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To: cripplecreek
I can’t remember his name but the man who came up with the forerunner of breathing equipment used by today’s firemen was a black man.

Pretty interesting story about a rescue in a tunnel under lake Erie.

First Breath: SCBA's History & Advancements.

19 posted on 09/25/2009 1:13:50 PM PDT by FoxInSocks (B. Hussein Obama: Central Planning Czar)
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To: FoxInSocks

Garrett Morgan is the man I was thinking of.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_Morgan


21 posted on 09/25/2009 1:19:42 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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