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The ruling from Norfolk Superior Court Judge Beverly J. Cannone means the public won’t be able to see the motion before a Jan. 18 hearing in the case.
"What you did, in turn, saved other people’s lives and brought more into the world," Umar Fox told his rescuer, retired Boston firefighter Joseph Gilmore
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Umar Fox reunited with retired Boston firefighter Joseph Gilmore after he saved Fox's life and his sister's in a house fire on Dec. 26, 1978.
On Wednesday, the little boy — now a 48-year-old man — and his mother met the firefighter for the first time at Dorchester’s Florian Hall to express 45 years of gratitude.
Umar Fox got to give a big hug to Joseph Gilmore and thank him for carrying him and his sister to safety from a burning home in 1978.