[KYHAM] RE:Message on Firemen
Tim Wright
[email protected]
Sat, 14 Sep 2002 23:33:43 -0400
I'm a retired FireFighter/Cop and EMT-A.
A FireFighter/Cop/EMS is only brave once in their life.
That is when they take their oath of office (If you will).
Anything else is "In The Line of Duty".
Tim Wright KD4OVM
Without GOD
You have Nothing
With GOD
You have Eternity
>From: "David A. Smith"
>To:
>Subject: [KYHAM] RE:Message on Firemen
>Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 19:21:47 -0700
>
>To Ky. Ham Mailman
>
>In reference to Jacob Martin's statement about Heroes:
>
>Speculation concerning fire police and rescue personnel doing their duty is
>meaningless. Of course, they would go in and do what they did rescuing many
>people although many firefighters lost their lives. In their own way, the
>building officials who upgraded the emergency power, communication and
>lighting systems in the twin towers after damage caused by a car bomb
>several years earlier aided an orderly evacuation of unknown hundreds of
>persons who otherwise would have been entrapped in the rubble. Can a wise
>engineer or public official be a hero - of course.
>
>Here in South Eastern Michigan, many nameless heroes used their snowmobiles
>to rescue over 1,000 freezing stranded motorists in a blizzard that blocked
>I-75 1n 1986. Citizens of the town of Luna Pier opened their homes to feed
>and provide shelter for all of them doubling the population of the town
>overnight. Word went out on the news media of the need and nameless persons
>arrived at the town hall to carry out the task.
>
>I recommend Stephen Crane's "Red Badge of Courage" to anyone who has not
>read it.
>David Alkire Smith
>W8YZ
>
>
>
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>
>Message: 3
>Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 14:11:44 -0700 (PDT)
>From: jacob martin
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [KYHAM] RE:September 11th & What It Means To Me
>
>Hi,
> I just want to ask. How many of them
>Police&firefighters would have went in the WTC if they
>knew it would have went down? I do appreciate and
>respect ALL Police and firefighters, But the real
>Heros are the ones fighting for us in our Military,
> My prayers go out to the ones that lost lovedones.
>God bless!
> 73's
> -JW-
>
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