Chris's Blog – November 2007 Archive (3)

may they not be forgoten

Brother when you weep for me, Remember that it was meant to be. Lay me down and when you leave, Remember I'll be at your sleeve. In every dark and choking hall, I'll be there as you slowly crawl. On every roof in fallen rain, I'll hold your coat and you will know. In cellars hot with searing heat, At windows where a gate you meet, In closets where young children hide, You know I'll be there at your side. The house from which I now respond, Is overstaffed with heroes gone. Men who answered one… Continue

Added by Chris on November 17, 2007 at 4:16pm — 1 Comment

DO YOU KNOW WHAT A FIREFIGHTER IS?????



Firefighters are those crazy people who run into a burning building when all others are running out.



Firefighters are those people who wake up in the middle of the night to help an old lady, who fell out of bed.



Firefighters are those people who work on half eaten meals because someone needed their help.



Firefighters are those people who have a second family…
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Added by Chris on November 17, 2007 at 4:11pm — 9 Comments

What I wish people knew about EMS, Firefighters, Dispatchers, & Law Enforcement.



I wish you could know what it is like to search a burning bedroom

for trapped children at 3 AM, flames rolling above your head, your

palms and knees burning as you crawl, the floor sagging under your

weight as the kitchen below you burns.



I wish you could comprehend a husband's horror at 6 in the morning as

I check his wife of 40 years for a pulse and…
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Added by Chris on November 17, 2007 at 4:08pm — 2 Comments

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