A Fort Worth firefighter who nearly lost his life battling a blaze last month is finally home.

After 34 days in the hospital, firefighter Caleb Halvorson was wheeled out of Parkland Hospital on Monday afternoon by his stepfather, mother, and wife.

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Halvorson was seriously injured while on duty the morning of September 3 when the roof of a burning building collapsed , trapping him under the debris.

“I was trapped for a minute and 45 seconds, I think. Feels like forever. You feel your skin burning, and you feel this heavy weight on you,” Halvorson said.

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He remembers he could move his right leg.

“My good leg was outside, thankfully, like outside of the entrapmen

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