did tanner mosher save your life that day?ved all of our lives. >> reporter: he's a young guy. >> you can't teach that kind of heroism. he just had it in him. >> reporter: once clear, the firefighters performed cpr and stabilized captain mullalley. >> and then all seven of us went back to work. >> reporter: you kept fighting fires? >> yep. all the way till the next morning. >> reporter: with little water, there was little they could do to save homes. so as the sun set, the firefighters' mission shifted to saving anyone they could, any way they could. aina kohler ditched her fire engine and used a pickup to snake through the burning debris downtown. a local, she knew every way in and out. >> there were some people in their cars, stuck down there, not knowing which way to get out. and so i would jump in their car and i would drive their car out for them. >> reporter: so everybody's trying to get out, and you're going in? >> yeah. >> reporter: a mother of two said her family was able to escape, but like 16 other firefighters in l