Author: Robert Smith

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Published: 2016-08-22

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9781534669727

This book tells the true stories about unique people - firefighters - compiled and written by a firefighter who lived and worked withthem for thirty-two years.When others are running to escape from a burning building, these unique people are hurrying to enter the building. When a ticking time bomb forces the evacuation of a commercial building, these same people hurried to deactivate it. When two young men were clinging desperately to life in a raging river, these dedicated people rushed to their rescue, knowing full well they could lose their own lives in the effort.In our present day, self-indulgent society spiraling more and more out of control, it is a story that needs to be told. A story about selfless people dedicated to helping others, much as our forefathers did so many years ago.There is a common thread running through them. When being congratulated for making a daring rescue, they more than likely will say, "Anyone of the others would have done the same, given theopportunity."But a grateful survivor of the 2001 World Trade Center terrorist attack had a different view. While being interviewed the day after the collapse that took the lives of over three hundred firefighters,she described them most succinctly when she said, "As we were going down the stairs on the thirty-sixth floor, I saw an unbelievable sight. Firemen were coming up the stairs, going toward where we had just escaped. They say they are only doing their jobs, but . . . we call them heroes."These are their stories . . .