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another tragedy

Post in 'The Inglenook' started by jeff_t, Dec 24, 2012.

  1. jeff_t Minister of Fire

    joined: Sep 14, 2008
    2,695 posts
    SE MI
    jeff_t, Dec 24, 2012
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  2. begreen Super Moderator

    joined: Nov 18, 2005
    36,119 posts
    South Puget Sound, WA
    This is so very wrong. It makes me sick to think of it.
    begreen, Dec 24, 2012
    #2

  3. WhitePine Feeling the Heat

    joined: Sep 18, 2010
    498 posts
    Many others will probably suffer because some volunteer firefighters will understandably hesitate in some cases because of this. It was a particularly disgusting act.
    WhitePine, Dec 24, 2012
    #3

  4. Scotty Overkill firewood hoarder

    joined: Sep 24, 2011
    6,842 posts
    central PA
    The guy was a convicted killer and he's out in public again.......that is wrong right from the start.

    What a sad thing to happen on Christmas Eve. May they rest in peace.....
    Scotty Overkill, Dec 24, 2012
    #4
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  5. jeff_t Minister of Fire

    joined: Sep 14, 2008
    2,695 posts
    SE MI
    On top of all the inherent dangers of the job, you get some a-hole shooting you. Amazing.
    jeff_t, Dec 24, 2012
    #5
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  6. CTguy9230 Feeling the Heat

    joined: Nov 22, 2011
    272 posts
    Northwest CT
    like we dont have enough to think about when responding....


    R.I.P. brothers, we,ll take it from here
    CTguy9230, Dec 24, 2012
    #6
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  7. BrotherBart He Who Moderates

    joined: Nov 18, 2005
    21,954 posts
    Northern Virginia
    Terrible. Happens more often than we hear about much about. When I was installing a dispatch system for firefighters we put a hook into the police records system so that it displayed calls the cops had run at the address when a fire call came in.
    BrotherBart, Dec 24, 2012
    #7

  8. corey21 Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 28, 2010
    2,208 posts
    Soutwest VA
    How sad.
    corey21, Dec 24, 2012
    #8

  9. firefighterjake Minister of Fire

    joined: Jul 22, 2008
    13,477 posts
    Unity/Bangor, Maine
    I think I can safely say that career, paid-call or volunteer . . . it still doesn't matter . . . as now as in the past and as will be in the future . . . when the call goes out for help there will always be some that will go regardless of personal danger -- whether it be from a collapsing building, violent criminal, out of control driver or fire . . . it's either in you . . . or it isn't . . . and while tragic, events like this change nothing. Good always triumphs over evil.
    firefighterjake, Dec 24, 2012
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  10. raybonz Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 5, 2008
    5,986 posts
    Carver, MA.
    That was my immediate reaction too Scott!

    Ray
    raybonz, Dec 24, 2012
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  11. tfdchief Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 24, 2009
    2,971 posts
    Tuscola, IL
    Yep, Jake said it pretty good. RIP brothers.
    tfdchief, Dec 24, 2012
    #11

  12. BrotherBart He Who Moderates

    joined: Nov 18, 2005
    21,954 posts
    Northern Virginia
    If we haven't said it lately jake and chief, we appreciate you guys. Can't imagine doing what you guys do.
    BrotherBart, Dec 24, 2012
    #12
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  13. tfdchief Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 24, 2009
    2,971 posts
    Tuscola, IL
    Thanks BB, for all of us.
    tfdchief, Dec 24, 2012
    #13

  14. Flatbedford Minister of Fire

    joined: Mar 17, 2009
    4,660 posts
    Croton-on-Hudson, suburbs of NYC
    It was like a terrorist attack. Just horrendous. Those poor families.
    Flatbedford, Dec 25, 2012
    #14

  15. eclecticcottage Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 7, 2011
    1,204 posts
    WNY
    I couldn't believe it when I read it yesterday. About an hour, hour and a half from us, probably driven past there before. I also heard his sister hasn't been found...at least the last I read. The poor families, the firefighters families and those that lost their homes (I heard 7 houses were lost?) all because some guy that shouldn't have been allowed out after beating his grandma to death with a hammer went all the way over the edge...
    eclecticcottage, Dec 25, 2012
    #15

  16. WhitePine Feeling the Heat

    joined: Sep 18, 2010
    498 posts
    Last reports say that the sister still hasn't been found, and they have not yet been able to confirm that nobody else died in any of the other houses that burned.
    WhitePine, Dec 25, 2012
    #16

  17. bfunk13 Minister of Fire

    joined: Sep 11, 2008
    705 posts
    Wyoming
    Terrible,makes no sense.
    bfunk13, Dec 25, 2012
    #17

  18. jharkin Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 21, 2009
    2,061 posts
    Holliston, MA USA
    Ugh this is just sickening.
    jharkin, Dec 25, 2012
    #18

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