Last evening I attended a party at the Liberty Science Center, a place with a gorgeous view of Lower Manhattan. Not seeing the Twin Towers there (ugly boondoggles as they may have been) is still strange.
What’s even more strange to me is the lack of volunteer first responders around here. Around town, I’ve passed many EMS and fire/rescue stations like the Elizabeth Avenue Fire Company with big signs out front, begging for volunteers. Here I am in New Jersey, a place once in the shadows of the Twin Towers, and the fire-rescue crews can’t find enough volunteers? What happened to the heroic image firefighters earned on that dreadful day in September?
Have they traded their hoses and axes for guns?
um no … most of them are dead
Not those firefighters, dumbass. I mean firefighter volunteers. I thought they’d be lining up to join. Why not?