A fire that destroyed a new Houston apartment building yesterday nearly took the life of a construction worker. The man was working on the fifth floor of the building when he became entrapped by the flames.
Karen Jones saw the fire from across the street and captured this incredible footage of the ladder rescue of the construction worker. The gravity of the situation is obvious as the man first waits on the 5th floor balcony, then has to drop to a lower level to escape the encroaching flames — all while waiting for the ladder to get into position and hoping the roof and walls don’t collapse onto him…