As a cat lover, I have nothing but sympathy for this man, but as a volunteer firefighter, I can understand the position of the fire department. If he had gotten in and gotten hurt, the firefighters would have to put themselves at risk to save him.
This is one situation I hope I don’t see a lot of if I become a firefighter.
Locally this week, we had an early morning house fire. For some reason, no one called 911. When the VFD got there, the house was almost fully involved.
The chief knew there was an elderly man inside and he said he knew he could have gotten in there, but probably wouldn’t have gotten out.
These are men making life and death decisions and they are only human. They have to go home to their families too.