”I won't let go” - Paramedic who held on to driver's hand for 45 minutes on 11m high bridge (South Korea)

A driver was rescued after nearly falling from an 11-metre bridge following a snow-related traffic accident, after paramedics managed to hold him up with their bare hands for 45 minutes.
According to the Gyeongbuk Provincial Fire Department on the 28th, the incident occurred yesterday at around 9:29 a.m. on the Central Expressway in Andong, Gyeongbuk.
On the Pungsan Bridge in the direction of Busan, a large trailer slipped on the snowy road and collided with the railing. Part of the driver's seat of the trailer was broken in the accident, and the lower half of the driver, who is in his 60s, was injured by 11 meters.
The man had fallen over the railing of a high bridge. Emergency crew member Park Jun-hyung (34) and others were the first to arrive at the scene.
Officer Park said, "At first, there were futons piled up in the driver's seat, and the patient (the driver)
"I couldn't see the patient," he said, "When I pushed the blanket aside, I found only the upper half of the patient stuck inside the driver's seat."
"I put my hand out and finally managed to grab it, so I just held on," he said. He continued to hold on for 45 minutes. The driver's hand was covered in blood from the accident.
Fifteen minutes later, a rescue team arrived, but they did not take over due to the possibility of a fall. Instead, they tied a rope from the pump truck around the driver's arm and connected him to two other rescuers.
Officer K and the driver were still holding on to each other. As time passed, part of the vehicle fell 11 meters below the bridge, and the driver's body gradually slid toward the ground.
Every time the driver kicked his legs out of fear, Officer Park tried to calm him down.
Air mats were then laid on the national highway below the bridge, and a articulating ladder truck arrived.
The driver was rescued into the basket of an articulating ladder truck at around 10:30 a.m., one hour and one minute after the accident, and taken to the hospital.
"Usually, a car would be crushed on the road and we would only have to open the doors, but the space in which rescue operations could take place was too narrow," said Park.
It rained a lot and my hands were frozen," he said. Meanwhile, Officer Park, who joined the ambulance on November 20, 2016, has been working as an ambulance technician for eight years.