A subtle, but deeply profound change comes over the faces of Alameda Fire Academy recruits from the time they suit up before facing their live fire attack and rescue training sessions of the day to the time when the ordeal --or at least part of it-- is over.
Expressions of anticipation preceding the flame and smoke-filled sessions…
… morph, in the aftermath of their dealings with Dante, into weighty ones of reflection and reckoning, colored by a touch of fatigue and the reconciling of the hardship, discomfort and danger they just endured.
Recruit, Sean O’Neill’s visage, just after exiting the ‘hot box’s confines, beg...
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