Drama queen I am not. It’s about seeing a small child dealing with the loss of their parent or loved one. I have been in the 911 business for over 28 years and have been to a number of disasters including Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and a number of large widespread wildfires and many other incidents. I do not and never will consider myself a hero like you threw the term out there. The people I serve with are heros and have done some heroic things in my presence over the span of my career. I am lucky and honored to serve with them.
I’m not trying to ever say any life is more important than another. All lives matter.
Simply that I have seen a small child have to deal with the death of someone who will not be there for the milestones that child will have in their future. This is truly what that picture meant to me. Over my career I have lost a number of a number of friends to violence, fires, cancer and suicide and I don’t want to count how many times I have put on my dress uniform to go to their funerals.
Take my posting as you will, but I am no drama queen nor do I throw the hero status around as just a word as you did. I believe we do have true hero’s in this country and one day I hope you are able to understand that. I will reserve the rest of my thoughts on your posts as not to derail or take away from the meaning of this thread as inspirational.
I did see you have USMC in your screen name and want to thank you for your service to our country. I have nothing but respect for those who serve our country our communities and our general public.
I welcome you to send me a personal message if you want or need more clarification on my position.
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