Survivor of plant explosion: 'The walls started crumbling in'

ERIC --
ONE PERSON DIED IN THAT EXPLOSION AND 13 OTHERS ARE
INJURED...
THE COMPANY THAT OWNS THE PLANT SAYS IT IS TOO EARLY
TO TELL WHAT CAUSED THAT EXPLOSION...
THIS EXPLOSION IS BEING FELT IN DIFFERENT WAYS THROUGH
THE COMMUNITY…
JESSICA ARP TALKED WITH A SURVIVOR TODAY….
WE KNOW AS YOU MENTIONED THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE
WITH INJURIES WHO SURVIVED THIS SHOCKING EXPLOSION...
SOME OF THOSE EVEN HELPED OTHERS TO SAFETY.
AS THEY COUNT THEIR BLESSINGS THEY GOT OUT WITH THEIR
LIVES.
DALLAS OOSTERHOF/24 YEAR PLANT EMPLOYEEI know exactly
where I was underneath that garbage pile :39
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DALLAS OOSTERHOF HAS BEEN LOOKING AT PICTURES OF WHAT'S
LEFT OF HIS LONGTIME EMPLOYER.
MARVELING TO HIS FAMILY.
THAT HE MADE IT OUT ALIVE.
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lucky, seven month old grandson, a 3 year old granddaughter,
my nieces and nephews, that's what after I got up
out of that chair I was pinned in, I said I gotta
go home and see them guys :18
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OOSTERHOF WORKS MAINTENANCE.
AND SAYS HE DIDN'T HEAR THE EXPLOSION THAT ROCKED
CAMBRIA AT 11 LAST NIGHT...
INSTEAD.
THERE WAS ONLY BLACK.
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52 :41 OOSTERHOFjust the walls started crumbling in
:46 and that's when I put my arms up like that and
it just kept coming in :54
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HE CRAWLED THROUGH THE WAREHOUSE RUBBLE FOR 45 MINUTES...
HELPING TWO FEMALE COWORKERS.
ONE PREGNANT.
OUT OF THE DARKNESS.
AND TO SAFETY.
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OOSTERHOFI was sort of the first one over there and
they said you get in, I said no, her first :22
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ON THE OUTSIDE.
VILLAGE BOARD MEMBER SHANNON DUNAHEE'S FAMILY HEARD
THE BLAST AND ARRIVED BEFORE FIRST RESPONDERS.
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SHANNON DUNAHEE/the one I looked at, his face was
covered with soot, his clothing was burnt and everything,
and he just looked at me and I said I have water and
he's like yes :28
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OOSTERHOF KNOWS HE'S ONE OF THE FORTUNATE ONES.
AND STILL CAN'T WRAP HIS MIND AROUND WHAT MAY HAVE
HAPPENED.
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this one was something different, I don't know what
malfunctioned :59 but I'm glad I got out of there
:02 and I'm really sorry the ones that didn't :07

JESSICA --
OOSTERHOF SAYS HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED
THE EXPLOSION.
HE SAYS THERE WAS A FIRE IN A *SEPARATE* PART OF THE
PLANT ON MONDAY...
ANOTHER EMPLOYEE CONFIRMED TO US THE SAME FIRE...
BUT INVESTIGATORS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TELL US IF
THERE MAY HAVE BEEN ANY CONNECTION.
ERIC --
NOW - 11 EMPLOYEES WERE TRANSPORTED TO AREA HOSPITALS
INCLUDING IN MADISON...

Survivor of plant explosion: 'The walls started crumbling in'

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