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saving my life, and these people were killin' firemen for money.

- Swayzak.

- He killed our friends for money.

What the f*** would you do?

You're his lieutenant. You've gotta handle this.

[Rumbling]

It's going!

Get to the side! It's gonna go!

[Moaning]

Help me!

Help, somebody!

- Brian!

- Stephen!

I'm burning up in here!

- You all right?

- Yeah. You all right?

Uh-huh.

Come on. We gotta go get him.

[Stephen] We gotta get outta here. The whole place is goin' up.

Look out! Come on. This way.

Wait a minute. Brian!

Jesus!

I just couldn't let it go, Bull.

Yeah.

- Agh. I got ya.

- [Groaning]

[Screaming]

Let me go, Bull.

You go... we go.

Stephen!

Nooo!

Don't move.

Don't move, damn it.

- What?

- Just lie down.

[Grunting]

Oh, sh*t!

Pengelly, up here!

Did you hear somebody? Stephen!

- Pengelly!

- Up here!

- Where's he at?

- Over there!

Pengelly!

We're gonna get you outta here. Lay down. Don't move.

Get goin'!

Pengelly, I lost the line.

[Grunting]

I'm going for the hose.

Brian!

- Go!

- All right, move it!

Agh!

Come on.

Look at him.

That's my brother, goddamn it.

Agh!

[Indistinct Yelling]

How is he? Is he okay?

- Let's move it. Let's go.

- Hang on.

Let's move it, now!

- Up with him!

- Come on.

- All right, Bull.

- He's gonna make it.

I gotta get this collar on. Come on. Help us out.

I don't want it.

Brian?

Don't tell them about Adcox. Don't let them.

- It'll hurt the department.

- I won't.

- Monitor on.

- I'm sorry. I thought--

B.P.:
90 over 60.

I'm sorry I ever thought you--

I know.

- I-- I beat it.

- Blood pressure: 80 over 60.

The fire never got me.

Hang in there.

- [Gasping]

- You're gonna make it!

[Paramedic] Lidocaine, now!

- Is he going to be all right?

- He's spiking!

Who's your brother, Brian?

You are, Stephen.

[Paramedic] Lidocaine in.

I'm tired of hearing the sirens.

Turn... turn the siren off, Brian.

Turn the siren off.

You're gonna be all right, goddamn it!

Hang in! Let's go! Move this thing.

Don't you die on me now. You hear me?

Hang in there. We're almost there.

It's not your time now. I need you.

[EKG Beeping Stops]

You're gonna make it.

Clear!

Starting compression. One, two, three, four, five.

One, two, three, four, five.

One, two, three, four, five.

One, two--

# [Bagpipes]

[Rimgale] In the Chicago fire department...

the alarm code 3-3-5 signifies...

that the company has returned home to quarters.

We will now ring out that code to welcome home...

Firefighter John Adcox and Lieutenant Stephen McCaffrey.

[Ding, Ding, Ding]

[Ding, Ding, Ding]

[Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding]

Honor guard, hand salute!

Honor guard, dismissed!

Gentlemen, can we help you?

Police. We have a subpoena for Alderman Swayzak.

- Ah, Inspector--

- Alderman Swayzak, how are you doin'?

- This will only take a minute.

- I'm in a press conference.

These detectives would like to question you why you secretly paid...

Donald Cosgrove, Jeffrey Holcomb, and Alan Seagrave...

to create a phony manpower study.

[Rimgale] Ask him who made money off firemen dying.

You see that glow flashing in the corner of your eye?

That's your career dissipation light.

It just went into high gear.

I'll have my aides look into it as soon as they can. Thank you.

Mr. Alderman has no further comment. This conference is over.

[Fire Bell]

[Dispatcher] ...1718 West Maplewood.

Okay, into the truck. Code 32.

Nightengale!

We're gonna be damn busy.

Salsa!

[Horn Blast]

[Siren]

You're doin' it wrong!

Thanks.

All right.

# ["Set Me ln Motion" performed by Bruce Hornsby]

#You sit there with a blank expression#

#Say you can't go on anymore#

#It's not like me to come out and help you#

#Maybe I've been down this road before#

#Been livin' in the shadows#

#Now you come out slow#

#Now you're in the saddle#

#Got to ride alone#

#Now the dream is shattered#

#Those days are few#

#Maybe something mattered#

#It's not just for you#

#Some are gonna go for broke#

#Some will lay down#

#I've been too long standing still#

#All I know is whenever you need me#

#You reach out and set me in motion#

#Lookin' out on that lonely valley#

#You're tellin' me I've come so far#

#You're the reason I finally got there#

#You're the reason it's been so hard#

#Been livin' in the shadows#

#Now you hear the call#

#Now you're in the saddle#

#You got to ride or fall#

#Now you push a little harder#

#Like I showed you to#

#'Cause the day'll be comin' they will look to you#

#Some are gonna go for broke#

#Some will lay down#

#I've been too long standing still#

#All I know is whenever you need me#

#You reach out and set me in motion#

#Some are gonna go for broke#

#Some will lay down#

#I've been too long standing still#

#All I know is whenever you need me#

#You reach out and set me in motion#

#Some are gonna go for broke#

#Some will lay down#

#I've been too long standing still#

#I will pick you up whenever you stumble#

#You reach out and set me in motion#

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