Comments on: The “No Go Team” – Firefighters Die, No One Cares http://palady.wordpress.com/2007/02/06/the-no-go-team-firefighters-die-no-one-cares/ Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:51:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: PA_Lady http://palady.wordpress.com/2007/02/06/the-no-go-team-firefighters-die-no-one-cares/#comment-5898 PA_Lady Thu, 08 Feb 2007 05:20:22 +0000 http://palady.wordpress.com/2007/02/06/the-no-go-team-firefighters-die-no-one-cares/#comment-5898 As you know, I went through a similar experience with the ex, back before we were married. He and several others were doing a room by room check at a major structure fire when one of them went down (due to a faulty SCBA). I still remember sitting in the engine, listening to the radios and hearing "Man down, man down." It was many long minutes before I knew who was down, that he was alive, and that it wasn't my guy. Which is of course, why it terrifies me that PK is following in his dad's footsteps, but at the same time, there's a lot of pride. Josh and the ex risk their lives for friends and total strangers alike, and PK is made of the same fine stuff. That's why it's so important that, if the worst happens, these investigators do their jobs, and find out why and how - to prevent it from happening again. As you know, I went through a similar experience with the ex, back before we were married. He and several others were doing a room by room check at a major structure fire when one of them went down (due to a faulty SCBA). I still remember sitting in the engine, listening to the radios and hearing “Man down, man down.” It was many long minutes before I knew who was down, that he was alive, and that it wasn’t my guy.

Which is of course, why it terrifies me that PK is following in his dad’s footsteps, but at the same time, there’s a lot of pride. Josh and the ex risk their lives for friends and total strangers alike, and PK is made of the same fine stuff.

That’s why it’s so important that, if the worst happens, these investigators do their jobs, and find out why and how – to prevent it from happening again.

]]> By: mom http://palady.wordpress.com/2007/02/06/the-no-go-team-firefighters-die-no-one-cares/#comment-5896 mom Wed, 07 Feb 2007 23:09:30 +0000 http://palady.wordpress.com/2007/02/06/the-no-go-team-firefighters-die-no-one-cares/#comment-5896 When your brother Joshua was down in a burning building, due to a failure of his oxygen tank, had he been alone, we would have lost him. He went in that building because someone might have been trapped. As it turns out, no one was home, but he still was willing to go in and risk everything to save someone he did not know. He says he remembers hearing someone shouting, "Fireman down, fireman down." Which turned out to be him. Luckily his fellow firefighters got him safely out of the building, and provided oxygen. I can not imagine how I would have reacted if he had been lost to us, and then that loss so callously treated. May it never happen to another family. Ater 9/11 we heard so much about the heroics of the firefighters, but everyday, in every town, they are doing this same job. At least, we could expect more, when they make the ultimate sacrifice. Do you notice a common thread, if you put on a uniform to serve your fellow citizen, you can expect poor wages, poor equipment, and a failed response by the agencies entrusted to assist. Every siren makes my heart drop. This just is salt in the many wounds of families, and friends, who have suffered such losses. Thanks for making us all aware. When your brother Joshua was down in a burning building, due to a failure of his oxygen tank, had he been alone, we would have lost him. He went in that building because someone might have been trapped. As it turns out, no one was home, but he still was willing to go in and risk everything to save someone he did not know. He says he remembers hearing someone shouting, “Fireman down, fireman down.” Which turned out to be him.
Luckily his fellow firefighters got him safely out of the building, and provided oxygen. I can not imagine how I would have reacted if he had been lost to us, and then that loss so callously treated. May it never happen to another family.
Ater 9/11 we heard so much about the heroics of the firefighters, but everyday, in every town, they are doing this same job.
At least, we could expect more, when they make the ultimate sacrifice.
Do you notice a common thread, if you put on a uniform to serve your fellow citizen, you can expect poor wages, poor equipment, and a failed response by the agencies entrusted to assist.
Every siren makes my heart drop.
This just is salt in the many wounds of families, and friends, who have suffered such losses.
Thanks for making us all aware.

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