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Post by: Russ Kidd on September 30, 2003, 08:19:11 PM
Post by: krissel on October 01, 2003, 12:56:48 AM
Yeah, Russ, now I have a legitimate excuse for the lousy condition of my lawn.
Post by: Russ Kidd on October 01, 2003, 03:21:38 AM
Post by: krissel on October 01, 2003, 07:58:11 PM
Must be something about little boys and hoses.
Here's my brother from about 57 years ago...even then he wanted to be a fireman.
Post by: Russ Kidd on October 02, 2003, 02:26:47 AM
How interesting--he's just a year or two older than me.
Are you saying he actually became a fireman?
Post by: krissel on October 02, 2003, 10:17:04 PM
From my earliest recollections my brother Bob had fire engine toys and wanted to fight fires when he grew up whether as a forest ranger or in a city. He was a volunteer in our town department as soon as he was old enough and first worked for a couple fire prevention companies.
When an opening developed on the Newark Fire Department he took it and gave it his all. He fought in some unbelievable fires and withstood the urban upheaval that beset many of our major cities during the 70's and later. The stories he told were nothing short of amazing. We tried to convince him to write down his adventures because they would have made a good book or movie. But he never got around to it.
He was credited with saving several lives and received the Gold Award for heroism, the highest honor the state of NJ can give.
Unfortunately his job related injuries and some other medical problems took their toll and he passed away in '97.
One of the difficulties he endured for decades was the lack of respect for firemen and little consideration for the dangers they faced each day.
Of course all that changed on 9/11.
I only wish he had lived long enough to see his profession receive the accolades it deserves. However, had he been alive that fateful day, I know he would have been the first person across the river and quickly gone up one of those towers. He always carried extinguishers and extra turnout gear in the trunk of his car...just in case.
Post by: Russ Kidd on October 03, 2003, 01:25:15 AM
I agree that firemen don't get near the credit they deserve. It takes a special human being to do that job.
Thank you for telling me (and all TSers) about Bob. He sounds like a wonderful guy.
Post by: RobW on October 03, 2003, 05:52:54 AM
What a wonderful story about your brother. As some of you know, I worked for many years in hospital emergency rooms. I can assure you that anyone who's worked in an emergency room of a large city hospital has the utmost respect for firemen. When they arrive with victims of a fire, they themselves are covered with dirt, soot, and sweat while coughing away--and all they ever ask is how the victims are. It would be hard to get them to take a cup of water, or towel-off until they knew how the victim was doing. When I was in pediatric emergency rooms, very often you'd see them (when they were off-duty) come in the next day carrying toys and flowers to visit the kids in the ICU.
Firemen were #1 to me long before 9/11. That was just a tragic confirmation of what I already knew.