1 year later: Dramatic rescue of worker in massive fire caught on video

HOUSTON -

One year ago Wednesday, a dramatic rescue of a construction worker trapped during an apartment fire near downtown was caught on video.

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A woman working in a nearby building grabbed her cellphone and recorded the dramatic rescue of a construction worker who was trapped when an apartment complex where he was doing work on went up in flames.

Karen Jones captured all of the dramatic moments.

At one point the construction worker was forced to jump to the balcony below to escape the flames. He was five stories up and was frantically waving at rescuers.

"I said, 'I'm going to die right here.' I said, 'God, you've got to save me. You've got to get me out of here,'" Curtis Reissig said.

Help was close, but Reissig began waving his arms because the flames were getting hotter and closer. He knew he had to act quickly.

With no where else to go, he dropped to the fourth-floor patio.

"The flames were getting so hot. I took one swing and said I'm going to drop to my feet or butt or my knees and my butt, just when I hit I'm not going to stumble backward," Reissig said.

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1 year later: Dramatic rescue of worker in massive fire caught on video