GRUNTS)
Removing the drive shaft
will save the transmission during the tow...
(GROANS)
..but that means more time on this busy highway
in bad conditions.
Traffic in the live lane, they're flying by.
That's really dangerous.
I can't spend time here.
No.
This is not gonna work out.
So, Sonny turns to the alternate method
to keep the wheels from engaging the transmission.
OK.
(GRUNTS)
OK.
Almost ready to go.
Gonna put the tow lights.
Good to go.
You can't be careless,
giving up your life on the side of the highway.
OK, let's go, let's go!
Everything I do, it's just for my family.
I wanna be alive to support my family.
Back on the 401 in Ingersoll...
What are you thinking, Austin?
..before Mike and Austin can try
to free the tractor from the overpass,
they need to make room to work.
I've never had to pull one off of a wall
that's kind of wedged
between ground clearance and between the roof clearance.
Come give me a hand with this tank.
Their first step,
try to gain some clearance on the bottom...
Still full of fuel.
Yeah, you're alright. Go ahead.
Fuel tank was stuck up
underneath the tractor, creates an issue.
(GRUNTS)
Oh, you wanna lay 'er down, Austin,
lay her level.
Yeah.
Yeah, there you go.
OK, you're good.
..but even if they've gained room on the bottom,
Mike has to manoeuvre his boom over top.
I think we'll just kinda pull and lift here...
We're gonna have restrictions with the boom.
Trying to lift it off the median will be a little challenging.
I think we'll get you to lift the back end up.
OK. I'll lift the front...
Swing the front? ..and we'll swing it over.
Alright.
We're trying to work underneath an overpass here,
but we're limited for space, so...
I'm just gonna boom up, OK?
Austin will pull the tractor back and out,
while Mike's rotator lifts the front up and off the barrier...
There we go.
..but as they get ready for the move...
Oh, it's kinda got the air dryer
hanging out over the front here.
..the tractor reveals another surprise.
It's hooked.
Basically, the entire rad support
and your charge air cooler for your intake,
it's all caught right up on the front of this median.
Yeah, we just have to be a little careful.
Lifting it off's gonna be a little tricky
'cause of the height restriction and clearance and all that,
but didn't want to create any further damage
to the concrete median or the truck.
Come down, Mike, you're good.
We'll get a hold of it right here.
OK. Should be alright.
Yup, you're good.
The air dryer for the braking system
adds only a few inches...
OK.
..but they didn't have many to spare.
I'm gonna get a hold the back end of this tractor,
and Michael's gonna grab a hold of the nose.
Alright, buddy.
We're trying to not lift this truck high enough
that we're gonna be doing any further damage
to the bottom of this overpass or to the roof of this tractor.
OK!
Hey, Austin, we're hung up on the roof there.
Do a little pulling more than lifting.
OK!
Right to the support of the overpass
there is right where this roof is stuffed under it,
so we gotta try to walk it back at the same time as lift it here.
Under a tight overpass in Ingersoll...
Mike and Austin are all out of room.
Hey, Austin?
Yeah, hang on.
They need to reposition
and re-rig to clear the rest of the barrier...
We can come around
the other side of the post now, Danny.
Unhook me there so I can swing my boom.
We gotta get Michael readjusted here
so we can swing 'er out.
Throw it over the wall, Danny.
We're gonna have to swing the boom
out around the side of this post, pick the nose of the tractor up...
Alright, hook 'er on that chain, Danny.
He's gonna let his cables out while I boom up and in,
and hopefully we can set the front end down
inside the wall.
Once you get a hold of it again,
I'll boom out a little more...
OK.
..so I can more lift it than pull it.
Try 'er there, Austin!
..but Mike won't have much space to manoeuvre the boom.
It's like threading a needle.
Alright, Austin, work it towards you, OK?
OK, Mike!
The tractor is free.
Now, Mike and Austin need to somehow wrangle it
from under the overpass...
I've got a straight stick wrecker,
Mike has the rotator.
We definitely have to kind of be in sync together,
because I don't have the swing that Mike does.
It's coming along pretty good here.
We're just working it around here.
Come on...
You're clear here.
Alright, I'll drop it down.
Yup.
That actually come out of there pretty good.
Pretty slick, eh?
It's definitely a big relief
once we get this thing up off of the wall
and over that guardrail.
Little tight.
Had to wiggle around that column a little bit, little messing around,
but come out pretty good.
Tonight went really, really well.
Mike and I are really happy with this recovery.
Trailer come off no problem,
and that tractor walked its way out just the way we wanted to,
between the two trucks,
so we're really happy with how tonight went.
..and the nights ahead look promising, too.
Guys like my dad, they're not around as much anymore.
It's important that we build up some of these younger guys
to help out on these big jobs.
Alright, I'm good to go.
Austin's been a big help.
He's doing a really good job for us.
Not a bad recovery.
That's a good one.
OK, guys, ready?
375 miles east, at the far end of the 401...
OK, uh, you want to take 154?
OK.
OK, and just follow us up, OK?
Don't forget your seatbelt.
The Cornwall Towing crew is mobilising
to answer an urgent late-night call...
We never know what we're getting into.
Hopefully it'll be an easy job, but we'll see when we get there.
..but in case the job does turn ugly...
Back in the saddle.
..Duncan's bringing some veteran backup, his father, Al.
My son asked me if I wanted to go out.
I'm not gonna say no.
It gets the old adrenaline going.
Dad's been retired for several years there now,
so, you know, when he does come back out...
It'll be all clear.
..it sort of reminds me of the old days.
Just weld that bracket just like that.
Clean up the ends a little bit.
OK.
Just over two decades ago,
it was Al who turned to his son for help.
The date was August 22, 1998.
Anyway, I was in the shop,
and I was working with the acetylene torches,
and the oxygen line, it blew.
My father, in that accident, he lost his left eye,
and quite a few fingers and digits on his left hand.
Lighting 'er up, watch your eyes,
or in your case, "eye."
(CHUCKLES)
At the time, Duncan was working in Toronto,
but when he got the call,
he left his job and his new life behind.
OK. Check that out.
Make sure, is everything good there?
It made me feel proud that he'd come back home to work.
It turned out really good.
OK?
Perfect.
Got a little convoy heading up to the wreck.
A little slippery coming up the hill.
Duncan, Al, and crew
are helping out Bill Ewing and his team
on a scene miles west of town.
We're headed out on the 401
towards where we've got
a couple of tractor-trailers in the median.
With a heavy steel hauler to recover,
Bill decided he could use some backup.
There's basically no two calls are the same.
The whole thing is,
it's a different scenario every trip.
It's not gonna be easy.
We have a tractor-trailer jackknifed.
She doesn't look bad, but it is loaded very heavy.
It's mangled.
The front of the tractor was out onto the road,
into the fast lane, blocking traffic.
There's another one on the other side of the road.
Apparently, he come through the middle,
this guy tried to miss him,
he still hit him, and he wound up down here in the ditch.
A westbound semi lost control, smashing through the median,
right into the path of the steel hauler,
which careened to the other side of the highway.
OK, watch out, guys!
There we go!
Another company will tackle the second truck in the morning,
but the steel hauler is too close to the road,
and needs to move tonight.
OK!
We hooked the chains on the end of the spring shackles,
about the only thing solid there to hook onto right now.
Step one, straighten out the jackknife,
and get it pointed in the right direction.
Make it happen!
They rig for Bill's operator 'Mouse' Carson
to pull the tractor toward the road,
and Cornwall's Matt Quan to pull back on the trailer.
OK.
Holy!
Down to one lane, boys, let's go faster.
Yup. Yup.
Another big concern, the roads are bare and dry,
and the traffic that we're dealing with on our side of the road
tends to drive a lot faster.
The crews will need to keep themselves,
and the wreck, clear of traffic...
Like, holy!
..on both sides of the median.
You ready? We're all hooked up.
She's good whenever you're ready to pull 'er, Dunc.
OK.
She's movin'.
It's heavy, eh?
Oh, yeah. It's a heavy pull.
We gotta watch
we don't put that thing out onto the highway.
Pull on that yellow one a little tighter.
It will help steer.
With its front axle mangled,
the tractor is diverting into the live lane.
This front of this tractor is destroyed.
There's no way of steering it.
We have to use the winch lines of the tow truck
to steer it out to the position where we want it.
Hold on, Matt!
Yeah.
They're all out of room.
Loosen your lines off, give yourself about 20ft.
OK.
Duncan needs to reposition and re-rig.
Trying to direct the front end of the truck
back away from the other lane.
Get the snatch block low over to this one side.
It'll help steer
the front of the truck over a bit more.
At least, that's the plan, right, Mouse?
Ah, that's always the plan.
Hey, we're gonna pull!
Dad?
Just keep an eye on the back of the trailer, eh?
Yeah!
Can you see what's going on with the tractor there?
Are we getting too close, Bill?
Yeah, you're right out on the line now, Dunc!
Hold on, Matt!
Matt?
Just stop.
Son of a bitch.
Holy, holy!
He slowed down. (CHUCKLES) Yeah.
On the 401 east of Iroquois,
Duncan's pull is veering in the wrong direction.
We just about got the tractor
over into the other lane now, and that's no good.
The axle's pushed right back to the back end,
and we can't steer it with the axle driven back that way.
When things don't go right,
we start getting a little bit frustrated, and you know,
"How are we gonna re-rig this now to make things simpler?"
You know what we're gonna do, Matt? What?
We're gonna try something a little funny here, OK?
OK.
They need, somehow, to force the tractor to turn.
We're gonna hook up to the front axle with this...
Yeah?
..and then we use the rotator and winch this truck ahead.
OK.
That way here we can steer, and it'll be a lot easier.
We'll hook up with this, OK?
OK.
The wrecker will hold
the broken front end up off the ground,
to steer the hauler,
while the rotator pulls both wrecker and casualty.
Then you're just going to choke it up on that side?
Yup. OK.
I thought this would be a way to quicken it up,
instead of fighting with no steering on the tractor.
How's it there, Dad?
Good! 100%.
We're gonna take this steering axle problem
out of the equation right now...
There we go.
..and then Matt's gonna winch this truck
ahead with the rotator.
It's too heavy just to simply drive ahead
with the tow truck to try and take it out of the snow.
Release your brakes!
OK, Matt!
Pull it!
They'll have to muscle the combined weight of the hauler,
its 20-ton load, and the wrecker.
The trailer is loaded heavy enough.
We are coming up a little bit of an embankment.
We still have a long ways to go before we're out of the woods here.
Want me to keep going?
It's starting to lift the truck a bit.
Yeah, keep going.
It's gonna start getting heavy now.
Little bit more, keep going.
Is it going, Bill?
Yeah, you're back within your own lane now!
That's the way to do 'er!
I like it.
Back on the pavement. I like it.
I have an idea every once in a while.
You know, not too often, but once in a while, it happens.
(LAUGHTER)
OK, Pull 'er ahead a bit, Dad!
OK, all set!
OK, Dad, that's good!
OK?
You trained him well, Al!
Yes, sir, he's got 'er.
(LAUGHS)
I better. He can still kick my ass.
(LAUGHS)
I really enjoy seeing Duncan doing what I've done over the years,
and the business is really growing.
Al likes coming out on this stuff.
Duncan likes to see him out here with him, too.
You're starting under!
That should be good.
I always like working with Dad.
I'll catch up with you later.
It's just like the old times.
Reminds me of 15, 20 years ago.
We're out there working it, working it together.
Well, that's another one in the books!
As dawn breaks, just across the highway,
the second semi is still planted deep in the trees.
Beautiful morning.
Feels good to get the big iron rolling.
Wrestling the truck free will be up to Andrew Vink
and the crew from Herb's Towing,
after a few weeks of smaller jobs...
The boys are all pumped to get going.
It was quite a while since we had a wreck of that nature.
Finally got a good wreck.
..but because of the direction the semi is facing,
Andrew needs to spin his rotator around.
What are you waiting for?
I'm stuck!
As Andrew makes his turn, he can tell that today,
they'll be fighting resistance from some very soft ground.
Bill, can you pull me, buddy?
I'm stuck.
Backed up a little too far, started spinning, I said,
"I got this", and she didn't move.
There we go, baby!
I was hoping not to do an 18-point turn with the 80-ton,
but that's kind of what happened.
Well, that was embarrassing.
It's showtime, boys!
Operator Bill Fell can chalk up his first recovery of the day,
but the next one will be tougher.
It's pretty exciting to get a big wreck.
Kind of get our juices going again.
Let's just do a quick walk around.
Oh...
Oh, she's real mangled.
Must have been a hell of a ride.
When the westbound semi lost control
and veered in front of the steel hauler,
the impact deflected it off-road and into the woods.
It's like the milk truck all over again.
But drier.
Junior op Zach Thomson
can see that this terrain will be trouble...
The truck was surrounded
and entangled in a bunch of trees and branches.
It's like your perfect piece of puzzle.
We gotta find a way to MacGyver it outta the trees.
I'd like to cut down the least amount of trees possible.
It's gonna be a good pull, eh?
Yeah, your job's gonna get a little...
A little challenging.
..but the biggest problem is that the westbound semi
ended up in the eastbound ditch.
We try at all costs to avoid
pulling out a tractor facing westbound
in the eastbound lanes.
If we did so, we would have to do deal
with a complete highway closure.
To keep one lane of traffic moving,
Andrew must spin the entire transport around
before it hits the road.
This is going to get finicky for Bill.
This job is definitely not just a hook-and-pull job.
It's gonna need a lot of finessing.
On the 401 west of Cornwall...
..Andrew Vink has worked out a plan for his wrong-way recovery.
OK, we'll bring the trailer over here.
Ass end comes out,
so we're going to be in the jackknife position.
Once the trailer's on the road, swing the tractor over.
Good? Good plan.
OK.
You see that cross-member?
The amount of room we had to work with
was gonna give us a challenge.
Job one was to get that thing out of the trees.
We're gonna have to kinda thread the needle a bit,
and do a bit of lifting to be able to get this thing to the road.
So, the initial pull is this is pulling it out...
Yeah.
..to try and get the tractor out of the bush.
No, not even out of the bush.
You just need it about six inches.
OK.
The tractor has cosmetic damage to the front end,
but was relatively in good shape.
To keep it that way,
the crew will ease the tractor back out of the trees
before they swing the semi around.
OK.
For that first move, Zach will control the pull.
Basically, whenever I start pulling the trailer back,
it should pull the truck away from the trees.
Right to the fifth wheel.
Bill and Andrew rig from Bill's rotator
to the fifth wheel.
Bill, you're good. Yeah?
As the trailer retreats,
Bill will direct the tractor's path
with a very narrow margin of error...
If everybody's clear, we can do the initial pull back.
No, no, we're good to start.
Hey, I'm getting...
It's pulling me, eh?
Now, keep tight.
Whoa.
How is the front end?
Are we clear of the trees, Pierre?
Yeah.
OK, whoa.
Since she's out of the trees now,
we're gonna be pulling this thing out
so it's facing eastbound in the eastbound lanes.
Bill, you can start booming
all the way out right to the ass end.
Bill takes care of the trailer, so we're just doing a swap.
Oh, my goddamn!
We're gonna swing that trailer around,
have Zach hook up to the truck.
As he comes right out on that jackknife position,
then we'll swing the tractor around.
OK.
You good, Bill?
I'm pulling.
It would have been 100% easier to
pull this thing backwards
so it would have been facing westbound.
The gamble we took by swinging the trailer 180 degrees
is Bill being so far out
you're dragging that trailer in the snow.
You don't know exactly what's underneath that snow,
and you're adding resistance to the pull.
..and this is just Bill's second full winter as a heavy operator.
As long as you don't pull hard on the right line, Bill,
just keep it snug.
And is it staying snug?
'Cause I can't see it.
She's... She's tight.
This is a major manoeuvre for me.
I had the boom full out.
She's almost opening up for ya.
OK, Bill?
Boom down.
Zach, can you pull your line out
ready to hook up on that chain on that fifth wheel?
Yes, sir.
OK.
We're just about in the angle
that Zach can start pulling on the tractor.
You're good, Zach? Yeah.
And, uh, cab's brakes are released?
You can start booming up and bringing it to ya, Billy.
OK.
Not too high, Billy.
I don't want it hitting the tractor on the front.
OK.
I had to balance this thing and swing it over
while matching Zach's speed.
You could actually get that trailer
turned right beside ya, buddy.
'Cause if you keep on going the way you are,
she'll wind up in the live lane.
OK. You mean a bit back this way?
Yeah. Hold on, boys.
OK.
Bill, you can drive ahead about 20...
Drive ahead about 30ft.
Yeah.
Bill almost has the back end oriented.
Right there? Yeah.
Now, he needs to swing the trailer onto the road.
OK, everybody clear from the truck and trailer?
OK.
OK, pull the trailer.
Give me a sec, Zach?
Bill, boom all the way out, buddy.
OK.
Kev, wheels slightly turned to the right.
Yeah, left, left, left...
Coming up.
The higher the incline, the more angles you got,
the more stress on your truck,
we can have the potential of rolling this thing
over back into the ditch.
Blue line is not snugging in, or is slack, Bill.
Bill's got a lot of stress going on.
He's got the trailer suspended in the air,
and Zach's winching on this tractor...
Oh, yeah, now she's fightin'.
Come on, baby.
..and every single feet
that Zach's bringing the tractor towards him,
Bill's got to adjust at the back end.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa...
Whoa, whoa, whoa, hey!
Jeez, I'm not liking that.
We had it just about up on the road, and the trailer tipped over a bit.
Whoa, hold on!
It scared the hell out of me.
Bill, tighten the line.
Tighten your silver line.
OK.
With the trailer dangling in mid-air,
Bill needs to keep his lines evenly taut on both sides.
Bill, just keep it snug.
Keep tension on it.
Just like that.
Well, you can go down if you want.
She got adjusted.
She followed the fifth wheel angle.
The fifth wheel pivoted to the front.
So did the trailer.
What happened there is Bill let go of the line slightly,
and that trailer just...
The centre of gravity just wanted to centre itself,
and it just pivoted on the fifth wheel,
so a little mistake.
I'll be honest, I got a little nervous.
Ah, it looks sketchy when it does that, yeah?
Bill, you good? Yes.
OK.
Zach, start opening up that angle.
Bill's steadied the back end, and his nerves.
You OK, Zach?
Now, the other end is up to Zach.
Another about 4ft, I'd say, Zach,
and then we can start working on that front end.
OK.
OK, brakes, Kev?
Next step is to get that tractor turned back up to the road.
OK.
OK, boom up.
Yee haw!
Feeling good.
It's back on the road. It's a ton of relief.
The crew just needs to replace the mangled rear wheels,
or 'bogie'
...and they'll finally be out of the woods.
So, we're replacing it with ours.
Whoa.
OK.
Good. Good job.
We got it, boys.
They kept the traffic moving...
..and the semi is on its way.
Feeling great.
It wasn't the easiest job for Bill to handle,
but he did it very well.
It's a great feeling wrapping up a job like that,
and being able to get off the highway,
let everybody get where they're going.
Sometimes they're tough ones,
but, hey, a win's a win.
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