A Dorchester mother and her 5-year-old son almost lost their lives as a two-alarm fire raged inside their home.
The dramatic moment firefighter Patrick Callahan was able to rescue the boy is one the child’s mother and Callahan will never forget.
"When I saw him, we just did our best as a team to get them out safely," Callahan said.
The fire started on the second floor and spread quickly to the third, where the mom and son lived. "I really don’t know what happened," the mother said. "I was in the third floor cooking with my son. My son is the one that noticed it. He told me 'Mommy, there's smoke on the window."
Fire officials responded around 8:15 p.m. Wednesday to a fire at 6 Woodward Park St., a three-decker building.