Company ultra rescue tent on a shift
and as Chief ***** alluded earlier,
our sole responsibility is
is to be there for our own.
On that day we had a couple
incidents take place.
Unfortunately, Lighter one which
was initiated to Mayday is where we
diverted our efforts to initially
and those guys relied on their
training to get them back to a
safe space which at that point,
at that point it gave us the opportunity
to divert our efforts to Quincy.
Which is the crane operator
that was here earlier.
You don't get that.
You don't get the ability
to talk to the guy that
you helped save
Murphy in the event.
Along with three others,
we staged some equipment on the
tower because unfortunately that
his conditions become really
bad before we could get to him.
So I spoke with him on the
radio for roughly 35 minutes,
ensuring him we would come and get him.
So with that Murphy was able to extend all
the way to the top of the ladder, provide
him with some protective clothing and.
And that man come down like a cat.
He was ready, but we stuck with him on the
radio, assuring him that we would be there.
The other guys on the scene,
the other aerial apparatus and hose lines
that they had stretched to the adjacent
building was to keep the crane cool.
Because we all know the dynamics of fire
and what it does to metal elongation,
all those things.
That doesn't mean anything to the civilian,
but to us that means catastrophic failure.
So. Our whole time we're thinking that
the crane is going to take significant
heat and we're going to watch it fall on
top of him being in the column of smoke
or fire for an extended period of time.
But 28 years on the job, I've
never seen anything like that.
And to talk to him
on the radio
and him tell you.
Did he stand to his last bottle of water?
So I mean, thanks for Murphy and and the
other three or four that climbed that day,
taking residual air pack stuff
to put him on air if needed to
provide him protective clothing,
but his Chief ***** said. And you know,
emotions are running wild right now.
But as you said before, I mean,
we do train all the time
for this type of an event.
God forbid that it happens.
But fortunately he looks out after us
and probably the most important
phone call I've ever received was him
to know that that
we put it out on the line every
day and we will do everything in
our power to help save anyone.
But when you communicate and talk to a
gentleman for 35 minutes on the radio,
it it means a lot. So to say,
what can the community do?
Just keep us in our thoughts and our prayers.
We're here every day doing this.
Fortunately, we all came home that night. I
mean, fortunately, right?