Posted on 08/23/2007 11:53:41 AM PDT by Utilizer
(WBZ) MILFORD Milford firefighters not only had to extinguish a house fire but they also saved a half-dozen cats from the burning home.
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Carolyn
When they get to Heaven those firemen will get credit for 54 lives . God bless them .
God bless those brave men.
Must.....resist.......urge.........to...........post............aaaaaaaaaarrrrrgggghhhhh!!!.........
Tomorrow’s headline: SIX CATS CHARGED IN REVENGE ARSON FOR DIRTY LITTERBOX
*laugh* Yar, I know. It was just something that was not at the usual divisiveness level, and besides a bloody good deed just makes My day. *grin*
Sorry but I can’t agree with a fireman risking his life to save a cat. Let the owner go back in there.
Saving cats and dogs is an easy call for these guys , it is their reviving those drugged out skin sacks of waste sometimes called humans that creeps me out .
It’s still a life they’re saving. If there are no humans inside, they still have to fight the fire and try to protect the structure anyway - so if the animals are there cowering in a corner (usually what happens), it’s usually little additional risk to evacuate the animals anyway.
“Firemen should not be expected to risk their lives,or even *ALLOWED* to risk their lives to save animals.”
One can only conclude you would prefer that animals burn to death or die of asphyxiation. I trust you’ll excuse me for not applauding your line of thinking.
Based on this picture, I’m expecting a PETA lawsuit any day now against the fireman for dropping the cat out the window.
People are more important....*far* more important...than any animal.I have no desire to see animals die in fires but when faced with a choice between an animal's life or a human life I choose the human *every* *single* time.
So your conclusion is absolutely 100% incorrect.
Last night I watched a portion of a documentary on the WTC collapse.In this film were still images of firemen walking up the stairs as civilians walked down.I'm sure you've seen them.One such image showed a firemen sweating profusely with a look of dread on his face,being clearly aware that he might not have much longer to live.Are you *honestly* telling me that if it had been 2,000 cats trapped on the 90th floor instead of 2,000 humans you would expect that firemen to make that same walk to his all-but-certain death?
If there are no humans inside, they still have to fight the fire and try to protect the structure anyway,
If the house is empty they can,and should,fight the fire from outside with hoses.The only time a fireman should go into a burning structure is when failure to do so would surely...or possibly...endanger *human* lives.
I’m with you. If they can manage it without risking their own lives, then that’s their decision, but otherwise not.
Placing the same value on the life of an animal as the life of a human is just wrong.
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