December 05, 2012 11:00 pm
• Last Updated: December 05, 2012 10:56 pm
Ruth Nicolaci, left, sees her son, firefighter Lt. G. Bourne Knowles for the first time since learning Wednesday that the landscaping business that she started in Fairhaven, Mass., with his father had been destroyed by fire. Knowles, a volunteer, was among those who fought the four-alarm blaze.