EVEN THE SUN SAYS I'VE BEEN
OUT HERE TOO LONG I'M GOING IN.
IT'S THE SEASON OF GIVING
WHEN YOU'RE BUYING ALL YOUR
GIFTS, PICK UP A LITTLE
SOMETHING EXTRA FOR A KID IN
NEED.
WE SEND KELLY SWOOPE OUT TO A
DYLANN ROOFOFF LOCATION AT THE
MOUNT WASHINGTON TRAIN STATION
AND HERE SHE IS
NOW WITH MORE ON HOW YOU CAN
HELP.
Reporter: JAMIE WE'RE LIVE
IN MOUNT WASHINGTON AND
FIREFIGHTERS WORK ON THIS TRAIN
GUARD EARN ALL YEAR LONG BUT
YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO THINK
ABOUT WHAT THE FIREFIGHTERS SEE
INTERMITS OF THEIR COMMITMENT
AND DEDICATION TO THIS
COMMUNITY.
WE LOST TWO LIVES JUST
YESTERDAY, TWO YOUNG LIVES AND
CAPTAIN ROMAN CLARK IS HERE
WITH ME TO TALK ABOUTING
LOSS IS TOUGH FOR US YOU SEE
IT.
IT'S REALLY TOUGH FOR OUR
GUYS OUT THERE.
AS I SAID BEFORE, YOU KNOW,
PEOPLE LOOK AT US AS
FIREFIGHTERS BEING HEROES T.
BUT WE'RE HUMAN, AS WELL.
AND THESE THINGS DO HURT US, AS
WELL AS IT HURTS THE FAMILIES
AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT SEE THESE
TRAGIC THINGS.
AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS, THEY, YOU
KNOW, THEY WORK VERY HARD IN
TRYING TO HOLD BACK THE TEARS
AT TIMES.
BUT IT'S TOUGH.
Reporter: YOU KNOW, IT'S
NICE TO SEE THAT THE HOLIDAYS
ARE SO SPECIAL FOR THE
FIREFIGHTERS.
I KNOW THEY WORK ON THIS
PROBABLY HALF THE YEAR IN TERMS
OF PUTTING IT TOGETHER AND
TEARING IT DOWN.
THIS TRAIN GARDEN HERE AT
ENGINE 45.
WHY ARE THE HOLIDAYS SO
IMPORTANT.
WELL, THE HOLIDAYS ARE
IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE WE
ENJOY WATCHING THE CHILDREN
HAVE HAPPY TIMES.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE A PART OF THE
INDEPENDENTER TOY DRIVE AND WE
MAKE OUR STATIONS AVAILABLE FOR
PEOPLE TO HAVE DROPOFFS, YOU
KNOW, SO THAT SOME CHILDREN CAN
HAVE A VERY NICE MERRY MERRY
CHRISTMAS.
Reporter: WHAT'S IT LIKE
THAT NIGHT OF THE TOY DRIVE
WHEN YOU MAKE THE DELIVERIES?
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE TO SEE THE
LIGHTS ON THE FIRE TRUCKS AND
THE POLICE CARS GOING DOWN THE
STREET.
AND DELIVERING THE KIDS' TOYS,
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST
UNBELIEVABLE.
AND IT'S JUST SO HEART WARMING
TO US.
IT PUTS A SMILE ON YOUR FACE.
AND IT MAKE USE FORGET ABOUT
THE BAD THINGS THAT YOU SEE
THROUGHOUT YEAR.
Reporter: DEFINITELY.
AND IT'S SO APPRECIATED.
WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE THE
BALTIMORE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT
INVOLVED IN THIS EFFORT.
WE GOT TWO YOUNG LADIES HERE.
THIS IS THEIR SECOND TIME
COMING TO SEE THE TRAIN GARDEN.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THAT
INTERVIEW.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE THE BEST ABOUT
THIS?
WELL, I LIKE THE DORY
SECTION.
IT SHOWS LIKE ALL OF THE THINGS
THAT HAPPEN IN THE MOVIE.
AND IT'S VERY LIKE DESCRIPTIVE
AND IT HAS LIKE ALL THE
DIFFERENT THINGS.
Reporter: WHAT ABOUT YOU?
I LINING THE LAVA ZEN.
I LIKE THE SMOKE GOING UP AND
LIKE.
Reporter: IT JUST COMES OUT.
DO YOU GUYS COME EVERY YEAR.
YES.
Reporter: IS IT DIFFERENT
THAN LAST YEAR?
YEAH, IT'S MUCH DIFFERENT.
THEY CHANGED LIKE A TON OF THE
THINGS.
Reporter: WHAT DO YOU NOTICE
IS DIFFERENT?
LIKE THEY CHANGED ALL LIKE
THE -- LIKE EVERYTHING'S NEW.
Reporter: DAD CAN I ASK YOU
A QUESTION?
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT
YOU BROUGHT THE GIRLS.
WHY DO YOU THINK THIS IS SUCH
APE SPECIAL THING FOR THE
COMMUNITY?
IT'S NICE THAT ANYBODY CAN
COME HERE AND SEE THIS.
AND BE PART OF THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT AND GET EVERYBODY
INVOLVED AND IT'S REALLY NICE
TO SEE THAT WE CAN ALL GET
TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY NO
MATTER WHO YOU ARE AND ENJOY
THIS AND THIS HOLIDAY.
Reporter: WHAT DOES IT SAY
THAT THE FIREFIGHTERS VOLUNTEER
THEIR TIME AND WORK ON THIS ALL
YEAR LONG?
IT'S FANTASTIC.
FIREFIGHTERS ARE ALWAYS
GIVING EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY
JUST YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE JOB
AND TO DO THIS ON TOP OF THAT,
ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
Reporter: YOU GUYS ENJOY THE
GHANDI.
THIS IS ONE OF THE DROPOFF
SPOTS YOU.
CAN DROP OFF AT BALTIMORE CITY
AND COUNTY.
I THINK WE GOT ANOTHER FAMILY
OVER HERE.
ANOTHER FAMILY OVER HERE.
IF WE CAN GET HER TO PUT DONE
HER ELECTRONIC DEVICE WE CAN
ASK HER.
COME HERE FOR ONE SECOND.
COME ON.
HEY, YOU'RE MISSING LIVE TV
TIME.
COME HERE.
COME ON, WE'RE LIVE ON TV.
TELL ME WHAT YOU LIKE THE MOST
ABOUT THE TRAIN GARDEN.
I WON'T BITE YOU.
YOU CAN COME A LITTLE BIT
CLOSER.
YOU TELL HER.
Reporter: TELL ME MOM, WHY
DO YOU BRING HER OVER HERE?
IT'S OUR FIRST TIME.
WE'RE PART OF MECU.
SO WE GOT THE GREAT NEWS TO
COME OUT AND SEE IT.
WE LIVE RIGHT AROUND THE
CORNER.
AND IT'S THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
SO SOMETHING FOR US TO DO.
Reporter: AND MECU A PROUD
SPONSOR DO SO MANY THINGS IT
LOT OF THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THEY GIVE AWAY THE BOOKS ACT
THE END OTHER SCHOOL YEAR.
WHY IS THIS AN IMPORTANT TIME
FOR THE HOLIDAYS FOR SOMETHING
SPECIAL LIKE THIS?
JUST A GIVING TIME OF YEAR.
AND IT'S A GREAT TIME TO SPEND
TIME WITH FAMILY.
TO GIVE BACK AND ENJOY THE
HOLIDAY SEASON.
Reporter: I BET YOU SHE'S
NOT EVEN SHY AT ALL.
THIS IS ONE OF THE DROPOFF
LOCATIONS FOR THE IT'S
KINDERTIME TOY DRIVE.
BALTIMORE CITY BALTIMORE COUNTY
FIRE DEPARTMENTS.