[HPforGrownups] My Brothers and Sisters ...

[TgrzDlphns]

No: HPFGUIDX 25994

At 01:03 PM 9/12/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>Yesterday in NYC I lost possibly hundreds of Brothers and Sisters.
>My Brothers and SIsters went rushing in to help the injured and
>rescue the trapped and recover the bodies when the first plane hit.
>Then the second plane hit.  They had no warning, just like the
>civilians that died.  Before the debris stopped falling, they were
>back in the first building and already into the second building to do
>their jobs.
>
>In the Fire Service we have 3 main objectives on the scene of any
>call.
>
>#1 ... Life Safety.
>#2 ... Incident Stabilization.
>#3 ... Property conservation.
>
>I think they knew there wasn't much they could do to save the top end
>of the buildings, but they sure as hell weren't giving up trying to
>find those trapped above the crash site.  They knew, as I did
>watching it on TV, that the buildings were going to collapse.  Yet
>they stayed.  They stayed and helped so many people.  And now, so
>many of them are dead.
>
>The Fire Service has lost many of its Brothers and Sisters yesterday,
>and even into today.  I know you are all praying (I use that term
>loosely, as that's not what we all do) for the victims, their
>families and our country, but please, add a special bit about all the
>Firefighters, EMS workers, and Police Officers that lost their
>lives ... so that others may live.
>
>Michelle Barnett, Firefighter...
>

Oh MIchelle you and your colleagues are true heroes.

{{{{Hugs and prayers}}}}

Bree