john will never forget the firefighter who didn't flinch. >> i mean, to see a car on fire, maybe you can see that, but to see a firefighter in an explosion right next to him and doing nothing, i would never expect to see such a thing, you know? and imagine the dangers that they're just going through, you know? i really appreciate their courage and bravery. a team of firefighters faces one of its greatest fears, a flashover. >> go, go, go, go! >> that's the closest i ever want to come to near death experience. >> october 3rd, 2011. a blaze breaks out at a bistro in franklin, ohio. firefighter quincy pearson heads into the smoke-filled restaurant to fight what appears to be a kitchen fire.