A SAD WEEK FOR NY FIREFIGHTERS (very long but please read)

[flexed1]

AS a kid growing up with no mom and my dad being a fire captain I learned the enjoyment of riding on a NYFD truck and staying overnight in a NYFD bed. I saw what an average day was like behind the scene as well as riding a truck and seeing how firemen saw things. I recall kids and even adults throwing snowballs at the truck as we passed by. I recall many false alarms from people who liked to see the truck roar by. My dads engine company where he was captain was 280 in Brooklyn located in tuff Bed Sty. As his career grew on he was transferred to Queens and Engine 304. Both my brothers like my dads brothers now serve. Peter in Engine 236 and Frankie in Engine 53 in Manhattan. Both my brothers and I have spoke and let me say there mental status is not very good. You see it takes a special person to be a firefighter. My brothers are special and I am so very proud. My dad is special and I am so very proud. It has become increasingly difficult to not shed tears as I hear stories about these heroes. It has become even more difficult to see what it has done to my brothers and there families. My dad now retired drove to New York on Saturday to be there for my brothers and to help the city he once supported. I have been away from home for over 20 years and up until last Tuesday I never felt so far away and helpless. As I listen to the news, watch television, and go to www.nyfd.com I begin to realize that the firehouse I went to as a kid has lost many members. I realize that my brothers fellow friends and fellow fighters have lost there lives and it makes me so very sad but at the same time so very thankful for there safety. Over 300 firefighters lost there lives. Some of my memories of rescue 2 in Brooklyn will go on forever however they lost the entire division in the collapse. Life is short and one should never lose sight of how important families are. One should never lose sight of how important FIREMEN are and what they have done for us. May god bless the families of these victims and may each of us have a different respect for those who put there lives in place of ours. God Bless the NYFD.

 

[TxCollegeguy]

Flexed first off I want to say I hope your health is ok...

I hope your brothers can someday understand that a Nation is gratefull for what they have been doing and pray for them all the time. My future in the military is about to begin and you can be damn sure I'm going to do to what I can to avenge the loss we have been handed.

 

[PsychoSkitz]

Between this and the Fathers Day tragedy, people better start giving firefighters the credit they deserve.

They go into things that we all run from to try and save people they don't even know. They risk their lives for the lives of strangers. I have tons of respect for all of them.

 

[big4life]

I think everyone's heart goes out to the men and women
of the NYFD for the courage that they showed during
this past week.

God bless them all.

 

[The_Ghost]

God bless them and help them cope with the tragedy that they have witnessed first hand.

You are right, they are special people to do the job they do so unselfishly.

 

[cyberflash]

My local firefighters here tried to collect money for the NY Firefighter 911 last Saturday and Sunday ... gave $50 to them ... I wish i could give more. They are the true heros.

 

[gymtime]

This is a message board for people who are into fitness to whatever degree. It also promotes steriod use. I make no judgements about that. But in a forum like this, there is a great deal of bragging and tough talk, especially lately.

But it is events like that of last week that remind us who the real badasses are out there, teachers, military, cops, and far from the least of all, firefighters.

We are grateful for all that you have done for us. And flexed1, I wish you and your brothers and father all the best during this time. And we'll always remember their comrades who died protecting us.

 

[daised]

i have an uncle who is a fire fighter in New York, by some miracle he is okay.

 

[mdd]

i am currently going for a assoc degree in fire protection at the university of akron in ohio, and soon hope to be doing the same thing these men where doing in NY. it takes a special kind of person to do what we do, and they will be rewarded for it.

remember, we fight what everyone else is afraid of.

"people were running out and we were running in, it's what we do"

God bless

 

[JOKER47]

They are all hero's.....

True hero's are hard to find........

Joker