[The Old Hoosier]

Waaaaaaa!!!!!! Waaaaaaaaaah!!!! I'm a victim too!!!!!!!!

[Cable225]

''There were all sorts of stories of how men did this, men did that, how all the firefighters killed were men,'' she said. ''Somehow that's being used to prove there shouldn't be women firefighters. But if this happened almost anywhere else, there might have been 20 or 30 women firefighters killed.''

So we're upset that we didn't lose more women? I bet that sentence sounded a whole lot better in her head than it did when it came out.

[SuziQ]

Waaaaaaa!!!!!! Waaaaaaaaaah!!!! I'm a victim too!!!!!!!!

I was reading this article to my 14 yr. old daughter and her response was "Somebody call the WAHHHMBULANCE!"

[Pagey]

''What was most hurtful was to be so invisible at the funerals and memorial services,'' said Berkman, who heads the small women firefighters union....

GEEZ!Hurtful?Not being Recognized???Again, it's all about me!Forget that the majority are Men--- "In New York City, women account for just 28 of 11,400 firefighters less than 0.3 percent28!!!Look Lady,It's obvious YOU are in a minority Profession (personally chosen for that matter)for women in N.Y. Interesting to know that you have a "Union" w/ 28 members.That sounds special.Be happy about the job you do.Nothing else should matter.I expect this from the Boston Globe too.I'm sure this will be on their Local News tonight.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Why can't people just do their job without expecting laurels for it. They get a paycheck don't they? I am so sick of people screaming "Look at me, look at me."

Becky