Original subtitles

IT'S A NASTY, NASTY MESS.

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

LET'S GO.

[NARRATOR]: ...HIGH-ALTITUDE RESPONSE...

THEY'RE TANGLED TRUCK TO TRUCK.

[NARRATOR]: ...TO A HIGHWAY DISASTER.

TANK'S OFF THE GROUND.

IT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE.

IT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT STRESSFUL AS WELL.

[NARRATOR]: A RECOVERY VETERAN...

WHOA! WHOA! WHOA!

[NARRATOR]: ...STRUGGLES TO START OVER.

HOLD ON, HOLD ON. DON'T MOVE.

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

[NARRATOR]: ...AND IT'S DESERT WARFARE...

OKAY, PULL IT.

[NARRATOR]: ...IN A ROADSIDE SANDSTORM.

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!

[NARRATOR]: MORNING TRAFFIC THROUGH TORONTO...

[NARRATOR]: ...IS MOVING WELL.

[NARRATOR]: A SMOOTH START FOR DRIVERS IN THE CITY...

[DISPATCH]: SCENE CALL NORTH OF TORONTO.

WE HAVE A CALL, WE'RE GONNA GO.

[NARRATOR]: ...BUT DIRECTLY SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN

AT BILLY BISHOP AIRPORT...

[NARRATOR]: ...AN AMBULANCE CREW FROM ORNGE

RESPONDS TO AN URGENT CALL.

LET'S GO.

[♪♪♪]

[PILOTS]: RUNWAY 0-8, WIND TO 07025,

ALTIMETER 3024...

...DOWNWIND, SOUTH OF THE SHORELINE...

AND OFF WE GO.

...AND THE HELIPAD HAS BEEN SET UP FOR YOU.

[NARRATOR]: THEY'RE FLYING 100 KILOMETRES NORTHEAST

TO HIGHWAY 115,

WHERE A COLLISION HAS LEFT ONE DRIVER IN BAD SHAPE...

[♪♪♪]

[NARRATOR]: ...AND DOWN ON THE ROAD

IN WHITBY...

[BILL WRIGHT]: I'M ON MY WAY UP IN THE ROTATOR.

[NARRATOR]: ...B&G'S BILL WRIGHT

IS HEADING TO THE SAME SCENE.

WE GOT A CALL FOR A MULTI-VEHICLE ACCIDENT

INCLUDING A COUPLE TRACTOR-TRAILERS,

POSSIBLY EVEN A TANKER

THAT HAS ROLLED OVER IN THE CENTRE MEDIAN.

[♪♪♪]

[BILL]: AS WE APPROACH THE SCENE,

THE TRAFFIC IS TOTALLY STOPPED.

IT JUST LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS MULTIPLE VEHICLES EVERYWHERE.

[NARRATOR]: AS THE AMBULANCE CREW

DOCUMENTS THEIR APPROACH,

BILL...

IT LOOKS TERRIBLE.

[NARRATOR]: ...GETS HIS OWN FIRST VIEW.

[BILL]: THERE WAS TRACTOR-TRAILERS IN THE DITCH

TIED INTO EACH OTHER.

THERE WAS CARS.

THEY WERE SMUSHED RIGHT DOWN TO THEIR TIRES.

IT WAS TOTAL CHAOS.

[♪♪♪]

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

CLOSURE...

IS NOT AN OPTION.

[♪♪♪]

[BILL]: EVEN BEING PART OF THE RECOVERY WORLD,

TO COME UPON A MULTI-VEHICLE ACCIDENT LIKE THAT,

WHERE THERE'S TOTAL CHAOS AND STUFF EVERYWHERE,

IS VERY UNUSUAL.

[NARRATOR]: ONE CAR IS BARELY RECOGNIZABLE.

THE ORNGE CREW WILL TAKE CARE OF ITS DRIVER.

[BILL]: THEIR FIRST RESPONSE

IS TO TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE IN QUESTION IN THE VEHICLES,

AND TRANSPORT THEM TO HOSPITAL.

[NARRATOR]: DESPITE CRITICAL INJURIES,

THE VICTIM IS ALIVE AND STABILIZING...

[OPP OFFICER]: IT'S JUST ASTONISHING THAT HE'S NOT DEAD.

THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE,

AND THE FLATNESS OF THIS VEHICLE,

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN SOMEONE STILL LIVING

FROM THAT ACCIDENT.

[NARRATOR]: ...BUT THE OPP STILL NEEDS TO MAKE

A FULL INVESTIGATION.

FROM WHAT YOU'VE TOLD ME,

IT LOOKS LIKE ALL THESE VEHICLES WERE NORTHBOUND.

YEAH.

[JASON FOLZ]: THE COLLISION WE'RE AT CURRENTLY

IS ON HIGHWAY 115.

IT'S INVOLVING MOST OF THE LANES ON THIS MULTI-LANE HIGHWAY.

WHAT WE'VE GOT IS BLACK ICE ON THE HIGHWAY,

AND IT'S CAUSING COLLISIONS IN THE AREA.

WE CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THE IMPACTS HERE.

[NARRATOR]: SERGEANT JASON FOLZ

HAS SEEN THE EFFECTS OF SO-CALLED "BLACK ICE,"

A CLEAR LAYER THAT FORMS FROM MOISTURE ON A FREEZING ROAD.

THIN AND TRANSPARENT,

IT'S VIRTUALLY INVISIBLE.

[FOLZ]: IT'S CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT

THAT WE REDUCE OUR SPEED,

ESPECIALLY DURING THESE EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS,

AND OFTENTIMES BLACK ICE WILL SNEAK UP ON YOU.

YOU WON'T KNOW IT'S THERE

UNTIL YOU'RE ALREADY, MAYBE, OUT OF CONTROL,

SO IN WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS,

IT'S IMPORTANT TO REDUCE YOUR SPEED,

AND BE AWARE OF CHANGING ROAD CONDITIONS.

SO, LOOKS LIKE THE DRIVER FROM THIS TRUCK,

HE'S LUCKY TO BE ALIVE, TOO,

'CAUSE HIS FRONT END IS CRUSHED IN AS WELL,

SO EVERYONE IS VERY LUCKY TODAY.

[NARRATOR]: MULTIPLE SEMIS JACKKNIFED

IN A CHAIN-REACTION CRASH...

...CAUSING A CAR TO BE REAR-ENDED...

...AND CRUSHED BY A TANKER.

[BILL]: WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO COME UP TO THE SCENE

AND COME UP WITH OUR GAME PLAN.

ALL KINDS OF STUFF GOING ON HERE.

IT'S A NASTY, NASTY MESS.

[NARRATOR]: ...BUT BILL AND CREW

CAN'T START TO EXECUTE ANY PLAN JUST YET,

UNTIL A HAZMAT CREW DEALS WITH THE TANKER.

SO WHICH TANKS HAVE PRODUCT, ROBB?

THREE.

ACID, ACID, AND THEN THE EMULSION.

[NARRATOR]: THE THREE MATERIALS ON BOARD

ARE USED IN THE REMOVAL OF ROCKS FROM QUARRIES.

THEY'RE IN SEPARATE COMPARTMENTS,

BUT IF THEY MIX...

WE HAVE A COCKTAIL

THAT IS POTENTIALLY VERY, VERY EXPLOSIVE.

65,000 POUNDS.

AND IT'S FULLY LOADED NOW.

[NARRATOR]: FOR NOW,

ALL BILL CAN DO IS PLAN.

THAT'S A GOOD PULL.

[NARRATOR]: 250 KILOMETRES WEST,

THE OVERNIGHT FREEZE HAS ICED UP THE 401

NEAR INGERSOLL...

[NARRATOR]: ...AND A LOADED TANKER

HAS PLANTED ITSELF FIRMLY IN THE DITCH.

[NARRATOR]: WITH 53,000 POUNDS OF COOKING OIL INSIDE,

THE PULL WILL BE A TOUGH CHALLENGE.

[NARRATOR]: JEFF JUG FROM KEN'S TOWING IN BRANTFORD

IS STARING DOWN THAT CHALLENGE.

[JEFF]: TODAY IT'S MINUS SEVEN.

WE HAVE LOTS OF ICE UNDERNEATH OF US,

AND WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANYTHING WORSE,

HAVE IT SLIDE IN, HAVE A ROLLOVER,

SO WE GOT THE ROTATOR COMING, AND WE'RE GONNA KINDA GRAB IT.

[NARRATOR]: KEN'S 65-TON ROTATOR WILL BE VITAL

TO KEEP A LANE OF THE EASTBOUND 401 OPEN,

AND BEHIND THE WHEEL

IS OPERATOR KEVIN RICHARDSON.

IT'S, UH, ANOTHER NEW CHAPTER IN MY LIFE.

[NARRATOR]: AFTER PARTING WAYS WITH METRO OVER THE SUMMER,

KEVIN IS HELPING OUT HIS FRIEND MIKE KACZUR

WHO RUNS KEN'S ALONG WITH HIS SISTER.

RIGHT NOW MY LIFE HAS BEEN A LOT OF UPS, A LOT OF DOWNS,

AND NOW WITH THE NEW HOUSE, THE BABY, UH,

IT'S JUST TIME FOR A CHANGE.

THAT SHOULD WORK.

[KEVIN]: GREAT SMALL FAMILY LITTLE BUSINESS.

GREAT PEOPLE...

OUR SHOP DOG, FRANK THE TANK. YEAH...

IT'S JUST TEMPORARY FOR NOW,

AND WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES.

WOW...

YEAH, YOU CAN SEE WHERE HE WENT IN.

WOW, HE'S VERY LUCKY.

[NARRATOR]: THE JOB MIGHT BE SHORT-TERM,

BUT KEVIN'S FRIEND IS COUNTING ON HIM.

[KEVIN]: SO, WHEN I ROLLED UP ON SCENE,

THE TANKER WAS DOWN IN THE DITCH.

I DON'T KNOW HOW HE STAYED UPRIGHT,

ESPECIALLY WITH A LIQUID LOAD.

YOU DID A GOOD JOB KEEPING IT UPRIGHT.

[LAUGHS]

[KEVIN]: ON THIS INCLINE, IT'S PRETTY STEEP, SLIPPERY.

TRYING TO PULL IT OUT WITH A LIQUID LOAD IN A TANKER,

IT'S ALWAYS MOVING.

IT'S GONNA BE A CHALLENGE.

[NARRATOR]: ...AND RIGGING AROUND THE TANK

COULD CRUSH THE THIN OUTER SHELL.

THE PROBLEM I'M HAVING IS, WITH THE STAINLESS TANK,

IT'S NOT LIKE WE CAN THROW A BELT OVER IT JUST TO HOLD IT,

'CAUSE OF THE STAINLESS, YOU'LL BUCKLE IT,

SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO THIS JUST BY GOING THROUGH THE...

EITHER THROUGH THE RIMS,

OR I'M GONNA GO AROUND THE WHOLE AXLE THERE.

WE'RE GONNA HOOK IT TO THE STEEL

WHERE SHE'S STRONG.

[KEVIN]: WITHOUT HAVING A BELT OVER THAT TANKER,

WE'RE TAKING A BIG CHANCE HERE.

WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL GET UP HERE.

WE'RE GONNA PULL THE NOSE RIGHT UP,

AND THEN YOU CAN RUN YOUR LINE THERE,

AND THEN I'LL GRAB THE TRAILER.

[KEVIN]: WORKING WITH A NEW OPERATOR,

ESPECIALLY BEING THE NEWBIE,

I'M FEELING A LITTLE BIT PRESSURED.

I'M TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING RIGHT.

I'M JUST TRYING TO DO A GOOD JOB.

I'M JUST GONNA GET HIM TO PULL YOU AHEAD A BIT.

-ALL RIGHT. -SO RELEASE YOUR BRAKES.

TURN, TURN, TURN, TURN.

PERFECT.

OKAY.

THAT'S IT?

SO, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST GONNA DO IT IN STEPS, RIGHT?

I'LL HOLD THE TRAILER,

AND HE CAN JUST KEEP MOVING AHEAD.

[NARRATOR]: TO INCH THE TANKER OUT

WHILE WORKING IN A SINGLE LANE,

JEFF WILL NEED TO PULL FORWARD

WHILE KEVIN TRIES TO KEEP THE BACK END UPRIGHT.

MORE?

OKAY?

YEAH, SHOULD BE GOOD.

[NARRATOR]: THE BRAND-NEW TEAM

WILL NEED TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE.

[KEVIN]: OKAY.

OKAY, GO AHEAD.

SEE HOW MUCH FASTER YOUR WINCHES ARE?

WATCH YOUR BACK ONE.

LET ME CATCH UP, JEFF.

JEFF!

I WANNA HOLD IT.

I DOESN'T LOOK GOOD WHEN MY LINES ARE LOOSE,

AND YOU'RE DOING ALL THE WORK.

[KEVIN]: YOU TRY NOT TO SECOND-GUESS YOURSELF,

BUT THE NIGHTMARE THAT I'M FEARING IS

THIS TANKER ROLLING OVER,

AND IF IT GOES, IT'S TAKING OUR TRUCKS WITH IT.

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!

[BLEEP]

COME ON.

JEFF, MAN.

LET ME SNUG THIS UP.

HANG ON, I WANNA GET TENSION ON IT, RIGHT?

[KEVIN]: THE TRACTOR FRONT TIRES SLID,

SO ALL THE OIL SHIFTED TO THE LOW SIDE,

SO NOW IT'S STARTING TO TEETER.

THE THING'S BUCKLING HERE.

YOU GOTTA LET ME HOLD TENSION, BUD.

[CABLES CLANKING]

JEFF, HANG ON, HANG ON!

[WHISTLES]

TURN YOUR WHEEL. LOOK AT HIS TIRE.

[KEVIN]: WHEN I SEE THE TIRES LIFTING OFF THE GROUND,

I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WEIGHT LEANED OVER.

WE'RE RIGHT AT THAT POINT FOR THIS TANKER ROLLING OVER.

[SIGHING] OH, GOD...

THIS IS THE CRUCIAL PART RIGHT HERE.

IT AIN'T GONNA TAKE MUCH, MAN.

THAT LANDING GEAR IS WHAT'S SAVING US, BUD.

YUP.

AWESOME! ALL RIGHT, THANKS.

[NARRATOR]: BACK ON HIGHWAY 115

NEAR PETERBOROUGH,

THE TANKER COMPARTMENTS ARE ALL INTACT,

AND BILL WRIGHT HAS THE GO-AHEAD.

[BILL]: AFTER HAVING A MEETING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT,

AND THE HAZMAT TEAM,

IT WAS DECIDED TO UPRIGHT THE TANKER LOADED.

[NARRATOR]: BILL'S SON, MITCH, IS OUT OF TOWN,

SO TODAY,

HIS TRUSTED MECHANIC RUSS KROON HAS JOINED HIM ON SCENE.

[RUSS]: IT WAS A HORRIFIC SCENE.

IT KINDA BLOWS YOUR MIND A LITTLE BIT.

I'M JUST GONNA RUN MY LEGS OUT,

AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHERE TO SET MY BOARDS.

[BILL]: RUSS IS A VERY MECHANICALLY INCLINED GUY.

IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO HAVE RUSS ON THE SCENE,

BECAUSE, OUTSIDE OF THE RECOVERY,

YOU GET INTO RELEASING BRAKES,

AND MAKING THINGS TOWABLE,

SO HAVING SOMEBODY WITH A MECHANICAL BACKGROUND

IS VERY IMPORTANT.

I THINK WE'LL COME OFF THE BACK CORNER OF THE TRUCK.

[NARRATOR]: THEY'LL BE WORKING ALONGSIDE ROBB,

FROM ANOTHER LOCAL COMPANY.

I'M THINKING IF WE HAVE TWO TRUCKS ON THE OTHER SIDE,

AND TRY AND TAKE SOME PRESSURE OFF IT,

JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

[NARRATOR]: THE TANK IS CLAMPED ONTO THE CHASSIS.

THE CHALLENGE IS TO ENSURE IT STAYS THAT WAY

AS THEY PULL THE TRUCK UPRIGHT.

[ROBB]: WE GOT TO GET A STRAP AROUND IT SOMEHOW.

[BILL]: THIS CLAMPING SYSTEM THAT HOLDS THE TANK ON

IS NOT DESIGNED TO HOLD THE WEIGHT OF THE TANKER.

WE'RE GONNA TRY AND LEAN THE TRUCK TOWARDS US ENOUGH

TO GET SOME STRAPS UNDERNEATH IT TO DO THE ACTUAL ROLLOVER.

[NARRATOR]: THEY'LL WRAP A STRAP AROUND THE TANK

TO HOLD IT IN PLACE,

AND THEN LIFT TO ROLL THE TANKER ONTO ITS WHEELS.

THESE AREN'T EVEN SOLID MOUNT, ROBB.

THEY'RE ON SPRINGS.

NO, EXACTLY.

WILL THEY PULL AWAY?

IT COULD.

[NARRATOR]: THE FIRST STEP

IS JUST LIFTING ENOUGH TO GET THE STRAP IN PLACE...

IT SCARES ME NOT TO HOLD IT DOWN AT ALL.

OH, I KNOW. THAT'S WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT.

[NARRATOR]: ...BUT WITH THE TANKS FULLY LOADED,

EVEN THE SMALL LIFT

COULD TEAR THE TANKER FROM THE CHASSIS.

LET ME GET THE LAST LOOP.

OKAY.

-AM I IN? -YOU'RE IN.

LET'S GET THIS DRAGGED OUT OF HERE.

[WINCHES WHIRRING]

I'M REAL CURIOUS

WHETHER THE TANK'S GONNA STAY WITH THE TRUCK

OR STAY IN THE DITCH.

I'M ON THE FENCE.

[BILL]: IT'S DEFINITELY A NERVE-RACKING MOMENT.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

OKAY, I'M GONNA COME WITH THE LEAD AXLE, OKAY, RUSS?

YUP.

[NARRATOR]: ON HIGHWAY 115 SOUTHWEST OF PETERBOROUGH...

OKAY, BILL!

GO FOR IT.

[NARRATOR]: ...BILL WRIGHT IS TRYING TO EASE UP

A TANKER FULL OF VOLATILE CHEMICALS...

...WITHOUT LOSING THE TANK IN THE PROCESS.

THE TANK IS JUST SLIDING.

THE TRUCK WAS SLIDING SIDEWAYS ON THE HILL

INSTEAD OF COMING UP.

THERE SHE GOES.

SHE'S STARTING TO BITE NOW IN THE BACK.

[NARRATOR]: ...AND IT'S BITING BETTER

THAN THEY'D EVEN HOPED.

YUP, THE TANK'S OFF THE GROUND.

-IS IT OFF THE GROUND? -YEP.

[NARRATOR]: IF THEY CAN KEEP IT ROLLING,

THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPEED UP THE RECOVERY.

DO YOU WANT ME TO BRING IT OVER?

GO FOR IT.

ROBB?

YEAH, I THINK SO.

WE MADE A QUICK DECISION TO CONTINUE WITH THE UPRIGHT

AS WE WERE RIGGED,

WITHOUT PUTTING STRAPS AROUND THE TANK.

[NARRATOR]: BUT WITH NO STRAP,

THEY UP THE RISK OF THE TANK TEARING OFF.

[BILL]: SITUATIONS LIKE THAT COULD GO EITHER WAY.

YOU COULD MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION,

AND YOU COULD LOOK LIKE A HERO.

YOU COULD MAKE THE WRONG DECISION,

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD TAKE A LOT OF FLACK OVER IT LATER.

[SCRAPING AND GRINDING]

DIRTY BUGGER.

DIRTY BUGGER.

[RUSS]: THERE'S NO TURNING BACK NOW.

WE GOTTA GET IT UP AND OVER.

BRING YOUR FRONT DOWN.

HANG ON, HANG ON, HANG ON.

LET ME CATCH UP.

WANT ME JUST TO COME?

YEAH.

YOU GOT 'ER. IT'S ALL YOU GUYS.

NICE JOB.

OKAY, WELL, I THINK WE'RE GOLDEN.

AWESOME.

[RUSS]: SUCH A RELIEF

ONCE WE HAD THE TANKER ON THE GROUND.

EVERYBODY COULD BREATHE A LITTLE BIT,

AND THEN WE JUST HAD TO FIGURE OUT FROM THERE

TO PULL IT STRAIGHT UP THE DITCH

AND GET IT ONTO THE ROAD.

SHE'S COMING.

DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT, BOYS.

10-4.

[NARRATOR]: BUT THEY'VE BARELY EVEN STARTED...

[BILL]: ONCE WE GET THE TANKER OFF THE ROAD,

THE PRESSURE'S ON TO GET

THE REST OF THE ACCIDENT CLEANED UP.

[NARRATOR]: ...AND DARKNESS IS ONLY AN HOUR AWAY,

ALONG WITH A SHARP DROP IN TEMPERATURE.

OKAY, THAT'S GOOD, START CUTTING IT.

[WHISTLING]

[NARRATOR]: BACK ON THE 401,

KEVIN AND JEFF HAVE PUT THE BRAKES ON THEIR RISKY PULL.

THAT LANDING GEAR'S WHAT'S SAVING US, BUD.

[NARRATOR]: THEY NEED TO ADAPT THEIR PLAN,

AND THE NEW TEAM IS STARTING TO GEL.

DO YOU WANNA CRIMP THAT SIDE

ON BLOCKS OF WOOD SO IT PICKS IT UP?

YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

WE'LL PUT SOME ON THE LIFT AXLE.

GOOD THINKING, MAN, GOOD THINKING.

RIGHT.

JEFF COME UP WITH A GREAT IDEA.

SO WE'RE GONNA CRIMP THE OTHER SIDE

SO THAT THE WHEELS COME UP,

AND IT PUTS MORE WEIGHT ON THIS SIDE OF THE DRIVES.

I GUESS THAT'S WHY I LOVE THE JOB,

'CAUSE IT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE,

BUT IT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT STRESSFUL AS WELL.

OKAY, YEP.

[NARRATOR]: IF THEY CAN ROLL THE WHEELS ONTO THE BLOCKS...

OKAY.

RIGHT THERE.

SLOWLY LET OFF...

[NARRATOR]: ...THEY CAN EVEN OUT THE LEAN...

LET'S SEE HOW THIS GOES.

I HOPE IT WORKS GOOD.

[KEVIN CHUCKLES]

[NARRATOR]: ...BUT THE ONLY WAY TO FIND OUT

IS TO TRY.

COME ON, BABY.

[JEFF]: WE'RE NOT OUT OF THE DANGER ZONE.

IT COULD STILL SLIDE OFF THOSE BLOCKS,

NO MATTER WHAT.

[NARRATOR]: THE WHEELS AREN'T CATCHING ON THE WOOD.

HOLD ON, HOLD ON, JEFF.

WE'RE TEETERING HERE, BUD.

[KEVIN]: AS WE'RE PULLING IT OUT,

IT'S LEANING MORE.

[GROANS IN FRUSTRATION]

JEFF, THAT'S DANGEROUS HERE, BUD.

[KEVIN]: I WAS STARTING TO SECOND-GUESS MYSELF,

AND THAT'S THE WORST THING YOU CAN DO.

OKAY, GO SLOWLY.

HANG ON, HANG ON.

LET ME CATCH UP.

GO AHEAD, SLOWLY.

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.

SHE'S TEETERING, BUD.

[NARRATOR]: ON THE 401 OUTSIDE INGERSOLL...

[KEVIN GROANS IN FRUSTRATION]

[NARRATOR]: ...THE LEANING TANKER

IS STILL THREATENING TO ROLL,

AND TAKE KEVIN'S TRUCK ALONG WITH IT.

[KEVIN]: THIS IS MY FIRST BIG WRECK WITH THE ROTATOR,

AND IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG,

IT'S NOT GONNA LOOK GOOD ON MY PART.

OKAY.

SLOWLY.

[NARRATOR]: THEY NEED THE TIRES TO CATCH

ON THE WOOD BLOCKS.

[KEVIN]: JUST GO A LITTLE BIT MORE, SLOWLY,

THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT.

SOMETIMES, ONCE YOU START SOMETHING, YOU CAN'T STOP.

COME ON, BABY.

SHE'S COMING DOWN, THAT'S A GOOD THING.

I'M PULLING.

WE'RE GETTING 'ER NOW, BUDDY, WE GETTING 'ER NOW.

WATCH THAT REAR TIRE?

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

PERFECT, AWESOME.

HANG ON, JEFF?

[NARRATOR]: FOR THE FINAL PULL,

KEVIN NEEDS TO UNHOOK...

[KEVIN]: OKAY.

[NARRATOR]: ...AND LET JEFF FINISH THE JOB.

ALL YOU, BUDDY.

SUCKER'S FIGHTING US TO THE END.

[LAUGHS]

[KEVIN]: AS IT'S COMING UP,

YEAH, I WAS BITING MY TEETH THERE A LITTLE BIT,

BUT WE GOT IT.

RIGHT ON, MAN.

PERFECT.

SHE'S ON THE ROAD,

JUST GETTING 'ER STRAIGHT OUT.

JUST ANOTHER ADVENTURE.

WHOO!

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE DONE.

IT WAS PRETTY WELL BORDERLINE THERE,

BUT SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOTTA TAKE THAT CHANCE.

AWESOME.

JEFF AND I, WE WORK GOOD AS A TEAM,

AND I'M NEW HERE WITH KEN'S TOWING,

AND, UH, IT'S A WIN.

IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A WIN, YOU KNOW, UNDER MY BELT.

ALL RIGHT, GOOD.

[LAUGHING]

NOW I CAN GO AND DELIVER IT.

[♪♪♪]

[BILL]: EARS ARE STARTING TO GET COLD.

[NARRATOR]: BACK AT THE PILEUP ON HIGHWAY 115...

WE'RE INTO 5:30 HERE,

THE SUN'S STARTING TO GO DOWN.

YOU CAN FEEL THE COLD SETTING IN,

SO ABOUT 30 MINUTES OF DAYLIGHT LEFT.

[NARRATOR]: IT'S BEEN 10 HOURS

SINCE BILL AND RUSS FIRST ARRIVED ON SCENE.

[RUSS]: WE'VE STILL GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO,

AND DAYLIGHT,

IT'S TAKING OFF REAL QUICK ON US.

TANGLED TRUCK TO TRUCK.

[NARRATOR]: NOW THEY'RE FACING THE TWO BADLY MANGLED SEMIS.

GET SOME FREEWHEEL HERE.

[RUSS]: RIGHT NOW,

WE'RE GOING TO HOOK ONTO THE FIRST TRACTOR-TRAILER

IN THE DITCH.

WE'LL HAVE TO USE TWO TRUCKS,

ONE ON THE TRAILER ITSELF,

AND ONE ON THE TRACTOR,

AND TRY TO PULL THEM STRAIGHT BACK.

NOW WE'RE GONNA SUCK THIS UP ONTO THE SHOULDER.

GOOD.

BEAUTY.

[NARRATOR]: THE FIRST TRAILER IS ON THE ROAD...

ONE DOWN, ONE TO GO.

[NARRATOR]: ...WHERE THEY CAN TOW IT AWAY.

WE'LL PULL THIS ONE AROUND,

AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET 'ER SEPARATED

AND GET OUT OF HERE.

[NARRATOR]: BUT THE SECOND SEMI'S TRAILER BRAKES

ARE LOCKED.

IF THEY CAN PULL IT OUT WITHOUT RELEASING THEM,

THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO OUTRACE NIGHTFALL.

RUSS, LET'S HOOK INTO THE BACK CORNER OF THAT TRUCK.

I'LL BOOM UP.

[NARRATOR]: THEN IT WILL BE UP TO RUSS

TO PATCH UP THE AIRLINES TO GET IT ROLLING.

[BILL]: WE'VE GOT DARK ROLLING IN,

THE TEMPERATURE'S GOING DOWN.

WE WANT TO GET OUT OF HERE.

WHOA!

GOOD.

WE GOTTA GET THE AIR INTO THE TRAILER

TO RELEASE THE BRAKES.

I CAN GET IT RIGHT AT THE FRONT.

-OH, YOU CAN SEE IT? -YEAH.

HALF INCH.

FIT?

MINT.

CHAIN-HOOK THIS BABY, AND GO.

[AIR HISSING]

[RUSS]: WE GOTTA GET EVERYTHING HOOKED UP AND CLEANED UP.

YOU GOT 'ER.

[NARRATOR]: ...AND AS DAYLIGHT FADES,

THEY MAKE THE FINAL CLEANUP.

[RUSS]: WE HAVE ONE OF OUR FLATBEDS,

SO WE CAN LOAD ALL THE DEBRIS,

SO WE CAN GET THE HIGHWAY CLEARED OUT

AND OPENED UP AGAIN.

IT LOOKS LIKE YOU DID 'ER JUST BEFORE DARK.

GOOD JOB, BUDDY.

OUR GOAL WAS TO FINISH UP BEFORE THE DAYLIGHT WAS GONE,

AND WE'VE SUCCEEDED BY JUST A FEW MINUTES.

YOU WANNA PULL UP?

YEAH.

[BILL]: IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY.

IT'S TIME TO GO HOME.

[HONKING TWICE]

[♪♪♪]

[NARRATOR]: MORNING BRINGS ANOTHER CALM START

ON THE ROADS OF TORONTO...

[NARRATOR]: ...BUT JUST TO THE NORTH...

[NARRATOR]: ...A GIANT MESS IS SPREADING ON HIGHWAY 27.

THE LOAD WAS ACTUALLY A LITTLE TALLER

THAN THE BRIDGE THAT IT CAME UPON.

THE MAXIMUM LOAD HEIGHT IS 13 FEET SIX INCHES.

UNFORTUNATELY,

HE WAS EXCEEDING THAT WITHOUT ANY PERMITS,

AND CAUSED SOME DAMAGE.

[NARRATOR]: THAT LOAD WAS AN INDUSTRIAL SANDBLASTER,

NOW TORN TO PIECES ALL OVER THE HIGHWAY.

IT'S A BIG INCONVENIENCE FOR EVERYBODY.

IT IS A BUSY ROAD HERE.

IT'S ONE OF OUR MAIN ARTERIES,

SO IT IS CAUSING TRAFFIC CONGESTION.

[SONNY]: WE GOT A LOT OF DEBRIS ON THE SIDE,

AND IN, LIKE, A LOT OF PIECES.

OKAY, SO LET'S GO, LET'S GO TAKE LOOK AT THIS THING.

[NARRATOR]: FOR SONNY, VALTER,

AND THE CREW FROM STEVE'S TOWING,

IT'S A JOB UNLIKE ANYTHING THEY'VE TACKLED.

OH, MY GOD!

I'M LOOKING, AND I SEE, LIKE,

A BIG BOX IN FRONT OF ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.

I'M LIKE, "WHAT THE HECK IS THIS THING?"

[SONNY]: THIS PIECE,

I RECOMMEND PUT IT ON OUR FLOAT.

THIS ONE ON OUR FLOAT?

YEAH, AND THIS ONE,

YOU CAN PUT IT ON HIS TRUCK.

THIS IS CRAZY, LIKE,

IT WAS A ONE-PIECE,

BUT IT CAME OFF IN 20 PIECES.

[THUDDING]

THAT'S PRETTY HEAVY.

OH, LOOK AT THIS.

LOOK AT THIS SAND, EH?

[NARRATOR]: THE BIGGEST PIECE IS THE DUST COLLECTOR,

WHERE THE SAND IS STORED AFTER BLASTING,

AND IT WAS FULL WHEN IT HIT THE BRIDGE.

[VALTER]: THIS GREAT BIG PIECE, THE BIGGEST ONE,

I GUESS THE SAND FELL TO THE BOTTOM FROM THE IMPACT.

YEAH, THERE'S A BIG HOLE IN THE BOTTOM.

[NARRATOR]: FLYING DUST COULD CAUSE VISIBILITY PROBLEMS

FOR THE OPEN LANES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD.

THE WEATHER WON'T BE HELPING.

[SONNY]: IT'S WINDY, IT'S HIGH WINDS.

THAT'S GONNA MAKE THE PROBLEM WORSE.

THIS IS QUITE A DISASTER ZONE,

BECAUSE, LIKE, LOOK AT THIS.

THE SAND IS BLASTING US.

[NARRATOR]: THE CREW NEEDS TO REMOVE IT,

SPILLING AND STIRRING UP AS LITTLE DUST AS POSSIBLE...

[SONNY]: THIS IS A SAND STORM OUT HERE.

[NARRATOR]: ...BUT BEFORE THEY CAN LIFT,

THEY NEED TO PULL IT OUT FROM UNDER THE BRIDGE.

[REVERSE ALERTS BEEP]

[SONNY]: WE CAN'T REACH OUR BOOM UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE,

SO WE HAVE TO DRAG IT A LITTLE BIT,

THEN WE CAN LIFT IT UP AND PUT IT ON THE FLATBED.

STEVE, I NEED A SWEEPER,

I NEED A FLOAT TRUCK,

AND I NEED A DUMP TRUCK, LIKE, NOW.

OKAY, OKAY, LET'S GO, LET'S GO.

[VALTER]: THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE WITH ALL THIS METAL IS

IT WAS MANGLED UP,

SO WE BASICALLY HAVE TO FIND SOMEWHERE TO PUT A CHAIN.

BRING IT THIS WAY.

[NARRATOR]: THEY JUST NEED TO MOVE IT FAR ENOUGH

SO THE ROTATOR CAN GET ACCESS...

BRING YOUR TRUCK OVER HERE AND DRAG THIS FORWARD.

WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL TO KEEP THE SAND INSIDE.

[NARRATOR]: ...AND THE WIND IS PICKING UP.

OKAY, GUYS, WATCH IT, 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA PULL.

OKAY, PULL IT!

[SCRAPING AND RATTLING]

[BLEEP]

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, STOP!

STOP! VALTER!

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, STOP!

STOP!

[NARRATOR]: ON HIGHWAY 27 OUTSIDE WOODBRIDGE...

VALTER! VALTER!

[NARRATOR]: ...A SMALL PULL

IS ALREADY KICKING UP A BIG CLOUD.

[VALTER]: AS WE DRAGGED IT,

IT WAS LIKE A BIG CLOUD OF SAND JUST WENT EVERYWHERE.

LOTS OF FRIGGIN' DUST, MAN!

I'VE WORKED IN A SNOWSTORM BEFORE,

BUT NOTHING LIKE A SANDSTORM LIKE THIS.

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

IT'S A SANDSTORM?

[SONNY]: IT'S LIKE A BOMB WAS DROPPED.

DARK...

AND THEN DUST.

[NARRATOR]: ...BUT THE CREW HAS GAINED CLEARANCE

FOR THE ROTATOR'S BOOM TO EXTEND OVER THE COLLECTOR.

WE DRAGGED IT CLOSER TO THE ROTATOR,

SO WE CAN LIFT IT UP.

PUT A CHAIN ACROSS.

BRING ME THE LADDER.

[NARRATOR]: NOW VALTER AND SONNY NEED TO FIGURE OUT

HOW TO SAFELY RIG THE UNIT FOR THE LIFT.

-THIS HOOK IS GOOD. -YEAH.

WE CAN PUT IT THERE.

OH, [BLEEP].

[SONNY]: THE BIG CHALLENGE IS

WHERE ARE WE GONNA PUT THE CHAINS,

AND WHERE ARE WE GONNA PUT THE HOOK.

WE'LL PUT THIS WAY FOR ONE,

AND THAT ONE THERE,

WE'LL PUT IT TOGETHER AT THE TOP,

AND THEN LIFT IT UP TOGETHER.

JUST STRAIGHT UP LIKE THAT.

YOU SEE THIS HOOK?

IT'S MANGLED INSIDE.

IF YOU BRING THE BIG GRIZZLY BAR, PRY BAR...

YEAH.

...AND I WILL POP IT OUT OF THE METAL,

AND THEN PUT THAT THING IN.

EVERYTHING'S BENT AND MANGLED.

WE'RE GONNA PUT FOUR CONTAINER HOOKS ON THEM,

AND WE'RE GONNA LIFT THEM STRAIGHT UP WITH THE HOOKS.

[VALTER]: BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT, IT BENT IT ALL,

SO WE SORT OF HAVE TO TRY AND FIND A WAY

TO GET THE CHAINS IN THERE.

IS THAT GONNA WORK?

IT'LL WORK.

IT HAS TO WORK.

[BLEEP]

GOT IT.

GIVE ME THE CHAIN?

[GRUNTING WITH EFFORT]

-GET IT IN THERE, MAN. -OKAY, GOOD TO GO?

THAT'S IT.

OKAY.

HOPEFULLY IT'S GONNA WORK.

[NARRATOR]: SONNY NEEDS TO SWING THE UNIT

JUST FAR ENOUGH TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE FLATDECK EN ROUTE.

[SONNY]: OKAY.

[SONNY]: THERE'S A LOT OF SAND INSIDE,

SO WE HAVE TO DO IT VERY CAREFULLY,

AND NICE AND EASY.

LIFT IT UP, SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

AWESOME.

SWING IT THIS WAY, TO ME.

SOMEBODY PULL THAT SIDE THAT WAY.

HEY, PULL THAT,

PULL THAT THING ON THE OTHER SIDE.

PUSH.

GO, GO, GO, GO, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN.

LIKE THAT, LEAVE IT THERE.

OKAY, OKAY, LET'S GO, LET'S GO.

[NARRATOR]: WHILE THEY WAIT FOR THE FLATDECK,

THE CREW ATTACKS ALL THE SMALLER DEBRIS...

LET'S GO!

[GRUNTING WITH EFFORT]

[NARRATOR]: ...BUT WITH EVERY MINUTE,

THE WIND IS BLOWING HARDER,

NOW GUSTING UP TO 60 KILOMETRES...

FINE SAND IS COMING INTO MY NOSE, MAN.

I DON'T WANT IT.

[NARRATOR]: ...BUT SOME HELP HAS JUST ARRIVED.

[VALTER]: THERE'S NO TIME TO CALL IN FOR A WATER TRUCK

AND HOSE IT DOWN,

SO WE DECIDED TO START SWEEPING THE SAND A LITTLE BIT,

SO WE COULD WORK BETTER.

GET BACK, EVERYBODY.

IT'S NOT PICKING UP.

[SONNY]: IT'S A FINE SAND,

SO IT'S BLASTING ALL OVER THE PLACE.

HOLD IT! HOLD IT!

EVERY DAY, NEW PROBLEMS.

[NARRATOR]: 300 KILOMETRES SOUTHWEST

AT THE END OF HIGHWAY 402...

[NARRATOR]: ...THE ROAD TO THE BORDER

IS SHUT DOWN.

[GARY VANDENHEUVEL]: WHERE IS IT AT?

OKAY.

[NARRATOR]: JUST TO THE EAST,

GARY VANDENHEUVEL IS ON THE WAY.

[GARY]: WE'VE GOT A REAR-END COLLISION

AT THE BLUE WATER BRIDGE,

TRACTOR-TRAILER,

AND I'M BEING TOLD ONE OF THE LOADS IS HAZMAT.

ANYTIME WE GET CALLED FOR A HAZMAT LOAD,

IT'S ALWAYS A CONCERN,

BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH

UNTIL YOU GET THERE.

[NARRATOR]: THE STRETCH OF ROAD SEES TROUBLE

WHEN BORDER TRAFFIC BACKS UP,

AND APPROACHING DRIVERS

FAIL TO FOCUS ON THE ROAD AHEAD...

[NARRATOR]: ...LIKE THIS CRASH JUST LAST WINTER.

[NARRATOR]: ANY TIME TRAFFIC SLOWS OR STOPS ON THE HIGHWAY...

[SCHMIDT]: ...STILL WORKING ON THE DETAIL--

[TIRES SQUEALING]

OH, WE JUST GOT A CRASH RIGHT THERE!

OH!

[NARRATOR]: ...DRIVERS NEED TO BE ALERT.

[SCHMIDT]: TOO OFTEN WE SEE THESE CRASHES

WHERE DRIVERS WHO AREN'T PAYING ATTENTION,

WHO ARE NOT USED TO SEEING A SLOW-DOWN IN A CERTAIN AREA,

DRIVE RIGHT THROUGH INTO STOPPED TRAFFIC.

IT ONLY TAKES ONE DRIVER TO BE NOT PAYING ATTENTION,

AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BIG MESS BEHIND US.

[GARY]: OKAY, TWO TRUCKS AND TRAILERS.

LITTLE BIT OF CARNAGE GOING ON HERE.

[GARY]: WHEN I ARRIVE, IT'S A BIG SCENE.

WE'VE GOT THE HAZMAT TEAM ON SITE,

THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS,

A LOT OF PEOPLE.

WHAT DO WE GOT?

RED ONE WAS STOPPED.

YEAH.

WHITE ONE TRIED TO AVOID HIM,

BUT HE DIDN'T.

HE RIPPED THE SIDE OF HIS TRAILER.

OKAY.

THE WHITE ONE HAS GOT FROZEN FOOD.

THE OTHER ONE'S GOT THE HAZMAT IN IT.

[GARY]: THE STUFF THAT'S SPILLING OUT THE BACK

WAS IN A COUPLE OF TOTES AT THE VERY REAR,

AND I CAN ACTUALLY SEE THIS PRODUCT ON THE ROAD.

THAT STUFF'S A RESIN.

IT GIVES OFF A VAPOUR.

IT'S QUITE A BIT OUT THERE.

WHAT'S THE VERDICT?

[NARRATOR]: GARY'S SON, COLLIN, WILL BE BACKING HIM UP.

THE RAIL, THE SIDE RAIL FROM THAT OTHER TRUCK,

ACTUALLY WENT RIGHT THROUGH THE BACK DOOR--

OOH...

--PUNCTURED TWO OF THE TOTES THAT WERE IN THERE.

WITH HOW HARD THIS THING TOOK A HIT,

WE'VE GOT A BIG MESS ON OUR HANDS.

[NARRATOR]: A HAZMAT CREW WILL NEED TO CLEAN UP THE SPILL

AND SECURE THE CARGO

BEFORE GARY CAN TOUCH THIS SEMI...

GET GOING ON HIM IF YOU WANT.

OKAY, I'LL GET SOME STUFF MOVING THIS WAY, THEN.

[NARRATOR]: ...SO HE TURNS TO THE SECOND WRECK

WITH A PARTIAL LOAD OF FROZEN FOOD.

WOW.

SMOKED HIM PRETTY GOOD, EH?

IT'S TAKEN A PRETTY HARD HIT OFF THE SIDE OF THIS.

IT HAS KNOCKED OUT ALL THE UNDER CROSS-MEMBERS

ON THE BOTTOM SIDE OF THIS TRAILER.

[COLLIN]: WITH THE DAMAGE ON THIS TRAILER,

THERE'S NO WAY THAT IT CAN GO DOWN THE ROAD SAFELY.

YOU READY TO SEPARATE?

YEAH.

[GARY]: SO, I'VE GOT MARK,

WHO'S BROUGHT IN ONE OF OUR TRACTORS HERE,

JUST TO HOOK ONTO THIS TRAILER.

IT'S GONNA BE THE UNIT

THAT WE TOW THIS TRAILER BACK TO THE YARD WITH.

WANT ME TO CUT THAT STUFF OFF?

YEAH, YOU CAN CUT THAT WAY, BUT...

JUST WATCH, THIS IS SHARP HERE, MARK.

[MARK]: IT'S A REAL MESS.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE GUY THAT GOT HIT,

AND GARY TELLS ME NO,

THAT'S THE TRUCK THAT DID THE HITTING.

OOH...

[CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY] I DON'T LIKE THAT FEELING.

[NARRATOR]: THE FLOOR CAN BARELY SUPPORT COLLIN'S WEIGHT.

STEPPING ON--

OVER THE BROKEN, DAMAGED PART THERE,

YOU CAN FEEL THE TRAILER START TO SINK IN A LITTLE BIT,

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A NERVE-RACKING FEELING.

[NARRATOR]: ATTEMPTING TO OFFLOAD

WILL TEAR RIGHT THROUGH THE DECK.

[COLLIN]: IT'S DESTROYED.

[GROANING] OH, MAN!

OOH...

[CHUCKLING NERVOUSLY] I DON'T LIKE THAT FEELING.

[NARRATOR]: ON THE EASTERN SIDE

OF THE BLUE WATER BRIDGE BORDER CROSSING...

IT'S DESTROYED.

[GROANING] OH, MAN!

[NARRATOR]: ...THE PREFERRED CREW

NEEDS TO MOVE EIGHT HEAVY PALLETS OF FROZEN FOOD

OVER A TRAILER DECK READY TO COLLAPSE.

[MARK]: THE CHALLENGE WE'RE FACING WITH THIS OFFLOAD IS

THE FLOOR'S BEEN DAMAGED,

THE UNDER-RIBBING HAS BEEN DAMAGED.

YEAH, DIDN'T LEAVE MUCH LEFT OF THE STRUCTURE UNDERNEATH

ON THE BOTTOM SIDE OF THIS TRAILER.

[NARRATOR]: ...BUT THE NEW ARRIVAL ON SCENE

HAS AN IDEA.

WHY DON'T WE JUST TAKE ONE OF OUR STRAPS

AND GO FROM THE CROSS-MEMBER STRAIGHT ACROSS TO ONE OF THESE

AND JUST HOLD 'EM UP?

TUCK IT UNDERNEATH.

MARK IS THERE,

SO I'M HAPPY THAT HE'S THERE,

JUST HAVING THAT EXTRA SET OF EYES.

I'M GOOD WITH THAT.

I LIKE THAT IDEA.

I THINK I GOT A STRAP.

WE'RE GONNA PUT A STRAP UNDER THE BOTTOM

AND TRY TO HOLD THOSE RIBS UP

SO WE CAN OFFLOAD THE CARGO ONTO OUR TRUCK.

CAN WE GET UNDERNEATH THAT I-BEAM RIGHT THERE?

THAT SHOULD HOLD HER UP.

[GARY]: ALL RIGHT, GOT A TRUCK COMING IN, GUYS.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE A LITTLE CAUTIOUS WITH IT.

WE'RE GOING TO GO IN WITH A HAND PUMP CART.

WELL, THOSE LOADS LOOK LIKE THEY SHIFTED.

ARE YOU GONNA BE ABLE TO MOVE 'EM ON YOUR OWN?

YEP...

SHOULD BE ABLE TO.

[GARY]: THERE'S ENOUGH STRUCTURE LEFT IN THE FLOOR

SO THAT WE CAN GO ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE TRAILER,

WHERE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE STRUCTURE ON IT.

[COLLIN]: WE STILL HAVE TO BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL

AS WE'RE OFFLOADING THIS.

I DON'T WANT TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS TRAILER,

BECAUSE IT COULD START TO FLEX AS WE BRING THESE PALLETS OUT.

LOOK OUT BEHIND YOU.

-YUP. OKAY, READY? -YUP.

TURN 'ER, HARD.

-OUT. -THERE WE GO.

LET'S CLOSE THE DOORS, GET THE LEGS UP ON THIS,

AND TAKE 'ER BACK TO THE YARD. -YEP.

[NARRATOR]: THEY'VE FINISHED JUST IN TIME.

OKAY, YOU READY TO PICK IT?

ARE YOU READY TO HOOK ON? OKAY.

YEAH, WE CAN JUST BACK RIGHT IN AND AWAY WE GO.

[NARRATOR]: THE SECOND SEMI IS READY TO MOVE.

[GARY]: WELL, NOBODY IS WEARING MASKS ANYMORE,

SO... A GOOD SIGN.

[GARY]: WE'VE GOT THE ALL-CLEAR NOW.

THE HAZMAT TEAM HAS CLEANED UP THE BACK OF THIS TRAILER.

THERE'S NO CONCERNS FOR CONTAMINATION.

UP TOP, GUYS.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GET IT OUT OF YOUR WAY, GUYS.

[GARY]: MARK'S GONNA HOP INTO THE TRACTOR...

[HONKING]

...TOW THIS TRAILER BACK TO OUR YARD,

AND WE'RE JUST GONNA FOLLOW ALONG BACK.

[♪♪♪]

[BANG]

CAN YOU HOLD THIS END, THIS SIDE?

[NARRATOR]: ON HIGHWAY 27 NEAR WOODBRIDGE...

SPIN IT THAT WAY.

YEAH, YEAH, JUST LIKE THAT.

HOLD IT, OKAY?

WATCH!

[NARRATOR]: THE CREW FROM STEVE'S

IS LOADING UP THE LOOSE PARTS FROM THE SANDBLASTER...

[NARRATOR]: ...AND STEVE HIMSELF

HAS ARRIVED ON SCENE,

WORKING TO SPEED UP THE JOB.

[STEVE]: THE POLICE OFFICER ALREADY ASKED ME

HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO BE.

I TOLD HIM ONE HOUR.

[NARRATOR]: ALL THAT'S LEFT TO LOAD

IS THE BIGGEST AND MOST DIFFICULT PIECE,

THE DUST COLLECTOR.

[NARRATOR]: BUT WITH TRAFFIC ROLLING

ON THE OTHER SIDE,

THEY NEED TO LIFT CAREFULLY,

TRYING TO AVOID KICKING UP MORE DUST.

STOP!

READY?

OKAY, WATCH OUT, EH?

[VALTER]: WITH THIS WIND BLOWING,

AND THE WEATHER,

YOU KNOW, IT COULD SWING BACK AND FORTH,

IT COULD DO A 360.

HOLD ON.

BRING IT DOWN, BRING IT DOWN.

THERE. RIGHT THERE IS GOOD.

RIGHT THERE, RIGHT THERE.

RIGHT HERE.

[NARRATOR]: LOADING IT UPRIGHT

HAS MINIMIZED THE DUST,

BUT THIS POSITION CREATES ANOTHER POTENTIAL PROBLEM.

[STEVE]: I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SAFE TO GO ON THE ROAD,

WHERE I DON'T HIT THE BRIDGE WITH MY TRUCK,

SO WE'RE GONNA MEASURE HOW HIGH IT IS.

LET'S MEASURE IT FROM RIGHT HERE.

HOW MUCH?

12 PLUS 3.

15.

HOW MUCH DO I NEED?

14,

WHICH IS NOT GONNA WORK OUT.

TOO HIGH.

[VALTER]: WE'RE HIGHER THAN WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.

NOW WHAT DO WE DO?

IT'S A BIG PROBLEM.

[GROANS IN FRUSTRATION]

HOW MUCH DO I NEED?

14. 13.5 IS JUST NOT GONNA WORK OUT.

TOO HIGH.

[NARRATOR]: AT A RAILROAD BRIDGE

NORTH OF TORONTO...

[GROANS IN FRUSTRATION]

[NARRATOR]: ...THE STEVE'S TOWING CREW

HAS HIT THEIR LIMIT.

PROBLEM IS, IT'S TOO OVER...

LIKE, THE HEIGHT'S TOO MUCH,

AND WE CAN'T GET ANY LOWER.

[VALTER]: IT WON'T MAKE IT TO THE YARD,

OR WHERE IT'S GOTTA GO,

'CAUSE OF THE BRIDGES,

SO WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH ANOTHER PLAN

AND DO SOMETHING ELSE.

CAN WE FLIP IT?

THIS WAY?

THAT'S THE BEST IDEA.

[NARRATOR]: THEY'LL HAVE TO MOVE THE DUST COLLECTOR

ONE MORE TIME,

ONTO ITS SIDE...

OKAY, LET'S FLIP IT, GUYS.

[SONNY]: WHEN WE FLIP IT,

WE CAN MAKE THAT HIGH LOAD TO WIDE LOAD.

WIDE LOAD IS OKAY.

WE CAN GET TO OUR SHOP.

[NARRATOR]: ...BUT TURNING IT

RISKS WHIPPING UP THE CLOUD OF DUST

THEY'VE BEEN WORKING TO AVOID.

OKAY, TAKE IT OUT,

HOOK IT IN THE CORNER.

OKAY?

LET ME BRING IT UP.

OKAY, HOOK THAT ONE IN THE SAME THING.

YEAH, THAT'S GOOD.

OKAY?

[VALTER]: BECAUSE OF THIS WIND BLOWING,

WE SORT OF HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL HOW WE LIFT

AND HOW FAST WE CAN LIFT THIS,

BECAUSE ONCE IT'S IN THE AIR, WE HAVE NO CONTROL OF IT.

READY TO GO.

[VALTER]: YELLOW ONE, YELLOW ONE.

LIFT THE YELLOW, AND LOWER THE RED.

[♪♪♪]

GOOD, LIKE... THAT'S GOOD.

YEAH, LIKE THAT, LIKE THAT, PERFECT.

HOLD UP, HOLD UP. DON'T MOVE.

[SONNY]: THE WIND HAS COME AROUND,

AND THEN, LIKE, HITTING THE BLASTER,

AND ALL THE SAND IS COMING OUT.

LET ME KNOW WHEN TO DROP IT.

-SONNY. -GOOD?

THERE YOU GO.

NOW LET IT REST.

IT'S NO LONGER A HIGH LOAD, IT'S A WIDE LOAD RIGHT NOW,

SO WE CAN GET IT OFF THE HIGHWAY.

[NARRATOR]: NOW THEY JUST NEED TO STRAP IT DOWN...

NEXT SNOWSTORM IS COMING.

WE GOTTA GO BACK TO THE ROAD.

[NARRATOR]: ...AND THEY'VE TIMED IT JUST RIGHT.

HURRY UP!

[SONNY]: WE WORKED IN A SANDSTORM.

WE DON'T WANNA WORK IN A SNOWSTORM.

YOU GOOD TO GO?

OKAY, OKAY.

OKAY.

OKAY, GUYS, LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.

LET'S GO, LET'S GO.

[SONNY]: THIS IS A UNIQUE ONE.

THE JOB IS DONE.

WE'RE GONNA GO TAKE A SHOWER AT HOME.

[JASON VERKAIK] THERE'S NOTHIN' HOLDING THIS THING TOGETHER.

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

MAKE SURE THEY ALL COME APART NICE AND EASY.

[NARRATOR]: ...A TRIPLE WRECK MAKES TROUBLE.

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!

HOLY MACKEREL!

[MIKE ROSS]: I DON'T REALLY WANT YOU LIFTING.

[NARRATOR]: A NEW ROTATOR OP...

STICK YOUR BOOM OUT, AND LET YOUR CABLE OUT.

[NARRATOR]: ...FEELS THE PRESSURE.

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, GO GET ANOTHER BAG.

I'M BEGINNING TO HATE THIS TRUCK.

[NARRATOR]: ...AND A STUBBORN ROLLOVER...

OKAY, READY?

[NARRATOR]: ...ROLLS OVER...

[BANGING]

[NARRATOR]: ...AGAIN.

COME ON!

[♪♪♪]