"I think they're in there, Lieu," Davis said as he ran over to the car
where Lieutenant Swersky was managing the police end of things.
"What?" the Lieutenant said. "Inside?" he asked in disbelief.
"I think so, Lieu," Davis said. Jimmy yelled over to Davis to get the block cleared.
"Lieu's working on that now, but I think Cruz and Bosco are in there," Davis said as he went back over toward Jimmy.
"You're sure?" Jimmy asked him as he half walked-half ran over to Captain Anderson. "Hey, Cap!" Jimmy said as the Captain was giving orders to fight the fire from the exterior. "We got people inside. Cops," he told him.
"What?" the Captain said, looking at the fire scene ahead of him - the large volume of flame visible.
"We can get a ladder to the second floor and go in that way," Alex suggested.
"Do it, but be careful. I don't like the color of that smoke," the Captain ordered as the firefighters jumped to action.
Just as the ladder was raised to the second floor and Jimmy was ready to ascend, there was a loud explosion and flames shot from the first floor windows, knocking Jimmy to the ground. Adam 55-3 pulled up on the scene at the same time as the explosion.
"Whoa!" Kim yelled as she and Doc jumped out of the rig and got their equipment ready in the event that anyone received injuries. Captain Anderson, Billy Walsh and Alex all walked Jimmy over the ambulance to have him checked out.
"I'm okay, Lieu. We've gotta get them out of." he said, finally realizing that Kim was standing there.
"Who's in there?" Doc asked, assuming that it was either the homeowners or some firefighters.
Jimmy, Alex and Billy just looked at Doc and Kim, not wanting to be the one to let Kim know that Bosco was trapped inside the raging inferno in front of them.
Davis walked toward the group, not realizing that Kim was standing there. "Bosco! Bosco! Where are you?" he was practically yelling into his radio.
Before anyone realized it, Kim was headed toward the house and Jimmy ran after her, grabbing her around the waist. "Kim! You can't go in there! We'll get him out. I'LL get him out," he said as Kim fought against him.
Doc and Davis came up behind Jimmy and Kim. Doc took hold of Kim while Jimmy and the rest tried again to make entry into the building.
Almost magically, Kim stopped pulling against Doc and just stood calmly. The two medics walked back to the bus to get their stretcher and equipment. Doc kept glancing at Kim and saw a vacant look in her eyes. Her movements were robot-like - almost like she was running on automatic pilot.
"Kim?" Doc said, but received no answer as Kim put on gloves and got the burn dressings, IV solutions and oxygen readied.
Davis was walking around the building, trying to raise Bosco on the radio when suddenly he heard, "Davis? We're in here! We're down in the basement! We're in the basement!"
"Bosco! Hang on. I hear you. We're coming to get you. Just stay there!" Davis yelled into the radio. He turned to the Captain and firefighters. "They're in the basement. Bosco's on the radio. They're trapped in the basement."
Jimmy looked at the bars on the basement windows and Walsh and DK went to the rig to get the cutter to cut through the bars.
"We've got two other people in here. We've got one unconscious and one woman in labor," Bosco reported, hoping that he could still be heard.
"In labor?" Davis replied into the radio.
"Yeah. In labor," Bosco confirmed.
Just as Jimmy and DK were ready to cut through the bars on the front basement window, Davis heard a crashing sound on the side of the house. He looked over to see wood splinters being pushed through the bars on the side basement windows and then heard Bosco yelling that that's where they were.
"Guys! Over here," Ty yelled and they all ran to the side of the building. Kim just stood alongside Doc, not moving and waiting, a blank stare on her face.
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Kim couldn't believe it. Bosco was inside that building. That burning, exploding building. She overheard Davis telling Jimmy that Bosco and Cruz were in the building. This was all Cruz's fault. "Damn you, Bosco, for not listening to me about this!" she thought to herself.
Suddenly, she had switched to an automatic mode. Her mind seemed to only be able to focus on her job, although thoughts of Bosco kept seeping in. Her mind, however, seemed to be working on it's own - pushing away thoughts of Bosco and what could be happening to him - making her focus on the automatic aspects of her job - the protocols for treating the various injuries that could result from a call like this.
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Kim found herself next to Doc, Jimmy, DK and Billy, pulling the pregnant woman from the building. All she could hear were the woman's screams from the contractions. They got her on the stretcher and Kim went about the task of assessing the patient and treating her injuries, preparing for the possible delivery of her baby on the way to the hospital.
Later, she would remember noticing that Bosco was walking around after everyone was out of the building and appeared to be okay, but right now her mind would not let her process that information. Doc and Kim transported the woman in labor to the hospital and Bosco rode in with Cruz and her sister in the other rig that had responded to the scene.
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Kim was sitting in the lounge completing the paperwork from the call when Bosco walked in, covered in soot and some minor cuts and abrasions.
"Hey," he said, quietly.
Kim stood up and started to walk out of the room as Bosco reached out for her arm. "Hey," he said again.
Kim did not make eye contact with him, saying, "I've gotta go downtown and give a statement about Carlos' case."
"Right now?" he asked her as Doc walked in.
"Yeah. Doc, let's head over to give my statement," she said to the senior medic. Doc looked at both Bosco and Kim, noticing the tension.
"We can do that later, Kim. Why don't you take a few.." Doc started.
"No. I'm ready now. Let's go," she said, pulling free of Bosco and walking out of the lounge, leaving Doc and Bosco looking at each other.
"Doc?" Bosco questioned.
Doc shrugged his shoulders, grabbed his clipboard and headed out.
"What?" the Lieutenant said. "Inside?" he asked in disbelief.
"I think so, Lieu," Davis said. Jimmy yelled over to Davis to get the block cleared.
"Lieu's working on that now, but I think Cruz and Bosco are in there," Davis said as he went back over toward Jimmy.
"You're sure?" Jimmy asked him as he half walked-half ran over to Captain Anderson. "Hey, Cap!" Jimmy said as the Captain was giving orders to fight the fire from the exterior. "We got people inside. Cops," he told him.
"What?" the Captain said, looking at the fire scene ahead of him - the large volume of flame visible.
"We can get a ladder to the second floor and go in that way," Alex suggested.
"Do it, but be careful. I don't like the color of that smoke," the Captain ordered as the firefighters jumped to action.
Just as the ladder was raised to the second floor and Jimmy was ready to ascend, there was a loud explosion and flames shot from the first floor windows, knocking Jimmy to the ground. Adam 55-3 pulled up on the scene at the same time as the explosion.
"Whoa!" Kim yelled as she and Doc jumped out of the rig and got their equipment ready in the event that anyone received injuries. Captain Anderson, Billy Walsh and Alex all walked Jimmy over the ambulance to have him checked out.
"I'm okay, Lieu. We've gotta get them out of." he said, finally realizing that Kim was standing there.
"Who's in there?" Doc asked, assuming that it was either the homeowners or some firefighters.
Jimmy, Alex and Billy just looked at Doc and Kim, not wanting to be the one to let Kim know that Bosco was trapped inside the raging inferno in front of them.
Davis walked toward the group, not realizing that Kim was standing there. "Bosco! Bosco! Where are you?" he was practically yelling into his radio.
Before anyone realized it, Kim was headed toward the house and Jimmy ran after her, grabbing her around the waist. "Kim! You can't go in there! We'll get him out. I'LL get him out," he said as Kim fought against him.
Doc and Davis came up behind Jimmy and Kim. Doc took hold of Kim while Jimmy and the rest tried again to make entry into the building.
Almost magically, Kim stopped pulling against Doc and just stood calmly. The two medics walked back to the bus to get their stretcher and equipment. Doc kept glancing at Kim and saw a vacant look in her eyes. Her movements were robot-like - almost like she was running on automatic pilot.
"Kim?" Doc said, but received no answer as Kim put on gloves and got the burn dressings, IV solutions and oxygen readied.
Davis was walking around the building, trying to raise Bosco on the radio when suddenly he heard, "Davis? We're in here! We're down in the basement! We're in the basement!"
"Bosco! Hang on. I hear you. We're coming to get you. Just stay there!" Davis yelled into the radio. He turned to the Captain and firefighters. "They're in the basement. Bosco's on the radio. They're trapped in the basement."
Jimmy looked at the bars on the basement windows and Walsh and DK went to the rig to get the cutter to cut through the bars.
"We've got two other people in here. We've got one unconscious and one woman in labor," Bosco reported, hoping that he could still be heard.
"In labor?" Davis replied into the radio.
"Yeah. In labor," Bosco confirmed.
Just as Jimmy and DK were ready to cut through the bars on the front basement window, Davis heard a crashing sound on the side of the house. He looked over to see wood splinters being pushed through the bars on the side basement windows and then heard Bosco yelling that that's where they were.
"Guys! Over here," Ty yelled and they all ran to the side of the building. Kim just stood alongside Doc, not moving and waiting, a blank stare on her face.
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Kim couldn't believe it. Bosco was inside that building. That burning, exploding building. She overheard Davis telling Jimmy that Bosco and Cruz were in the building. This was all Cruz's fault. "Damn you, Bosco, for not listening to me about this!" she thought to herself.
Suddenly, she had switched to an automatic mode. Her mind seemed to only be able to focus on her job, although thoughts of Bosco kept seeping in. Her mind, however, seemed to be working on it's own - pushing away thoughts of Bosco and what could be happening to him - making her focus on the automatic aspects of her job - the protocols for treating the various injuries that could result from a call like this.
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Kim found herself next to Doc, Jimmy, DK and Billy, pulling the pregnant woman from the building. All she could hear were the woman's screams from the contractions. They got her on the stretcher and Kim went about the task of assessing the patient and treating her injuries, preparing for the possible delivery of her baby on the way to the hospital.
Later, she would remember noticing that Bosco was walking around after everyone was out of the building and appeared to be okay, but right now her mind would not let her process that information. Doc and Kim transported the woman in labor to the hospital and Bosco rode in with Cruz and her sister in the other rig that had responded to the scene.
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Kim was sitting in the lounge completing the paperwork from the call when Bosco walked in, covered in soot and some minor cuts and abrasions.
"Hey," he said, quietly.
Kim stood up and started to walk out of the room as Bosco reached out for her arm. "Hey," he said again.
Kim did not make eye contact with him, saying, "I've gotta go downtown and give a statement about Carlos' case."
"Right now?" he asked her as Doc walked in.
"Yeah. Doc, let's head over to give my statement," she said to the senior medic. Doc looked at both Bosco and Kim, noticing the tension.
"We can do that later, Kim. Why don't you take a few.." Doc started.
"No. I'm ready now. Let's go," she said, pulling free of Bosco and walking out of the lounge, leaving Doc and Bosco looking at each other.
"Doc?" Bosco questioned.
Doc shrugged his shoulders, grabbed his clipboard and headed out.
