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Medal of Valor Firefighters : Gripping Tales of Bravery from America's Decorated Heroes

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I originally bought this book used for something like two bucks, expecting very little from it. Just another one of my fire-guy books that I like to read.

I was quite pleasantly surprised when I realized that many of the stories were ones I knew or had heard told and re-told in the fire academy and in the firehouse. They were well-researched and well-told versions of stories that I only ever knew the "gist" of. Famous rescues made by firefighters famous in the fire service: The woman they cut out of the collapse of a building also on fire during the 1989 San Francisco quake. Atlanta FF Matt Mosely rescuing a worker off a crane while dangling from a helicopter. The Worcester 6 in 1999. The double rope rescues made by Paddy Brown, Paddy Barr, and Kevin Shea in NYC in 1991 that was the inspiration for the rope rescue in the movie Ladder 49.

This is not a throw-away book, it's a must for anyone serious about the lore and legend of the fire service.

Good book with really great stories. Would have been 5 stars but thought the editing needed some work. Some of the stories you remember hearing about on the news but it was totally different to hear the details from those that were there. The stories in this book are just a small sampling of what men and women do across the country everyday to protect the lives of others.

I downloaded this on my new Kindle and my husband really love the text-to-speech feature. It made the book even more interesting.
This book tells it the way it is - you take your life in your hands as a firefighter. They are a truly unqiue group of men and women unlike any other.