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Originally posted by: Tutontow
A good friend of mine laid in the rubble for over 48 hours. His mother didn't know if he was alive or dead for over three days. He had a piece of rebar go through his leg among other injuries.
When he became a marine reservist he joined the fire service. He worked on the same fire engine as me.
Every once in a while somebody who didn't know would ask "who drives the truck with the purple heart license plate? My man would then explain how he got that purple heart. He would describe hearing his buddies calling out in the darkness and then hearing them take their last breath.
Hearing his description of events would make even the most hardened firefighter reach for the Kleenex.
Originally posted by: Tutontow
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Originally posted by: forkushV
Cut and run? Did someone say cut and run?
A good friend of mine laid in the rubble for over 48 hours. His mother didn't know if he was alive or dead for over three days. He had a piece of rebar go through his leg among other injuries.
When he became a marine reservist he joined the fire service. He worked on the same fire engine as me.
Every once in a while somebody who didn't know would ask "who drives the truck with the purple heart license plate? My man would then explain how he got that purple heart. He would describe hearing his buddies calling out in the darkness and then hearing them take their last breath.
Hearing his description of events would make even the most hardened firefighter reach for the Kleenex.
I spent a year in the burn ward and that makes me {shudder}