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...years later, after Pitonyak was given a life sentence for the murder, Austin firemen and policemen who followed Sedwick into the apartment are still undergoing counseling, Cave says. Sedwick and her family are also being counseled by therapists and the family priest. But all that help still can't prevent daily, commonplace events from triggering the horrible memories. "We don't eat anything in our house that is carved and there is a certain type of garbage bag with a red cinch that we don't use," Cave says...
...report being discussed by Australia's Muslim leaders, Tom Zreika, the powerful president of that country's largest Islamic organization, warns that Aussies have "had enough of [the Muslim community] ... we have become the new communism." Among his recommendations for better integration: take note of the Aussie reverence for firemen and lifeguards and grab a hose or a whistle. "It would be great," Zreika writes, "to see a turbaned imam fighting fires alongside other bushfire volunteers...
...fire in the street’s sewers blew the covers off of three manholes, causing the street to be cordoned off from Massachusetts Avenue to Palmer Street and forcing about a dozen local businesses to be evacuated, according to Deputy Fire Chief James F. Burns. Firemen were summoned to the scene after black smoke and flames were seen shooting up from the manholes. Several fire trucks and ambulances arrived, completely blockading the area. Policemen directed traffic and curious bystanders away from the firefighters as they battled the subterranean flames...
...person in my entryway started cursing the firefighters out because of the general belief on the part of the students that firemen refuse to allow people to go back in as retribution,” says Alex S. Bayers...
...When we get into the weekends, and we get into parties and alcohol gets involved, pulling fire alarms gets to be a sport,” he says. “But they’re playing Russian roulette. If a pedestrian was killed by the firemen rushing to get there, they could be charged with involuntary manslaughter...