And think about this: Lawson was asked what fire officials would have done if Martin had run to save his child from a burning building. ''That would be something that would be a split-second decision depending on the circumstances,'' she said. Lawson said it's the Fire Department's responsibility, not that of citizens, to rescue animals and people from burning buildings. ''We don't draw lines. We are here for lives, period. If any situation proves safe, we would go in for a child, a dog, a pet, when the situation was safe enough.
The position of this fire department is that if you see your CHILD stuck behind a glass door or window in a burning building, the (government) firefighters have the right to prevent you from going to break the door/window to save your child, if THEY think it's not "safe enough".
Can you imagine if that attitude prevailed in the military??? "If any situation proves safe, we would go take Baghdad, Tikrit, Mosul, when the situation was safe enough."