All right, this actually looked like a scene out of a movie, but it was very real. I want you to take a look at this. On a bridge spanning the Ohio River, a semi-truck crashes through the side of the bridge and ends up literally dangling over the water below. In those incredible minutes that follow, a member of the Louisville Fire Department is seen lowered down by a cable and actually rescues the driver and brings her to safety. Joining me now is that Louisville firefighter, Bryce Cardon, alongside his family. So, Bryce, just walk us through how this all played out and how you found yourself now being lowered over this water to get to this person.

So as I spoke on many times in the past, we train for these situations It starts from the very beginning whenever we have our roles for the day. We talk about this stuff, and just I was at the right moment, right time. I was the guy to go over the edge. Captain Hogan and Captain Rogers and Captain Ren, trusted me to be able to be that guy. And there was a lot of good people working top side and people working bottom side to be able to make it happen. And like I said, I was just the right guy at the right time and was able to execute at that time for what we had to get done.

Yeah. And look, we talked beforehand, I know you're a team sports guy, but an operation like this clearly is a team sport. Just tell me about the coordination here that it took, not just from what you were doing, obviously, you were the guy on the end of the cable, but there was a whole team helping actually make this happen.

Oh, it took many resources. We had truck one, we had engine two, rescue two, engine six down in the water. We had Tower 2, Quint 7. We had multiple companies all coming together. Our chief staff that was up there helping facilitate operations on the top side, we had a lot of moving parts. And like I said, just it all goes back to debriefs after a situation missions that we have, being able to coordinate together and work like a well-oiled machine to execute that mission that we had at that time. And at that time, it was getting her out of the truck and making that rescue. And we were able to do what we needed to do to get it done. So it was good.

And look, I know you said you trained for something like this, but did this fall in line with exactly what you were trained to do? I mean, obviously, practice is different than a game. So what was that difference?

Well, we always do. The situation, the scenario that we ran, it goes all the way back to the beginning of Rope School. We have good instructors, Michael Quinn, who has helped teach me a lot. He's been one of my mentors from the very beginning. But doing a standard pick-off is what we essentially did. Just a little bit accelerated. Obviously, a truck dangling off a bridge is a pretty It's a pretty far-fetch scenario whenever you're talking about it. But Louisville Fire Department prepares us for anything, and we always find a way to get it done. That's one thing I love about Louisville Fire Department is no matter what we're given, what task we're dealt with, What we have, what we don't have, we always rise to the occasion and we get it done. I'm very proud of the guys who were with us that day. It was a peace of mind knowing going over the edge I had those guys that had my back. I didn't have a worry in the world. I knew we were going to get her. I didn't have any doubt. People were like, Were you nervous? I was like, I mean, after the fact, I was like, Man, that was pretty wild.

But during it, I didn't have any second thoughts of going over the edge with the guys that I had up there. They had my back.

Look, I know you didn't have any thoughts of you going over the edge, but Kaitlyn, I don't know if you were watching when this happened, but what were you thinking when you saw Oh, I think that's actually my husband hanging over the river there. What were you thinking?

Sure. So I actually was watching it live through WLKY on Facebook. Right before the run happened, sent me a text and said, Semi hanging off the bridge. Here we go. And I was like, okay. And so I found out about at 12:39, it was right after Bryce had got her out of the cab that I realized that it was him. And I was actually sitting there feeding Oakland a bottle at the time, just shaking and didn't know, just trying to prepare myself for what could have been a very positive or negative situation. So I did know halfway through that it was him. Yeah.

Well, unbelievable. Firefighter, Bryce Carden. Kaitlyn, thank you for taking the time to talk to us. Thank you for what you did that day. And Kaitlyn, thanks for keeping your head cool in that moment. I can't imagine what it was like to see him. And at the end, you find out, oh, actually, that's Bryce. Appreciate it.

Thank you.