In addition to my cousin, there were 30 or 40 guys I grew up with who became firefighters as well. So, I've been around firefighters all my life.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My father's a firefighter. He was my whole life. And my brother-in-law and several family members are firefighters.
I grew up in a family of firemen and cops.
I actually wanted to be a fireman when I was younger.
Once you have a firefighter in your family, your family and the families from his crew become one big extended family.
I rode fire trucks, slid down fire poles, wore a lot of red, and made a lot of appearances. I've always had a special place in my heart for fire fighters.
Having dealt with a lot of real firefighters, I know there are a lot of guys who, for lack of a better term, become addicted to the grief because it has kept them connected to these guys that they felt responsible for having lost.
About 100 firefighters a year die in the line of duty in the U.S. Heart attacks on the job and vehicle accidents on the way to the fires account for about half. The other half are traumatic deaths while fighting fires.
As the member of a firefighter family myself, supporting the widowed families of rescue workers is an important, personal cause of mine.
I'll always be a firefighter, no matter what.
I used to think I'd like to be a fireman - in fact, I still would - and the only drawback I could see was coming back to the firehouse, after a day of fighting fires, and still having to put in an eight-hour day writing.
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