Hercules runs over to help, holding up the cistern as the men get a ladder to reach the hanging man.
The ladder eventually reaches above the clouds and the boys are disappointed to find no heaven.
As neither ladders nor high pressure pumps could reach the fire, the roof and the upper floors were destroyed.
The fire trucks' ladders could reach only to the seventh floor.
As the ladders reached the top, crutches pushed them away again.
But when these are extended, the ladder will reach only 13 feet because of the overlap.
A wooden ladder reached from the bottom landing to the ground.
And even if the ladder does not reach all the way to the ground, it could get a person close enough to earth to avoid serious injury.
The cliffs proved to be higher than the ladders could reach.
No ladder we've got would reach there - even if we'd got one, which we haven't.
