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A Firefighter's Life

I just got this from a friend and decided to repost it as my first blog. SO READ IT! You stay up for 16 hours He's been for 48 straight _________________________ You take a warm shower to help you wake up. The rain in the middle of the interstate keeps him awake as he uses the jaws to cut a family out of a car. __________________________ You complain of a "headache", and call in sick. He's chilled to the bone, hasn't eaten all day, has the flu, and then runs into a burning building __________________________ You drink your coffee on your way to the mall. He pumps on a five year olds chest on the way to the hospital. __________________________ You make sure you're cell phone is in your pocket. He makes sure the pass device on his air pack is working. __________________________ You talk trash about your "buddies" that aren't with you. He watches his buddy fall through four floors of a burning building. __________________________ You walk down the beach, staring at all the pretty girls. He walks down the highway looking for the motorcyclists missing limb. _________________________ You complain about how hot it is. He wears fifty pounds of gear in the middle of July and drags a body out of 1600 degree flames. __________________________ You go out to lunch, and complain because the restaurant got your order wrong. He hasn't seen a meal since last shift, when he ate breakfast. __________________________ Your maid makes your bed and washes your clothes. He's worn the same stinking, wet, grungy clothes for the past 24 hours....no time for a shower. __________________________ You go to the mall and get your hair redone. He holds the hair of some college girl while shes puking in the back of the ambulance. __________________________ You're angry because your class ran 5 minutes over. His shift ended 5 hours ago and he's on for another 24 hours at a station thirty miles away. __________________________ You call your girlfriend and set a date for tonight. He calls his girlfriend to tell her he made it back alive, but wont be able to make it to her birthday because he has to work overtime....then leaves abrubtly for another fire. __________________________ You yell and scream at the engine that just past you beacuse they slowed you down. He's in the back of the engine, going to cut somebody out of their car only to find out that their dead and their daughter is barely alive. __________________________ You roll your eyes as a baby cries. He cries as he hears his new born cry in the hospital....but he was taking a drunk teenager in when his boy was born. __________________________ You criticize your fire dept and say they're never there quick enough anyways. He blows the air horn while the person in front of them refuses to move while talking on their cell phone and doing their makeup. __________________________ You hear the jokes about fallen firefighters and say they should have known better. He feels the floor give way while he's carrying an old lady from her bedroom and tosses her on to the hard floor as he falls into the unknown. __________________________ You see the bright lights when you go by. He sees the broken bodies lying around the car. __________________________ You are asked to go to the store by your parents. You don't. He looks into buying a bullet proof vest because he's been shot at trying to save the shooting victims life. __________________________ You stay at home and watch TV. He takes his spare time to wash and restock the ambulance or refuel the jaws or chainsaw or wash the blood off the tools before he can sharpen them on the fire engine, and maybe call his mother to tell her not to worry, he'll be home the next night __________________________ You crawl into your soft bed, with down pillows, and get comfortable. He tries to sleep on his spring board bed but keeps getting woken up by the gong and bell. ahh, one hour of sleep, it should do till tommorow night. __________________________ You sit there and judge him, saying that its a waste of money to have them around. Garbage truck workers make more than he does, but its not for the money, its for the people who dont appreciate what he does. ___________________________ You call you're wife and tell her to get over it... He calls on the radio, asking listeners to give his wife his last words. ___________________________ You complain when your alarm goes off and you slowly get up for work, get dressed, drink your coffe, eat breakfast, and kiss your wife saying "I'll see you tonight." He gets woken up by the alarm, gets dressed and leaves in a moments notice, never knowing exactly what lies ahead, and never knowing if he will return unharmed or at all. ___________________________ To you it is a emergency and you are scared for your life. To him it is his job, his routine activity. ___________________________ You run out of the building when it is burning to the ground. He runs in!
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