We're seeing new video of what led up to the aerial rescue of two firefighters in the Passaic River. csloantv reports.
The new video shows a rescue boat go plunging down a dam. One of the firefighters remains in the boat - the other desperately tries to stop it as it's ripped away by the water.
"I am trying to guide, tell the pilot what to do, to get the rescuer in the boat on the ground," said New Jersey State Police Sgt. Jason Jorgensen. , he said, because it wasn't a straight line down. Video shows how two Clifton firefighters lost control of their boat, sliding down the falls after trying to rescue construction workers with J. Fletcher Creamer and Son who were cutting trees along the banks in another boat.
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