I just watched an amazing rescue operation on the noon news. A man was walking his dog in Milne Park. His dog ran onto the icy pond and fell through the ice; the man attempted to rescue his pooch and fell through also.
The newscast went live to the pond and within a few nerve wracking minutes, the Firefighters of the Markham Fire Dept. crawled onto the ice (and fell into the water) and saved the man and his dog.
All of our emergency personnel in the Greater Toronto area are awesome, but the Fire Departments deserve special mention! These brave people are usually the first responders to emergency situations, thus exposing themselves to many types of danger, yet they manage to maintain their humour, compassion and generosity towards thier fellow man. I really don't know how they don't become jaded, because they see firsthand, the wreckage from mankind's collective and individual colossal stupidity. Firefighters are simply amazing!
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