[KYHAM] RE:Message on Firemen

Gregg Hendry [email protected]
Sun, 15 Sep 2002 15:12:52 -0400


As a NON-FireFighter/Cop/EMS I will assume that anyone in that category
takes their oath of office EVERY time they answer a call!

Not sure where this thread started or why.  All I will say is THANKS to all
who put theirs on the line to save mine!!

Gregg Hendry
W8DUQ
Barboursville, WV

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From: "Tim Wright" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 11:33 PM
Subject: Re: [KYHAM] RE:Message on Firemen


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> A FireFighter/Cop/EMS is only brave once in their life.
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> That is when they take their oath of office (If you will).
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> Anything else is "In The Line of Duty".
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> &gt;From: "David A. Smith"
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> &gt;Subject: [KYHAM] RE:Message on Firemen
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> &gt;Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 19:21:47 -0700
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> &gt;To Ky. Ham Mailman
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> &gt;In reference to Jacob Martin's statement about Heroes:
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> &gt;Speculation concerning fire police and rescue personnel doing their
duty is
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> &gt;meaningless. Of course, they would go in and do what they did
rescuing many
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> &gt;people although many firefighters lost their lives. In their own way,
the
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> &gt;lighting systems in the twin towers after damage caused by a car bomb
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> &gt;several years earlier aided an orderly evacuation of unknown hundreds
of
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> &gt;persons who otherwise would have been entrapped in the rubble. Can a
wise
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> &gt;engineer or public official be a hero - of course.
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> &gt;Here in South Eastern Michigan, many nameless heroes used their
snowmobiles
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> &gt;to rescue over 1,000 freezing stranded motorists in a blizzard that
blocked
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> &gt;I-75 1n 1986. Citizens of the town of Luna Pier opened their homes to
feed
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> &gt;and provide shelter for all of them doubling the population of the
town
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> &gt;overnight. Word went out on the news media of the need and nameless
persons
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> &gt;I recommend Stephen Crane's "Red Badge of Courage" to anyone who has
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> &gt;David Alkire Smith
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> &gt;Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 14:11:44 -0700 (PDT)
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> &gt;From: jacob martin
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> &gt;To: [email protected]
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> &gt;Subject: [KYHAM] RE:September 11th &amp; What It Means To Me
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> &gt;Hi,
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> &gt; I just want to ask. How many of them
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> &gt;Police&amp;firefighters would have went in the WTC if they
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> &gt;knew it would have went down? I do appreciate and
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> &gt;respect ALL Police and firefighters, But the real
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> &gt;Heros are the ones fighting for us in our Military,
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> &gt; My prayers go out to the ones that lost lovedones.
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> &gt;God bless!
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> &gt; 73's
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> &gt; -JW-
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