Chicago Fire’s Cruz to be affected by near-death experience

chicago fireJoe Cruz survives a near-death experience a chicago crossover — and the fallout from this season will continue to haunt him.

WARNING: The following spoilers follow from Season 14, Episode 13 of the Chicago Fire/One Chicago crossover.

“The aftermath of this (case) kind of changed a lot of people’s perspectives,” chicago fire show host Andrea Newman Exclusive story US Weeklyreferring to traumatic experiences Firehouse 51 stood the test Wednesday, March 4 during the crossover event.

Newman joked, “We’re working on an episode right now that’s particularly important to Cruz, who’s dealing with this. There are ripples. They’re just moving on.”

Firehouse 51 was one of the first on the scene when a plane landed in Chicago after losing contact with the tower for more than an hour during Wednesday’s three-part event titled “Reckoning Part One, Two and Three.”

After safely reaching the ground, two members of Team 3, Cruz (Joe Minoso), Karp (Randy Flagler), and two other firefighters from different trucks, Macy Vasquez (Kalita Tucker) and a new guy named Holt enter the plane to assess what’s going on.

They found the entire plane, including the pilot, dead of unknown causes. The severity of the deaths – many were foaming at the mouth – had everyone on edge.

“In 20 years in this business, I’ve never seen anything like this,” Cruz said as he stepped off the plane.

although chicago police departmentAs Intelligence tries to pinpoint the mysterious murder weapon, Cruz and Cap start driving their gear to another location when suddenly, they both start grabbing and foaming at the mouth.

It was later revealed that two other firefighters (the first on board the plane) also developed symptoms and all four were flown to the chicago medicineGaffney Chicago Medical Center.

The murder weapon, later identified as toxins smuggled into the city by a drug trafficker, accidentally exploded while the delivery vehicle was on the plane, killing everyone. (One passenger did survive but later died in hospital.)

Without knowing the location of another patch of toxin, an attacker who blames first responders for a fire that occurred 25 years ago breaks into the morgue and retrieves the deadly toxin, leaving everyone’s lives hanging in the balance, including Cap and Cruz.

Luckily for fans, both Cruz and Cap survived the incident. their police counterparts After knocking out the bad guys, he plans to release more toxins at the Firefighters Memorial to commemorate the greatest casualty.

Paramedic Leila Novak (Jocelyn Hughton) also survived being sprayed with blood while treating the sole plane survivor. The woman later died after Nowak helped deliver the baby in the back of the ambulance.

Sadly, Massey and Holt did not survive and died in hospital before an antidote could be found to relieve their symptoms.

Newman tells us that looking to the future us When you’re a first responder, danger is part of the job, adding that viewers should never expect to breathe easy while watching the show.

“I mean, they are firefighters. It’s a close call every day,” Newman said. “There’s never a time when the team is safe. “

chicago fire Airs Wednesday at 9pm ET on NBC.