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Best Case Worst Case

161 | The Ultimate Sacrifice

Best Case Worst Case

X-G Productions

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

What happens when you combine an unstable building, a fire, and Chicago’s Bravest who run into the fire regardless of the danger to their own lives?


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The battalion chief, he escalates the alarm, many come to the back and says we have a confirmed

0:07.0

building collapse and we have multiple firefighters trapped inside ambulances and police cars were

0:13.1

crushed when the building collapsed. Unfortunately a lot of people use those as shelter.

0:19.6

Are you trying to get more information as you're racing to the seniors? All you're thinking

0:23.0

is I just need to get there.

0:25.3

The first soul purpose in life at that point is to get your guy out.

0:37.0

Hello and welcome to Best Case Worc case. This is Jim Clemente, retired FBI profiler

0:41.2

former New York City prosecutor and writer producer on CBS's Criminal Minds. And with me

0:45.4

today in the studio is. Hi everybody, it's Francie Hakes, former state and federal prosecutor

0:50.5

and production partner of one Jim Clemente occasionally. Very exciting. But not on

0:56.0

criminal minds. Very exciting for you. It's very exciting for you, Jim. I think it's what

1:00.0

you meant. It is. Okay. And with us today, we have very special guests. Jim O'Connell,

1:05.7

retired assistant deputy chief paramedic Chicago fire department and way more importantly,

1:11.7

Maureen O'Connell's brother. Oh, Jim, that's instant credibility in my book. Absolutely.

1:17.1

Anybody who has survived Maureen O'Connell for their whole life. Wow. Wow. She's one tough

1:23.7

customer, Jim. She is. She's subbed in for you a couple of times with me. And I've been

1:29.3

extremely quiet on those podcasts. Really? Huh? Hard to believe. That's my story anyway.

1:34.9

And also with us today, Vince Zitton, Chicago Fire Department paramedic, 10 years of service.

1:39.7

Can I just say you say your name so fast? I have no idea what you're saying. It's Vince

1:45.9

Zitton. And there you go. I'm Southern might years. Don't even work that fast, Jim.

1:50.2

Of course not, Francie. Anyway, we're here to talk to you today about a best case or worst

1:59.0

case in your career, Jim. Yep. Here we are. Yeah. So where were you in your career at the

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