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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 Fireyladd Chief Sharp on February 22, 2009 at 8:57pm: Lucky Guy!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Billy casteel on February 22, 2009 at 9:02pm: he got very lucky; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Tony on February 22, 2009 at 9:12pm: Nice job guys.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Elijah Evans on February 22, 2009 at 9:13pm: awsome catch hope the guys didnt screw up their backs on that one... but awsome job; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Paul Young on February 22, 2009 at 9:18pm: Nice catch....BTW, what is the name of that song?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by penrhyn on February 22, 2009 at 11:22pm: Nickelback is the group, Hero is the song, is available both on www.youtube.com and www.itunes.com; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Chuck on February 22, 2009 at 9:19pm: Bravo Zulu! Job well done!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by jill on February 22, 2009 at 9:19pm: WoW!!! What a lucky guy!!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by David Buckfelder on February 22, 2009 at 9:45pm: forget the guy jumping out of the window, what r they doing just walking around? how about getting some water on that fire? nice to see the one firefighter carrying the ladder with no helmet on; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by jake on February 22, 2009 at 10:20pm: mate cut them some slack. u dont know the situation. there could be many reasons as to why there is no water. dont go saying crap about the situation when u got noidea wats going on behind the camera ae. good catch guys.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jay Nicholson on February 22, 2009 at 11:46pm: Jake, can you think of one reason why on a working fire a FF is on the fire ground without a helmet. To me this seems to be a very big safety violation.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dan Brutlag on February 22, 2009 at 10:11pm: Thats frickin awesome lol good job guys; ▶ Reply to This

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