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It's not their kid, either.
Makes no difference in ability to actually save a child from a fire. It simply doesn't. Adrenaline only goes so far. It doesn't give us magical see-through-smoke-and-in-dark powers. It basically makes us more alert and allows us to ignore pain that would normally be felt when doing things that then are seen as "extraordinary". It is plain wrong to believe that firefighters or even police or other people wouldn't have wanted to save that child if they believed they could actually do it. There is nothing honestly that should make anyone believe that the man had a better chance of saving the boy than anyone else there. And what is more likely is that having to deal with him trying slowed down efforts to actually get in there and try.