We thought he was going to be gone: Woman who …

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Published: Wednesday, March 26, 2014, 7:19 AM

Updated: Wednesday, March 26, 2014, 11:36 AM

A woman who recorded the daring rescue of a construction worker from a burning luxury apartment building in Houston said she wasnt sure the man would make it out alive.

Karen Jones said there was a brief moment when she thought the hardhat was going to plummet to the ground after he swung from the top-floor ledge to a balcony below as the roaring flames tore through the five-story building on Tuesday.

When we saw his foot slip, it was just like oh, God, hes going to fall, Jones, who recorded the shocking video from her fourth-floor office next door,told KTRK-TV.

We thought he was going to be gone.

But soon after the desperate worker landed on the ledge of the flaming $50 million under-construction complex, a ladder from a nearby fire truck started stretching toward the stranded man.

Standing near the edge of the ladder was Houston Fire Department Senior Capt. Brad Hawthorne, who reached out and grabbed the man after he leaped onto the top rung.

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