Amazing Video: Firefighters Catch Man Jumping from Second Floor

DAVE STATTER
Courtesy STATter911.com/WUSA-TV


Watch at about 28 seconds in on the right side of the video. It happens fast ... you may need to rewind or enlarge.

A neighbor rolled video while a house burned nearby. As the Wausau Fire Department started to put its initial line into service, firefighters were drawn to Side D of the home. There, 20-year-old Houa Thao was coming out of a second-floor window. Firefighters gathered underneath him and caught the man. He was uninjured.

The man's three teenage sisters escaped before the arrival of firefighters.

Indications are the fire started around 1:00 PM in the kitchen of the home.

This is the second fire for the family in eight-years.

Click here for the full story at the Wausau Daily Herald.

Watch the video without the music from the YouTube version:

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Permalink Reply by Troy Hoover on February 28, 2009 at 4:23am
WTF is a white helmet doing that close to the fire? lol
Permalink Reply by Imonfirah on March 11, 2009 at 10:22am
They were drawn to the side of the house. That is cool. Talk about followig your gut. This guy was very lucky.
Permalink Reply by dj lee on March 16, 2009 at 10:56pm
Lucky guy. Great job by the firefighters.
Permalink Reply by George Jetson on March 17, 2009 at 2:07pm
wow!
Permalink Reply by T.J. on March 18, 2009 at 1:10pm
Awesome work!!! :)
Permalink Reply by Steve Smith on March 18, 2009 at 9:47pm
wow very lucky!

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