Nearly a month after being critically burned in a Fort Worth house fire , firefighter Caleb Halvorson is showing signs of progress, but his family says it could take years for a full recovery.

Caleb Halvorson was critically injured on September 3 when a garage collapsed while he was battling the flames at a house in Fort Worth's historic Southside. He has been in Parkland Hospital's burn unit, fighting to survive , ever since. For the first time, his family is speaking out.

Alisha Cook, Caleb Halvorson's mom, said it's a pain she hopes no parent has to experience.

"Watching my son suffer, watching him cry… in those moments, in the nighttime," said Cook. "He doesn't ask why, because he just knows when you choose a job like this, it's just part of it… just the pain he's going

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