10. Every call does not have to be a tragedy.
“My father was a New York City firefighter who once responded to a call at a Chinese restaurant where the owner’s walkway had become iced over. He didn’t speak excellent English and may have misconstrued what a fireman’s work entailed? I honestly have no idea. They helped him by sprinkling salt on his front walkway and explaining that this was not their responsibility.
“Everyone in the team laughed a lot, and the guy offered them all complimentary egg rolls.” People always asked him about crazy calls, and he never liked talking about it, so he would always give that story. “What happened in 1999 still makes me giggle 20 years later.
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