We dont want this to happen to anybody else. Alison explains the heart wrenching nightmare shes been living since her sons murder. He was my pride and joy. He was a beautiful young man and he really didnt deserve to be killed. Cr he was in the middle of his workday. He was tricked to go into the Bay View Houses in kennarcy. Stabbed multiple times, at least one to the head, and he died by himself. Reporter since her sons death, this mom is on a mission. Shes making trips to these apartments demanding answers. Alison leaning on her sons girlfriend for support. He didnt deserve that, he was a really good kid. Shes familiar with the notion of no snitching, but shes begging for someone to speak up. If this was your son or family member, someone you held close to your heart, you would want someone to come forward and say something. Reporter a cash reward is being offered for any information leading to an arrest. Alison and the nypd stress you can remain anonymous. Mark, thank you. Police hav
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rain, surrounded by dozens of san francisco firefighters, the chief made the announcement so many had feared. unfortunately, this morning at about 7:40, firefighter paramedic tony valerio was pronounced deceased. reporter: the 53-year-old firefighter paramedic had worked for the city for 27 years, one of two firefighters who died after being overcome by a flashover of super-heated gases while fighting a house fire in diamond heights on thursday. valerio arrived at the hospital badly burned in cardiac arrest. this was a minute-to-minute struggle for his life from when he got hurt to when he died this morning. minute-to-minute. and we lost. it was just too overwhelming. we couldn t bring him back. reporter: doctors say it was a blessing that valerio had 40 hours surrounded by his family before he died. i have had a lot of trouble in the last couple of days sleeping. i can t even think about life without him right now. i don t know. it seems like he s still here. i can
ignition point and it all ignites at one time. still pictures taken outside the house captured the chaos after two injured firefighters were pulled out. i saw them doing cpr and then like this really black cloud kind of blew up above the house. i didn t hear an explosion but we all saw this black crowd. reporter: the two were rushed to san francisco general hospital in critical condition. a third suffered superficial burns. police homicide investigators this afternoon examined the scene. whenever there s serious injury, they take it to the next level and they cover all the bases. reporter: crews this afternoon combed the home for clues of what caused the tragedy. our goal is to not ever have to experience it. sometimes things are beyond our control. reporter: the family that lives in the house didn t want to speak to media about what caused the fire. but investigators continue to look for answers tonight. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu ch
stow baiting case. a flash cover, that s the term, that what happened when firefighters were inside a burning home today. tonight one of those firefighters is dead, the others in critical condition. the fire started about 10:30 this morning at a house on berkeley way. we will explain what a flash over is but first grace lee is at the hospital with the latest. reporter: i can tell you there is a fight going on inside these walls. a lieutenant is in the hospital, being watched around the clock, his family said they are with him and hoping their energy will help him heal from a very difficult day for this city. when the call came this morning in diamond heights, firefighters answered like they do every day. the fire grew so fast but this was no normal day. the flames moved so quickly that three firefighters were hurt in what s called a flash over. heat so intense it burns at 1100 degrees. and then it just turns thick and black really quickly. reporter: a neighbor snapped