Friday, April 4, 2008

Too close to Home

Two firefighters died today. Capt. Robin Broxterman and Rookie Brian Schira of the Colerain Twp Fire Dept (near Cincinnati)died when the floor collapsed and trapped them in the basement of a house. Cpt. Broxterman was recently engaged and leaves behind two children. Firefighter Schira worked three jobs. The reason this was too close to home are several reasons. Number one is we had a fireman fall thru a floor into basement here in Farmland. It happened in the house just south of FFC. The fireman was Joe Frazier who attends FFC. We were lucky that day to have Joe survive and live to fight more fires. It was one of the most frightened I have been at a fire. Second By the way I am a vol. fireman also. The third is why do emergency service workers need to work so many jobs. They should be able to work one job and go home and not rush to the next one.(I vented sorry). I hope and pray these two brave people have touched the face of God and are sitting around His throne. We never know when the call comes in if we get to come home. We dont do it for the glory but for the love of our community, neighbors and families. Pray for the families of these two fallen heroes tonight.

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