On December 3, 1999, the call crackled in to the men of the Worchester, Massachusetts Fire Department: a three-alarm warehouse blaze in a six-story windowless colossus of brick and mortar. Firefighters love the excitement of a triple. But this was a different beast. Rollovers, flashovers, backdrafts, this one had it all. Once inside, they found themselves trapped in a snarling furnace of blazing orange heat as hot as a crematorium, with smoke so black and predatory they had to feel for their partners next to them. Swallowed ...
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On December 3, 1999, the call crackled in to the men of the Worchester, Massachusetts Fire Department: a three-alarm warehouse blaze in a six-story windowless colossus of brick and mortar. Firefighters love the excitement of a triple. But this was a different beast. Rollovers, flashovers, backdrafts, this one had it all. Once inside, they found themselves trapped in a snarling furnace of blazing orange heat as hot as a crematorium, with smoke so black and predatory they had to feel for their partners next to them. Swallowed deep in the building, with no way out, they struggled to survive an ill-fated ordeal that would push them to the very limits of loyalty and courage. What happened next -- and how their lives and community were changed forever -- offers an unprecedented look at these heroic men whose job it is to rush into burning buildings when everyone else just wants out.
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Very Good. 3 BRAND NEW AUDIO CASSETTES in the shrink wrap. Sealed and new. Just a bit of shelf wear to the shrinkwrap. Enjoy this NEW audio cassette performance.
Just finished it up the other day. I remember this when it happened while I was a firefighter in the Detroit area and wanted to find out why and how it happened. The story moves quickly and with just the right amount of background information. I have found in some books it can be a bit long winded, not here. My only wish is that the investigation into the deaths would have been more thorough. I thought I had read that one problem that occurred was two of the firefighters had 'free lanced' and no one knew they were in the building. I was not looking for the author to blame anyone; I was looking for why and ways that it could have been prevented, if possible. I still got a lot out of it, I now take 100 ft. of line into buildings that I am not familiar with just so I have a life line. Overall a good fire pick for the new or seasoned firefighter.
