Chicago Fire (TV Series)

Not Everyone Makes It (2016)

Armand Schultz: Alderman Colin Becks

Quotes 

• Alderman Colin Becks : Thank you for coming. You know, they say that you see a community's true colors during times of crisis. Well, we're all gathered here today in support of those folks who lost their homes in the recent tornado. And I'd like to call on one of our first responders to come up and say a few words. Lieutenant Matthew Casey of Firehouse 51.

  Matthew Casey : I don't really have anything prepared. I thought it was more of a symbolic thing.

  Alderman Colin Becks : Hey, off the cuff is just fine.

  Matthew Casey : Okay. Hi. We have a saying as firefighters: our job's about running into places that people are running out of. Every day we come to work, we have to be willing to lay down our lives for perfect strangers, so we're taught not to become overly invested in the people we pull out, because... no matter how hard we try... not everyone makes it. These people have already lost so much: their homes, their loved ones. The one thing they're not gonna lose is this city's support.