
Tell us your tales of the police, ambulance workers, firefighters, and - dammit - the coastguard
( , Thu 16 May 2013, 11:33)
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My father was a volunteer fireman in rural Corrales, New Mexico. One night, their crew responded to a fire at a farm. They arrived and started laying out hoses as the bright flames cast flickering dark shadows across the barn yard. Almost immediately, the fire chief vanished. The leaderless firemen nevertheless proceeded to snuff out the fire. Afterwards, they searched for their chief.
Turned out, one of the first things the fire had burned down at the farm was the outhouse. The chief, running around in the uncertain light, had fallen right into the black hole.
( , Thu 16 May 2013, 22:30, 3 replies)
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