A Dorchester mother and her 5-year-old son almost lost their lives as a two-alarm fire raged inside their home. The dramatic moment firefighter Patrick Callahan was able to rescue the boy is one the child’s mother and Callahan will never forget. "When I saw him, we just did our best as a team to get them out safely," Callahan said.
- PUB DATE: 6/1/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC Boston

During the chaos of the Parkland school shooting, paramedics from Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department were desperate to go inside the building where students were wounded and dying. Michael McNally, deputy chief for Coral Springs fire-rescue, asked six times for permission to send in specialized teams of police officers and paramedics, according to an incident report he filed after the Feb.
- PUB DATE: 6/1/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Miami Herald

The family of a retired Kennewick firefighter and transit driver is blaming prescription opioids for his mental collapse. This week, they sued five opioid manufacturers and his Kennewick physician for malpractice and product liability. The lawsuit filed on behalf of William "Jean" Comstock, 76, claims medication prescribed for his chronic pain reduced the once engaging public servant to a psych ward patient "left to battle the horrors of a tormented mind for the remainder of his days.
- PUB DATE: 6/1/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tri-City Herald

Lost in a jungle, surrounded by lava and guided to safety by a drone flying overhead. It’s not a futuristic high-tech movie, but the scene in Leilani Estates Sunday after a resident got “trapped at their residence” on Luana Street. he Department of Interior’s Kilauea response team was on a mission to map the Lower East Rift Zone when scientists using an unmanned aircraft system, or drone, spotted a resident as lava from Kilauea Volcano continued to devour the rural subdivision in lower Puna.
- PUB DATE: 6/1/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Honolulu Star Advertiser

The Kneeland Volunteer Fire Department's water tender was totaled Monday after the road beneath it collapsed, causing the vehicle to crash down an embankment. The incident occurred while the agency was responding to a structure fire on Abbey Road in Bayside. The water tender moved aside and parked halfway on the narrow road and its shoulder to make way for an oncoming fire truck.
- PUB DATE: 6/1/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: krcrtv.com