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[Narrator] This time
on the season finale
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of Heavy Rescue: 401...
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[Andrew Vink]
She's frozen in there.
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[Narrator] ...stuck semi...
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[Bill Fell] Whoa, Andrew!
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[Narrator] ...strikes back.
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He's getting ahead of me!
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Yo! Hey!
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Dennis, stay on that, man.
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[Narrator] Eric fights...
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[Eric] Dennis,
Dennis, it's fast!
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[Narrator]
...to keep it together...
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He's too fast!
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[Narrator]
...and Gary and Collin...
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So cold, everything's frozen.
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[Narrator] ...reach deep.
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[Gary Vandenheuvel]
I haven't had one
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this deep, steep, and stuck
in many, many years.
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[traffic news radio]
Well, this storm
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is certainly catching drivers
by surprise.
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We have slick roads
and numerous collisions
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right across the GTA.
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[Narrator] It's a brutal
late-March morning
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on the highways of Toronto.
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[Narrator]
The springtime storm
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is hitting even harder
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100 kilometres
outside the city,
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near Cambridge.
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[Kerry Schmidt]
Coming up to Highway 6.
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It's been
a really messy commute.
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Snow and slush everywhere,
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a lot of traffic.
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[Narrator]
Sergeant Kerry Schmidt
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is driving westward
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to a major scene
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causing major headaches.
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[Kerry] So, I'm just
on the way to a crash,
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and it involved
two transport trucks.
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Both trucks down in the ditch,
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emergency responders
are on scene there.
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Traffic is backed up
for quite a ways here.
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I've already gone by
five or 10 kilometres worth
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of crawling traffic.
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[Kerry] The hazard
that we have with this now
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is that the unexpected slowdowns
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can catch many drivers
by surprise,
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and if they're not driving
with their full attention,
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they may very well end up
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plowing right into the back
of stopped traffic.
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[Kerry] Wow, what a mess.
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[Narrator] The double jackknife
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has forced the shutdown
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of two westbound lanes
of the 401.
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[Kerry] It's morning rush hour.
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This is a huge mess,
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and this is
going to cause headaches
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for thousands of motorists.
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We have heavy delays
in the area,
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only one lane getting by.
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This transport truck here
was travelling along
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in the middle lane,
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and a vehicle in front of it
braked abruptly.
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He tried to avoid a collision,
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sideswiped
the other transport truck,
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dragging it into the ditch
as well.
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[Narrator] SD Towing
from Mississauga
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has already cleared
the first semi,
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but they're still
fighting the second.
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Gonna be out
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in 20 minutes, okay?
-Okay, right on.
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[Narrator] Heavy ops
Jaz Singh and Deep Sarai
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are up against
difficult terrain.
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Because of that valley rig
down in the ditch,
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that's gonna give us
a little bit of trouble.
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[Deep] We're dealing with
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a relatively deep ditch here,
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and obviously
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when you have an incline
like that,
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you're going to come through
with a lot of resistance.
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Hurry, hurry.
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[Kerry] You can see the delays
that we have here
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backed up all the way back
to Highway 6,
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only one lane getting by.
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Crazy weather, man.
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Crazy people.
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[♪♪♪]
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[traffic news radio]
We have a transport truck
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in the ditch
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westbound on the 401,
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and major backups in the area.
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[Jaz Singh]
You can keep pulling.
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Yo, yo!
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That's okay, keep going.
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[Kerry] The snow's
been coming down all night.
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This is the worst time
that it can happen.
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7:00 a.m.,
the start of morning rush hour,
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and now we got a big mess
on the highway to clean up.
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[Narrator]
The crew has the trailer
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straddling the ditch.
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Now they need to get
the entire transport
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across the gap.
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[Deep] So we're gonna try
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to get
the back end of the trailer
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and put it up on the highway,
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and then kinda just
swing the tractor
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and get it right level
right onto the shoulder.
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[Jaz] Hold on!
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[Deep] This one's empty,
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but empties have
their own struggle, right,
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and it changes the centre
of gravity and all that.
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[Narrator] To swing
the front end across,
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they need the trailer
as an anchor,
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but with no weight inside,
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it's hard to control.
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[Jaz] I'm just gonna
keep it down
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so it won't go nowhere.
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[Deep] Adding a secondary line
through a snatch block
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was really going to bring
that trailer
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closer to the ground
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and keep that centre of gravity
really low.
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Okay, go!
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Let the green go.
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Come on...
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Okay?
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Yeah.
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[Kerry] Highway 401 westbound,
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the last transport truck
is outta the ditch.
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[Deep] Once you see the cops
open up the roadway
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and all that traffic flowing,
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that's a huge sigh of relief.
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Good to go.
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Okay.
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Go!
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[Kerry] Great job
on that cleanup, man.
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It happened in record time.
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All right, thank you
so much, Sarge.
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Thank you.
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[Narrator] ...but the day,
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and the season's last storm
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aren't over yet.
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[Kerry]
It's been snowing all night,
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and still snowing
in the morning rush,
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and we've had this mess
to clean up.
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The morning
is just getting started.
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[trucks honking]
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[traffic news radio] Well,
it looks like emergency crews
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have worked their magic
on the westbound 401,
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where all lanes have reopened,
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and traffic
is starting to improve.
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[Narrator] 500 kilometres east,
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it's clear skies
over Cornwall...
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[Narrator]
...but frigid temperatures
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are icing up roads...
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[Narrator]
...and sending Andrew Vink
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and his heavy crew...
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Ready to roll?
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[Narrator] ...to answer
an overnight call.
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[Andrew] I got the team
rolling behind me
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responding to
this tractor-trailer
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in the ditch off the 401.
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We found ourselves
in a minus 17 overnight,
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so this is gonna be
frozen solid in this ditch.
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We're bringing out
all the big guns for this one.
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[Narrator]
Following Andrew up front,
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Bill Fell is bringing
the second rotator,
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and they'll need the power.
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[Bill] It takes weight
to move weight.
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I love a challenge.
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This is gonna be a challenge.
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I'm in the convoy, a big step.
I'm here.
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[Narrator] Close behind,
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the newest member
of the heavy crew,
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Cassandra Hay.
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Today I'm driving the day cab.
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It's the rookie truck.
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[laughs]
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They call it "The Boneshaker."
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Oh, boy,
he's really in the bushes.
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[Andrew]
We got the tractor-trailer
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fully loaded with produce
out of Arizona.
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It went in pretty wet,
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and now she's frozen in there,
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so it's gonna be
quite the fight.
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[Narrator] As a tow truck
was working
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on the side of a highway,
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a fully loaded semi
lost control,
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hit the truck,
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and plowed into the ditch.
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[Bill] This situation kind of
hits close to home, you know,
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'cause we're out
on the same highway
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doing the same stuff,
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and you never know
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when something like this
is going to happen.
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[Andrew] Luckily
the operator was fine
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and walked away
with minor injuries,
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but it still,
it hits home, man.
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You know, it could have been
one of my guys.
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[Cass] So, are you gonna
teach me how this works?
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[Josh] Yeah, why not?
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[Narrator] After months
rebuilding his team,
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today Andrew's
aiming to give the rookies
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some vital experience.
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I was able
to grab Cass and Josh
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to give us a hand as well.
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[Andrew] Usually I'll bring
people that are green
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to the simpler recovery
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where I can have the time
to teach these things.
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This job, this one's
a tough recovery.
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One clevis, one strap.
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One clevis, one strap, okay?
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Okay.
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[Bill] I was once
in that position,
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learning
all the different rigging,
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what was what.
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There's a lot of learning
to do in this.
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[Narrator] Senior op Bill
will guide them,
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and it's only been
a few winters
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since he was the green one.
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I'm gonna rotate a bit back?
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[Herb]
No, you gotta slide back.
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Slide back, right.
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[Bill] I think I've come
a long way.
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I love where I'm at now.
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Still got a lot to learn,
obviously,
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but I've come far.
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[Andrew] Very gently, gently.
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Okay, next.
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Just rigging up
the back of the trailer
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to be able
to pull that outta here.
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[Narrator] Today's recovery
will test everyone,
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no matter how junior
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or senior.
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[Bill] This thing's already
70,000 pounds.
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Being encased in the ice
like that,
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it could almost
double that weight.
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This is going to be
pretty challenging to get out.
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We've got ice
right up to the hubs.
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It's kind of frozen
into the ground,
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so we'll have to sweet-talk it
outta there.
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[Andrew] Plan A
is to get the 50 rigged up
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to the rear end of that trailer,
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and we're going to use
the reach of the 80
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to go over the trailer
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and pick up that trailer
with two slings.
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Fingers clear?
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Yes.
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-Nothing at all, eh?
-Nope.
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[sighing]
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There's only one thing moving,
and it's my trucks,
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and that's not a good sign.
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She's frozen in there.
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Oh!
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At least
we're getting closer to it.
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-[metal scraping]
-Whoa, Andrew!
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[metal scraping]
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[Narrator] On the 401
east of Cornwall,
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Andrew and Bill
are locked in battle
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with a trailer
locked in ice.
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[Andrew] It's frozen in there.
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Oh, wow, man.
261
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[Bill] She ain't budging.
262
00:11:53,179 --> 00:11:57,016
We actually pulled the 50
towards the ditch.
263
00:11:57,016 --> 00:11:58,851
That's dangerous, man.
264
00:12:01,687 --> 00:12:03,789
[Andrew] There's a very
thin line you're riding here
265
00:12:03,789 --> 00:12:05,858
because you're pulling
on something that's not moving,
266
00:12:05,858 --> 00:12:06,759
and eventually
something is going to give.
267
00:12:06,759 --> 00:12:07,960
We gotta rethink our plan
268
00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:10,930
before somebody gets hurt
or we break something.
269
00:12:10,930 --> 00:12:12,698
-Bill?
-Yeah?
270
00:12:12,698 --> 00:12:15,201
I kinda underestimated the ice.
271
00:12:15,201 --> 00:12:16,368
Back up the 80,
272
00:12:16,368 --> 00:12:18,704
get you freed up...
273
00:12:18,704 --> 00:12:21,974
Then we'll be able to do
what we need to do.
274
00:12:21,974 --> 00:12:23,242
We have no choice now
275
00:12:23,242 --> 00:12:24,877
but to move the 80-tonne
into position
276
00:12:24,877 --> 00:12:26,412
to try and break
this trailer free.
277
00:12:26,412 --> 00:12:28,180
[honking horn twice]
278
00:12:28,180 --> 00:12:29,982
[Bill imitates reverse beeps]
"Beep, beep, beep..."
279
00:12:31,016 --> 00:12:32,218
If I can't lift it up
with this thing,
280
00:12:32,218 --> 00:12:33,886
she's staying there
till spring.
281
00:12:33,886 --> 00:12:35,421
Work your magic.
282
00:12:35,421 --> 00:12:36,522
[Bill] If this doesn't work,
283
00:12:36,522 --> 00:12:38,023
we're seriously
going to have to consider
284
00:12:38,023 --> 00:12:39,358
leaving this here
until it thaws,
285
00:12:39,358 --> 00:12:40,993
and we don't want to do that.
286
00:12:42,661 --> 00:12:44,196
[Andrew] Watch out,
fingers clear, Bill?
287
00:12:44,196 --> 00:12:45,164
[Bill] Yeah, go ahead.
288
00:12:45,164 --> 00:12:46,832
-[Andrew] Yeah?
-[Bill] Yeah, good.
289
00:12:46,832 --> 00:12:49,335
[Andrew] Okay, watch out,
'cause we might snap the chain.
290
00:12:49,335 --> 00:12:51,237
At this point,
it's an all-out tug of war.
291
00:12:55,207 --> 00:12:56,542
-It's moving a bit.
-Yeah.
292
00:13:05,084 --> 00:13:06,485
[crackling]
293
00:13:06,485 --> 00:13:09,054
[Bill]
The ice is breaking here.
294
00:13:09,054 --> 00:13:10,556
[Andrew] Yeah, well,
I sure hope so.
295
00:13:16,595 --> 00:13:18,197
-She's coming!
-Whoo!
296
00:13:18,197 --> 00:13:20,866
There she is, you big mama.
297
00:13:20,866 --> 00:13:21,867
There she is.
298
00:13:21,867 --> 00:13:23,569
She's a-slingin'.
299
00:13:23,569 --> 00:13:25,237
There.
300
00:13:25,237 --> 00:13:27,072
There we go.
301
00:13:27,072 --> 00:13:30,276
[Narrator] They've broken
the back of the trailer free...
302
00:13:30,276 --> 00:13:31,577
[Andrew] Look at the hubs.
303
00:13:31,577 --> 00:13:34,213
That thing was real deep
in the ice.
304
00:13:34,213 --> 00:13:37,883
[Narrator] ...but that was
only half the problem.
305
00:13:37,883 --> 00:13:39,051
[Andrew]
We only lifted the back end.
306
00:13:39,051 --> 00:13:40,853
We haven't touched
the front end yet, so...
307
00:13:40,853 --> 00:13:43,055
you know, that might be
another fight of its own.
308
00:14:01,740 --> 00:14:04,610
[Sonny]
It's freaking cold, man.
309
00:14:04,610 --> 00:14:06,745
This is crazy.
310
00:14:06,745 --> 00:14:09,415
[Narrator]
500 kilometres west...
311
00:14:09,415 --> 00:14:11,183
I got a truck
deep in the ditch.
312
00:14:11,183 --> 00:14:12,518
[Narrator] ...Sonny Subra
313
00:14:12,518 --> 00:14:14,553
is ready to rig up a semi
314
00:14:14,553 --> 00:14:18,490
that plowed off the 400
in last night's storm.
315
00:14:18,490 --> 00:14:20,125
[Sonny] There's a load
inside the trailer,
316
00:14:20,125 --> 00:14:22,428
so we don't want to damage
any load,
317
00:14:22,428 --> 00:14:23,596
and then roll it over.
318
00:14:24,763 --> 00:14:26,832
Can you hook the front, man?
319
00:14:26,832 --> 00:14:29,134
[Narrator] With
no second operator on scene,
320
00:14:29,134 --> 00:14:33,172
Sonny needs to lean on
the only help available...
321
00:14:33,172 --> 00:14:34,273
[Sonny] So, I'm alone.
322
00:14:34,273 --> 00:14:36,108
The driver is there.
323
00:14:36,108 --> 00:14:39,111
The driver is going to be
my partner now.
324
00:14:39,111 --> 00:14:41,413
So, okay,
we're gonna go slowly.
325
00:14:41,413 --> 00:14:43,682
Keep it straight,
keep it straight, okay?
326
00:14:43,682 --> 00:14:48,187
[Narrator] ...and Sonny's
staring down a hard deadline...
327
00:14:48,187 --> 00:14:50,923
My wife is leaving today
to go back home,
328
00:14:50,923 --> 00:14:52,992
taking my son,
329
00:14:52,992 --> 00:14:56,295
so I have to drop them off
at the airport.
330
00:14:56,295 --> 00:14:57,696
Yeah, good.
331
00:14:57,696 --> 00:14:59,932
[Sonny] I'm really tight
with the time,
332
00:14:59,932 --> 00:15:02,768
because you have to be
at the airport very early.
333
00:15:03,802 --> 00:15:05,104
[Narrator]
...and if he misses his window,
334
00:15:05,104 --> 00:15:07,406
he won't see his family again
335
00:15:07,406 --> 00:15:09,441
for weeks.
336
00:15:09,441 --> 00:15:10,643
[metal scraping]
337
00:15:10,643 --> 00:15:12,444
Oh!
338
00:15:12,444 --> 00:15:13,545
[scraping]
339
00:15:14,446 --> 00:15:17,182
It doesn't want to come out.
340
00:15:18,450 --> 00:15:19,585
[Sonny] The roads are ice.
341
00:15:19,585 --> 00:15:21,820
The truck is simply sliding.
342
00:15:27,293 --> 00:15:28,594
[groans]
343
00:15:28,594 --> 00:15:30,696
Hopefully it's gonna come out.
344
00:15:31,997 --> 00:15:33,699
My truck is sliding,
345
00:15:33,699 --> 00:15:36,168
because my truck is just
a 25-tonne wrecker, right?
346
00:15:36,168 --> 00:15:40,072
It's not heavy enough
to pull this tractor-trailer.
347
00:15:40,072 --> 00:15:44,009
It's just gonna keep sliding
and go into the ditch.
348
00:15:44,009 --> 00:15:46,512
[Sonny] I'm gonna tell him
to put it in gear
349
00:15:46,512 --> 00:15:47,546
and hit the gas.
350
00:15:47,546 --> 00:15:49,014
Give me some traction,
give me some pull.
351
00:15:50,015 --> 00:15:51,083
Nice and easy, okay?
352
00:15:51,083 --> 00:15:54,153
Just roll it,
it's gonna slide out, okay?
353
00:15:54,153 --> 00:15:55,254
Ready?
354
00:15:58,390 --> 00:16:00,159
[scraping]
355
00:16:05,864 --> 00:16:07,599
It's coming out.
356
00:16:10,102 --> 00:16:12,237
[Narrator] The tractor
is moving forward...
357
00:16:13,238 --> 00:16:16,241
...but Sonny can't get
the right trajectory
358
00:16:16,241 --> 00:16:17,876
for the trailer.
359
00:16:17,876 --> 00:16:18,877
[Sonny] Keep coming straight,
360
00:16:18,877 --> 00:16:20,546
don't slide, don't slide,
don't slide.
361
00:16:20,546 --> 00:16:22,414
We're gonna be a whole day here.
362
00:16:23,382 --> 00:16:24,316
Brake!
363
00:16:26,418 --> 00:16:27,753
[Narrator] To pull
the whole transport
364
00:16:27,753 --> 00:16:29,888
onto the road,
365
00:16:29,888 --> 00:16:32,124
Sonny needs to change the angle,
366
00:16:32,124 --> 00:16:35,461
and he needs more room.
367
00:16:35,461 --> 00:16:38,063
I'm gonna ask the officer
to completely block it,
368
00:16:38,063 --> 00:16:39,465
I'll put on one winch,
369
00:16:39,465 --> 00:16:40,466
and then I'll drive.
370
00:16:40,466 --> 00:16:41,800
You're gonna drive
behind me, okay?
371
00:16:43,302 --> 00:16:44,269
Almost done.
372
00:16:44,269 --> 00:16:45,904
If you give me a whole lane,
373
00:16:45,904 --> 00:16:48,107
gonna pull him out
all together, one shot.
374
00:16:48,107 --> 00:16:50,075
So I'm gonna pull straight out,
375
00:16:50,075 --> 00:16:51,944
and I'm gonna put it
in the shoulder,
376
00:16:51,944 --> 00:16:54,046
he's gonna drive off,
I'm gonna go home.
377
00:16:54,947 --> 00:16:58,117
Final moment, final pull,
378
00:16:58,117 --> 00:17:00,719
and then we're gonna
be outta here.
379
00:17:00,719 --> 00:17:03,088
[Narrator]
He must make his move
380
00:17:03,088 --> 00:17:06,692
the second the OPP
closes the lane.
381
00:17:06,692 --> 00:17:08,594
[Sunny] Be ready.
382
00:17:08,594 --> 00:17:10,696
Any moment, they're gonna
block the highway.
383
00:17:12,498 --> 00:17:14,900
Ready, ready, ready!
384
00:17:14,900 --> 00:17:16,635
Whoo!
385
00:17:25,944 --> 00:17:27,379
Come, come,
come, come, come.
386
00:17:27,379 --> 00:17:28,313
Yay!
387
00:17:28,313 --> 00:17:31,016
We did it, man, we did it.
388
00:17:31,016 --> 00:17:32,284
Awesome.
389
00:17:32,284 --> 00:17:33,185
[Sonny] This is working.
390
00:17:33,185 --> 00:17:34,953
Thanks God, I can go, I can go.
391
00:17:37,189 --> 00:17:38,991
Onto the shoulder.
392
00:17:38,991 --> 00:17:41,427
Onto the shoulder completely.
393
00:17:41,427 --> 00:17:44,663
[Narrator] After a winter
of adapting to a smaller truck,
394
00:17:44,663 --> 00:17:49,368
Sonny's learned just how much
his skill has grown.
395
00:17:49,368 --> 00:17:52,004
[Sonny] I learned a lot
the last seven years.
396
00:17:52,004 --> 00:17:54,673
I've pushed myself to the limit,
397
00:17:54,673 --> 00:17:56,041
and I worked so hard.
398
00:17:56,041 --> 00:17:57,142
I've built my life.
399
00:17:57,142 --> 00:17:59,144
We're gonna be outta here now.
400
00:17:59,144 --> 00:18:01,547
I think I will make it on time.
401
00:18:03,182 --> 00:18:05,884
[Sonny] I am confident
I can do anything.
402
00:18:05,884 --> 00:18:07,886
With all this experience,
403
00:18:07,886 --> 00:18:10,155
and all the scenes I went to,
404
00:18:10,155 --> 00:18:12,057
I can do any wreck.
405
00:18:13,225 --> 00:18:14,860
All right.
406
00:18:14,860 --> 00:18:16,628
[honking horn]
407
00:18:16,628 --> 00:18:17,563
[horn blares]
408
00:18:22,868 --> 00:18:23,902
Here we go.
409
00:18:27,039 --> 00:18:28,207
Nah, she's wedgied.
410
00:18:28,207 --> 00:18:31,043
[Narrator] Back
at the eastern end of the 401...
411
00:18:32,211 --> 00:18:33,879
Pull in on your right more.
412
00:18:33,879 --> 00:18:34,880
[Narrator] ...the Herb's crew
413
00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:36,548
is working to separate
the trailer
414
00:18:36,548 --> 00:18:41,019
so they can wrestle out
the tractor on its own...
415
00:18:42,821 --> 00:18:43,822
Got it.
416
00:18:43,822 --> 00:18:45,491
Okay.
417
00:18:45,491 --> 00:18:47,059
[Bill] There was no way
418
00:18:47,059 --> 00:18:48,794
that we could have
pulled this out as one unit.
419
00:18:48,794 --> 00:18:51,497
The tractor sustained
pretty good damage on the front,
420
00:18:51,497 --> 00:18:53,799
so we needed to separate them.
421
00:18:53,799 --> 00:18:55,501
[Andrew] Okay, so, Bill,
I'll support it,
422
00:18:55,501 --> 00:18:57,503
and you need to pull it
outta the jaws.
423
00:18:57,503 --> 00:19:00,105
[Bill] It meant that we can get
that trailer out of there
424
00:19:00,105 --> 00:19:01,373
and then work on the truck.
425
00:19:02,207 --> 00:19:04,376
[Narrator] ...but without
the tractor up front,
426
00:19:04,376 --> 00:19:07,546
they'll need to lift out
the trailer,
427
00:19:07,546 --> 00:19:10,415
all 70,000 pounds.
428
00:19:10,415 --> 00:19:14,119
My concern is my end
is another five foot out.
429
00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:16,088
[Andrew] The 80-tonne
doesn't have enough boom
430
00:19:16,088 --> 00:19:17,656
to be centred
over the trailer.
431
00:19:17,656 --> 00:19:18,991
Initially, that trailer's
432
00:19:18,991 --> 00:19:21,126
going to have to be
dragged up the embankment
433
00:19:21,126 --> 00:19:23,795
till it gets centred
underneath that boom.
434
00:19:25,130 --> 00:19:27,799
[Narrator] They'll first
move the trailer
435
00:19:27,799 --> 00:19:29,434
closer to the road,
436
00:19:29,434 --> 00:19:32,271
and then use both rotators
437
00:19:32,271 --> 00:19:34,273
to lift it out of the ditch.
438
00:19:39,144 --> 00:19:40,279
[Bill] Ready.
439
00:19:44,750 --> 00:19:47,352
[creaking]
440
00:19:48,453 --> 00:19:50,122
[Andrew] This thing's gonna
swing towards us.
441
00:19:50,122 --> 00:19:51,423
-Here she comes.
-Okay, whoa.
442
00:19:51,423 --> 00:19:53,458
All right, you're past
the fifth wheel plate.
443
00:19:53,458 --> 00:19:54,927
Okay, just give me a sec,
let me lift it up. Whoa.
444
00:20:00,132 --> 00:20:03,101
[Narrator] Now that the trailer
is centred under the boom,
445
00:20:03,101 --> 00:20:05,771
they can attempt
the heavy lift.
446
00:20:05,771 --> 00:20:08,840
[Andrew] The challenge
of doing a deadlift
447
00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:10,008
is the first few inches.
448
00:20:10,008 --> 00:20:11,176
Once you can get this thing
off the ground
449
00:20:11,176 --> 00:20:12,444
and centred,
450
00:20:12,444 --> 00:20:13,312
it's game over.
451
00:20:18,650 --> 00:20:21,753
This is gonna fight us
right to the end.
452
00:20:25,357 --> 00:20:26,825
Okay, whoa, whoa.
453
00:20:26,825 --> 00:20:29,828
Let me try
and straighten 'er out a bit.
454
00:20:29,828 --> 00:20:31,663
Go ahead.
455
00:20:38,170 --> 00:20:40,038
It's coming out.
456
00:20:40,038 --> 00:20:42,608
Try bringing it towards you
a bit, Bill.
457
00:20:52,851 --> 00:20:53,885
There she is.
458
00:20:57,789 --> 00:21:00,158
Yeah, another four feet.
459
00:21:01,827 --> 00:21:02,794
Okay, watch out, Bill.
460
00:21:02,794 --> 00:21:04,963
I think I'm good
right there, buddy.
461
00:21:04,963 --> 00:21:07,799
Okay. It's all yours.
462
00:21:10,335 --> 00:21:12,037
Good. Right there.
463
00:21:12,037 --> 00:21:13,005
I'll bring
the back end down.
464
00:21:19,044 --> 00:21:20,045
Tight fit,
465
00:21:20,045 --> 00:21:21,680
but that's exactly
where I wanted it.
466
00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:23,548
Good job, guys.
467
00:21:23,548 --> 00:21:24,983
Okay, let's get
this thing unrigged.
468
00:21:30,522 --> 00:21:32,057
[Andrew] It's home free
for the trailer.
469
00:21:32,057 --> 00:21:32,891
The truck, on the other hand,
470
00:21:32,891 --> 00:21:34,226
that's a different ball game.
471
00:21:34,226 --> 00:21:36,395
If we just judge
by the resistance
472
00:21:36,395 --> 00:21:37,729
the ice added to the trailer,
473
00:21:37,729 --> 00:21:40,666
the tractor's gonna be
another fight.
474
00:21:45,404 --> 00:21:47,906
-Frozen in there, Billy.
-Oh, yeah.
475
00:21:47,906 --> 00:21:49,675
[Narrator] At the eastern edge
of Ontario,
476
00:21:49,675 --> 00:21:53,011
Andrew and Bill are sizing up
their next challenge,
477
00:21:53,011 --> 00:21:54,513
the tractor.
478
00:21:54,513 --> 00:21:56,281
[Andrew]
The axle's pushed back
479
00:21:56,281 --> 00:21:58,717
almost underneath
the passenger's side door,
480
00:21:58,717 --> 00:22:01,053
and it's obviously
buried in snow.
481
00:22:01,053 --> 00:22:03,021
[Narrator] The damage
482
00:22:03,021 --> 00:22:04,222
and the distance
483
00:22:04,222 --> 00:22:06,124
are a tough combination.
484
00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:09,861
Okay, everybody watch out.
485
00:22:09,861 --> 00:22:10,829
[Narrator] The first step,
486
00:22:10,829 --> 00:22:12,831
get it out of the ice
487
00:22:12,831 --> 00:22:14,900
and closer to the road.
488
00:22:16,702 --> 00:22:19,838
[Andrew] I wasn't giving
that tractor any chance
489
00:22:19,838 --> 00:22:20,972
to give us an ounce of trouble.
490
00:22:22,407 --> 00:22:23,742
She's comin'.
491
00:22:24,710 --> 00:22:25,711
[Narrator] He's banking
492
00:22:25,711 --> 00:22:27,312
that with access
to pull on the back,
493
00:22:27,312 --> 00:22:30,082
he can ease the tractor free.
494
00:22:31,083 --> 00:22:32,184
[Andrew]
I think it went fairly well.
495
00:22:32,184 --> 00:22:33,885
We picked it up
from the ass end
496
00:22:33,885 --> 00:22:34,853
with the 50-tonne,
497
00:22:34,853 --> 00:22:35,787
dragged it backwards
498
00:22:35,787 --> 00:22:36,955
so we got close enough to lift.
499
00:22:39,624 --> 00:22:40,759
There you go.
500
00:22:43,428 --> 00:22:46,031
[Narrator] Now they'll re-rig
with both rotators
501
00:22:46,031 --> 00:22:49,034
for the delicate lift
to the road.
502
00:22:49,034 --> 00:22:51,269
-Beautiful.
-Above your head, Cass.
503
00:22:51,269 --> 00:22:52,571
Watch your head.
504
00:22:52,571 --> 00:22:54,106
[Bill] It can sometimes be
a little tricky
505
00:22:54,106 --> 00:22:56,241
lifting these tractors
that are damaged,
506
00:22:56,241 --> 00:22:58,143
being that they're so far out.
507
00:22:59,111 --> 00:23:01,079
There we go.
She's in.
508
00:23:01,079 --> 00:23:02,247
Okay, watch out, guys.
509
00:23:11,823 --> 00:23:12,991
There she goes.
510
00:23:12,991 --> 00:23:14,426
Look at that.
511
00:23:15,961 --> 00:23:17,429
Okay, you wanna start
picking it up, Billy?
512
00:23:23,068 --> 00:23:26,004
And she's coming up right now.
513
00:23:26,004 --> 00:23:28,673
Look at that.
514
00:23:29,574 --> 00:23:31,977
[Narrator] The tractor
is holding together.
515
00:23:31,977 --> 00:23:34,613
[Andrew] Okay, swing your end.
516
00:23:34,613 --> 00:23:35,847
[Bill] Okay, swingy, swingy.
517
00:23:35,847 --> 00:23:39,484
[Narrator] Now they need
to carefully set it down...
518
00:23:39,484 --> 00:23:41,319
-Good?
-Yeah, so far.
519
00:23:41,319 --> 00:23:42,487
Okay.
520
00:23:42,487 --> 00:23:44,790
[Narrator] ...without swinging
into live traffic.
521
00:23:51,263 --> 00:23:53,031
Okay, hold.
522
00:23:53,031 --> 00:23:54,800
Just wanna make sure that
we're not into that lane, eh?
523
00:23:56,868 --> 00:23:58,136
[Bill] We still have traffic
going by us,
524
00:23:58,136 --> 00:24:00,806
so yeah,
we've gotta be very careful.
525
00:24:01,807 --> 00:24:04,009
-You good, Bill?
-Yeah.
526
00:24:07,345 --> 00:24:08,947
[Bill] I think
it's pretty impressive
527
00:24:08,947 --> 00:24:11,149
when we do stuff like that,
528
00:24:11,149 --> 00:24:12,484
you know, using two rotators
529
00:24:12,484 --> 00:24:13,718
to lift a truck up in the air,
530
00:24:13,718 --> 00:24:16,555
and then swing it over
between our trucks
531
00:24:16,555 --> 00:24:17,889
into another lane.
532
00:24:18,890 --> 00:24:20,625
Right there.
533
00:24:20,625 --> 00:24:22,694
Hell, yeah!
534
00:24:22,694 --> 00:24:23,662
[Andrew] It's a kind of art.
535
00:24:23,662 --> 00:24:24,863
Some people, it's Picassos,
536
00:24:24,863 --> 00:24:27,132
and for us, it's having
a demolished tractor
537
00:24:27,132 --> 00:24:28,200
sitting 20 feet off the ground
538
00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:29,367
on the tip of your boom.
539
00:24:29,367 --> 00:24:31,736
Something about that,
it's just there to love.
540
00:24:38,910 --> 00:24:40,212
She's done!
541
00:24:41,246 --> 00:24:42,981
Beautiful. Good job, guys.
542
00:24:42,981 --> 00:24:44,216
Oh, that was awesome.
543
00:24:44,216 --> 00:24:46,351
Quite an experience
just being here.
544
00:24:46,351 --> 00:24:47,486
It fought us till the end,
545
00:24:47,486 --> 00:24:49,187
but that's what
it's all about.
546
00:24:50,322 --> 00:24:51,857
[Narrator] For a new team...
547
00:24:51,857 --> 00:24:52,891
[grunting with effort]
548
00:24:52,891 --> 00:24:54,059
Next thing,
549
00:24:54,059 --> 00:24:55,427
hooking this thing up,
then we're going home.
550
00:24:55,427 --> 00:24:58,029
[Narrator]
...and a new company leader...
551
00:24:58,029 --> 00:25:00,065
-[crunching]
-Whoo!
552
00:25:00,065 --> 00:25:01,166
[Narrator] ...it's been a job
553
00:25:01,166 --> 00:25:03,101
that caps off a winter
554
00:25:03,101 --> 00:25:05,537
of hard-earned success.
555
00:25:05,537 --> 00:25:07,272
[Bill] I've come a long way.
556
00:25:07,272 --> 00:25:09,274
I've worked hard.
557
00:25:09,274 --> 00:25:10,542
It does pay off.
558
00:25:11,943 --> 00:25:14,713
Done. Good job.
559
00:25:14,713 --> 00:25:16,681
Cass? Good job.
560
00:25:16,681 --> 00:25:17,682
Thanks, boss.
561
00:25:17,682 --> 00:25:18,783
You do so many recoveries
562
00:25:18,783 --> 00:25:21,253
that it's hard to get
one of the recoveries
563
00:25:21,253 --> 00:25:22,754
to fit into your memory books,
564
00:25:22,754 --> 00:25:24,155
but definitely this one
565
00:25:24,155 --> 00:25:25,624
will have a page
dedicated to it.
566
00:25:27,726 --> 00:25:28,660
She was a hell of a fight,
567
00:25:28,660 --> 00:25:30,896
but the team got 'er done.
568
00:25:31,930 --> 00:25:33,064
Going back home.
569
00:25:34,132 --> 00:25:35,634
[honking horn twice]
570
00:25:39,070 --> 00:25:40,405
[honking horn twice]
571
00:25:41,606 --> 00:25:44,976
[honking
"shave and a haircut" tune]
572
00:26:05,163 --> 00:26:08,266
[Narrator]
800 kilometres west,
573
00:26:08,266 --> 00:26:09,634
a frigid night
574
00:26:09,634 --> 00:26:11,770
is giving way to an icy morning
575
00:26:11,770 --> 00:26:14,506
at the far end of the 401...
576
00:26:19,177 --> 00:26:21,580
[Eric Godard]
Just got a call from the OPP,
577
00:26:21,580 --> 00:26:24,115
we've got a tractor-trailer
actually
578
00:26:24,115 --> 00:26:25,684
that's run off the highway.
579
00:26:25,684 --> 00:26:27,953
[Narrator] ...so Eric Godard
580
00:26:27,953 --> 00:26:30,121
is back on the road.
581
00:26:30,121 --> 00:26:31,456
It's been
a pretty crazy night.
582
00:26:31,456 --> 00:26:33,959
A whole lot of ice,
and a whole lot of snow
583
00:26:33,959 --> 00:26:36,294
makes for a really long night
584
00:26:36,294 --> 00:26:37,429
for people in our line of work.
585
00:26:37,429 --> 00:26:39,664
I'm heading out here
with Big Orange,
586
00:26:39,664 --> 00:26:41,299
and I've also got Daren
coming out
587
00:26:41,299 --> 00:26:42,434
with the other rotator,
588
00:26:42,434 --> 00:26:43,835
and Dennis is going
to come out as well.
589
00:26:51,343 --> 00:26:54,346
[Narrator] The semi jackknifed
off the 401 near Tilbury,
590
00:26:54,346 --> 00:26:56,615
skidding into deep snow
591
00:26:56,615 --> 00:27:00,452
between the highway
and adjacent service road.
592
00:27:00,452 --> 00:27:02,354
[Eric] Today
someone's looking out for us.
593
00:27:02,354 --> 00:27:03,955
We're going to bring
this tractor-trailer
594
00:27:03,955 --> 00:27:05,323
right out here onto this road.
595
00:27:05,323 --> 00:27:06,224
It'll be a whole lot safer
596
00:27:06,224 --> 00:27:08,460
than trying to work
on an icy 401
597
00:27:08,460 --> 00:27:10,028
that's got traffic coming at us
598
00:27:10,028 --> 00:27:12,230
60 miles an hour.
599
00:27:12,230 --> 00:27:13,732
[Eric]
The road is snow-covered,
600
00:27:13,732 --> 00:27:15,300
but it's a small enough road
601
00:27:15,300 --> 00:27:17,469
that we can shut it down
with the trucks if we have to,
602
00:27:17,469 --> 00:27:19,304
and then there's no concern
that moving vehicles can get us.
603
00:27:20,372 --> 00:27:21,873
[Narrator] The challenge
will be pulling the semi
604
00:27:21,873 --> 00:27:23,008
up to the road
605
00:27:23,008 --> 00:27:25,577
while keeping it upright.
606
00:27:25,577 --> 00:27:26,845
[Eric] The big concern
on this one,
607
00:27:26,845 --> 00:27:29,014
number one is gonna be
the lean coming up.
608
00:27:29,014 --> 00:27:30,515
It doesn't look like
much of an aggressive lean
609
00:27:30,515 --> 00:27:31,816
because there's so much snow,
610
00:27:31,816 --> 00:27:33,385
but that's snow, and it's not
gonna hold the weight
611
00:27:33,385 --> 00:27:34,486
of this tractor-trailer.
612
00:27:35,387 --> 00:27:37,989
[Narrator]
Eric will need help,
613
00:27:37,989 --> 00:27:40,425
and the first of his backup
has just arrived...
614
00:27:40,425 --> 00:27:42,060
Dennis!
615
00:27:42,060 --> 00:27:43,061
[Eric] Nowadays,
616
00:27:43,061 --> 00:27:44,095
I pretty much
have more help, I guess,
617
00:27:44,095 --> 00:27:45,263
is what it comes down to.
618
00:27:45,263 --> 00:27:46,564
When you get into
those kind of jobs,
619
00:27:46,564 --> 00:27:48,333
and you're dragging
all the chains, and...
620
00:27:48,333 --> 00:27:49,334
I call for help.
621
00:27:49,334 --> 00:27:52,504
Right about... there.
622
00:27:52,504 --> 00:27:54,539
[Eric] Unfortunately,
in my case,
623
00:27:54,539 --> 00:27:55,840
my body's falling apart,
624
00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:57,409
so it just is what it is.
625
00:27:57,409 --> 00:28:00,178
I'm not a very old guy,
but my body's 80 years old.
626
00:28:00,178 --> 00:28:02,514
I'm needing to step away
as much as possible.
627
00:28:02,514 --> 00:28:03,948
It's just a necessity.
628
00:28:03,948 --> 00:28:05,417
[laughing]
You ain't man enough--
629
00:28:05,417 --> 00:28:06,918
I can only do
one at a time, I know.
630
00:28:06,918 --> 00:28:08,053
I was gonna say,
631
00:28:08,053 --> 00:28:09,421
you ain't [bleep]
man enough, buddy.
632
00:28:09,421 --> 00:28:11,556
Oh, my God,
I'm not man enough.
633
00:28:12,557 --> 00:28:14,259
[Narrator] After three decades,
634
00:28:14,259 --> 00:28:17,362
stepping back isn't easy.
635
00:28:17,362 --> 00:28:19,130
[Eric] I want to be
that hands-on guy.
636
00:28:19,130 --> 00:28:20,598
I like to get my hands dirty.
637
00:28:20,598 --> 00:28:22,701
I like to get involved.
638
00:28:24,369 --> 00:28:27,806
[Narrator]
The first step is simple,
639
00:28:27,806 --> 00:28:29,474
pulling the tractor straight.
640
00:28:30,875 --> 00:28:32,143
[Eric] And there we go.
641
00:28:32,143 --> 00:28:33,912
[Dennis] You don't get
much better than that, Eric.
642
00:28:33,912 --> 00:28:36,448
[Narrator] As they face
the tough part of the job...
643
00:28:36,448 --> 00:28:37,315
Yo!
644
00:28:37,315 --> 00:28:40,085
[Narrator]
...Daren pulls onto scene
645
00:28:40,085 --> 00:28:41,319
with the second rotator.
646
00:28:41,319 --> 00:28:43,321
[Eric] Here comes Daren.
647
00:28:43,321 --> 00:28:45,290
[Daren] I'm seeing
a lot of trucks in the ditch.
648
00:28:45,290 --> 00:28:47,492
Kind of makes you nervous,
driving the rotator.
649
00:28:50,228 --> 00:28:51,830
You're good.
650
00:28:52,731 --> 00:28:56,067
[Narrator] Daren's rotator
will pull on the front,
651
00:28:56,067 --> 00:29:00,171
while Eric
holds the semi upright,
652
00:29:00,171 --> 00:29:02,474
easing it towards the road.
653
00:29:06,444 --> 00:29:07,612
[Dennis] You got two lines
or with one?
654
00:29:07,612 --> 00:29:08,813
Yeah, both.
655
00:29:08,813 --> 00:29:10,515
[Narrator] They're rigged up
656
00:29:10,515 --> 00:29:11,583
and ready.
657
00:29:11,583 --> 00:29:13,251
[Eric] Dennis!
658
00:29:13,251 --> 00:29:14,819
[Narrator]
...but for the big pull...
659
00:29:14,819 --> 00:29:16,321
[Eric] You wanna work this?
660
00:29:16,321 --> 00:29:17,622
[Narrator]
...the "hands-on" veteran
661
00:29:17,622 --> 00:29:21,392
will take his hands
off the controls...
662
00:29:21,392 --> 00:29:23,828
I need to be able to let go,
663
00:29:23,828 --> 00:29:25,797
and I'm learning
how to do that slowly.
664
00:29:25,797 --> 00:29:27,599
Boom up, down,
665
00:29:27,599 --> 00:29:29,000
and you're pulling
with this one.
666
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:31,970
[Dennis] Eric really has
all that experience,
667
00:29:31,970 --> 00:29:33,705
and I listen to him
every chance I get.
668
00:29:33,705 --> 00:29:34,839
Yeah, just stay on that one.
669
00:29:34,839 --> 00:29:36,341
We kind of got to get in there
670
00:29:36,341 --> 00:29:38,009
and start really
learning this stuff.
671
00:29:38,009 --> 00:29:40,011
I'll let you know, Dennis,
when to rotate.
672
00:29:41,012 --> 00:29:42,147
[Eric] Big Orange
673
00:29:42,147 --> 00:29:43,882
is a really intimidating
truck to use,
674
00:29:43,882 --> 00:29:45,550
so when you're gonna
learn this truck,
675
00:29:45,550 --> 00:29:46,885
it's baby steps.
676
00:29:48,486 --> 00:29:49,487
[Dennis]
Start pulling that right now?
677
00:29:49,487 --> 00:29:50,455
[Eric] Yeah, take 'er out.
678
00:29:54,025 --> 00:29:55,560
[Narrator] ...but stepping back
679
00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:59,063
means Eric has to trust
the two brothers
680
00:29:59,063 --> 00:30:01,032
to stay in sync.
681
00:30:01,032 --> 00:30:02,333
He's getting ahead of me!
682
00:30:02,333 --> 00:30:04,903
Dennis, Dennis! It's fast.
683
00:30:04,903 --> 00:30:07,172
[Eric] If Daren
gets ahead of us too far,
684
00:30:07,172 --> 00:30:09,874
then we can't control
the lean on the trailer,
685
00:30:09,874 --> 00:30:12,177
and now we'll end up
with this trailer
686
00:30:12,177 --> 00:30:14,712
out of the jackknife,
but laying on its side.
687
00:30:15,914 --> 00:30:18,383
Yo! Yo! Yo! Hey!
688
00:30:18,383 --> 00:30:20,685
Dennis, stay on that, man.
689
00:30:20,685 --> 00:30:21,753
He's too fast!
690
00:30:24,656 --> 00:30:27,058
-Dennis, Dennis!
-Hang on, he's too fast.
691
00:30:27,058 --> 00:30:29,828
[Narrator] On a service road
next to the 401...
692
00:30:30,995 --> 00:30:33,031
I can't even keep up here.
693
00:30:33,031 --> 00:30:36,334
[Narrator] ...Eric's trying
to keep two rotators in sync
694
00:30:36,334 --> 00:30:39,170
while keeping
off of the controls.
695
00:30:39,170 --> 00:30:40,672
[Eric] He's gotta slow down.
696
00:30:40,672 --> 00:30:42,507
He's going too fast.
697
00:30:43,741 --> 00:30:45,577
[Eric] I'm not built in my mind
698
00:30:45,577 --> 00:30:47,045
where I can sit and watch
somebody else do something.
699
00:30:47,045 --> 00:30:48,046
I just can't do it.
700
00:30:48,046 --> 00:30:51,316
Now just follow him out, Dennis.
701
00:30:51,316 --> 00:30:53,551
I'm trying to keep up
with the winch there,
702
00:30:53,551 --> 00:30:57,055
but, uh, the other truck's
a lot faster.
703
00:30:57,055 --> 00:30:59,490
[Eric] Swing it, swing it!
704
00:30:59,490 --> 00:31:01,593
[Eric] The winches just run
at different paces.
705
00:31:01,593 --> 00:31:03,895
It can come right down
706
00:31:03,895 --> 00:31:05,763
to how many wraps
you have left on a drum,
707
00:31:05,763 --> 00:31:08,166
and each rotation will take
a little bit more line,
708
00:31:08,166 --> 00:31:10,168
so we've got a lot more line
off the truck
709
00:31:10,168 --> 00:31:11,903
as opposed to Daren,
710
00:31:11,903 --> 00:31:13,037
'cause he's so much closer.
711
00:31:13,037 --> 00:31:15,406
Dennis, let's get
that line going.
712
00:31:15,406 --> 00:31:17,709
[Dennis] It's going, buddy,
it's going.
713
00:31:17,709 --> 00:31:19,577
[Dennis] We're dealing with
a little bit of lean
714
00:31:19,577 --> 00:31:20,812
on a loaded trailer.
715
00:31:20,812 --> 00:31:22,080
It may not look like much,
716
00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:24,749
but it doesn't take much
for things to go south.
717
00:31:24,749 --> 00:31:26,184
You can swing 'er a touch.
718
00:31:26,184 --> 00:31:28,920
[Eric] If Daren gets too far
ahead of us,
719
00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:31,222
we lose complete control
of the lean,
720
00:31:31,222 --> 00:31:33,725
so we turn a relatively easy job
721
00:31:33,725 --> 00:31:34,959
with no damage
722
00:31:34,959 --> 00:31:37,962
into a destroyed tractor-trailer
that we've caused,
723
00:31:37,962 --> 00:31:40,465
so that's the one thing
we've definitely got to avoid.
724
00:31:41,766 --> 00:31:42,934
[Eric] There we go.
725
00:31:42,934 --> 00:31:45,603
Now we're playing
with fire, boys.
726
00:31:48,206 --> 00:31:51,376
[Narrator] The front
of the truck is at the road,
727
00:31:51,376 --> 00:31:54,579
and Daren is at the end
of his line.
728
00:31:54,579 --> 00:31:56,781
-Is he outta stroke?
-Yeah, he's out.
729
00:31:56,781 --> 00:31:58,750
[Narrator] Eric's hoping
730
00:31:58,750 --> 00:32:00,084
that with the driver's help,
731
00:32:00,084 --> 00:32:03,254
they can drag his semi
the rest of the way.
732
00:32:03,254 --> 00:32:05,356
[Eric] Okay, he's gonna
drive out with you,
733
00:32:05,356 --> 00:32:07,258
and you're just gonna
put 'er in low and follow.
734
00:32:14,098 --> 00:32:16,901
Daren, take him up,
let's get the road!
735
00:32:18,970 --> 00:32:20,171
Go, go, go, go.
736
00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:23,875
[Narrator] They're clear,
737
00:32:23,875 --> 00:32:27,312
just in time
for the local workers.
738
00:32:27,312 --> 00:32:28,446
[Eric] Just go slow!
739
00:32:30,348 --> 00:32:31,983
It may seem like
a minor road to us
740
00:32:31,983 --> 00:32:33,618
and not so important.
741
00:32:33,618 --> 00:32:35,019
There's a whole lot of people
that depend on it, right?
742
00:32:35,019 --> 00:32:38,623
Nice and slow. Slow.
743
00:32:39,824 --> 00:32:41,459
Thank you.
744
00:32:41,459 --> 00:32:42,627
It looks like the last of 'em.
745
00:32:42,627 --> 00:32:44,329
Everyone's gonna
get to work today.
746
00:32:45,530 --> 00:32:48,266
[Narrator] As Eric
struggles to step back,
747
00:32:48,266 --> 00:32:50,635
today is a good reminder
748
00:32:50,635 --> 00:32:54,205
that he can still move forward
as a mentor.
749
00:32:54,205 --> 00:32:56,174
[Eric] When I work
with Daren and Dennis,
750
00:32:56,174 --> 00:32:57,875
we tend to really click.
751
00:32:57,875 --> 00:32:59,110
They're building
their confidence
752
00:32:59,110 --> 00:33:00,178
every time
they touch the controls
753
00:33:00,178 --> 00:33:01,512
with every job we do,
754
00:33:01,512 --> 00:33:04,849
and, yeah, it will just make
a that much stronger team.
755
00:33:05,850 --> 00:33:07,385
At the end of my career,
756
00:33:07,385 --> 00:33:09,687
as far as running
a heavy wrecker every day,
757
00:33:09,687 --> 00:33:11,489
it is... close.
758
00:33:16,227 --> 00:33:18,029
I wouldn't change my career path
for anything.
759
00:33:19,497 --> 00:33:22,700
[Eric] I never really thought
about leaving a legacy,
760
00:33:22,700 --> 00:33:24,002
but when I leave here,
761
00:33:24,002 --> 00:33:27,271
if the guys are that much safer
because I was here,
762
00:33:27,271 --> 00:33:29,674
that much more equipped
to do the job,
763
00:33:29,674 --> 00:33:31,042
then I've done something right.
764
00:33:32,643 --> 00:33:34,879
[honking]
765
00:33:57,735 --> 00:34:00,271
[Narrator]
100 kilometres north...
766
00:34:00,271 --> 00:34:01,606
[Gary Vandenheuvel]
The 402 was closed
767
00:34:01,606 --> 00:34:03,775
for the majority of the evening
last night.
768
00:34:03,775 --> 00:34:06,477
A lot of trucks were rerouted
onto secondary roads,
769
00:34:06,477 --> 00:34:09,047
and we now have one
that has rolled over.
770
00:34:09,047 --> 00:34:10,982
[Narrator] ...Gary Vandenheuvel
771
00:34:10,982 --> 00:34:13,718
is heading off of the highway
772
00:34:13,718 --> 00:34:16,354
in the aftermath
of an icy night.
773
00:34:16,354 --> 00:34:18,790
[Gary] Oh, that's ugly.
774
00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:24,362
This individual,
due to the road conditions,
775
00:34:24,362 --> 00:34:28,099
ended up in the ditch
on its side.
776
00:34:28,099 --> 00:34:29,133
It was so deep,
777
00:34:29,133 --> 00:34:31,269
I actually had to search
for the truck.
778
00:34:32,537 --> 00:34:33,704
The customer's informed me
779
00:34:33,704 --> 00:34:35,640
that this trailer
is only about a month old,
780
00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:36,974
so we're gonna do our very best
781
00:34:36,974 --> 00:34:40,211
to make sure that we save
the trailer for them.
782
00:34:40,211 --> 00:34:42,113
This is a big one.
783
00:34:42,113 --> 00:34:43,781
Pretty steep ditch.
784
00:34:43,781 --> 00:34:45,149
The plows have been by,
785
00:34:45,149 --> 00:34:47,051
they've plowed this all in
on us here.
786
00:34:47,051 --> 00:34:49,687
It's gonna be a challenge
to get this thing up and out.
787
00:34:49,687 --> 00:34:51,422
This thing's down deep.
788
00:34:54,092 --> 00:34:56,227
[groans] Aw, no.
It's frozen in here.
789
00:34:56,227 --> 00:34:57,562
I can't open this door
790
00:34:57,562 --> 00:34:59,597
to even look and see
what the load's done.
791
00:34:59,597 --> 00:35:01,766
She's just a block of ice.
792
00:35:01,766 --> 00:35:04,535
[Gary] It's got a lot
of challenges on this one.
793
00:35:04,535 --> 00:35:06,838
It's deep, it's steep,
it's loaded,
794
00:35:06,838 --> 00:35:09,307
frozen into literally ice.
795
00:35:09,307 --> 00:35:10,641
The customer let me know
796
00:35:10,641 --> 00:35:15,780
that the weight was around
30,000 pounds of product,
797
00:35:15,780 --> 00:35:19,450
so when you include the trailer
at 20, tractor at 20,
798
00:35:19,450 --> 00:35:21,352
that's a significant load
799
00:35:21,352 --> 00:35:23,788
and a good-size recovery
800
00:35:23,788 --> 00:35:25,156
down an embankment like this.
801
00:35:25,156 --> 00:35:27,158
It's a big one.
802
00:35:27,158 --> 00:35:29,527
This job is a very unique job.
803
00:35:30,761 --> 00:35:32,330
I can honestly say
804
00:35:32,330 --> 00:35:34,098
I haven't had one this deep,
steep, and stuck
805
00:35:34,098 --> 00:35:37,768
in many, many years, so... hmm.
806
00:35:42,740 --> 00:35:44,609
It's quite the trek
through the forest here!
807
00:35:44,609 --> 00:35:47,912
[Narrator] On a back road
south of Highway 402,
808
00:35:47,912 --> 00:35:51,482
Gary is staring down
an uphill battle.
809
00:35:51,482 --> 00:35:53,818
[Gary]
This job's making me think.
810
00:35:53,818 --> 00:35:56,120
[Gary] There's a lot
to look at here.
811
00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:57,522
It's a really steep ditch.
812
00:35:57,522 --> 00:35:59,290
It's actually
locked in the water.
813
00:35:59,290 --> 00:36:01,025
We have a loaded trailer,
814
00:36:01,025 --> 00:36:02,293
and it's heavy.
815
00:36:02,293 --> 00:36:04,095
It's a big challenge,
816
00:36:04,095 --> 00:36:06,397
and there's a lot to think
on this job.
817
00:36:06,397 --> 00:36:07,465
A lot of different avenues
818
00:36:07,465 --> 00:36:10,001
I can go with here on this one.
819
00:36:12,637 --> 00:36:14,438
This is a job
that I need Collin on.
820
00:36:14,438 --> 00:36:15,840
I rely on him.
821
00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:16,707
He's my right-hand man.
822
00:36:16,707 --> 00:36:17,808
This is it, man.
823
00:36:17,808 --> 00:36:18,976
What do you think?
824
00:36:18,976 --> 00:36:20,178
[Collin] That's wild.
825
00:36:20,178 --> 00:36:21,312
[Gary] Yeah, it is.
826
00:36:21,312 --> 00:36:22,346
[Collin] Seeing this thing
827
00:36:22,346 --> 00:36:23,347
for the first time,
828
00:36:23,347 --> 00:36:24,615
I really don't know
829
00:36:24,615 --> 00:36:25,983
how we're gonna get
this thing out
830
00:36:25,983 --> 00:36:27,351
without tearing it apart.
831
00:36:27,351 --> 00:36:29,020
We're gonna have
a job and a half
832
00:36:29,020 --> 00:36:32,190
getting this thing back up
and on the road.
833
00:36:32,190 --> 00:36:34,192
Yeah, this is
pretty impressive.
834
00:36:34,192 --> 00:36:37,161
You don't see
this sort of stuff on the 402.
835
00:36:37,161 --> 00:36:40,031
Between the two of us,
we'll work out a plan.
836
00:36:41,365 --> 00:36:42,700
[Collin] There's definitely
837
00:36:42,700 --> 00:36:45,303
a lot of responsibility
on my shoulders on this job.
838
00:36:45,303 --> 00:36:48,506
My dad's actually asking
for my input on this one,
839
00:36:48,506 --> 00:36:50,908
you know, and this is
an extensive job.
840
00:36:50,908 --> 00:36:52,877
It's gonna take
all the brain power we got
841
00:36:52,877 --> 00:36:54,879
to get this thing back up
and on the road
842
00:36:54,879 --> 00:36:56,180
without doing any damage.
843
00:36:56,180 --> 00:36:58,015
-Let's get you in place.
-Okay.
844
00:36:58,015 --> 00:37:00,384
And then, uh,
I can come up beside you.
845
00:37:00,384 --> 00:37:01,686
Okay, sounds good.
846
00:37:02,620 --> 00:37:03,688
[Narrator] It's a fight
847
00:37:03,688 --> 00:37:05,556
that will take
even more power...
848
00:37:06,524 --> 00:37:08,359
...a third wrecker...
849
00:37:08,359 --> 00:37:10,261
[Gary] Aaron, you're gonna be
on the 50-tonne.
850
00:37:10,261 --> 00:37:11,495
Okay.
851
00:37:11,495 --> 00:37:16,100
[Narrator] ...along with
junior ops Tim and Aaron,
852
00:37:16,100 --> 00:37:19,870
rookies relying
on Collin's guidance.
853
00:37:19,870 --> 00:37:22,406
If your back end
is about the same as mine...
854
00:37:22,406 --> 00:37:23,608
[Gary] You know,
it's kind of neat.
855
00:37:23,608 --> 00:37:26,077
It's been a season of learning
for these guys.
856
00:37:26,077 --> 00:37:28,212
It gives me
a great sense of pride
857
00:37:28,212 --> 00:37:31,182
knowing that Collin actually
brought these guys up
858
00:37:31,182 --> 00:37:32,450
under his wing.
859
00:37:32,450 --> 00:37:34,252
Do you want me to move over
this way a bit more?
860
00:37:34,252 --> 00:37:36,087
[Gary] Nope, you're good there.
861
00:37:36,087 --> 00:37:39,557
[Narrator] The 35-tonne
will rig to the tractor
862
00:37:39,557 --> 00:37:42,760
with straps from the 50-tonne
and the rotator
863
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:44,462
around the trailer.
864
00:37:44,462 --> 00:37:45,529
Together,
865
00:37:45,529 --> 00:37:47,932
they will roll the semi upright
866
00:37:47,932 --> 00:37:49,533
and lift it from the ditch.
867
00:37:52,603 --> 00:37:54,071
I'm losing traction.
868
00:37:54,071 --> 00:37:55,973
I know.
869
00:37:57,208 --> 00:37:58,909
[Gary]
Tough working conditions.
870
00:37:58,909 --> 00:38:01,245
Everything's frozen.
871
00:38:01,245 --> 00:38:03,914
Wind chill's
in the minus 30s, so...
872
00:38:03,914 --> 00:38:05,449
guys are gonna have to
tough it out today,
873
00:38:05,449 --> 00:38:06,584
that's for sure.
874
00:38:06,584 --> 00:38:09,387
Snug up on this one, please?
875
00:38:10,454 --> 00:38:12,356
There you go.
876
00:38:12,356 --> 00:38:14,492
[Collin] There's a lot
of pressure on all of us,
877
00:38:14,492 --> 00:38:16,727
because we have to do this
in sync.
878
00:38:16,727 --> 00:38:18,796
Everyone has to be pulling
at the same rate,
879
00:38:18,796 --> 00:38:20,965
because if one of us
gets ahead of the other,
880
00:38:20,965 --> 00:38:23,301
we could actually
split this trailer in half.
881
00:38:23,301 --> 00:38:24,902
I'm gonna watch that wall,
882
00:38:24,902 --> 00:38:26,837
make sure it's not bowing
too much.
883
00:38:26,837 --> 00:38:27,972
Okay.
884
00:38:27,972 --> 00:38:30,074
Let's just start
leading a little bit.
885
00:38:30,074 --> 00:38:30,975
Bring it up.
886
00:38:34,578 --> 00:38:35,513
It's coming up.
887
00:38:35,513 --> 00:38:37,081
Hold on, let Collin catch up.
888
00:38:37,081 --> 00:38:37,982
Yeah.
889
00:38:39,383 --> 00:38:40,918
Work it together, guys.
890
00:38:40,918 --> 00:38:41,919
Aaron, you need it, too.
891
00:38:44,021 --> 00:38:45,589
Whoa.
892
00:38:45,589 --> 00:38:47,158
Not too much more
on yours, Aaron.
893
00:38:47,158 --> 00:38:48,959
Let them catch up.
-Okay. Yup.
894
00:38:50,294 --> 00:38:51,796
I can tell you
every ounce of this load
895
00:38:51,796 --> 00:38:52,797
is on that wall.
896
00:38:52,797 --> 00:38:55,099
Keep going, guys, keep going.
897
00:38:55,099 --> 00:38:56,834
Okay.
898
00:38:56,834 --> 00:38:58,336
Catch up, Aaron, a bit, please.
899
00:38:58,336 --> 00:38:59,170
Okay.
900
00:39:01,138 --> 00:39:04,275
Yeah, I'm pretty well
on the ground, eh?
901
00:39:04,275 --> 00:39:06,110
Hold on,
let's stop for a second.
902
00:39:06,110 --> 00:39:07,011
Okay. Stopping.
903
00:39:08,446 --> 00:39:10,014
[Gary] So that's pretty much
landed, is it?
904
00:39:10,014 --> 00:39:11,782
-That's landed.
-Yeah.
905
00:39:11,782 --> 00:39:12,683
Okay.
906
00:39:13,584 --> 00:39:15,219
[Collin] Even though
we've got the wheels
907
00:39:15,219 --> 00:39:17,121
back down on the ground,
908
00:39:17,121 --> 00:39:18,556
the ditch is so steep
909
00:39:18,556 --> 00:39:19,857
that it is still almost
910
00:39:19,857 --> 00:39:22,059
pretty well laying on its side.
911
00:39:22,059 --> 00:39:24,528
Wow.
912
00:39:24,528 --> 00:39:27,098
[Gary] I know that
there'll be no letting go.
913
00:39:27,098 --> 00:39:29,033
This trailer will not stand
on its own.
914
00:39:29,033 --> 00:39:30,568
[Collin]
That was the easy part,
915
00:39:30,568 --> 00:39:31,836
to be honest with you.
916
00:39:31,836 --> 00:39:33,871
Oh, that's ugly.
917
00:39:33,871 --> 00:39:36,540
Not quite
where we wanna be there.
918
00:39:39,443 --> 00:39:40,511
[Gary] Oh, that's ugly.
919
00:39:40,511 --> 00:39:42,480
[Narrator]
On a Sarnia backroad...
920
00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:43,681
[groaning]
921
00:39:43,681 --> 00:39:44,682
[Narrator] ...the semi is up,
922
00:39:44,682 --> 00:39:46,884
but not out of the woods.
923
00:39:46,884 --> 00:39:48,886
[Gary] This unit's
now on its wheels,
924
00:39:48,886 --> 00:39:50,554
but, really,
there's so much more to this.
925
00:39:50,554 --> 00:39:53,224
The problem's not solved
of just getting it upright.
926
00:39:53,224 --> 00:39:54,992
I know that all the load
927
00:39:54,992 --> 00:39:56,794
has definitely shifted
to that side.
928
00:39:56,794 --> 00:39:59,163
There's an awful lot
of pressure on that wall.
929
00:39:59,163 --> 00:40:00,531
[Collin]
We don't have enough room
930
00:40:00,531 --> 00:40:02,199
to keep pulling
the front of this truck over
931
00:40:02,199 --> 00:40:04,368
and onto the roadway
932
00:40:04,368 --> 00:40:05,503
with how the truck
is positioned.
933
00:40:06,837 --> 00:40:08,005
[truck honks]
934
00:40:08,005 --> 00:40:09,874
[Narrator]
...and it's Collin's input
935
00:40:09,874 --> 00:40:11,675
that might just
make the difference.
936
00:40:11,675 --> 00:40:13,310
[Collin] If he turns real hard,
937
00:40:13,310 --> 00:40:14,812
it's gonna be where we need it.
938
00:40:14,812 --> 00:40:16,647
Just gives him
that extra little bit.
939
00:40:16,647 --> 00:40:18,349
[Collin] We're gonna
have to actually
940
00:40:18,349 --> 00:40:21,385
put the 35-tonne's front end
down in the ditch
941
00:40:21,385 --> 00:40:24,221
to give us that little bit
of extra room...
942
00:40:24,221 --> 00:40:26,557
Okay, go forward now.
943
00:40:26,557 --> 00:40:29,260
...and it's also gonna give us
some more anchorability
944
00:40:29,260 --> 00:40:31,862
to help get this thing
back up onto the roadway.
945
00:40:31,862 --> 00:40:34,432
That should move
something now.
946
00:40:34,432 --> 00:40:35,900
Gives you just that little bit
more traction
947
00:40:35,900 --> 00:40:38,436
that we need right now.
948
00:40:39,670 --> 00:40:41,839
[Gary] It's really nice to have
Collin show up on this one.
949
00:40:41,839 --> 00:40:44,108
We work in tandem
on this sort of stuff,
950
00:40:44,108 --> 00:40:46,010
and having a guy like him
951
00:40:46,010 --> 00:40:47,678
just makes the job
and the challenge on me
952
00:40:47,678 --> 00:40:48,679
a lot easier.
953
00:40:49,713 --> 00:40:51,415
[Gary] Let's try again, guys.
954
00:40:51,415 --> 00:40:53,451
It's a little bit of a game.
955
00:40:53,451 --> 00:40:56,353
Lower winches, upper winches,
lower winches, upper winches.
956
00:40:56,353 --> 00:40:59,723
[Narrator] Tim will need
to pull hard on the front.
957
00:40:59,723 --> 00:41:02,626
[Gary] See if you can slide
that front end over for us.
958
00:41:05,696 --> 00:41:07,031
There we go.
959
00:41:07,031 --> 00:41:09,366
You're breaking free.
960
00:41:09,366 --> 00:41:11,302
[Narrator]
Now the wreckers in back
961
00:41:11,302 --> 00:41:13,404
need to match that force.
962
00:41:13,404 --> 00:41:15,339
You guys can start
tugging as well.
963
00:41:15,339 --> 00:41:16,307
Collin?
964
00:41:16,307 --> 00:41:18,476
Yeah,
I'm maxed out on the drag.
965
00:41:21,479 --> 00:41:23,547
[Collin] Once we start
to crest the road,
966
00:41:23,547 --> 00:41:25,449
that's gonna be
the hardest point of this pull.
967
00:41:26,784 --> 00:41:28,819
You guys got any pull or not?
968
00:41:28,819 --> 00:41:30,154
Okay, we'll try.
969
00:41:31,822 --> 00:41:33,290
[Gary] There you go,
work together,
970
00:41:33,290 --> 00:41:35,292
all of youse gotta
work together, okay?
971
00:41:40,464 --> 00:41:42,600
Uh, we're moving now.
972
00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:44,001
Here we go, it's moving,
it's moving.
973
00:41:44,001 --> 00:41:44,969
That's it.
974
00:41:44,969 --> 00:41:45,970
Just keep going, guys.
975
00:41:45,970 --> 00:41:47,171
Do not stop now.
976
00:41:55,646 --> 00:41:57,781
[Collin] It's a game of inches
on this one.
977
00:41:57,781 --> 00:41:58,816
I only have a couple inches
978
00:41:58,816 --> 00:42:00,251
off the backboard of this truck
979
00:42:00,251 --> 00:42:01,819
between my truck
980
00:42:01,819 --> 00:42:03,254
and the truck
we're pulling out.
981
00:42:07,758 --> 00:42:09,793
[Gary] That's it, guys.
You got 'er coming now. Nice.
982
00:42:12,663 --> 00:42:14,932
Another couple feet,
and you guys have got it.
983
00:42:16,767 --> 00:42:18,435
Okay, Tim, just bring it
the rest of the way.
984
00:42:18,435 --> 00:42:19,670
All right.
985
00:42:19,670 --> 00:42:21,138
Nice and slow.
986
00:42:23,741 --> 00:42:25,009
Okay.
987
00:42:28,779 --> 00:42:30,014
Good, Tim.
988
00:42:32,449 --> 00:42:33,684
Good job, bud.
989
00:42:33,684 --> 00:42:35,519
Thanks.
990
00:42:35,519 --> 00:42:37,054
[Gary] You know,
watching these guys
991
00:42:37,054 --> 00:42:38,322
pull this out of the ditch,
992
00:42:38,322 --> 00:42:39,990
you know,
it's a sense of pride for me.
993
00:42:41,058 --> 00:42:43,994
To see them do a job
of this magnitude,
994
00:42:43,994 --> 00:42:46,030
and do it so well,
995
00:42:46,030 --> 00:42:47,298
I know the company
is in good hands
996
00:42:47,298 --> 00:42:48,566
as the future moves on.
997
00:42:48,566 --> 00:42:50,467
Look at that!
998
00:42:50,467 --> 00:42:52,002
Oh, look at all these berries!
999
00:42:52,002 --> 00:42:53,704
Oh, wow.
1000
00:42:53,704 --> 00:42:55,139
It didn't even shift.
1001
00:42:56,373 --> 00:42:59,209
I'm not gonna lie,
that's very impressive.
1002
00:42:59,209 --> 00:43:01,946
This has been
a real challenging year,
1003
00:43:01,946 --> 00:43:04,582
a learning year for my guys.
1004
00:43:04,582 --> 00:43:07,017
The team has done
just fantastic this year.
1005
00:43:07,017 --> 00:43:08,385
All right,
what'd you think, guys?
1006
00:43:08,385 --> 00:43:10,321
That was your first
really big one.
1007
00:43:10,321 --> 00:43:11,188
[Aaron] That was awesome.
1008
00:43:11,188 --> 00:43:12,022
Excellent.
1009
00:43:12,022 --> 00:43:13,090
Let's wrap this up, guys.
1010
00:43:13,090 --> 00:43:14,692
Grab the trailer,
grab the tractor,
1011
00:43:14,692 --> 00:43:17,394
let's go home.
It's been a long day.
1012
00:43:17,394 --> 00:43:18,696
[Gary] I've got a new team,
1013
00:43:18,696 --> 00:43:22,166
Collin's stepping up
every day as a leader.
1014
00:43:22,166 --> 00:43:23,834
He's matured so much,
1015
00:43:23,834 --> 00:43:26,870
both as a young man
and as an operator,
1016
00:43:26,870 --> 00:43:29,573
and to watch him be
at this level today,
1017
00:43:29,573 --> 00:43:31,575
and now
taking over the company.
1018
00:43:32,576 --> 00:43:34,778
[Collin]
This is a huge step for me.
1019
00:43:34,778 --> 00:43:39,883
I've made a lot of huge jumps
in my career
1020
00:43:39,883 --> 00:43:41,218
in the last few years,
1021
00:43:41,218 --> 00:43:43,921
and I'm proud
of where I've come.
1022
00:43:45,289 --> 00:43:46,523
[Narrator] Along the highway
1023
00:43:46,523 --> 00:43:48,692
and across the province,
1024
00:43:48,692 --> 00:43:51,095
the next generation is eager
1025
00:43:51,095 --> 00:43:53,931
to take on a heavier load...
1026
00:43:55,232 --> 00:43:56,567
[Gary] I know the future
of the industry
1027
00:43:56,567 --> 00:43:57,601
is in great hands.
1028
00:43:57,601 --> 00:44:00,104
There's a lot
of young, great people.
1029
00:44:00,104 --> 00:44:01,772
I'm happy, boys.
1030
00:44:01,772 --> 00:44:03,674
Can't complain one bit.
1031
00:44:03,674 --> 00:44:05,242
Oh, boy!
1032
00:44:05,242 --> 00:44:06,777
This is gonna be a big one.
1033
00:44:06,777 --> 00:44:08,078
This is Andrew.
1034
00:44:08,078 --> 00:44:10,614
[Collin] This industry
is a very tough industry,
1035
00:44:10,614 --> 00:44:12,383
and it beats you up,
1036
00:44:12,383 --> 00:44:14,652
and it takes a toll
on you mentally...
1037
00:44:14,652 --> 00:44:16,820
-Good job, son.
-Thanks, Dad.
1038
00:44:16,820 --> 00:44:18,589
[Collin]
...but at the end of the day,
1039
00:44:18,589 --> 00:44:20,958
you're helping someone
get back up onto the road,
1040
00:44:20,958 --> 00:44:23,794
and you're helping someone
get to their destination,
1041
00:44:23,794 --> 00:44:26,296
and that is something
that I am proud of.
1042
00:44:26,296 --> 00:44:28,465
Okay, let's open the highway.
1043
00:44:28,465 --> 00:44:32,102
[Gary] Life is about developing
and doing things for others.
1044
00:44:32,102 --> 00:44:34,171
If you can leave your mark
on this world
1045
00:44:34,171 --> 00:44:36,473
in some way or form,
1046
00:44:36,473 --> 00:44:38,108
then that's what it's about...
1047
00:44:38,108 --> 00:44:40,344
[Herb Vink]
I'm proud of the team effort.
1048
00:44:40,344 --> 00:44:41,445
They just get 'er done.
1049
00:44:41,445 --> 00:44:44,314
She's out now.
She's on the road.
1050
00:44:44,314 --> 00:44:46,083
[Gary] ...and I truly believe
1051
00:44:46,083 --> 00:44:46,984
that we have been able
to do that.
1052
00:44:46,984 --> 00:44:49,153
We've helped people
1053
00:44:49,153 --> 00:44:50,954
through very different
situations...
1054
00:44:52,790 --> 00:44:53,857
I'm not usually
a hugger, but...
1055
00:44:53,857 --> 00:44:56,026
Just glad to see they're okay.
1056
00:44:56,026 --> 00:44:57,428
...and I think
we have made that mark...
1057
00:44:57,428 --> 00:44:59,496
Put one leg up on here.
1058
00:44:59,496 --> 00:45:00,698
[Gary]
...that's what this is about,
1059
00:45:00,698 --> 00:45:05,135
is being able to be proud
of what you've done,
1060
00:45:05,135 --> 00:45:06,804
leave that mark on this world,
1061
00:45:06,804 --> 00:45:08,138
and march forward.
1062
00:45:08,138 --> 00:45:09,807
[honking horn twice]
1063
00:45:21,552 --> 00:45:24,054
[♪♪♪]
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