Ashley are nearly killed when her car slides over the cliff but Campbell saves their lives, risking his own to do it when he is given an option to escape. Jake lauds Campbell as a hero and lets a relieved Corrine know of her son's survival and heroism. Firemen who arrived at the site began spraying water into the reactor pool, but it only slows down the evaporation. Meanwhile, a disused diesel generator is found in the original blueprints by the NRC, and the plant workers plan to hook it up to the electric pumps to save the plant. They order some diesel fuel for it, but the tanker truck driver panics at the idea of driving in the adverse weather. Jake, a former truck driver, intercepts the fleeing truck driver and delivers the diesel to the plant himself. At the plant, the heat is starting to prove too much for the firemen and they start to pass out while the water from the hoses is having very little effect. Mere minutes before meltdown, Jake helps the firefighters while Corrine hooks up the fuel and attempts to start the generator, eventually she is able to turn it on. With the generator running, the pumps restart and the waste pool starts to refill. Although the plant is damaged, a nuclear meltdown is averted. Campbell and Corrine are finally reunited and held together as Jake and Ashley set a date to get married. Corrine and Neville; who has suffered terminal radiation poisoning from being trapped inside of the locked reactor containment room, looked at each other before she thanked the latter for his "self-sacrifice" as Neville is taken away to the hospital. Cast Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Deputy Jake Hannah Jared Michael Thomas as Young Jake Sharon Lawrence as Corinne Maguire Joanna Morrison as Stacy Carl Lewis as Securityman Stu Jonathan Blick as Potter (as Johnny Blick) Meryl Main as Gail Clark Daniel Costello as Campbell Maguire Charmaine Guest as Ashley Bishop George Henare as Manuel Fluentez John Leigh as Deputy Rollins John Sumner as Neville Corbin Bernsen as Sheriff C.B. Bishop David Aston as Man at Cliff Paul Barrett as Fuel Tanker Driver Grant Bridger as Maguire's Neighbor Katrina Devine as Gloria Peter Feeney as Fireman Real-life inspiration This television film was based on a real-life disaster that had taken place on June 24. 1998, when an F2 tornado hit the Davis-Besse