Owen and DeStasio are taken to different hospitals, but Cassie is cleared by the medics and continues to work to put out the fire, which takes another four hours to do. Afterward, the whole crew drives to Boston to see Owen, and though Cassie is constantly thinking about him, she also wonders what exactly DeStasio saw in the building, as there was never any sign of a little boy in there. Owen’s large family is already at the hospital when they arrive, and they all turn to Cassie when she steps out of the elevator. Murphy finds Cassie and pulls her to the side, telling her that Owen has a 50/50 chance of surviving but that he would have had even less of a chance if DeStasio hadn’t recognized he had cyanide poisoning. DeStasio filed a report while he was in the hospital, falsely claiming that he was the one to instruct Cassie to administer the antidote. His report claimed that it was Cassie who had seen the child and disobeyed orders to go into the building, causing him and the rookie to follow behind. Cassie defends herself, but Murphy is defensive about his old friend and suspends Cassie from active duty.