Amputee, cat rescued from Glassell Park building flooded by sheared hydrant

GLASSELL PARK, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- An amputee, along with his cat, were rescued after a semi-truck sheared a fire hydrant, causing a building's roof to partially collapse in Glassell Park.

Firefighters cut through a door of the building to reach the man. They got him and his cat to safety and were able to retrieve his prosthetic leg.

Hear the man retell the harrowing rescue in the report above.