Several weeks later Kim and Bobby were talking about how fast their little
girl was growing up and how well Joey had adapted to having a younger
sibling when a call came through for them to respond to. The call was a few
blocks away from where they were so Kim radioed back they were taking it
and headed towards the location. When they arrive, an apartment complex was
on fire and most of the occupants in the building had gotten out. A little
four year old boy and his mother had just dashed from the building when all
of a sudden the boy stopped, wrenching his wrist from his mothers hold and
ran back inside the building, despite the protests from everyone around.
Kim had heard the shouts from the crowd to the boy not to go as she'd gotten out of the bus and saw the boy run back in. Since the fire was on the seventh floor, she ran in to get the boy and bring him back out before Bobby had a chance to tell her not to go. Bobby had heard the shouts too and when he moved to the back of the rig saw Kim run inside the building. He didn't even have time to yell for her to come back she'd taken off so fast after the child.
She found the boy in one of the back apartments on the fourth floor and scooped him up into her arms. It was obvious the child was scared and her motherly instincts kicked in and tried to calm the boy down, reassuring him that everything would be ok. As she turned to leave the room, the ground around her shook and a shock wave knocked her back into the room she had been leaving. Her body hit the ground with enough force to knock the wind out of her for a bit; she'd landed on her back on the ground, the little boy rolling out of her arms onto the floor beside her. The boy appeared fine once she checked him over and looked towards the entrance to the building through one of the windows. She saw the front entrance blocked by burning wood, furniture and debris and Bobby trying to find a way in to get to her. She busted out a window and tried to yell and get his attention but her voice didn't carry far enough for him to hear her. She turned to the young boy and began to talk to him.
"What's your name?" she asked, not receiving an answer from the young child.
After not getting an answer she decided to try and see if the little boy knew Spanish and repeated the question.
"¿Qué es su nombre?" she asked once more. {What's your name?}
This time she got a response from the boy.
"Mi nombre es Tomas." the child replied. {My name is Tomas.}
"¿Es lastimado usted dondequiera Tomas?" she asked. {Are you hurt anywhere Tomas?}
The little boy shook his head no and Kim said, "Permanezca aquí. Veré si puedo encontrar otro salida de aquí. ¿Bueno?" {Stay here. I'm going to see if I can find another way out of here. Ok?}
Tomas nodded his head in understanding and she headed back to where the staircase was that she'd just come up to see if she could get out that way. The staircase had collapsed into a burning heap on the first floor which left her trapped. The searing heat was unbearable and she'd started to wheeze from the smoke and turned to head back into the room she'd come out of. She went back to the window and tried to get Bobby's attention again but because of the smoke she couldn't yell near as loud as what she had the first time and was forced to find another way to get his attention. She found a small glass mirror and dropped it out the window, watching it shatter on the concrete below. Bobby heard the sound of glass shattering on impact on the concrete and turned around and saw the glass on the ground and looked up, seeing Kim in the window coughing with black soot streaked across her face.
He was relieved to see she was ok and not hurt and started trying to find a way in to get her. When he looked up at her again he saw a figure come from no where and clamp a rag over Kim's nose and mouth and pull her away from the window. He watched helplessly as she fought against whomever had her until her body went limp from the contents of the rag. He couldn't process through what he'd just saw, but felt his legs give way and sank to the ground to his knees. When Jimmy arrived he assessed the situation with the building and caught sight of Bobby on the ground, wondering what was going on.
Bobby forced himself up off the ground and urgently searched for another way into the building. He didn't see another entrance so he was forced to climb the fire escape up to the fourth floor. Alex ran around to the side of the building and saw Bobby getting ready to go into one of the apartments through a window.
"Bobby stop! You can't go in there!" Alex yelled.
Bobby turned and looked at her and then went in despite her warning his primary focus was on saving Kim at this point. Jimmy had heard Alex yell and turned the corner seeing her watching Bobby go in and hurried over to where she was standing. Regardless of the warnings they both shouted he proceeded into the building to find her and get her out of there.
"One of us has to go with him," Alex said urgently, scanning the apartments for any sign of him.
"You go, I've got to give orders to the guys on the ground." Jimmy said as he looked up the fire escape.
He gave her a boost up and said, "If anything happens and you need help let me know and I'll get to where you are as fast as I can."
Alex nodded her head in response and rushed up the fire escape and entered the same way Bobby had. Jimmy watched her disappear into the building and rushed back around to the front to help the guys with the entrance. As soon as Alex got into the hallway she smelled smoke and put her oxygen mask on.
Bobby found the boy in one of the apartments and knelt down next to him.
"Are you ok?" he asked, not getting a response other than a look of not being understood.
He then switched over to Spanish, with the hopes of the boy understanding him.
"¿Usted está bien?" he asked once more. {Are you ok?}
The little boy shook his head yes, signifying he was ok when Bobby asked trying to remain calm as he spoke, "¿Dónde es quién entró la mujer aquí después de usted?" {Where is the woman who came in here after you?}
"Yo no sé." Tomas replied, seeing the look of hurt cross Bobby's face. {I don't know.}
She started to scream for Bobby, hoping he'd hear her and answer in return so she could find him quicker. He heard her calling his name but didn't respond his focus was on the young child in front of him and trying to find Kim. She looked down the corridor and headed towards the back, hearing a faint noise as she moved. She looked into one of the apartments at the end of the hall and found Bobby kneeling next to the little boy who had ran back into the building, only thing was the boy was huddled under Kim's paramedic jacket but she was no where to be found.
"Bobby come on! We've got to get out of here!" Alex said, kneeling next to him and the boy.
"I can't. Not till I find Kim." Bobby replied as he picked the boy up and put him into Alex's arms and dashed from the room to search the rest of the floor.
Alex cursed under her breath and told Jimmy she needed medic's standing by at the fire escape. Jimmy, Doc and Carlos rushed to the bottom of the fire escape and waited on her as she emerged from the building and scrambled down the fire escape and passed the boy off to them still in Kim's jacket. Doc handed the jacket to Jimmy as they took the boy over to their bus to work on him and check him over. As he held Kim's jacket in his hands he looked up at Alex who was going back inside the building.
"Alex! Where are you going!" Jimmy yelled to her.
"To help Bobby find Kim!" she yelled back as she disappeared into the building for the second time.
When she entered the building again the smoke had thickened immensely in the hallway of the fourth floor. She found Bobby checking the apartments for Kim, not giving up hope that she was still somewhere inside here. Alex looked around her and realized things weren't looking very good.
"Bobby! Come on! It's a matter of time before the ceiling is going to go!" Alex yelled at him.
He ignored her and moved on until he felt her grab his arm and spin him around to face her. He began to cough violently from the smoke he'd inhaled and Alex said, "That's it! I'm getting you out of here!"
When she began to drag him back towards the fire escape he said weakly, "No! Alex I can't! I've got to find her."
"Bobby you've inhaled too much smoke already. I'm getting you out of here before anything happens to you!" Alex replied, clamping down on his wrist and began heading down the fire escape towards Jimmy.
Up on the seventh floor an explosion blew out several windows, raining down shards of glass on them. Bobby hesitated momentarily when he heard the explosion as he stepped out onto the fire escape and heard Alex's voice pull him back to the present.
Spanish Translations:
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¿Qué es su nombre? ~ What's your name?
Mi nombre es Tomas. ~ My name is Tomas.
¿Es lastimado usted dondequiera Tomas? ~ Are you hurt anywhere Tomas?
Permanezca aquí. Veré si puedo encontrar otro salida de aquí. ¿Bueno? ~ Stay here. I'm going to see if I can find another way out of here. Ok?
¿Usted está bien? ~ Are you ok?
¿Dónde es quién entró la mujer aquí después de usted? ~ Where is the woman who came in here after you?
Yo no sé. ~ I don't know.
Kim had heard the shouts from the crowd to the boy not to go as she'd gotten out of the bus and saw the boy run back in. Since the fire was on the seventh floor, she ran in to get the boy and bring him back out before Bobby had a chance to tell her not to go. Bobby had heard the shouts too and when he moved to the back of the rig saw Kim run inside the building. He didn't even have time to yell for her to come back she'd taken off so fast after the child.
She found the boy in one of the back apartments on the fourth floor and scooped him up into her arms. It was obvious the child was scared and her motherly instincts kicked in and tried to calm the boy down, reassuring him that everything would be ok. As she turned to leave the room, the ground around her shook and a shock wave knocked her back into the room she had been leaving. Her body hit the ground with enough force to knock the wind out of her for a bit; she'd landed on her back on the ground, the little boy rolling out of her arms onto the floor beside her. The boy appeared fine once she checked him over and looked towards the entrance to the building through one of the windows. She saw the front entrance blocked by burning wood, furniture and debris and Bobby trying to find a way in to get to her. She busted out a window and tried to yell and get his attention but her voice didn't carry far enough for him to hear her. She turned to the young boy and began to talk to him.
"What's your name?" she asked, not receiving an answer from the young child.
After not getting an answer she decided to try and see if the little boy knew Spanish and repeated the question.
"¿Qué es su nombre?" she asked once more. {What's your name?}
This time she got a response from the boy.
"Mi nombre es Tomas." the child replied. {My name is Tomas.}
"¿Es lastimado usted dondequiera Tomas?" she asked. {Are you hurt anywhere Tomas?}
The little boy shook his head no and Kim said, "Permanezca aquí. Veré si puedo encontrar otro salida de aquí. ¿Bueno?" {Stay here. I'm going to see if I can find another way out of here. Ok?}
Tomas nodded his head in understanding and she headed back to where the staircase was that she'd just come up to see if she could get out that way. The staircase had collapsed into a burning heap on the first floor which left her trapped. The searing heat was unbearable and she'd started to wheeze from the smoke and turned to head back into the room she'd come out of. She went back to the window and tried to get Bobby's attention again but because of the smoke she couldn't yell near as loud as what she had the first time and was forced to find another way to get his attention. She found a small glass mirror and dropped it out the window, watching it shatter on the concrete below. Bobby heard the sound of glass shattering on impact on the concrete and turned around and saw the glass on the ground and looked up, seeing Kim in the window coughing with black soot streaked across her face.
He was relieved to see she was ok and not hurt and started trying to find a way in to get her. When he looked up at her again he saw a figure come from no where and clamp a rag over Kim's nose and mouth and pull her away from the window. He watched helplessly as she fought against whomever had her until her body went limp from the contents of the rag. He couldn't process through what he'd just saw, but felt his legs give way and sank to the ground to his knees. When Jimmy arrived he assessed the situation with the building and caught sight of Bobby on the ground, wondering what was going on.
Bobby forced himself up off the ground and urgently searched for another way into the building. He didn't see another entrance so he was forced to climb the fire escape up to the fourth floor. Alex ran around to the side of the building and saw Bobby getting ready to go into one of the apartments through a window.
"Bobby stop! You can't go in there!" Alex yelled.
Bobby turned and looked at her and then went in despite her warning his primary focus was on saving Kim at this point. Jimmy had heard Alex yell and turned the corner seeing her watching Bobby go in and hurried over to where she was standing. Regardless of the warnings they both shouted he proceeded into the building to find her and get her out of there.
"One of us has to go with him," Alex said urgently, scanning the apartments for any sign of him.
"You go, I've got to give orders to the guys on the ground." Jimmy said as he looked up the fire escape.
He gave her a boost up and said, "If anything happens and you need help let me know and I'll get to where you are as fast as I can."
Alex nodded her head in response and rushed up the fire escape and entered the same way Bobby had. Jimmy watched her disappear into the building and rushed back around to the front to help the guys with the entrance. As soon as Alex got into the hallway she smelled smoke and put her oxygen mask on.
Bobby found the boy in one of the apartments and knelt down next to him.
"Are you ok?" he asked, not getting a response other than a look of not being understood.
He then switched over to Spanish, with the hopes of the boy understanding him.
"¿Usted está bien?" he asked once more. {Are you ok?}
The little boy shook his head yes, signifying he was ok when Bobby asked trying to remain calm as he spoke, "¿Dónde es quién entró la mujer aquí después de usted?" {Where is the woman who came in here after you?}
"Yo no sé." Tomas replied, seeing the look of hurt cross Bobby's face. {I don't know.}
She started to scream for Bobby, hoping he'd hear her and answer in return so she could find him quicker. He heard her calling his name but didn't respond his focus was on the young child in front of him and trying to find Kim. She looked down the corridor and headed towards the back, hearing a faint noise as she moved. She looked into one of the apartments at the end of the hall and found Bobby kneeling next to the little boy who had ran back into the building, only thing was the boy was huddled under Kim's paramedic jacket but she was no where to be found.
"Bobby come on! We've got to get out of here!" Alex said, kneeling next to him and the boy.
"I can't. Not till I find Kim." Bobby replied as he picked the boy up and put him into Alex's arms and dashed from the room to search the rest of the floor.
Alex cursed under her breath and told Jimmy she needed medic's standing by at the fire escape. Jimmy, Doc and Carlos rushed to the bottom of the fire escape and waited on her as she emerged from the building and scrambled down the fire escape and passed the boy off to them still in Kim's jacket. Doc handed the jacket to Jimmy as they took the boy over to their bus to work on him and check him over. As he held Kim's jacket in his hands he looked up at Alex who was going back inside the building.
"Alex! Where are you going!" Jimmy yelled to her.
"To help Bobby find Kim!" she yelled back as she disappeared into the building for the second time.
When she entered the building again the smoke had thickened immensely in the hallway of the fourth floor. She found Bobby checking the apartments for Kim, not giving up hope that she was still somewhere inside here. Alex looked around her and realized things weren't looking very good.
"Bobby! Come on! It's a matter of time before the ceiling is going to go!" Alex yelled at him.
He ignored her and moved on until he felt her grab his arm and spin him around to face her. He began to cough violently from the smoke he'd inhaled and Alex said, "That's it! I'm getting you out of here!"
When she began to drag him back towards the fire escape he said weakly, "No! Alex I can't! I've got to find her."
"Bobby you've inhaled too much smoke already. I'm getting you out of here before anything happens to you!" Alex replied, clamping down on his wrist and began heading down the fire escape towards Jimmy.
Up on the seventh floor an explosion blew out several windows, raining down shards of glass on them. Bobby hesitated momentarily when he heard the explosion as he stepped out onto the fire escape and heard Alex's voice pull him back to the present.
Spanish Translations:
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¿Qué es su nombre? ~ What's your name?
Mi nombre es Tomas. ~ My name is Tomas.
¿Es lastimado usted dondequiera Tomas? ~ Are you hurt anywhere Tomas?
Permanezca aquí. Veré si puedo encontrar otro salida de aquí. ¿Bueno? ~ Stay here. I'm going to see if I can find another way out of here. Ok?
¿Usted está bien? ~ Are you ok?
¿Dónde es quién entró la mujer aquí después de usted? ~ Where is the woman who came in here after you?
Yo no sé. ~ I don't know.