Well my son was at the busiest company in the US.My other son was Hazmat.One went to 9/11 for cleanup and traveled the US in first in companies when needed .My Husband fell off a 3 story building and broke his back his arm and his leg.Our children were 4-3 and 1 at the time.Expected to die.He had the last rite for the Catholic Church 2 times on the fire department because of injuries.All of them are Officers.Wait I have to add more cause yours is longer.My son got bite by a snake aiding a dying person in Louisiana during a storm and was poked by a dirty needle.We lost many Souls on the fire department and in just this last year 2 committed suicide .Both friends of my one son.None of them saw people come back to life .Don’t talk down to me.
I can’t tell if you are joking or what. It was our department’s SOP never to trust the police to make the determination whether someone was dead or not. That is because they made mistakes in the past and will continue to make mistakes. In my experience the police told us several times in 25 years that someone was dead when they were not.
I am sorry if my telling you of my experiences was somehow insulting to you. Being a firefighter’s wife can be very tough. My wife was very happy when I retired. I went through my share of tough stuff and was burned and injured more than once and had some very close calls. I have never told her of most the close calls because I knew she worried a lot as it was.