09-11-2015, 01:39 PM
I was in JROTC when it happened. Older cadets tended to do staff work in the back while the first years had actual class. Needless to say, no work got done that period. I got a page a bit later to head to the station (I was running squad at the time) because we just didn't know what would be needed. I was given permission and left school to go to our station. I worked an eerily quiet day as far as EMS was concerned here.
A couple of our volunteers were on shift in Fairfax, though (paid firefighters) and they were at the Pentagon that day. When you see images of the firefighters standing on top of the building with the flag draped down, one of my buddies is up there. They had him tie on the flag because he knows his knots (Eagle Scout, ftw). To this day he will only mention that part of the story, he doesn't talk about the job.
A couple of our volunteers were on shift in Fairfax, though (paid firefighters) and they were at the Pentagon that day. When you see images of the firefighters standing on top of the building with the flag draped down, one of my buddies is up there. They had him tie on the flag because he knows his knots (Eagle Scout, ftw). To this day he will only mention that part of the story, he doesn't talk about the job.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
