Word: firemanning
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...your story on New York City fire fighter Mike Kehoe [THE FIREMAN, Dec. 31.-Jan. 7], who was photographed in the stairwell of the burning 1 World Trade Center: When people were making their way down the stairs of the building, fireman Kehoe chose to go up. He may not have saved a thousand lives, but his actions exemplified bravery. His "iconic" picture was seen internationally, and he got letters from people thanking him for his courage. It was sad to read that other fire fighters have grumbled at the attention he has received. We all mourn those who lost...
...pulled an Air Florida plane-crash survivor out of the icy Potomac River, the practice of introducing surprise guests at the big speech has been an annual presidential routine. President Bush will almost certainly have a hero or two from Sept. 11--a New York City fireman, a policeman or perhaps the widowed spouse of one of the brave passengers who brought down Flight 93--in the balcony sitting next to Laura Bush that night. But a better-known guest is likely to be Hamid Karzai, the dapper interim leader of Afghanistan's new U.S.-backed government. Karzai is scheduled...
...time he was photographed on the job. It happened around the 20th floor in a crowded stairwell of the burning 1 World Trade Center. A Port Authority contractor had grabbed his digital camera on his rush down from the 71st floor and released the shutter just as Mike, a fireman with Engine 28, was climbing to the scene of the blaze...
...shaking the two towers." Within seconds, the call to evacuate came over the bullhorn. The members of Engine 28 turned and charged down the stairs. They lingered, breathless, in the lobby for an instant as some companies, ignoring the order, continued to run into the building. Roy Chelsen, a fireman with Engine 28, yelled, "We have to get out. Run!" Then King Kong returned...
...tense at the firehouse that Lieut. Jimmy Rallis, one of the higher-ranking officers, began pulling the men aside. "I told them they should stop giving him crap because these photographs have a long history. The guy in the Baby Jessica picture killed himself," says Rallis, referring to the fireman in Midland, Texas, who pulled a baby from a well in 1987 and committed suicide eight years later. "Mike didn't ask for his picture to be taken, and he doesn't need any more pressure because of it. It scares...