Bosco was unconscious, and had been bound and gagged. In fact his own
handcuffs had been used to secure his hands up over his head to a pipe in
the nearby wall. Jimmy could see the nasty bruise on his left temple in the
light from the flames. There were also numerous bruises on his wrists and
arms and who knows what other injuries were hidden.
Jimmy knelt down beside the injured officer and quickly removed the gag. He then placed an arm around Bosco's shoulders to help support him and take some of the strain off of his bound arms.
"We're going to need bolt cutters to get him free," Jimmy called to his companions.
"I'll get them," Lombardo said once again disappearing quickly up the steps.
This left D.K. fighting the fire. His main priority was trying to keep the flames away from Bosco and Doherty and keep an escape route open for them. And try as he might he couldn't block out the groaning sounds from above as the other fire destroyed the ceiling above them.
"Bosco, can you hear me," Jimmy said vainly trying to get some kind of response from him. He wasn't even sure if the officer was breathing.
Against better judgement, Jimmy used his teeth to pull his one glove off. He placed his fingers to the side of Bosco's neck looking for a pulse and let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. He then placed the back of his hand in front of Bosco's mouth trying to determine if he was still breathing. Again he was relieved to feel the slight breeze on the back of his hand as Bosco exhaled.
"Hang on Bosco," he said quietly. "We're going to get you out here," Jimmy said as another piece of burning wood fell down near them. D.K. quickly put it out with the extinguisher.
As Jimmy looked back from the piece of wood he noticed a gun lying discarded near the wall on the other side of Bosco. Without thinking about why he was doing it Jimmy reached out and picked the gun up off the floor. It was warm to the touch but not enough to burn him. Jimmy placed the gun into one of the pockets of his jackets and then looked toward the stairs hoping to see Lombardo coming back down them.
'What's keeping him' Jimmy thought to himself. It seemed like forever to him since Lombardo had gone for the bolt cutters. He knew that Lombardo was hurrying but Jimmy also knew they had to get Bosco out of here quickly. A soft voice, barely audible, brought Jimmy's attention away from the stairs.
"Mikey, don't do this," Bosco murmured quietly. Yet there was no indication that the officer was conscious. He didn't open his eyes and didn't say anything else.
"Bosco, can your hear me," Jimmy said trying again to get a response from him. Again he was unsuccessful.
Just then Lombardo came hurrying down the steps. He jumped down from three steps up and hurried over to Jimmy and Bosco.
"Just cut the links in the middle. They can worry about getting the actual cuffs off later after we get him out of here," Jimmy told him.
Lombardo didn't waste time answering Jimmy. In a matter of seconds he had cut the links between the handcuffs freeing Bosco from the pipe.
"Alex and Kim are out there waiting for you to bring him out," Lombardo told him as he picked up Jimmy's extinguisher. By this time most of the flames had been extinguished. In a couple of minutes he and D.K. would have it completely out.
Meanwhile Jimmy picked Bosco up, hearing a slight moan form Bosco as he did so. Jimmy headed toward the stairs as quickly as he could without looking back. If he had he would have seen the beam that fell from the ceiling where he and Bosco had been moments before.
As soon as he came out of the building Jimmy spotted Alex and Kim waiting by the stretcher as close to the building as Lieu would allow them to be. He hurried over to them and gently placed Bosco on the stretcher.
"He had a pulse and was breathing when I found him," Jimmy told them, as Kim and Alex started assessing Bosco's condition.
"He still has a pulse," Kim said, mostly to her partner. "Breathing is slow and labored. We need to transport now." She was placing an oxygen mask over Bosco's mouth and nose even as she spoke.
"Agreed," Alex said handing Bosco's belt, which she had removed, over to Sully who was standing just off to the side.
"Did you see the gun," Sully asked Jimmy as he took the belt from Alex? Alex and Kim started rolling the stretcher toward the ambulance.
"No," Jimmy said at first. Then he felt something in his pocket and it came back to him. "Wait," he said reaching into his pocket. "Is this his? I found it on the floor near him. I picked it up without really thinking about it. I was more concerned with getting Bosco out of there."
"Yeah, that is his," Sully said taking the gun from Jimmy and placing it in the holster on the belt. He looked up to see Kim shutting the back door of the ambulance and Sgt. Christopher climbing into the passenger side of the ambulance. Sully watched as Kim got in the driver's seat, put the lights and siren's on, and sped away toward the hospital.
"How bad do you think he is," Sully asked Jimmy quietly?
"I don't know. It didn't look good," Jimmy said honestly and then went to find Lieu to see what he wanted him to do.
Sully glanced at Ty as his partner walked up to him.
"Christopher wants us to take Bosco's squad to the station. He was going to call the Captain from the hospital to fill him in on the situation," Ty told him. "Which one you want to take," he asked him holding up both set of keys, as he had driven their squad to the location.
"I'll take 55-David back," Sully told him.
Ty handed him the keys for that car and both of them quietly headed for the squad cars both concerned for their fellow officer.
As soon as Sully and Davis entered the 55th precinct house they got the message that the Captain wanted to see them in his office. Together they headed for the Captain's office.
"Come in," they heard in response to their knock on the door.
Sully and Davis entered the Captain's office to find the Captain sitting at his desk and Lt. Swerksy standing in front of the desk.
"If you get a report on his condition before I get there I want you to call and let me know," the Captain told Lt. Swerksy.
"Yes sir," Swerksy told him and then turned to leave the office. He nodded to Davis and Sullivan as he passed them.
"Sullivan, Davis have a seat," the Captain said motioning them further into the office. "Do either of you know how to get in touch with any of Officer Boscorelli's family," he asked them as they sat down in the chairs in front of the captain's desk.
Davis just shook his head no.
"I don't think he keeps in touch with his dad," Sully said. "I think he has a brother but I don't even know his name let alone how to get in touch with him. I think Faith may know how to get in touch with his mother."
"Okay," the Captain said. "Speaking of Faith, I would like for the two of you to go over and inform her of the situation. She's going to take it hard anyway but I think it would be better if it came from you two." As soon as he got a nod from both of them he continued. "I've had a preliminary report from Sgt. Christopher about the situation but I want to hear what the two of you have to say."
"Well we heard the call for Bosco to tke a call about an unknown dispute. It was right after we had taken a call for a domestic," Sullivan began. He continued with the account of what happened up to arriving at 232 56th street and finding the empty squad car and the fire company already on scene. Davis chimed in with things here and there. Neither of them dared mention Christopher's words to Lieu when he had inquired as to why no one had realized that Bosco was missing before then.
"How long was it between the time you heard Boscorelli take the call and the time you arrived at the scene," the Captain asked when Sullivan and Davis had finished their account?
"It was about what.. six when Bosco took the call," Sully said looking to Ty for confirmation. When Ty nodded Sully continued. "It was a little after eight when I called Central to find out where 55-David was and about nine o'clock when we got to the scene. We had been directing traffic around a traffic accident which is why we didn't follow up on our suspicions earlier."
"So three hours elapsed between Boscorelli acknowledging the call and you two finding the empty squad. Are you sure you didn't hear anything else from Boscorelli between those two events?"
"No sir. Not theat we heard," Davis answered and Sully nodded in agreement. Although no one remembered all the radio chatter that occurred during the shift.
"What was Sgt. Christopher's attitude when he arrived on the scene," the Captain asked? Seeing the two officer's hesitation to answer the question he added, "wht you say doesn't leave this room but it is important that you tell me. What happened to officer Boscorelli isn't the only thing that is being investigated right now. I have Lt. Swersky handling that. My concern right now is the investigation into Sgt. Christopher's action during these events. This isn't the first time that Christopher has failed to check up on a prolonged radio silence from officers."
Both Sully and Ty knew the situation the Captain was referring to. Bosco, Faith, Doc, and Carlos had gotten trapped underground. Christopher had been concerned with finding out where Bosco was hiding and didn't consider that something may have been wrong. Even after it was determined that the officers were missing Christopher had delayed calling it in and getting the proper personnel in on the search endangering all four of the missing people.
"Personally I felt that Sgt. Christopher seemed put out about having to come out to the scene. He didn't seem at all concerned that Bosco may have been in trouble," Sully said.
"Davis, do you agree with Sullivan's assessment?"
Ty couldn't help but think about Christopher's remarks to Lieu. "Yes. Sgt. Christopher did not appear to be concerned about the situation."
The Captain nodded. "Thank-you both for your time," he said dismissing them.
Sully paused at the door when something occurred to him. He turned around and addressed the Captain again.
"Sir, it may be nothing but Doherty, the firefighter who brought bosco out of the building, said he found Bosco's gun on the ground nearby. It may have just been lost in whatever went down but what if whoever attacked Bosco handled the gun. There may be fingerprints."
"Good thinking," the Captain said. "Where is his gun now."
"In my locker with the rest of his things."
"Okay. Make sure it gets to Lt. Swerksy as soon as possible."
"Yes sir," Sullivan said and then left the office.
He and Ty walked in silence to their RMP. Neither was looking forward to the task ahead. Faith and Bosco were close. She wasn't going to take this well.
Jimmy knelt down beside the injured officer and quickly removed the gag. He then placed an arm around Bosco's shoulders to help support him and take some of the strain off of his bound arms.
"We're going to need bolt cutters to get him free," Jimmy called to his companions.
"I'll get them," Lombardo said once again disappearing quickly up the steps.
This left D.K. fighting the fire. His main priority was trying to keep the flames away from Bosco and Doherty and keep an escape route open for them. And try as he might he couldn't block out the groaning sounds from above as the other fire destroyed the ceiling above them.
"Bosco, can you hear me," Jimmy said vainly trying to get some kind of response from him. He wasn't even sure if the officer was breathing.
Against better judgement, Jimmy used his teeth to pull his one glove off. He placed his fingers to the side of Bosco's neck looking for a pulse and let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. He then placed the back of his hand in front of Bosco's mouth trying to determine if he was still breathing. Again he was relieved to feel the slight breeze on the back of his hand as Bosco exhaled.
"Hang on Bosco," he said quietly. "We're going to get you out here," Jimmy said as another piece of burning wood fell down near them. D.K. quickly put it out with the extinguisher.
As Jimmy looked back from the piece of wood he noticed a gun lying discarded near the wall on the other side of Bosco. Without thinking about why he was doing it Jimmy reached out and picked the gun up off the floor. It was warm to the touch but not enough to burn him. Jimmy placed the gun into one of the pockets of his jackets and then looked toward the stairs hoping to see Lombardo coming back down them.
'What's keeping him' Jimmy thought to himself. It seemed like forever to him since Lombardo had gone for the bolt cutters. He knew that Lombardo was hurrying but Jimmy also knew they had to get Bosco out of here quickly. A soft voice, barely audible, brought Jimmy's attention away from the stairs.
"Mikey, don't do this," Bosco murmured quietly. Yet there was no indication that the officer was conscious. He didn't open his eyes and didn't say anything else.
"Bosco, can your hear me," Jimmy said trying again to get a response from him. Again he was unsuccessful.
Just then Lombardo came hurrying down the steps. He jumped down from three steps up and hurried over to Jimmy and Bosco.
"Just cut the links in the middle. They can worry about getting the actual cuffs off later after we get him out of here," Jimmy told him.
Lombardo didn't waste time answering Jimmy. In a matter of seconds he had cut the links between the handcuffs freeing Bosco from the pipe.
"Alex and Kim are out there waiting for you to bring him out," Lombardo told him as he picked up Jimmy's extinguisher. By this time most of the flames had been extinguished. In a couple of minutes he and D.K. would have it completely out.
Meanwhile Jimmy picked Bosco up, hearing a slight moan form Bosco as he did so. Jimmy headed toward the stairs as quickly as he could without looking back. If he had he would have seen the beam that fell from the ceiling where he and Bosco had been moments before.
As soon as he came out of the building Jimmy spotted Alex and Kim waiting by the stretcher as close to the building as Lieu would allow them to be. He hurried over to them and gently placed Bosco on the stretcher.
"He had a pulse and was breathing when I found him," Jimmy told them, as Kim and Alex started assessing Bosco's condition.
"He still has a pulse," Kim said, mostly to her partner. "Breathing is slow and labored. We need to transport now." She was placing an oxygen mask over Bosco's mouth and nose even as she spoke.
"Agreed," Alex said handing Bosco's belt, which she had removed, over to Sully who was standing just off to the side.
"Did you see the gun," Sully asked Jimmy as he took the belt from Alex? Alex and Kim started rolling the stretcher toward the ambulance.
"No," Jimmy said at first. Then he felt something in his pocket and it came back to him. "Wait," he said reaching into his pocket. "Is this his? I found it on the floor near him. I picked it up without really thinking about it. I was more concerned with getting Bosco out of there."
"Yeah, that is his," Sully said taking the gun from Jimmy and placing it in the holster on the belt. He looked up to see Kim shutting the back door of the ambulance and Sgt. Christopher climbing into the passenger side of the ambulance. Sully watched as Kim got in the driver's seat, put the lights and siren's on, and sped away toward the hospital.
"How bad do you think he is," Sully asked Jimmy quietly?
"I don't know. It didn't look good," Jimmy said honestly and then went to find Lieu to see what he wanted him to do.
Sully glanced at Ty as his partner walked up to him.
"Christopher wants us to take Bosco's squad to the station. He was going to call the Captain from the hospital to fill him in on the situation," Ty told him. "Which one you want to take," he asked him holding up both set of keys, as he had driven their squad to the location.
"I'll take 55-David back," Sully told him.
Ty handed him the keys for that car and both of them quietly headed for the squad cars both concerned for their fellow officer.
As soon as Sully and Davis entered the 55th precinct house they got the message that the Captain wanted to see them in his office. Together they headed for the Captain's office.
"Come in," they heard in response to their knock on the door.
Sully and Davis entered the Captain's office to find the Captain sitting at his desk and Lt. Swerksy standing in front of the desk.
"If you get a report on his condition before I get there I want you to call and let me know," the Captain told Lt. Swerksy.
"Yes sir," Swerksy told him and then turned to leave the office. He nodded to Davis and Sullivan as he passed them.
"Sullivan, Davis have a seat," the Captain said motioning them further into the office. "Do either of you know how to get in touch with any of Officer Boscorelli's family," he asked them as they sat down in the chairs in front of the captain's desk.
Davis just shook his head no.
"I don't think he keeps in touch with his dad," Sully said. "I think he has a brother but I don't even know his name let alone how to get in touch with him. I think Faith may know how to get in touch with his mother."
"Okay," the Captain said. "Speaking of Faith, I would like for the two of you to go over and inform her of the situation. She's going to take it hard anyway but I think it would be better if it came from you two." As soon as he got a nod from both of them he continued. "I've had a preliminary report from Sgt. Christopher about the situation but I want to hear what the two of you have to say."
"Well we heard the call for Bosco to tke a call about an unknown dispute. It was right after we had taken a call for a domestic," Sullivan began. He continued with the account of what happened up to arriving at 232 56th street and finding the empty squad car and the fire company already on scene. Davis chimed in with things here and there. Neither of them dared mention Christopher's words to Lieu when he had inquired as to why no one had realized that Bosco was missing before then.
"How long was it between the time you heard Boscorelli take the call and the time you arrived at the scene," the Captain asked when Sullivan and Davis had finished their account?
"It was about what.. six when Bosco took the call," Sully said looking to Ty for confirmation. When Ty nodded Sully continued. "It was a little after eight when I called Central to find out where 55-David was and about nine o'clock when we got to the scene. We had been directing traffic around a traffic accident which is why we didn't follow up on our suspicions earlier."
"So three hours elapsed between Boscorelli acknowledging the call and you two finding the empty squad. Are you sure you didn't hear anything else from Boscorelli between those two events?"
"No sir. Not theat we heard," Davis answered and Sully nodded in agreement. Although no one remembered all the radio chatter that occurred during the shift.
"What was Sgt. Christopher's attitude when he arrived on the scene," the Captain asked? Seeing the two officer's hesitation to answer the question he added, "wht you say doesn't leave this room but it is important that you tell me. What happened to officer Boscorelli isn't the only thing that is being investigated right now. I have Lt. Swersky handling that. My concern right now is the investigation into Sgt. Christopher's action during these events. This isn't the first time that Christopher has failed to check up on a prolonged radio silence from officers."
Both Sully and Ty knew the situation the Captain was referring to. Bosco, Faith, Doc, and Carlos had gotten trapped underground. Christopher had been concerned with finding out where Bosco was hiding and didn't consider that something may have been wrong. Even after it was determined that the officers were missing Christopher had delayed calling it in and getting the proper personnel in on the search endangering all four of the missing people.
"Personally I felt that Sgt. Christopher seemed put out about having to come out to the scene. He didn't seem at all concerned that Bosco may have been in trouble," Sully said.
"Davis, do you agree with Sullivan's assessment?"
Ty couldn't help but think about Christopher's remarks to Lieu. "Yes. Sgt. Christopher did not appear to be concerned about the situation."
The Captain nodded. "Thank-you both for your time," he said dismissing them.
Sully paused at the door when something occurred to him. He turned around and addressed the Captain again.
"Sir, it may be nothing but Doherty, the firefighter who brought bosco out of the building, said he found Bosco's gun on the ground nearby. It may have just been lost in whatever went down but what if whoever attacked Bosco handled the gun. There may be fingerprints."
"Good thinking," the Captain said. "Where is his gun now."
"In my locker with the rest of his things."
"Okay. Make sure it gets to Lt. Swerksy as soon as possible."
"Yes sir," Sullivan said and then left the office.
He and Ty walked in silence to their RMP. Neither was looking forward to the task ahead. Faith and Bosco were close. She wasn't going to take this well.