Posted on 09/03/2020 11:03:30 AM PDT by blueplum
New York City — Dangling 16 stories over a Harlem sidewalk, Brian Quinn may look like a Hollywood stuntman, but this is no movie. The New York City firefighter was caught on camera trying to save a woman trapped on a ledge outside her burning apartment.
"She was very frantic. She was screaming she was going to die," Quinn told CBS News. "She did not want to let go."
It's the first time in years the department has resorted to a dangerous technique called a rope rescue.
"I was scared," Quinn explained. "When you're up that high, it's scary."
The rescue...
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Brian Quinn is also the name of one of the Impractical Jokers. Funny thing, he was also a NYC fireman.
Institutionalized racism?
You’ll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Balls of steel.
I wonder how the libs can spin this into racism.
They used a NOOSE to “rescue” her!!! So the racial damage is far worse than any injury she could have suffered.
Yeah, okay, Cops some times put their lives at risk, and kudos to them. However, Fire Fighters don't respond to some silly domestic dispute. They climb up those tall ladders to rescue people with no thought of their own safety. Hell, just standing on the roof of a one story building with fire below is harrowing enough because of potential collapse.
Then you have the forest Fire Fighters who get burned or die every season. Watch the fact based movie, "Only The Brave". Your viewpoint of forest fire fighters will be changed for the rest of your life. It's inspiring, informative, and sad.
Buy now that I know they can repel down from the roof, it's back to the penthouse suite for me!
Just so you know, domestic disputes are not “silly”—they are among the most physically dangerous calls—to cops—that LEOs have to make because of the passionate rage of the perp(s), especially those who are armed.
That said, I agree with you that firemen are called to be extremely brave on most of the calls they make. “Great job!” to this team for their skill and bravery. Hope the woman was grateful.
“I wonder how the libs can spin this into racism.”
They didnt look for and send a black female to make the rescue. Thats racist.
I think the difference is that, for firemen, every fire is a dangerous situation. They know it going in.
For a cop, every situation could go either way - simple, routine conversation to getting shot, ambushed, etc. Have to be prepared for the absolute worst, while also being constantly wary of overreacting when the situation doesn’t warrant it.
Both have gotta be stressful, but in different ways.
The rescued woman is white and so is the firefighter.
What kills or maims firemen more than anything is cancer. Everything is made of petroleum based products and the smoke is toxic. It gets obsorbed into the skin even through bunker gear and nomex hoods.
We were always told in AT/FP training to get a room between the 2nd and 11th floors, same logic (harder for bad guys to climb in a 2nd story window, but not so high a ladder can’t reach).
Colonel, USAF TJAGCR (ret)
“What kills or maims firemen more than anything is cancer. Everything is made of petroleum based products and the smoke is toxic. It gets obsorbed into the skin even through bunker gear and nomex hoods.”
A guy I worked with 15 years ago was volunteer fireman. A warehouse caught fire that had chemicals stored that were not reported on the exterior warning sign. He got a few lungfuls of smoke that wrecked havoc on his immune system for almost a year.
Firemen and women get prostate and other cancers at a much higher rate than civilians. The department I retired from now does screening yearly to catch it as early as possible. Gear is washed after ever fire.
In the old days it was a badge of honor to have a dirty smoky coat and helmet. Not anymore, it’s poison.
I haven’t watched the movie in a long time. Just a really tragic event. I don’t recall if it was emphasized, but the firefighters were 600yds away from safety of a ranch they probably didn’t even know was there.
The fire burned over, not around the ranch, like the sky itself was on fire, so who knows even with extra time, even if they knew it was there, even if they could breathe, if they could have made it. One silent question that’s never been answered is why the crew left a burned out area to descend into the flatland of a box canyon? - what caught their attention? But we’ll never know. Bless them all.
Here’s a story from 2 years ago that speaks to the Helms, the owners of the ranch:
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-wildfires/2018/06/24/granite-mountain-hotshots-only-brave-memorial-site/674512002/
The investigation concluded that the newbie adult Crew Chief (formally city structure fires) didn't read the fire and winds correctly and trapped them in a gorge. They didn't even have those cocoon outfits like in the movie. They just fried. It was horrible. Hopefully, they died of smoke inhalation first.
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