WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.320 --> 00:00:01.879 Disclaimer. 2 00:00:02.040 --> 00:00:04.040 We'd like to know before the start of this interview 3 00:00:04.040 --> 00:00:06.559 that the opinions about to be expressed by the guest 4 00:00:06.839 --> 00:00:09.480 of Tonight's Getting Salty Experience Podcast are that of the 5 00:00:09.480 --> 00:00:12.759 guest and do not directly or necessarily reflect the views 6 00:00:13.240 --> 00:00:29.679 of the host of the Getting Salty Experience Podcast. 7 00:00:31.359 --> 00:00:33.960 You're listening to the Getting Salty Experience Podcast. 8 00:00:37.200 --> 00:00:44.359 A Hello, indeed, we are back. I haven't got a 9 00:00:44.399 --> 00:00:49.640 light show in a while. Right there it is Jose. 10 00:00:50.280 --> 00:00:51.039 I haven't seen that guy? 11 00:00:51.479 --> 00:00:51.920 Is it duck? 12 00:00:53.560 --> 00:00:54.240 It's the chicken. 13 00:00:56.840 --> 00:00:58.600 He's kind of wearing his shirt for too. It's kind 14 00:00:58.600 --> 00:00:58.960 of fitting. 15 00:01:00.280 --> 00:01:01.719 He knew back. 16 00:01:01.759 --> 00:01:03.640 If you get told these space pockets the only one, 17 00:01:04.040 --> 00:01:06.319 even if the lady steals it that brings the fire 18 00:01:06.319 --> 00:01:08.959 house kitchen table to you got a funny guy out 19 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:10.840 tonight places. 20 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:12.760 My face hurts already. We weren't even out of the 21 00:01:12.760 --> 00:01:15.239 pre show yet. I can't even film my face. I 22 00:01:15.239 --> 00:01:16.120 can't feel my face. 23 00:01:16.239 --> 00:01:18.200 That's for all the well wishes for the surgery. I'm 24 00:01:18.239 --> 00:01:20.439 feeling good not to stand up in a little while. 25 00:01:20.640 --> 00:01:22.920 It's getting If you guys haven't noticed, he's even taller 26 00:01:22.920 --> 00:01:23.280 in the chair. 27 00:01:23.319 --> 00:01:25.680 That's a little taller wish it was. 28 00:01:25.640 --> 00:01:26.040 A little bit. 29 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:27.480 Wish it was a ball. 30 00:01:28.159 --> 00:01:28.359 Yeah. 31 00:01:28.359 --> 00:01:30.159 Man, he's definitely sitting on a pad or something. 32 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:31.239 I'm not sitting on nothing. 33 00:01:31.560 --> 00:01:32.599 He's sitting on the ship ring. 34 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:32.760 You know. 35 00:01:32.760 --> 00:01:35.079 He's got the hemorrhoid ring going. He's like I see 36 00:01:35.159 --> 00:01:37.359 you in Harrisbury, like holy ship. 37 00:01:37.439 --> 00:01:39.599 His legs is straight now, no more horse legs. 38 00:01:39.680 --> 00:01:42.599 More walking over hyd you like. 39 00:01:44.920 --> 00:01:46.519 It's gonna be a little weird. That's a long time 40 00:01:46.519 --> 00:01:48.519 with them crooked fuckings. You've got that. 41 00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:53.040 Yeah, indeed, Yeah, I saw in the chat. There's somebody's 42 00:01:53.040 --> 00:01:54.359 birthday today. Did you see that? 43 00:01:54.519 --> 00:01:55.519 No, whose birthday is it? 44 00:01:55.799 --> 00:01:56.000 Oh? 45 00:01:56.280 --> 00:02:05.640 You know there's Procacini's birth Happy birthday, husband, yeah, husband, Yeah, 46 00:02:05.799 --> 00:02:08.039 that's I hope he gets a nice present tonight. 47 00:02:08.240 --> 00:02:10.039 I'll get something. 48 00:02:10.520 --> 00:02:12.759 John Albanize was asking for prayers too. We had a 49 00:02:12.759 --> 00:02:13.759 pretty big heart attack. 50 00:02:15.159 --> 00:02:16.879 Is it true that he was out? Like they brought 51 00:02:16.919 --> 00:02:17.599 him back to life? 52 00:02:17.759 --> 00:02:19.319 The little ones to. 53 00:02:19.240 --> 00:02:21.759 Me, you send uh sense prayers for John Albanize. He 54 00:02:21.759 --> 00:02:23.520 had he said it had a big heart attack. 55 00:02:23.560 --> 00:02:25.639 And man, Johnny, I see I'll put you on the 56 00:02:25.719 --> 00:02:28.400 rosey tonight. Johnny, stay away from the light, little buddy. 57 00:02:28.159 --> 00:02:29.919 Stay away from the light, but if you are on 58 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:35.039 him and everything, so the light. I got compressions, Yeah, 59 00:02:35.800 --> 00:02:37.039 they don't. 60 00:02:36.879 --> 00:02:39.400 Do you still have to do. You have to do 61 00:02:39.439 --> 00:02:40.800 two of them depending on what you're doing. But I'm 62 00:02:41.719 --> 00:02:43.479 I don't want to do to anymore. I'm just kidding. 63 00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:45.759 Just give me a vapor barrier. We're good. 64 00:02:45.800 --> 00:02:46.879 Pok her up there, Koobie. 65 00:02:48.240 --> 00:02:51.919 I got a haircut, No, no, just's I'm letting the girls. 66 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:55.159 It's growing a little differently. I got a little a 67 00:02:55.159 --> 00:02:56.199 little too much, I think today. 68 00:02:56.199 --> 00:02:58.879 But you know what, my girl, Cindy Drake, she's in 69 00:02:58.919 --> 00:03:01.759 there also also also, So let's get some prayers out 70 00:03:01.759 --> 00:03:05.719 the Hank senior dude Moley, he just had a heart surgery. 71 00:03:05.759 --> 00:03:07.360 He's on the man. He's doing well. He walked a 72 00:03:07.439 --> 00:03:10.960 mile today. So the senior man wishes all the leatherhead nation. 73 00:03:11.280 --> 00:03:13.000 Well let's say some prayers for Hank. 74 00:03:13.240 --> 00:03:14.560 Absolutely again. 75 00:03:15.240 --> 00:03:16.159 I found the heart on him. 76 00:03:16.319 --> 00:03:18.280 I told him it was like the grinches on middleriches. 77 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:20.759 One was a tiny little one. 78 00:03:19.280 --> 00:03:24.879 That it grows. He had he had something with his heart. 79 00:03:25.280 --> 00:03:26.960 We made a big banner when he came back. 80 00:03:26.840 --> 00:03:30.080 And yeah, I found the cheesy. We put out a 81 00:03:30.120 --> 00:03:31.960 sheet I think I helped he made it actually. 82 00:03:32.120 --> 00:03:33.159 Get well soon. 83 00:03:33.400 --> 00:03:36.319 We're glad tiger and was a wizard of Oz if 84 00:03:36.319 --> 00:03:38.319 I had a heart, was it wow? 85 00:03:38.439 --> 00:03:44.599 Speaking of tigers on tonight on let me practice that. 86 00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:46.919 I don't have a damn cats sound effect. I need 87 00:03:46.919 --> 00:03:48.960 to get one. Don't work on one of the roads. 88 00:03:50.719 --> 00:03:52.319 Tiger ones and I talked. 89 00:03:52.120 --> 00:03:57.680 To him, you gotta get the cops the woo woo. 90 00:03:57.879 --> 00:03:59.879 You gotta ask South. He had the on his helmet. 91 00:03:59.879 --> 00:04:05.120 He he's laughing back there. Yes, yes, no, tell me, yes, 92 00:04:06.560 --> 00:04:08.080 he's yelling us like I could hear him not kidding. 93 00:04:08.080 --> 00:04:11.400 I would whooh woo, I would woo you. 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They are an affiliate of the National Fallen 181 00:08:56.120 --> 00:08:57.399 Firefighter Foundation. 182 00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:02.639 I just went from MIA annual check up with Rob 183 00:09:02.720 --> 00:09:06.799 Brown Soup the nuts, bro, get the cardiac c T skin, 184 00:09:06.919 --> 00:09:10.840 get it all, learn about it early. You want time, Yeah, 185 00:09:11.519 --> 00:09:12.960 you want to collect that pension for a while. You 186 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:15.120 don't want to be like my own man, right, your 187 00:09:15.159 --> 00:09:18.360 father died like three four years later, retired and then 188 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:19.519 he died with my brother. 189 00:09:19.840 --> 00:09:24.200 Get out to gre yourself checked out all right, Roff ready. 190 00:09:27.600 --> 00:09:36.279 Yeah, coming to the stage, Lieutenant Salmrra. 191 00:09:42.759 --> 00:09:46.519 Going on, guys, welcome to the show. Brother, Thank you 192 00:09:46.639 --> 00:09:47.799 very much, Thank you for having me. 193 00:09:48.440 --> 00:09:50.000 Yeah, well, we used to run into each other all 194 00:09:50.039 --> 00:09:54.519 the time. We're just uh shooting. We're reminiscent about the 195 00:09:54.600 --> 00:09:58.080 time that he was at I. 196 00:09:58.120 --> 00:09:58.720 Wish I had a cat. 197 00:09:58.759 --> 00:09:59.519 I'm gonna find him. 198 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:02.399 Have No, I don't have a damn cat. I got 199 00:10:02.480 --> 00:10:02.759 a goat. 200 00:10:03.039 --> 00:10:06.919 I got forget about it. That's not really that's pretty Uh, 201 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:09.600 that's pretty good for him. Yeah, let's do that. Let's 202 00:10:09.639 --> 00:10:11.240 do the pledge first. Come on, Yeah, I got you, 203 00:10:11.320 --> 00:10:12.399 And then we're here we go. 204 00:10:15.440 --> 00:10:19.159 I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States 205 00:10:19.519 --> 00:10:23.679 of America and to the Republic, for which it stands, 206 00:10:24.600 --> 00:10:31.879 One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. 207 00:10:42.120 --> 00:10:44.840 This is not a tiger, is it, Casey? 208 00:10:44.879 --> 00:10:48.240 He says. Legend has it that his shadow once killed 209 00:10:48.279 --> 00:10:48.600 the dog? 210 00:10:48.879 --> 00:10:49.360 Is that true? 211 00:10:51.799 --> 00:10:52.720 Not a movie? 212 00:10:54.200 --> 00:10:58.559 I don't know. All right, are you ready? All we got. 213 00:11:00.080 --> 00:11:01.720 To Lieutenant saw Mara and remembers a lot of one 214 00:11:01.759 --> 00:11:04.159 twenty Good afternoon. 215 00:11:04.320 --> 00:11:07.679 My name is Lieutenant salvatoremier alat of one twenty. We 216 00:11:08.159 --> 00:11:09.879 we were at the firehouse when the alarm came in. 217 00:11:10.080 --> 00:11:13.200 We received a report of a fire in UH in 218 00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:16.840 the building behind me and UH. On arrival, we had 219 00:11:16.960 --> 00:11:19.879 multiple people advising us before we even got in the 220 00:11:19.879 --> 00:11:22.320 building that they were still a document trapped an apartment 221 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:25.440 four Bravo. So we knew that we had somebody in 222 00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:28.320 there that definitely needed to get attended to. So myself 223 00:11:28.399 --> 00:11:31.679 and my inside team immediately ascended to the fourth floor 224 00:11:32.200 --> 00:11:34.679 where when we met in the stairwell. We came out 225 00:11:34.679 --> 00:11:36.080 of the stairwell in the fourth floor, we had a 226 00:11:36.120 --> 00:11:38.519 heavy smoke condition and we knew we had to get 227 00:11:38.519 --> 00:11:40.320 in there because, like we said, we knew somebody was 228 00:11:40.320 --> 00:11:43.200 in there and they were trapped. We made our way 229 00:11:43.200 --> 00:11:45.399 to the door. We forced the door to apartment four Boy, 230 00:11:45.720 --> 00:11:51.000 and upon initially doing our searches, once we passed the 231 00:11:51.679 --> 00:11:55.039 hallway by the kitchen area, we found an unconscious victim 232 00:11:55.080 --> 00:11:57.679 on the floor, which was the victim that people were 233 00:11:57.679 --> 00:12:00.360 referring to that was trapped. I immediately raid to the 234 00:12:00.360 --> 00:12:04.120 command post that we found a unconscious civilian and that 235 00:12:04.240 --> 00:12:06.879 we were gonna prepare to package the patient and remove 236 00:12:06.960 --> 00:12:10.159 the patient outside of the fire area, which later on 237 00:12:10.399 --> 00:12:13.440 one of our firefighters brought them down to EMS EMS 238 00:12:13.519 --> 00:12:16.799 transported to the hospital, and uh, we're just hoping for 239 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:20.039 the most positive outcome that we can have, and I 240 00:12:20.159 --> 00:12:22.559 just want to say everyone did a fantastic job this 241 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:25.519 is what we trained for. This was a live opportunity 242 00:12:25.879 --> 00:12:28.519 to practice what we trained for. And everyone's teamwork was 243 00:12:28.559 --> 00:12:30.879 the reason today was so successful. So I just want 244 00:12:30.919 --> 00:12:33.080 to commend the guys and girls that were here today. 245 00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:38.600 Everyone did a fantastic job. Wow, I didn't know you're 246 00:12:38.639 --> 00:12:39.120 so popular. 247 00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:43.080 I dude, I have to ask you before we even 248 00:12:43.120 --> 00:12:45.919 get started, like, how nerve wracking is that to do? 249 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:48.840 Like with all of that stuff going on now, it 250 00:12:48.919 --> 00:12:50.080 were you like freaking. 251 00:12:51.960 --> 00:12:54.600 If you focus on the microphone, that's look at anybody else. 252 00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:57.159 We actually went back to the firehouse and the press 253 00:12:57.279 --> 00:12:58.679 desk gold and they said, you got to go back 254 00:12:58.679 --> 00:13:01.960 to the scene right away. Uh, national television media is 255 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:04.519 there and they got to interview you and find out no. 256 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:06.799 Way, so you have to think about it too. 257 00:13:07.200 --> 00:13:08.919 So I'm like, oh boy, what are they going to 258 00:13:08.960 --> 00:13:11.360 ask exactly? Oh? I have no idea, but are you 259 00:13:11.440 --> 00:13:14.600 ready to good? Did it look at you? I mean, 260 00:13:14.679 --> 00:13:16.879 you know, like I said, I'm like thinking to myself. 261 00:13:16.960 --> 00:13:18.600 I'm like, I just hope they're not. Like, you know, 262 00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:21.000 are you a hero? And what was the first question 263 00:13:21.120 --> 00:13:23.759 I asked? Do you consider yourself heroes? I'm like, how 264 00:13:23.799 --> 00:13:24.320 do you answer? 265 00:13:24.399 --> 00:13:28.080 That without being you say, here's nothing but a sandwich's. 266 00:13:27.559 --> 00:13:30.960 Yeah, heroes, what I put on my what do you 267 00:13:31.080 --> 00:13:35.720 mean like? So I tried to give appropriate answer, so, 268 00:13:35.960 --> 00:13:39.320 you know, to make it sound uh, you. 269 00:13:39.360 --> 00:13:41.519 Know it was even there. It was scary. Was that 270 00:13:41.559 --> 00:13:43.000 guy's helmet standing next to him? 271 00:13:43.080 --> 00:13:45.879 Holy shit? Man? I have another little clip here too, 272 00:13:45.960 --> 00:13:48.559 of totally twenty eight seconds here watch it. Yeah, yeah, 273 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:55.639 what do you respond to being a hero? This is 274 00:13:55.679 --> 00:13:57.639 what we signed up to do. We do it every day. 275 00:13:57.720 --> 00:13:59.720 We do with pride, we do it with joy. We're 276 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:01.600 here help the community, and we're happy to do it. 277 00:14:02.120 --> 00:14:04.399 It's another day in the office for us here, it's uh, 278 00:14:04.600 --> 00:14:07.879 it's it's our job, it's our life. So are we heroes? 279 00:14:08.039 --> 00:14:10.240 Some might say so, but to us, it's a job 280 00:14:10.320 --> 00:14:11.960 and we love doing it. We do it with passion 281 00:14:12.279 --> 00:14:14.200 and uh we come here every day to do it 282 00:14:14.320 --> 00:14:15.679 with with a smile on our face. 283 00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:17.000 Ah. 284 00:14:17.240 --> 00:14:19.120 That's question. 285 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:22.039 That was See he didn't have to think about that. 286 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:22.960 That bubbled right out. 287 00:14:23.120 --> 00:14:25.600 Yeah. Yeah, you see the chief behind time to time 288 00:14:25.679 --> 00:14:28.360 till this day. Hey, just another day in the office, 289 00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:30.000 you know, see the. 290 00:14:30.039 --> 00:14:32.440 Chief n there ain't nut you're gonna say that you 291 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:33.919 ain't gonna hear for the rest of your life. 292 00:14:33.960 --> 00:14:36.919 Oh my god, how many phone calls you get on 293 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:37.279 that one? 294 00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:37.720 Oh? 295 00:14:38.039 --> 00:14:39.759 I forgot, I can't. I went back to the fires. 296 00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:42.840 I had like fifty four messages, twelve phone calls, and 297 00:14:43.519 --> 00:14:45.200 like I said, I still get you know, you know, 298 00:14:45.279 --> 00:14:48.480 thats just another day in the office. I guess, Uh 299 00:14:48.679 --> 00:14:51.840 did the did the chief behind us say anything? Yeah? 300 00:14:53.759 --> 00:14:55.559 Say behind He was smirking when you said another day 301 00:14:55.559 --> 00:14:57.279 in the office. He kind of was holding back a chuckle. 302 00:14:57.600 --> 00:14:58.600 I thought that was perfect. 303 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:02.679 That's yeah. When you said, like I said, I didn't 304 00:15:02.679 --> 00:15:04.159 know what they were asking me. So this is what 305 00:15:04.279 --> 00:15:05.840 I threw back at them. 306 00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:08.279 You know where you said that you guys packaging? Did 307 00:15:08.360 --> 00:15:10.600 that mean you grabbed them biting ankles and banged his 308 00:15:10.679 --> 00:15:12.559 head the whole way down the stairs? Is that that 309 00:15:15.679 --> 00:15:17.720 could have happened? Maybe it happened. 310 00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:19.960 Maybe what did you guys get for that? Anybody get 311 00:15:19.960 --> 00:15:23.080 a unit or you put in for a unit? Yeah? 312 00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:27.639 Yeah, so yeah about the whole unit. You know what 313 00:15:27.679 --> 00:15:30.000 I'm saying, roofie, collective effort. 314 00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:39.000 Collect collective collective. There's no eyes, no iron team, does it? 315 00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:39.679 He and me? Though? 316 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:41.240 You know, is iron unit, though. 317 00:15:45.440 --> 00:15:47.000 We gotta get before that man. 318 00:15:47.080 --> 00:15:49.519 Give us a little bit where Salvat grew up, where 319 00:15:49.559 --> 00:15:51.840 you grew up, why you became a fine man, what 320 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:54.399 the childhood was like, your mom and dad, you brought 321 00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:54.919 us whatever? 322 00:15:56.279 --> 00:15:59.000 I originally uh, I was born and raised in Brooklyn 323 00:15:59.159 --> 00:16:02.000 for the no ship said by Brooklyn come on. 324 00:16:03.480 --> 00:16:03.519 That. 325 00:16:04.039 --> 00:16:06.480 Yeah, I was. I was born in my Mamadi's hospital 326 00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:08.759 in Brooklyn. I was there in Brooklyn Ships at Bank 327 00:16:08.799 --> 00:16:12.399 till about nineteen eighty eight, and then we moved out 328 00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:15.879 to Long Island to Old Westbury and I basically lived 329 00:16:15.919 --> 00:16:19.120 there until I found my future wife at the time, 330 00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:22.320 who's down my wife obviously, and we moved to Roslyn 331 00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:26.440 and I've been here ever since. Now. I've never had 332 00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:30.120 any family on the job. I was first, first generation 333 00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:33.799 fire department. Always wanted to do it, always was interested 334 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:35.639 when I was like a little kid, you know, like 335 00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:37.559 you know, I know a lot of people said I 336 00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:38.799 want to be a farman when I grow up, but 337 00:16:38.840 --> 00:16:41.639 I actually did and I did it, and I became 338 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:44.879 a volley when I was seventeen in Roslyn and I 339 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:48.200 still volunteered till till this day and still love it 340 00:16:48.440 --> 00:16:53.159 and the test came out and I took the test, 341 00:16:53.960 --> 00:16:56.440 and while I was waiting for that, I also got 342 00:16:56.600 --> 00:16:58.559 I got on EMS because they said that that was 343 00:16:58.600 --> 00:17:00.480 going to be like a sure way to get on 344 00:17:00.639 --> 00:17:03.240 at the time, because you know, if you didn't live 345 00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:05.039 in in the in the five boroughs, it was going 346 00:17:05.079 --> 00:17:07.000 to be difficult with the five points residency and all that. 347 00:17:07.119 --> 00:17:09.519 So I became an EMT and I wound up taking 348 00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:11.680 the open competitive and the promotional and I wound up 349 00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:17.000 getting on through the MS route in two thousand and three. 350 00:17:17.279 --> 00:17:20.799 And uh, well, you work in I worked at EMS 351 00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:29.000 in Corona, Queens h and I earned money an EMT, 352 00:17:29.160 --> 00:17:32.200 and I was assigned to Queens Corona in the area 353 00:17:32.519 --> 00:17:34.200 and I did that for two years before I got 354 00:17:35.640 --> 00:17:37.680 the academy. What you doing before you went to the 355 00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:40.720 m S though I was. I was twenty years old 356 00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:42.720 when I got on the MS, and I was literally 357 00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:44.440 I was a full time student at Hofstra. 358 00:17:45.920 --> 00:17:49.839 Oh is that way you got the itch? Like did 359 00:17:49.920 --> 00:17:52.640 you want to go to one thirty eight like to eighty. 360 00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:54.359 Nine eight Olive or not? When I was an EMT, 361 00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:56.759 I had a scanner in the rig and uh, anytime 362 00:17:56.799 --> 00:18:00.680 there was a job in the area, heading that way 363 00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:07.240 and hilly balls again, and uh, what what's going on? 364 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:10.200 I knew that was a hot area, so I figured 365 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:12.079 when I worked there as a flyman, it was it was. 366 00:18:12.440 --> 00:18:13.400 It was rocking and rolling. 367 00:18:13.799 --> 00:18:16.640 He figured, He figured, So, who how do you figure that? 368 00:18:16.759 --> 00:18:18.559 You just say, I'm gonna take a look at the 369 00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:21.359 draw or maybe Sally Box called somebody over there. 370 00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:24.079 You hang out, You hang out, you meet the guys 371 00:18:24.119 --> 00:18:26.160 over there at the park over there, the bach, you 372 00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:28.119 guys over there, and then you. 373 00:18:28.160 --> 00:18:30.759 Know what he saw on thirty eight he pulled over. 374 00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:31.759 He bought hup to Corona. 375 00:18:31.799 --> 00:18:34.240 Ice is the lemon Ice King of Corona, went to 376 00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:37.279 the spaghetti park over there, played a little bochi and 377 00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:40.079 they said, this is the time guy, you following the 378 00:18:40.160 --> 00:18:40.599 rig around? 379 00:18:40.599 --> 00:18:40.920 I don't know. 380 00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:44.480 Yeah, so, uh I wound up going there, and uh 381 00:18:44.759 --> 00:18:45.200 I love it. 382 00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:49.079 Wait you didn't wind up going there? How you keep 383 00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:49.440 missing it? 384 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:51.440 He's going around, not even in the engine, in the 385 00:18:51.519 --> 00:18:53.759 engine right to the right to the truck. 386 00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:57.599 I was in the engine first, the engine, all right. Yeah, 387 00:18:57.599 --> 00:18:59.000 I was in the engine for four years and then 388 00:18:59.359 --> 00:19:01.160 I went to the try four years into it, and 389 00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:02.680 I did six years in the truck. 390 00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:05.599 Well, how did you get to again, he's he's bypassing you. 391 00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:10.119 Listen, how did you get to the end? I h 392 00:19:11.039 --> 00:19:11.960 through a family friend. 393 00:19:12.599 --> 00:19:13.759 That's that's what I'm saying. 394 00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:20.720 You don't right out when you know, shout him right 395 00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:23.480 out when you know. I I I reached out to 396 00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:24.960 a couple of people to try to get me there, 397 00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:28.160 and uh, thankfully it all worked out. And uh I 398 00:19:28.240 --> 00:19:29.599 got a sign there and UH. 399 00:19:29.640 --> 00:19:31.559 Called you called the fixer, that is what you did. 400 00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:35.079 I called so infinitely, he called the fixer. You go 401 00:19:35.119 --> 00:19:37.000 over to eighty nine, you bring the cake. Who is 402 00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:38.000 the captain there at the time. 403 00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:41.039 The captain of two eighty nine was Mike Delina, remember 404 00:19:42.480 --> 00:19:46.920 vaguely Mike Mike Delina character great, great guy, and uh 405 00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:49.880 he was Uh he was there for a while because 406 00:19:49.880 --> 00:19:53.119 he got promoted the chief. And then after Mike Delina, 407 00:19:53.400 --> 00:19:56.960 Dean Castor was the captain. Yeah he was the captain 408 00:19:59.079 --> 00:20:02.160 and uh, yeah he was there. And then after him 409 00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:06.519 was I believe Jimmy Gelss that's my commission. And then uh, 410 00:20:06.680 --> 00:20:08.599 like I said, four years later, I wanted to go 411 00:20:08.680 --> 00:20:09.160 to the truck. 412 00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:14.359 Slow down, slow, let's talk about the engine. Turn the 413 00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:15.359 page right on the engine. 414 00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:19.480 Right right, I was right, don't he gives the engine 415 00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:20.400 credit he turned the pig. 416 00:20:20.680 --> 00:20:20.960 I was. 417 00:20:24.079 --> 00:20:26.480 Root, but then I went to the truck and then, uh, 418 00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:28.079 it doesn't really count. 419 00:20:28.279 --> 00:20:29.839 So what did you catch your first job? How long 420 00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:32.240 your first tour did you catch? How many runs did 421 00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:33.960 you go on your first tour? For godsakes? Over there? 422 00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:40.400 I think, uh, one weekend. I caught my first job there. Yeah, 423 00:20:40.759 --> 00:20:43.440 it was about it was about you know, first week. Uh, 424 00:20:43.880 --> 00:20:45.759 and then I caught a job. The way it worked 425 00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:47.519 in the engine over there is the senior guy in 426 00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:51.599 the groups got the nozzle. So I usually have backup 427 00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:54.839 or door. We were a five man company, so uh. 428 00:20:55.119 --> 00:20:56.920 You know, it always got to work your group though, right, 429 00:20:57.480 --> 00:20:59.039 If you worked your groups, did you get the nozzle? 430 00:20:59.079 --> 00:21:01.559 It was always a senior You had to be in 431 00:21:01.599 --> 00:21:02.559 your groups here at the nozzle. 432 00:21:02.839 --> 00:21:03.799 Yeah, right, exactly. 433 00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:05.960 Well, you know, obviously if everyone was on a mutual 434 00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:07.519 or the senior guy wanted to give it to you, 435 00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:10.000 that worked, But it was always senior guy in groups 436 00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:10.640 got the nozzle. 437 00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:14.039 Yeah, was the same way. 438 00:21:14.599 --> 00:21:16.519 Yeah, you wants to know if Rick Bruno was there 439 00:21:16.599 --> 00:21:18.960 Toy nine when you were there, Rick Bruno was definitely 440 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:23.200 that he was a legend there there. Bro fixed yet 441 00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:26.759 he was a great, great boss. Nothing phased that guy. 442 00:21:27.319 --> 00:21:29.400 She could be hitting the fan and that guy was calm, 443 00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:33.160 cool and collective like nothing was going on. That's what 444 00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:35.799 you want, you know that, That's exactly what you wanted, 445 00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:39.559 like no matter. His famous saying was there's there's no 446 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:42.920 problem and only solutions, and he lived by that, he 447 00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:44.319 really did all the time. 448 00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:46.400 Who does you say that? 449 00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:48.799 Yeah, guy, he kind of told me that no problem, 450 00:21:48.880 --> 00:21:51.119 the only solutions. Yeah, it's a great saying. 451 00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:51.279 Bro. 452 00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:52.799 That's a good house. 453 00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:55.519 So guys, for people you know who are in New York, Uh, 454 00:21:56.400 --> 00:21:59.160 it's it's a more of a ghetto house, you know, 455 00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:01.839 more of a Clinton type house. A lot of guys 456 00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:07.319 run the run and there were sponts areas huge, huge 457 00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:10.000 it is. Yeah, So did you were you the only 458 00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:11.200 program that went there when you went? 459 00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:15.359 No, I went there with uh with one other guy 460 00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:17.200 in the engine and one guy of the truck. So 461 00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:19.319 three of us from that class went to that house. 462 00:22:19.440 --> 00:22:20.759 So the other guy went to the truck. She had 463 00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:23.759 a bigger hook than you. What you said, right initially? 464 00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:26.599 Did the engine I asked you a question? Though he 465 00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:28.480 probably won't say did you put the trunk or the 466 00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:30.160 engine down first? When you asked your hook? 467 00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:34.039 No, I actually I asked to go to the engine. Yeah, yeah, 468 00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:36.440 I wanted to start. Everyone told me start off in 469 00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:38.880 the engine. You'll you'll thank me later. And that's exactly 470 00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:41.079 what I did. I learned the engine and I did that, 471 00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:42.960 you know, for you know, a couple of years, and 472 00:22:43.079 --> 00:22:44.480 then before I went to the truck. 473 00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:47.279 Uh huh you get they get a lot of work 474 00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:51.200 over it. The heavily occupied over there, crazy, the amount 475 00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:51.960 of people living. 476 00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:54.319 Every type of every type of building too. They got h's, 477 00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:56.039 they got commercials. 478 00:22:56.359 --> 00:22:58.960 It was a very diverse uh makeup of buildings, which 479 00:22:59.039 --> 00:23:02.480 was very nice to uh to learn the job there and. 480 00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:05.880 You got there what two thousand and three? Yeah, yeah, 481 00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:11.640 you learn the who teaches you that? I'm trying to 482 00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:13.000 a you gotta teach me. 483 00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:26.119 The Uh they have a little scratch pad in the house. Wash. Yeah. 484 00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:29.039 What about uh Tarantini over there. 485 00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:32.599 He was the best he was Uh work, Yeah. 486 00:23:32.400 --> 00:23:34.279 He's still working. He says he's getting ready to pack 487 00:23:34.359 --> 00:23:35.440 and putting a plan together. 488 00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:36.279 I talked to him today. 489 00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:40.680 Tiger one, Tiger, he's Tiger one, right, I remember you 490 00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:43.279 know was a tiger one when you got there. 491 00:23:43.319 --> 00:23:44.279 It was Mike, wasn't it. 492 00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:45.680 Uh? 493 00:23:46.839 --> 00:23:48.359 He called himself Taron Tiger. 494 00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:55.240 No but uhant. 495 00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:54.839 But what's his day? 496 00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:58.200 Was a senior man there in the truck, Mike Mike Bryor, 497 00:23:58.519 --> 00:23:59.079 Mike Pryor. 498 00:23:59.359 --> 00:24:00.880 Mike Pryor was senior guy when I was there. 499 00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:02.759 Yeah, right, who was the senior man the engine? 500 00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:05.480 Uh, senior guy in the engine was when I got 501 00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:11.240 there was Greg Benomi. They called him Babo and yeah, 502 00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:13.160 he was a senior guy. And Mike Mike Pryor was 503 00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:16.319 a senior guy in the truck who had the raspy voice. 504 00:24:16.319 --> 00:24:18.920 Who was the yeah we do was like this? 505 00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:19.440 He was? 506 00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:22.440 He was the union two for two eighty nine. 507 00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:28.640 Oh, Johnny Debo DeVoe deebo. I think of the movie Friday. 508 00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:31.519 Yeah, my grandmama gave me that change. 509 00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:35.720 Tell us about a good job that he caught in 510 00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:38.200 two eighty nine before we turned a page to the 511 00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:39.759 truck again, bro, give us a good job that he 512 00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:40.599 had in to eighty nine. 513 00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:48.039 Uh, good job in two eighty nine. Uh, probably one 514 00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:51.119 of my uh first nozzle jobs actually in two eighty nine. 515 00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:51.400 Uh. 516 00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:53.960 And like I said that wasn't right away because like 517 00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:56.680 I said, you had to be in your groups in uh, 518 00:24:58.480 --> 00:25:01.200 in your groups working to get the nozzle and and 519 00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:04.720 be senior and being approbate. I didn't have any seniority, 520 00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:07.480 so uh, probably, I don't know, a month or two 521 00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:09.240 in and we had a rock and basement job and 522 00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:12.960 uh we were first due. Truck was first due, and 523 00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:16.599 uh it was like I said, it was probably one 524 00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:18.119 of my first, you know, first nozzle jobs, and it 525 00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:22.039 was a basement job. So all that all that together 526 00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:25.279 and I'm like, this is fucking intense, man, And you know, 527 00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:28.039 basement job. You know, it's probably you know, the hairy 528 00:25:28.119 --> 00:25:31.079 situation you'll be in in the private dwelling, you know, 529 00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:33.519 because there's only one way in, one way out typically, 530 00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:38.000 and uh you know those are those are probably the 531 00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:41.160 most dangerous in a private dwelling. So it was as 532 00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:43.519 much as it was dangerous, it was very exciting because 533 00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:45.640 you know, I'm full of pist of mintigar and this 534 00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:49.519 is exactly what I've been waiting for. And boom, here 535 00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:50.880 we go. You came out. 536 00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:53.519 Did you just stay just another day at the office. 537 00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:58.319 Yeah, I was still learning the office at that. 538 00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:03.720 Ship. That's good. 539 00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:07.039 Yeah, so that was your first nozzle jub what they 540 00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:09.039 do with they see your man give you the nozzle. 541 00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:11.400 Or uh no, I actually had the nozzle somehow. I 542 00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:12.880 don't remember. I was in groups, but I had the 543 00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:17.799 nozzle at that ah and you get your jump Yeah, yeah, 544 00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:19.440 it was. It was rocking and like, you know, like 545 00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:22.240 you get out of that, you know, and you're adrenaline 546 00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:24.480 is pumping and you're like that it was fucking awesome. 547 00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:25.400 Let's do it again. 548 00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:27.720 Yeah, and you're like, you know, get a chance over 549 00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:29.359 there because they go they go to decent amount. 550 00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:31.680 Uh hey sound Did the guys know that you were 551 00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:33.279 a volunteer when you got there or no? 552 00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:38.279 Uh initially, but I think a couple of months in 553 00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:44.279 the word got out, you know nothing U I uh, 554 00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:46.119 you know, I told him They're like, are you a volley? 555 00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:49.079 I'm like I am, and they're like, all right, that's cool. 556 00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:50.960 I Meanwhile, there's a lot of bollegys in that house, 557 00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:54.519 which was cool, you know, and uh probably no bullshit. 558 00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:58.759 A third of the house was Rally's Wow and Jimmy 559 00:26:58.799 --> 00:27:02.599 Gills was Yeah. It was. It was like and you 560 00:27:02.720 --> 00:27:05.160 try to like secretly find out who are the volleys? 561 00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:06.839 And be like yo, you know, I me and you 562 00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:09.640 were in the same boat, you know. And uh, but 563 00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:11.920 then you had those people who, like, you know, if 564 00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:15.000 you had a Volley shirt on, they fucking crucified you. 565 00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:18.880 You know, they were anti Volley, hardcore union, like you're 566 00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:21.359 fucking taking away jobs. I'm like, I'm really not, because 567 00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:25.880 there's no paid farm in my department. So but you know, 568 00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:27.440 it was what it was. Like I said, I never 569 00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:29.839 regret being a valet. I still in the valley. I 570 00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:32.960 love doing it. And it's it's the way it is 571 00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:34.640 out here in Loyland. It is what it is, you know. 572 00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:37.000 Yeah, who's chief? 573 00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:42.319 I think he's referencing to sal Chief over there. I was, 574 00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:46.039 Oh Jesus, he's leaving. 575 00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:47.319 Come I don't see that on here. 576 00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:53.839 It's not on it. Come on, come on, take it easy. 577 00:27:57.160 --> 00:27:57.640 Now, mirror. 578 00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.519 Did you cook over there? 579 00:27:59.160 --> 00:27:59.319 Oh? 580 00:27:59.640 --> 00:28:00.279 Did he hook? 581 00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:03.799 I did? I? I actually uh made a signature meal 582 00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:07.400 there called sal zones. Uh yeah, I made them in 583 00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:13.039 Walking Street too, related to seal zone. So uh basically 584 00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:16.160 it's a cow zone. But some of the guys alleged 585 00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:18.160 up my sweat from when I was sweating for a 586 00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:21.000 fusely dripped into the cow zones, which is what made 587 00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:24.880 them cow zones sell zones. But uh yeah, basically I 588 00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:27.400 made a cow zone and we made all kinds. We 589 00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:33.680 made sausage and peppers. We made ham pepperona d a 590 00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:36.160 whole bunch of them, and they were delicious. So once 591 00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:37.720 in a while the guys would be like, but we 592 00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:40.400 do some sal zones today says you got them, let's 593 00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:43.200 make them. And even when I got promoted, I didn't 594 00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:45.440 mind cooking once in a while, like it was fun. 595 00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:48.960 Still, you know, mm hmm. So you get the inst 596 00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:52.079 to go over to the truck. I did you made 597 00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:52.480 the movie? 598 00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:54.279 Would you just go to see the captain? I knew 599 00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:55.680 you wanted to go? Well, how long did you wait? 600 00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:58.240 Well? I actually, I'll be honest you. I was nervous 601 00:28:58.319 --> 00:29:01.599 to tell Jim Gills at the time, who was the captain, 602 00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:02.880 that I wanted to go to the truck because I 603 00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:05.880 feel like I'd let him down. But I called him 604 00:29:05.880 --> 00:29:08.119 at home one day and I said, hey, cap at Sally. 605 00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:10.640 He's like, what's up? Everything all right? I'm like, yeah, 606 00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:16.200 everything's all right, and I said I'm thinking about going 607 00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:19.000 to the truck. He's like, well, when you're thinking about 608 00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:22.960 doing it. I'm like now, he's like, oh right, okay. 609 00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:25.079 So I'm like, you know, I'm gonna fill out my 610 00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:27.519 paper and hopefully get it all signed, and I just 611 00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:30.000 wanted to get your blessing. He's like, no, by all means, listen, 612 00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:33.440 it's you know, it's a step in the right direction. 613 00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:35.039 He's like, I'm sure we actually you gonna want to 614 00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:37.119 study one day. And it was a it was a 615 00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:39.480 good move. And so I put my paper for the 616 00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:42.480 for the truck and I remember I walked it through. 617 00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:46.240 I got everyone's signatures from the captain here battalion and 618 00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:51.119 at the time we had four double groups wow wow, 619 00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:53.240 And it was about I don't know, six people with 620 00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:55.839 their papers and to go across the floor. And I 621 00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:58.079 walked it through and I remember going to see Chief Aserna, 622 00:29:58.160 --> 00:30:01.599 who was the Queensborough commander at the time, and I 623 00:30:01.640 --> 00:30:03.319 said the Chief, I just want to drop this off. 624 00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:04.839 This is my paper. He's like, south, do you know 625 00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:07.599 that there's like four double groups, six people looking to 626 00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:10.119 go that I've had papers in for years. He's like, 627 00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:12.400 this is not going to be for probably years and 628 00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:15.680 years and years. So I said, no problem, Chief, I said, 629 00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:17.319 I just want to put it in. Get the clock started, 630 00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:20.039 you know. And two weeks later I was in one 631 00:30:20.119 --> 00:30:27.400 thirty eight. You must yeah, robah, but they told me 632 00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:29.519 that's where I was working as a certain date. Two 633 00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:32.200 weeks later, yeah, that you can rob a bank with 634 00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:32.599 this guy. 635 00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:32.759 Bro. 636 00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:33.759 I have no idea. 637 00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:37.039 But you were UFO. You went UFO. Obviously you were 638 00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:37.519 in UFO. 639 00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:41.079 No, no, I got I was assigned. 640 00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:42.119 Oh you were signed? 641 00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.640 Yeah, I was. 642 00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:45.279 I gotta signed. So now I have five double groups 643 00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:47.640 and I had six people in the engine pissed off of. 644 00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:50.680 Me because I just said, the guy's probably hat now right. 645 00:30:50.880 --> 00:30:53.519 They did. But you know, they said, if you have 646 00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:55.440 a hook, don't don't waste it. You don't call him, 647 00:30:55.599 --> 00:30:57.880 use them, So we did. 648 00:30:58.359 --> 00:30:58.680 I did. 649 00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:03.519 And this is the retiring theme in South Korea. 650 00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:05.680 That's a tough because you still got to live with 651 00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.200 those guys. 652 00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:09.960 It's kind of a tough, but but I get they're like, here, 653 00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:11.039 sal this is your dinner. 654 00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:16.200 No no, no, no, the engines and mails, oh, Sally's 655 00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:16.680 working today. 656 00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:21.000 And the guys who were waiting to go, they were great. 657 00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:22.559 They gave me my own plate, like this is. 658 00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:27.599 Yours, this is your m uh so yeah, so night 659 00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:29.839 they're asked force in your pillow in the bunk room. 660 00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:35.079 But uh yeah it was Uh it was like I said, 661 00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:37.119 you know, I wanted to do it. I had to 662 00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:40.200 get to go to the truck and uh I did it. 663 00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:43.000 You know, did you have to go see Tiger one 664 00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:43.839 to get his blessing? 665 00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.519 I got. 666 00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:45.400 I had his blessing. 667 00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:46.680 Yeah, Tiger One's blessing. 668 00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:48.960 So yeah, I spoke to the union guys in both 669 00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:50.799 companies just to make sure it was okay with them, 670 00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:54.880 and like I said, nobody had any objection. Afterwards, a 671 00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:57.799 couple of people weren't crazy about jumping, you know, certain guys, 672 00:31:57.920 --> 00:32:00.160 but like I said, you know, you don't know who 673 00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:01.359 has a hook who doesn't. 674 00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:05.160 Have a hook, and you know you gotta use it. 675 00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:08.599 Bro I wanted to do. You know, it's only it's 676 00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:12.000 your career, you know, so you're only uh hurt yourself 677 00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:15.039 if you don't use it exactly. Now, how how'd you 678 00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:15.759 like going from me? 679 00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:19.319 Because two eighty nine got a relatively small first to 680 00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:21.279 area to one thirty eight that you feel like you 681 00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:23.559 could be driving on the rate for like fifteen minutes 682 00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:24.359 to get to the box. 683 00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:27.279 It's crazy. I remember we had covering officers in one 684 00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:30.240 thirty eight from Brooklyn, and you know areas where they 685 00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:32.759 were so populated with engine companies and he's like, where 686 00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:36.480 are we going? And I'm like, second to box. He's like, 687 00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:39.400 we've been on the rink for eleven minutes. Yeah, and 688 00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:40.960 that's how it is over there. You had a lot 689 00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:42.839 of single engines over there. But the area for one 690 00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:46.640 thirty eight was tremendous. It was huge all the way 691 00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:48.920 out the flushing Yeah. Yeah, and then you got a 692 00:32:48.960 --> 00:32:50.119 special call a lot too. Man. 693 00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:51.759 Oh, I was just going to say, when when you 694 00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:54.160 had this is Queen Street to fall? 695 00:32:54.359 --> 00:32:54.519 Was he? 696 00:32:57.079 --> 00:32:57.240 Oh? 697 00:32:57.359 --> 00:33:01.039 Yeah, god, he you can any one time. Yeah. Yeah. 698 00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:04.799 He came to the firehouse all the time. And his 699 00:33:04.920 --> 00:33:06.880 famous thing he would be like, there'll be movement today. 700 00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:09.960 Miro like, w there are we going. He's like, I'm 701 00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:12.880 not sure yet, but they'll be movement. I'm like okay. 702 00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:16.559 But yeah. He came by literally every single day pretty much. 703 00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:19.319 And uh, you know, he was great to have as 704 00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:21.480 a friend because you know when he was on the radio, 705 00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:22.119 he took care of it. 706 00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:22.440 Yeah. 707 00:33:22.640 --> 00:33:25.519 Oh my god. Corona House of Fire. 708 00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:28.839 Corona House of Fire, take in phone alarm for two 709 00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:35.480 four six. Correction, this is Queen's too far, This is 710 00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:36.599 Queen Street to four. 711 00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:39.039 So tell us about some scary jobs in one thirty eight. 712 00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:42.359 Bro, come on already, you know what. 713 00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:44.400 God, let's go, come on through some of the old pictures. 714 00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:46.400 We're into the truck and throw some engine pictures. 715 00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:48.039 Yeah, he don't have any engine pictures. 716 00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:49.880 He didn't send an illion my god. 717 00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:50.279 Boy. 718 00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:55.279 Sorry, well sorry was all over him. Yeah, but you 719 00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:57.359 got the other he got the early pictures though Proby No. 720 00:33:57.799 --> 00:33:59.160 No, he had no Proby pictures. 721 00:33:59.200 --> 00:33:59.240 No. 722 00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:01.400 The only thing we have of him early, we have 723 00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:03.759 some early stuff. The one we have early is one 724 00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:07.119 of these. Oh boy, I know it was only a 725 00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:07.839 matter of times. 726 00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:11.079 Where was that? That was one thirty eight? 727 00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:14.519 No, so that was it made its way to one 728 00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:18.719 thirty eight that That was a bachelor party that I 729 00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:23.760 was at and we were actually in Las Vegas, and uh, 730 00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:25.960 somebody dared me to wear that, and I said, if 731 00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:28.280 you buy it, I'll wear it. So that's the story 732 00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:30.639 behind that. And guess what, the motherfucker came through and 733 00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:34.320 they bought it for me. So then I had to 734 00:34:34.320 --> 00:34:36.239 actually put it on and wear it for six hours 735 00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:39.599 and it was the most humiliating thing ever. I'm literally 736 00:34:39.679 --> 00:34:41.840 at a pool with like families around and like people 737 00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.599 stay away. 738 00:34:43.440 --> 00:34:47.719 From that, stay away from beefcakes. 739 00:34:48.320 --> 00:34:53.719 Becakes there and uh yeah that that picture that made 740 00:34:53.760 --> 00:34:57.559 its way around and uh they actually gotta there you go. 741 00:34:57.679 --> 00:35:00.800 They got a life size with those fat heads right 742 00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:03.800 then a life side version of being made up and 743 00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:07.119 hung in the in the firehouse kitchen in in Corona. 744 00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:08.960 And they hung it on the on the wall there 745 00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:10.559 have got it of these today, bro. 746 00:35:13.719 --> 00:35:17.119 The best. But yeah, and then when I went to Flips, 747 00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:22.800 that giant figure made it there and made it to Brooklyn. 748 00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:25.199 I had the commissioner tell me one day at at 749 00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:26.920 an event, He's like, you look much better with your 750 00:35:26.920 --> 00:35:29.840 clothes on. And I'm like, commissioner, wait, did you see 751 00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:33.800 the picture on the eighth floor. I'm like, oh, boy, boy, 752 00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:40.400 I feel like used. But it was definitely comical. 753 00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:40.719 Listen. 754 00:35:40.800 --> 00:35:43.400 I mean, the funniest thing about the whole Speedot thing 755 00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:45.880 is like I didn't give a ship like it was. 756 00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:54.760 I call it very European. Ye nah no, she she 757 00:35:55.159 --> 00:35:57.000 got a kick out of it. But the funniest thing 758 00:35:57.079 --> 00:35:59.679 is is every pictic guess what the guy's requested they 759 00:35:59.719 --> 00:36:01.280 want me to wear that thing, and I said, it's 760 00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:04.039 too slutty to wear that with the families around, right, 761 00:36:04.760 --> 00:36:07.000 you know, the kids can't be seeing that kind of shit. 762 00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:10.599 I got a shave or anything armful life, you know, yeah, 763 00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:14.880 shaved the boys up, the the whole thing. 764 00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:16.039 You had the whole look going on there. 765 00:36:16.119 --> 00:36:19.199 Bro Oh yeah, yeah it was. It was funny, man. 766 00:36:19.280 --> 00:36:20.880 And I guess that you only live once, so you 767 00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:22.480 gotta do silly shit like that one. 768 00:36:23.239 --> 00:36:26.000 So when you're in one thirty eight, how do they roll? 769 00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:28.639 You don't get the roof for the ov right away, right. 770 00:36:29.239 --> 00:36:29.800 What do you give you? 771 00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:32.400 Honestly one thirty eight depending on the bosses. You know, 772 00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:34.960 we had one boss who he made the waiting list 773 00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:38.639 and you had zero involvement with what you wanted to work, uh, 774 00:36:39.039 --> 00:36:41.920 position wise for the tour. And then you had certain 775 00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:47.000 bosses who you know, senior guy in groups or you know, uh. Basically, 776 00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:49.239 once you got assigned the roof for the first time, 777 00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:52.480 you were on the roof for quite some time. Really, yeah, 778 00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:55.199 you were like the uh, the seated roofman, if you 779 00:36:55.239 --> 00:36:57.679 want to call it that, and which is good. I 780 00:36:57.719 --> 00:36:59.280 mean they want you to learn the roof because it's 781 00:36:59.360 --> 00:37:02.000 you know, an important position. But at the same time, 782 00:37:02.079 --> 00:37:03.880 no one's really like can I have the roof today? 783 00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:09.320 But you know, important position. But like I said, there 784 00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:13.199 was a learning position too, because they wanted the junior 785 00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:15.679 guy who is now able to take that position to 786 00:37:15.800 --> 00:37:18.280 really be well round the roof man, right, you have 787 00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:24.199 to be strong too. There's a little story behind that. 788 00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:27.079 You know. It's a you know, medium shirt, so it 789 00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:29.800 was a little tight. I actually had to get that 790 00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:33.039 altared at one time because my arms are bigger than 791 00:37:33.079 --> 00:37:34.599 the sleeve. Believe it or not, I was big at 792 00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:38.440 the weightlifting and uh, I might have gotten the length 793 00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:48.760 shortened a little too, if you notice the past h 794 00:37:50.119 --> 00:37:57.760 I Uh, I like showing them off a little. But 795 00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:59.400 I don't have those arms anymore. 796 00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:03.519 He still had his speed although yeah, still wear the 797 00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:08.440 speed up on occasion at home. Special treats special exactly. 798 00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:11.280 So I called eye candy for the ladies, you know. 799 00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:12.119 Nice. 800 00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:14.480 So, So who was who was some of the guys 801 00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:17.239 in in the truck that you kind of you know, 802 00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:20.360 gravitated to, like as far as the job was concerned. 803 00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:25.360 Yeah, uh, you know a couple of senior guys like 804 00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:27.480 I really, I really clicked well with them there. You know, 805 00:38:27.519 --> 00:38:30.239 I had Mike Pyre was a senior guy. Got along 806 00:38:30.280 --> 00:38:33.559 great with him. You know, he was around forever, pleasure 807 00:38:33.639 --> 00:38:36.599 to deal with, absolute gentlemen, and you know, UH loved 808 00:38:36.639 --> 00:38:39.000 work with him. He was in my groups. Uh, Steve 809 00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:42.800 Core hardcore remember him, Koobs, Yeah, Ri Founder, you guys 810 00:38:42.840 --> 00:38:45.679 remember him. He was great man. He called me Buffy 811 00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:50.119 and you know, I got he. He was a little 812 00:38:50.239 --> 00:38:52.679 rough around the edges, but he he liked me, which 813 00:38:52.800 --> 00:38:53.079 was good. 814 00:38:53.760 --> 00:38:55.760 So we got always good when the rough around the 815 00:38:55.840 --> 00:38:57.800 edges guys like you, whatever reason it is. 816 00:38:57.880 --> 00:39:01.480 Yeah. So he didn't like to me and I ran 817 00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:01.760 with it. 818 00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:02.039 Man. 819 00:39:02.159 --> 00:39:05.079 And uh, he was definitely a good mentor to have. 820 00:39:06.760 --> 00:39:10.119 Chris Miller, who went up, uh get promoted and working 821 00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:12.639 next house over in Brooklyn. He was one of the 822 00:39:12.679 --> 00:39:15.079 other senior guys in my groups. He was seated chauffeur. 823 00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:18.559 He was great to work with and uh taught me 824 00:39:18.599 --> 00:39:21.800 a lot. And uh and and Joe Tarren Tiger, Joe 825 00:39:21.920 --> 00:39:23.559 Tarran Tager. We're gonna get him on the show. 826 00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:25.280 He's he's been there a long time, right, I mean 827 00:39:25.320 --> 00:39:26.239 how long he has. 828 00:39:26.159 --> 00:39:29.119 He's the senior guy then now and Uh, Jimmie and Joe. 829 00:39:29.159 --> 00:39:31.480 I still talked to him all time. He was he 830 00:39:31.719 --> 00:39:34.760 was a pleasure to work with man. And and he's 831 00:39:34.840 --> 00:39:36.400 like I said, he's a close friend of mine until 832 00:39:36.440 --> 00:39:39.480 this day. And I still talk to him and uh always, 833 00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:41.920 you know, not only about firefighting, but just life in general. 834 00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:45.760 And and uh he was an absolute pleasure to work with. 835 00:39:46.239 --> 00:39:48.920 Taught me a tremendous amount. I remember when I became 836 00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:50.679 a chauffeur in one thirty eight. He helped me with that. 837 00:39:51.239 --> 00:39:53.239 Let me drive my first tour. He's like, I'm gonna 838 00:39:53.239 --> 00:39:55.079 be in the backstep whatever you need, I'm here for you. 839 00:39:55.639 --> 00:39:58.000 And it was just like a nice reassurance to have 840 00:39:58.159 --> 00:40:01.559 someone like Joe uh working with you. And uh and 841 00:40:01.679 --> 00:40:05.519 Joe was Joe was like hardcore. Corona Tigers still is 842 00:40:06.119 --> 00:40:11.480 that guy you know leads Corona Tigers and he uh 843 00:40:11.880 --> 00:40:15.159 he he definitely uh has a huge part on on 844 00:40:15.239 --> 00:40:17.920 the success of that house till this day. I mean 845 00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:20.159 he's a senior guy now. And like I said, he 846 00:40:20.280 --> 00:40:23.000 he's done great stuff with the company and uh, you know, 847 00:40:24.320 --> 00:40:26.880 and and and and he really uh he really keeps 848 00:40:26.880 --> 00:40:29.280 it together over there, Like I said, he not only 849 00:40:29.400 --> 00:40:32.320 is he a phenomenal firefighter. He's he's a phenomenal friend 850 00:40:32.400 --> 00:40:33.760 and a person, he really is. 851 00:40:34.079 --> 00:40:36.280 If the senior guy is in on it, like, if 852 00:40:36.320 --> 00:40:39.039 he's into it, it trickles down to everybody, you know 853 00:40:39.079 --> 00:40:39.440 what I mean. 854 00:40:39.719 --> 00:40:43.239 He does he sets the mood and and and he's 855 00:40:43.239 --> 00:40:45.320 still got that going there man. And you know a 856 00:40:45.400 --> 00:40:47.280 lot of people as Tom goes on, you know, he 857 00:40:47.440 --> 00:40:49.039 kind of like, I don't want to say, fiddles out, 858 00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:53.400 but they don't have that passion anymore. Yeah, he still does. 859 00:40:54.000 --> 00:40:57.079 How is it with the former members of the Retired Guys? 860 00:40:57.119 --> 00:40:58.800 They have a good basic guys who still turn out 861 00:40:58.800 --> 00:40:59.239 all the time. 862 00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:02.559 Yeah, we still go to some events. They actually do 863 00:41:02.719 --> 00:41:06.119 something which Kenny Gunter. You remember Kenny Gunter? 864 00:41:06.360 --> 00:41:07.440 I remember that, Yeah, I remember that. 865 00:41:07.519 --> 00:41:10.159 He put together like it's called the Tiger Luncheon. And 866 00:41:10.320 --> 00:41:13.239 the last day of every month, which essentially for retired 867 00:41:13.280 --> 00:41:16.639 Guys's payday, we go out to Millerselle House in Deer 868 00:41:16.719 --> 00:41:21.519 Park every month. Anyone who's retired, promoted, are no longer 869 00:41:21.599 --> 00:41:26.159 basically working in Coronto is invited and it's it's a blast. 870 00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:28.519 We get to see each other. It's like being in 871 00:41:28.599 --> 00:41:33.119 the Flyhouse kitchen right out. You know, it's great. 872 00:41:33.360 --> 00:41:35.440 You know, what about what about one of your old 873 00:41:36.840 --> 00:41:39.639 Chief Steve was a former member one hundred and thirty eight. 874 00:41:39.719 --> 00:41:42.360 Always loved that place, Chief Steve Man. He would come 875 00:41:42.400 --> 00:41:44.000 back around there a lot to you guys. 876 00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:46.679 Yeah, he would come by. I remember, like you know, 877 00:41:47.119 --> 00:41:49.079 they'd be like Cooper's working, He's on his way and 878 00:41:49.119 --> 00:41:51.920 everyone's fucking running around to get black socks on it. 879 00:41:52.920 --> 00:41:54.239 He was gonna check the socks and. 880 00:41:57.000 --> 00:41:58.719 Was coming He's gonna check. 881 00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:03.679 Oh my god, everyone's grabbing shirts. Guys are wearing shirts 882 00:42:03.719 --> 00:42:05.159 that don't even have the right name on it. 883 00:42:05.280 --> 00:42:07.760 It's like he used to. He used to stop by 884 00:42:08.400 --> 00:42:10.719 off myre house too. And of course I wouldn't be 885 00:42:10.880 --> 00:42:13.480 I'd have look like you right now, right like us. 886 00:42:13.679 --> 00:42:15.599 I was just like, just like, when are you gonna 887 00:42:15.599 --> 00:42:17.840 shave a Frand I said, I shaved this afternoon. Chief. 888 00:42:17.880 --> 00:42:19.440 It's uh, I'm Italian, you know. 889 00:42:22.760 --> 00:42:24.199 Now I'm gonna have to say away right to the 890 00:42:24.280 --> 00:42:25.079 Chief Steve song. 891 00:42:25.800 --> 00:42:27.880 Yes, for the listeners who have. 892 00:42:27.960 --> 00:42:30.760 Not yet ever seen the Earth, this is early vintage. 893 00:42:31.440 --> 00:42:33.119 Yeah, this is the fourth and we don't have the 894 00:42:33.159 --> 00:42:33.679 first version. 895 00:42:33.880 --> 00:42:35.679 We only have the fourth one level track down the 896 00:42:35.719 --> 00:42:36.000 other one. 897 00:42:36.119 --> 00:42:37.679 We do, we do have the one we all track down, 898 00:42:37.719 --> 00:42:38.400 the one with the socks. 899 00:42:38.440 --> 00:42:39.920 But you know, here we go, here we go. 900 00:42:40.480 --> 00:42:44.480 I'm Chief Steve back with another damn. I got a 901 00:42:44.559 --> 00:42:46.960 new ankle, so you could say, hot. 902 00:42:46.880 --> 00:42:48.000 Damn, it's my job. 903 00:42:48.199 --> 00:42:51.800 Maybe over I put it in forty plus. Now I 904 00:42:51.880 --> 00:42:55.480 think I'll go and try the yellow plus. Not just 905 00:42:55.559 --> 00:42:59.159 saying the bus, but a special one. Indeed, my little 906 00:42:59.320 --> 00:43:03.320 brother and he has special leads. I'll drive that yellow 907 00:43:03.400 --> 00:43:07.440 bus and buckle in his ass and tighten his helmet 908 00:43:07.599 --> 00:43:09.400 as he licks the freaking class. 909 00:43:09.800 --> 00:43:13.079 When I'm gone, don't be overtime looters. 910 00:43:13.360 --> 00:43:14.000 I'll hunt you. 911 00:43:14.119 --> 00:43:16.559 All down on my fucking scooter. 912 00:43:17.199 --> 00:43:19.559 You have not seen the last of me. 913 00:43:19.760 --> 00:43:22.599 Be sure I'll be hanging with these bigheads on the 914 00:43:22.760 --> 00:43:26.639 get Insulting tour cuz I'm cheap Steve. 915 00:43:28.800 --> 00:43:31.039 Classic, Classic, Classic. 916 00:43:31.360 --> 00:43:33.159 I gotta find the first one. We mentioned the socks 917 00:43:33.159 --> 00:43:34.559 because obviously that was a big thing. 918 00:43:35.039 --> 00:43:35.960 The socks was huge. 919 00:43:36.039 --> 00:43:36.159 Man. 920 00:43:36.360 --> 00:43:42.159 Oh sorry, it was one thirty eight guy too, right, Yeah, yeah, yep. 921 00:43:42.519 --> 00:43:43.519 The captain of the truck. 922 00:43:43.559 --> 00:43:45.320 When you did you ever work with the guy who 923 00:43:45.400 --> 00:43:47.199 was the guy who was in the big Irish guy 924 00:43:47.239 --> 00:43:48.360 who was in a band or whatever. 925 00:43:49.960 --> 00:43:51.679 He was in the band. Wasn't he a big. 926 00:43:53.199 --> 00:43:54.519 John Maloney? Yes? 927 00:43:54.760 --> 00:43:55.639 Was he there when you were there? 928 00:43:55.800 --> 00:43:57.920 Yeah? He was, he was. He was a captain when 929 00:43:58.000 --> 00:44:00.679 I was in the engine originally, but when I when 930 00:44:00.679 --> 00:44:02.400 I went across the floor, he was already gone. 931 00:44:02.559 --> 00:44:02.760 Ah. 932 00:44:03.239 --> 00:44:04.400 He wasn't a fan of the squad. 933 00:44:05.000 --> 00:44:09.280 No, no, no, I know that. Anybody feel How did 934 00:44:09.280 --> 00:44:09.880 they feel. 935 00:44:09.639 --> 00:44:12.280 Over there one thirty eighth. You weren't there yet. He 936 00:44:12.360 --> 00:44:13.800 became a squad, right, you got there later? 937 00:44:14.440 --> 00:44:16.519 Yeah, you guys were already squad, yeah, right, right, right right? 938 00:44:16.559 --> 00:44:18.440 But I know, I know before me, I know a 939 00:44:18.480 --> 00:44:21.239 couple of guys didn't stay in two eighty eight when 940 00:44:21.280 --> 00:44:23.119 they became a squad and they went to one thirty eight, right, 941 00:44:23.239 --> 00:44:24.800 Oh did they? I didn't know that. Yeah. 942 00:44:24.840 --> 00:44:27.039 Maybe they'd be great because they gave him wherever they 943 00:44:27.079 --> 00:44:28.440 wanted to go, so that would be a great. 944 00:44:28.320 --> 00:44:29.960 Move, right, Yeah. 945 00:44:30.039 --> 00:44:32.440 I think you guys had tryouts or something, right, Yeah, 946 00:44:32.480 --> 00:44:35.679 we did which ship and a couple of people were 947 00:44:35.719 --> 00:44:39.119 told that there will be no tryout for them. So 948 00:44:39.360 --> 00:44:41.039 I guess that's a nice way of saying, you're not 949 00:44:41.159 --> 00:44:42.119 staying here no matter what. 950 00:44:42.679 --> 00:44:46.079 I don't know, but I don't know, like he didn't 951 00:44:46.079 --> 00:44:47.840 know who was you know, I don't know anything about. 952 00:44:47.599 --> 00:44:51.639 That was uh Danny Schweiger. There was schwager Man. 953 00:44:51.760 --> 00:44:55.519 Now, yes, yeah, Danny Schweiger was uh one thirty eight 954 00:44:55.559 --> 00:44:57.280 when I was in the truck. Yeah, great guy. Love 955 00:44:57.320 --> 00:45:00.960 work with him. He uh he actually let me ride 956 00:45:01.000 --> 00:45:02.840 the front a couple of times when he was working 957 00:45:02.920 --> 00:45:05.719 when out right before I got promoted. So he was 958 00:45:06.320 --> 00:45:10.760 absolute gentleman. Is that what is from the rescue to Yeah, 959 00:45:10.760 --> 00:45:14.480 that's his brothers. Brothers, they're all big. 960 00:45:15.320 --> 00:45:15.920 Oh my god. 961 00:45:16.199 --> 00:45:18.000 The other brother wasn't one O three, I believe yeah 962 00:45:18.079 --> 00:45:20.639 with me, Yeah, big dudes. 963 00:45:21.039 --> 00:45:23.199 When did you uh when did you start studying? Like 964 00:45:23.280 --> 00:45:24.559 when did you start getting the uh? 965 00:45:25.679 --> 00:45:31.639 Uh I started studying. I want to say, oh, seven 966 00:45:31.880 --> 00:45:34.119 eight I started studying, and I believe the test was 967 00:45:34.159 --> 00:45:37.079 in nine. Yeah, the test was in two thousand and nine. 968 00:45:37.559 --> 00:45:40.639 So I started studying like two years to uh, you know, 969 00:45:40.800 --> 00:45:44.639 maybe eighteen months right around that to uh to take 970 00:45:44.679 --> 00:45:48.039 the test. And you know, I actually did pretty good. 971 00:45:48.039 --> 00:45:49.760 I got I went up writing a ninety on the test. 972 00:45:50.440 --> 00:45:54.320 But if you guys remember there was a slowdown with 973 00:45:54.440 --> 00:45:58.159 promotions because the whole lawsuit was going on with UH 974 00:45:59.280 --> 00:46:02.119 with the the Vulcans at one time, and they weren't 975 00:46:02.320 --> 00:46:05.760 putting enough probies in so they weren't really promoting a lot. 976 00:46:07.280 --> 00:46:09.199 So even though I took the tests at oh nine, 977 00:46:09.199 --> 00:46:10.920 I didn't get promoted un till thirteen. It took me 978 00:46:11.000 --> 00:46:13.760 almost four years. I mean it took a year for 979 00:46:13.800 --> 00:46:15.559 the list to come out, but then I still took 980 00:46:15.599 --> 00:46:17.920 three years, and with a score of a ninety, I 981 00:46:17.960 --> 00:46:19.880 thought it would be much sooner. But listen, I wasn't 982 00:46:19.920 --> 00:46:22.599 in a rush. But I literally got promoted ten years 983 00:46:22.639 --> 00:46:25.920 to the day I got on September fourteen, two thousand 984 00:46:25.920 --> 00:46:29.760 and three, And I got promoted September fourteenth, twenty and thirteen, 985 00:46:29.840 --> 00:46:31.280 ten years to the day I got promoted. 986 00:46:32.159 --> 00:46:33.800 That's a good time to get promoted ten years. 987 00:46:33.960 --> 00:46:36.760 Yeah, everyone's funny, and everyone said ten years is perfect time. 988 00:46:36.800 --> 00:46:38.559 And I literally to the you were in a great 989 00:46:38.599 --> 00:46:39.400 house and who kids. 990 00:46:39.760 --> 00:46:41.519 Yeah, as I said, I wasn't in a rush, but 991 00:46:41.679 --> 00:46:44.000 you know, when it came, it came, and it wound 992 00:46:44.119 --> 00:46:44.599 up coming, and. 993 00:46:45.280 --> 00:46:49.159 As soon as that came, it was a dis Yeah 994 00:46:49.559 --> 00:46:49.920 fix it. 995 00:46:50.360 --> 00:46:53.639 Yeah, yeah, you know you know where I'm going. 996 00:46:54.239 --> 00:46:57.639 Well, he could have been. I think he was already 997 00:46:57.679 --> 00:47:00.920 in the uh that that crew already, you know what 998 00:47:00.960 --> 00:47:02.519 I mean. So that doesn't hurt either when you're in 999 00:47:02.639 --> 00:47:07.320 the tree, president, president or whatever he was. 1000 00:47:08.639 --> 00:47:10.199 But how do you get You get, of course with 1001 00:47:10.280 --> 00:47:13.599 the name, you know, Salva Colombians. 1002 00:47:14.079 --> 00:47:15.920 So he joined the Colombians and all of a sudden 1003 00:47:16.000 --> 00:47:17.320 and now all of a sudden, he's the President of 1004 00:47:17.320 --> 00:47:17.960 the Colombians. 1005 00:47:18.280 --> 00:47:18.400 You know. 1006 00:47:18.559 --> 00:47:21.960 Yes, so I was. I started out, uh in two 1007 00:47:22.000 --> 00:47:24.599 thousand and five in the Columbia Association. I was a 1008 00:47:24.679 --> 00:47:26.880 Queen's trustee because I was working in queens and there 1009 00:47:26.920 --> 00:47:29.920 was an opening, so I started doing that. I got 1010 00:47:30.039 --> 00:47:33.039 very involved with them and uh, next thing, you know, 1011 00:47:33.079 --> 00:47:36.719 I'm beating Goppa Ghoul having red Wine and Walls good Man. 1012 00:47:37.079 --> 00:47:39.320 Mikey Smithwick was was part of that, right, he was 1013 00:47:39.360 --> 00:47:41.079 a big was he the president, Big. 1014 00:47:41.000 --> 00:47:44.440 Joe Joe Smithwick. He's half Italian even though he's got 1015 00:47:44.480 --> 00:47:49.440 an Irish last name. He was there. Craig Sloveno. 1016 00:47:52.079 --> 00:47:57.679 Had yeah, awesome, Keitho was uh, I forget about it. 1017 00:47:59.000 --> 00:48:01.960 Yeah he was there, so uh yes, I got on 1018 00:48:02.039 --> 00:48:04.480 the board as a Queen's trustee and I really loved it, 1019 00:48:04.599 --> 00:48:06.639 and I said, this is great. It's like a like 1020 00:48:06.679 --> 00:48:08.519 a little other club within the fire department. 1021 00:48:09.280 --> 00:48:12.119 And uh, Frankie Demonto was big with the with that 1022 00:48:12.239 --> 00:48:17.360 to the fish from and I wound up moving up 1023 00:48:17.400 --> 00:48:19.280 and I wound up being president for the last couple 1024 00:48:19.320 --> 00:48:21.800 of years that I was working, and uh uh. 1025 00:48:24.039 --> 00:48:25.719 Had a great time. Met a lot of great people, 1026 00:48:25.840 --> 00:48:27.559 got friendly with a lot of the staff chiefs and 1027 00:48:27.559 --> 00:48:32.039 stuff like that. So I definitely was beneficial to don't 1028 00:48:32.159 --> 00:48:39.119 hurt no bosses. And you know, I called a networking 1029 00:48:39.760 --> 00:48:41.880 that don't working. 1030 00:48:43.199 --> 00:48:44.880 Don't hate the player, hate the game. 1031 00:48:46.280 --> 00:48:46.559 That's it. 1032 00:48:46.639 --> 00:48:49.039 It's all part of the game. You gotta spend time, 1033 00:48:49.119 --> 00:48:49.920 make time right the. 1034 00:48:49.920 --> 00:48:51.679 Average day on the job, bro, you know what I mean? 1035 00:48:51.880 --> 00:48:56.760 Just every day the job another day office. Yes, I 1036 00:48:56.840 --> 00:48:59.239 had to run us through the phone call to how 1037 00:48:59.280 --> 00:48:59.960 you get to one twenty. 1038 00:49:00.199 --> 00:49:04.480 It's like, uh, Nope, don't want Nope, now, yes, I'll 1039 00:49:04.480 --> 00:49:05.639 think four four battalion. 1040 00:49:05.800 --> 00:49:07.679 Nice said there was an opening in one twenty and 1041 00:49:07.719 --> 00:49:09.199 they asked me if I wanted and I said, sure, 1042 00:49:09.239 --> 00:49:14.480 I'll go there. N It took me. It took me 1043 00:49:15.639 --> 00:49:17.519 four years to get the spot finally. 1044 00:49:18.280 --> 00:49:19.800 So you went to the fifteenth. 1045 00:49:20.159 --> 00:49:21.960 Yeah. So so I got a sign to the I 1046 00:49:22.039 --> 00:49:24.400 did flips. Uh, and then I got a signed to 1047 00:49:24.440 --> 00:49:28.199 the fifteenth Division. You know, they asked you to pick 1048 00:49:28.280 --> 00:49:30.159 six battalions you want to go to. When I picked 1049 00:49:30.199 --> 00:49:33.440 every battalion in the fifteenth division. So I got it 1050 00:49:34.119 --> 00:49:38.000 and was like a happy as a pig and ship man. 1051 00:49:38.320 --> 00:49:40.760 And uh because the fifteenth Division as. 1052 00:49:40.679 --> 00:49:43.079 A whole, there's almost you can't get a bed spot. 1053 00:49:43.639 --> 00:49:45.719 No, no matter where you go, you're you're you're going 1054 00:49:45.760 --> 00:49:47.760 to fires. The fifteenth Division is great. 1055 00:49:49.480 --> 00:49:51.960 Bott three kind of peets out down there a little bit, 1056 00:49:52.519 --> 00:49:55.559 is that true? What we all three? It peedees out 1057 00:49:55.599 --> 00:49:56.119 a little. 1058 00:49:55.880 --> 00:49:57.400 Bit down there, blows down over there. 1059 00:49:57.639 --> 00:49:59.559 Yeah, we'll quiet over that way. 1060 00:50:00.119 --> 00:50:02.559 Yeah. So so I got I got assigned in. Uh 1061 00:50:03.599 --> 00:50:06.320 my first tour out in the field was in October 1062 00:50:07.079 --> 00:50:10.519 and uh my first uh, my first vacation was actually 1063 00:50:10.559 --> 00:50:11.400 one forty seven. 1064 00:50:12.119 --> 00:50:14.119 That's christ so awesome. 1065 00:50:14.719 --> 00:50:17.519 Not a great commute, but the guys were phenomenal. There 1066 00:50:17.599 --> 00:50:21.280 was fire duty and uh, I got into my first accident, 1067 00:50:21.360 --> 00:50:24.840 which was pretty cool. Oh awesome. Yeah, So I didn't 1068 00:50:24.840 --> 00:50:27.320 even you know, we it was actually Thanksgiving, it was 1069 00:50:27.400 --> 00:50:31.679 November Thanksgiving and uh, we we we might have clipped 1070 00:50:31.719 --> 00:50:35.880 the car with uh with with the with the tiller rig. 1071 00:50:36.880 --> 00:50:38.840 I never worked in a tiller rig my entire career. 1072 00:50:38.960 --> 00:50:42.559 So like down in charge of one and like it's 1073 00:50:42.599 --> 00:50:47.360 literally a fucking eighteen wheeler that's flying through traffic, and 1074 00:50:47.440 --> 00:50:50.760 I'm like, this is a crazy concept. I keep the 1075 00:50:50.840 --> 00:50:53.239 guy in the driving in my mirror. I'm like, oh 1076 00:50:53.280 --> 00:50:55.639 my god, this is crazy, and like we're just like 1077 00:50:55.719 --> 00:50:56.559 we even in and out. 1078 00:50:58.440 --> 00:51:02.320 Oh hey, uh oh do oh, so what happened? 1079 00:51:02.360 --> 00:51:03.079 He didn't plug it in? 1080 00:51:03.960 --> 00:51:05.679 I told some of them of them to plug it in. 1081 00:51:05.960 --> 00:51:07.360 We'll just say we'll just about anyway. 1082 00:51:07.440 --> 00:51:09.679 We'll just uh some pictures. 1083 00:51:10.000 --> 00:51:16.519 Yeah, don sal Lane's is he? Oh he's back? But 1084 00:51:17.159 --> 00:51:17.559 where is he? 1085 00:51:17.760 --> 00:51:20.440 Dark? He's dark? Sal? Where are you are you there? 1086 00:51:20.760 --> 00:51:22.880 Stay away from light loads, Stay away. 1087 00:51:22.719 --> 00:51:24.920 From your light, little buddy three times on the ceiling. 1088 00:51:26.480 --> 00:51:30.559 Well we have that's a big thing. Advice ice cream. 1089 00:51:31.159 --> 00:51:32.119 Tell the CoA. 1090 00:51:32.880 --> 00:51:33.719 I don't say ice. 1091 00:51:34.480 --> 00:51:41.159 Yeah, Italian ice. That's the big Italian ice called. Give 1092 00:51:41.199 --> 00:51:41.639 him a hollow. 1093 00:51:41.760 --> 00:51:42.239 See what he said. 1094 00:51:42.280 --> 00:51:45.320 I'm gonna boot, give him a boot, tell him to 1095 00:51:45.360 --> 00:51:48.480 come back. But anyway, get some more pictures up there. 1096 00:51:48.800 --> 00:51:51.159 We got so he's got a he he sent a 1097 00:51:51.239 --> 00:51:54.519 lot of twenty pictures. I have a good of a 1098 00:51:54.599 --> 00:51:56.239 few amounts of twenty pictures. I'll show some of the 1099 00:51:56.280 --> 00:52:00.119 ones we didn't get to because he didn't have he 1100 00:52:00.199 --> 00:52:01.119 did what I showed you. 1101 00:52:01.159 --> 00:52:02.400 It was the only one was that one picture with 1102 00:52:02.440 --> 00:52:05.159 the muscle shirt of him at one thirty eight. What yeah, 1103 00:52:05.320 --> 00:52:07.400 he said, this one here with the triple duce. 1104 00:52:07.480 --> 00:52:08.239 It was only uh. 1105 00:52:09.960 --> 00:52:10.320 That one. 1106 00:52:10.639 --> 00:52:12.599 You got a little story behind that. You've got another 1107 00:52:12.679 --> 00:52:13.599 one with the the. 1108 00:52:15.239 --> 00:52:18.199 Now you this was the him ordering in one day. 1109 00:52:19.239 --> 00:52:24.960 Oh now you are all right? So yeah, So so 1110 00:52:25.079 --> 00:52:27.920 I was saying, So we wound up going to a 1111 00:52:28.000 --> 00:52:31.440 job I was in one forty seven and like I said, 1112 00:52:31.559 --> 00:52:35.119 we we definitely flipped the car going to this fire 1113 00:52:36.400 --> 00:52:38.599 and the reports of kids trapped and I'm like, you 1114 00:52:38.679 --> 00:52:42.199 know whatever, I didn't see it. We're going fires out. 1115 00:52:42.480 --> 00:52:45.000 There was no kids trap. Rocking job. We wound up 1116 00:52:45.000 --> 00:52:48.000 getting in there right away, fires out, and I hear 1117 00:52:48.079 --> 00:52:50.159 on the on the radio one forty seven. Come to 1118 00:52:50.199 --> 00:52:55.760 the command host and I'm like, I said, uh, you know, 1119 00:52:55.920 --> 00:52:57.840 I said, Chief, you call him for me. He's like, yeah, 1120 00:52:57.880 --> 00:53:00.719 did you guys hit a car? Coming here, and I says, 1121 00:53:00.760 --> 00:53:02.639 we did. I told the guy to come to the scene. 1122 00:53:02.760 --> 00:53:06.960 Is he here. He's like yeah. He's like oh, He's 1123 00:53:07.000 --> 00:53:09.679 like I thought you guys left the scene. I'm like absolutely. 1124 00:53:10.719 --> 00:53:13.159 I told the guy follow us. I said, he's the chief. 1125 00:53:13.480 --> 00:53:16.440 He's like, yeah, he's right there. He's pissed. I says, yeah, yeah, Chief, 1126 00:53:16.440 --> 00:53:18.119 I'll take care of it, no problem, I said, I'm 1127 00:53:18.159 --> 00:53:22.320 glad he followed through and came here. Though he. 1128 00:53:24.119 --> 00:53:26.000 Pretty quick. That's pretty I could have used that one 1129 00:53:26.000 --> 00:53:26.880 a few times probably. 1130 00:53:27.039 --> 00:53:27.239 Yeah. 1131 00:53:27.280 --> 00:53:28.840 So, like I said, it was my first accent. I 1132 00:53:28.920 --> 00:53:30.800 had no idea how to do the whole paperwork report 1133 00:53:30.840 --> 00:53:32.880 and all that. The cops get there, they're like, what's 1134 00:53:32.920 --> 00:53:35.039 the driver's name? I said, there's two drivers. He's like, 1135 00:53:35.079 --> 00:53:37.079 what the fuck are you talking about it. He's like, 1136 00:53:37.159 --> 00:53:38.679 I was there two drivers. I'm like, there's one in 1137 00:53:38.719 --> 00:53:41.519 the front, r on the back. I said, uh. He's like, bro, 1138 00:53:41.599 --> 00:53:42.880 I don't know how to put this in the in 1139 00:53:42.920 --> 00:53:44.960 the paperwork. I said, just put one driver. I don't care. 1140 00:53:45.880 --> 00:53:48.400 So whatever first accident, I got out of the way 1141 00:53:48.440 --> 00:53:50.360 and I'm like, I guess this is the fifteenth. 1142 00:53:49.960 --> 00:53:54.400 Division, right, Hang on for dear life, that's what you're doing. 1143 00:53:54.440 --> 00:53:56.239 But yeah, but I had a great tour. The guys 1144 00:53:56.280 --> 00:53:58.800 were great there. They made me feel really welcome and uh, 1145 00:53:59.280 --> 00:54:01.559 like I said, I quest and work there, and I'm like, 1146 00:54:01.760 --> 00:54:03.440 happiness can be. I'm like, this is this is like 1147 00:54:03.480 --> 00:54:06.559 a blessing with fifteenth Division. He went five all the 1148 00:54:06.639 --> 00:54:09.719 time and I'm like, what's in your room? Man? This 1149 00:54:09.840 --> 00:54:10.840 is the home right there? 1150 00:54:10.960 --> 00:54:11.559 No, you found it. 1151 00:54:12.639 --> 00:54:17.760 So yeah. So then next vacation, the division calls me 1152 00:54:17.840 --> 00:54:19.519 up and they're like, you're go into one twenty. I'm 1153 00:54:19.599 --> 00:54:23.159 like one twenty. I'm like, that's like major leagues and 1154 00:54:23.280 --> 00:54:27.400 the calling calling the upro Yeah, so I go. I 1155 00:54:27.679 --> 00:54:29.480 called I go over there. I called the captain who 1156 00:54:29.559 --> 00:54:31.360 was Chris iSER at the time. I says, hey, don't 1157 00:54:31.400 --> 00:54:34.320 sell mirror. I'm I'm actually covering a vacation there. He's 1158 00:54:34.320 --> 00:54:37.519 like I know. I'm like, all right, I took a 1159 00:54:37.599 --> 00:54:40.480 pot to it. You're like, well, he's the one who 1160 00:54:40.519 --> 00:54:43.039 brought me there, so I have him to thank for 1161 00:54:43.800 --> 00:54:46.599 forgetting my foot in the door there. But uh yeah, 1162 00:54:46.639 --> 00:54:50.159 so I wound up going there, and uh I wound 1163 00:54:50.280 --> 00:54:52.679 up catching so much work there doing the vacation there. 1164 00:54:53.239 --> 00:54:55.280 It was literally, you know, he'd be He'd be calling me, 1165 00:54:55.360 --> 00:54:57.320 how was the job, and I'd be like, Chris, which job? 1166 00:54:58.000 --> 00:55:00.000 I'm like, we were we were going to fires like crazy. 1167 00:55:00.159 --> 00:55:02.719 That was one of my first jobs. Chris Bank a 1168 00:55:02.800 --> 00:55:07.159 senior guy at the time, driving Johnny Mack, Andy Eckstein, 1169 00:55:07.639 --> 00:55:12.360 Mike Carroll was catching worked like crazy and it was awesome, 1170 00:55:12.679 --> 00:55:15.800 It really was. And uh, you know, the feedback was 1171 00:55:15.840 --> 00:55:19.800 great from the guys to the captain and iSER basically 1172 00:55:20.239 --> 00:55:23.599 kind of kept me there as the fifth wheel, and uh, 1173 00:55:23.800 --> 00:55:26.119 any kind of vacation that was going on, he brought 1174 00:55:26.199 --> 00:55:28.880 me back any kind of medically or anything long term. 1175 00:55:28.920 --> 00:55:31.760 He he got me in the mix there. And I 1176 00:55:32.199 --> 00:55:34.679 never you know, felt so welcomed as a boss in 1177 00:55:34.920 --> 00:55:37.920 the firehouse like I did there. The guys who were, 1178 00:55:38.280 --> 00:55:41.679 you know, so accommodating they were. It was a blessing 1179 00:55:41.760 --> 00:55:44.880 that place. And uh, like the house runs itself, man, 1180 00:55:44.920 --> 00:55:47.159 And I always said that, like the officers there were 1181 00:55:47.199 --> 00:55:49.519 there for the ride. You know, that place runs without us, 1182 00:55:50.119 --> 00:55:52.119 and where they had to have a shirt of the 1183 00:55:52.440 --> 00:55:54.039 you know, the seat. 1184 00:55:53.880 --> 00:55:55.920 To the show pushed a Teddy four button. 1185 00:55:56.039 --> 00:55:59.400 That's it, that's it, and pay the guys and the 1186 00:55:59.480 --> 00:56:01.039 rest is is on them. 1187 00:56:01.119 --> 00:56:03.239 Man, did you feel a little bit intimidated in a 1188 00:56:03.320 --> 00:56:05.480 place like that at Allso I'm not gonna lie. 1189 00:56:05.519 --> 00:56:08.280 I mean, uh, you know, my first tour there, I'm 1190 00:56:08.320 --> 00:56:10.920 driving in and I'm like, should I have grown a mustache? 1191 00:56:10.960 --> 00:56:14.119 I don't know, you know, look a little older something, Yeah, 1192 00:56:14.519 --> 00:56:16.840 I should, I should I make myself look older or whatever. 1193 00:56:17.400 --> 00:56:19.679 But I said, you know, I'm coming from a good shop. 1194 00:56:19.760 --> 00:56:21.360 You know, I got promoted at Tude eight nine one 1195 00:56:21.440 --> 00:56:23.920 thirty eight, like you know, a very respected house. And 1196 00:56:23.960 --> 00:56:26.039 I'm like, you know, I'm just gonna go with the flow, 1197 00:56:26.199 --> 00:56:28.360 get the feeling of the house, and and just like 1198 00:56:29.000 --> 00:56:31.679 you know, just go with it. And like I said, 1199 00:56:32.199 --> 00:56:34.079 the guys made me feel so welcome there, like I 1200 00:56:34.199 --> 00:56:38.440 was part of them from day one. And uh, the guys, 1201 00:56:38.639 --> 00:56:42.159 uh couldn't be more squared away. Man, that that house 1202 00:56:42.280 --> 00:56:44.960 is like a well oiled machine from you know, uh 1203 00:56:46.079 --> 00:56:47.280 the past grand alumni. 1204 00:56:47.440 --> 00:56:49.360 I mean, they got great alumni. I say it all 1205 00:56:49.360 --> 00:56:49.679 the time. 1206 00:56:49.760 --> 00:56:52.599 Man, A lot of heavy hitters came out of that house. 1207 00:56:52.800 --> 00:56:56.079 Yeah, I mean we always competed with them obviously, you know, 1208 00:56:56.280 --> 00:56:59.519 like to get the jobs and to work. But if 1209 00:56:59.559 --> 00:57:01.280 I had a pick a company if somebody asked me, 1210 00:57:01.400 --> 00:57:04.559 like a company that has a long history of you know, 1211 00:57:04.639 --> 00:57:07.239 the guy the alumni staying together, doing the right thing 1212 00:57:07.320 --> 00:57:09.639 all the time, I would I would definitely pick those guys. 1213 00:57:09.840 --> 00:57:11.239 I would definitely seek. 1214 00:57:12.360 --> 00:57:14.039 And uh, like I said, we were catching a lot 1215 00:57:14.119 --> 00:57:16.559 of work, and you know, the captains always wanted to 1216 00:57:16.559 --> 00:57:17.960 ask the guys, you know, how's he doing, how to 1217 00:57:18.039 --> 00:57:20.440 do his job as a boss, and you know, the 1218 00:57:20.480 --> 00:57:22.559 feedback was great and he kept me which was awesome. 1219 00:57:22.639 --> 00:57:24.719 So you know, I have think I have to thank 1220 00:57:24.800 --> 00:57:27.440 Chris Easer for forgetting me to get my foot in 1221 00:57:27.440 --> 00:57:30.840 the door there and keeping me there. And uh, you know, 1222 00:57:30.920 --> 00:57:33.760 he went up getting promoted before the spot actually physically 1223 00:57:33.840 --> 00:57:36.519 opened up. So I'm like, shit, new captain's gonna come 1224 00:57:36.599 --> 00:57:39.800 with new guys, and like I'm out. But the captain 1225 00:57:39.840 --> 00:57:42.239 who came was Mike Thompson, another great guy. He's a 1226 00:57:42.320 --> 00:57:46.840 chief now. He he kept me there, and you know, 1227 00:57:46.960 --> 00:57:49.320 he was a man of his word, and he said, listen, 1228 00:57:49.440 --> 00:57:51.320 I know Isaac was going to keep you here, and 1229 00:57:51.400 --> 00:57:53.440 I'm going to do the same thing. And you know, 1230 00:57:53.639 --> 00:57:55.599 he endorsed me ultimately for the spot when it did 1231 00:57:55.679 --> 00:57:58.519 open up, which is. Like I said, it was four 1232 00:57:58.639 --> 00:58:03.559 years of not bouncing up uh ufo covering before the 1233 00:58:03.639 --> 00:58:07.000 spot actually physically opened up to get. But once it 1234 00:58:07.079 --> 00:58:10.760 did open up, I got the endorsement, which was awesome, 1235 00:58:10.840 --> 00:58:13.239 and I wound up getting the spot. Twelve people put 1236 00:58:13.280 --> 00:58:16.880 in for the spot. Wow, twelve twelve people, so I 1237 00:58:16.960 --> 00:58:23.239 had a eight percent chance. Yeah, that's Bill Billy Rogers 1238 00:58:23.559 --> 00:58:28.559 one of his last tours I promoted and as uh 1239 00:58:28.679 --> 00:58:30.039 you know, sad as it was for him to go, 1240 00:58:30.559 --> 00:58:32.239 it was actually the opening for me to take a 1241 00:58:32.280 --> 00:58:35.360 spot now. So I was happy for Billy, but I 1242 00:58:35.440 --> 00:58:37.639 was also happy for myself, you know, secretly. 1243 00:58:39.519 --> 00:58:41.519 Who's next to him on the left, I can never Hickey? 1244 00:58:41.639 --> 00:58:42.079 Is that Hickey? 1245 00:58:42.239 --> 00:58:45.000 That's Will Hickey? Yeah, Will. I've seen the guys and 1246 00:58:45.119 --> 00:58:51.480 that's the famous chief Dean Martino, Danny de Martino eight 1247 00:58:51.559 --> 00:58:54.159 guy too, do you know? Yeah? Yeah he was. 1248 00:58:55.000 --> 00:58:56.760 Yeah, I think I had an argument with him. 1249 00:58:59.039 --> 00:58:59.519 The spot. 1250 00:58:59.599 --> 00:59:00.800 He was so for a little while. 1251 00:59:00.840 --> 00:59:03.639 Dad, he was a captain at soccer, I believe, Yeah, yep, 1252 00:59:04.519 --> 00:59:06.920 so yeah he was. He was a character to work with. 1253 00:59:07.360 --> 00:59:10.440 Oh he was so. Yeah. Once Billy got promoted, the 1254 00:59:10.480 --> 00:59:12.320 spot opened up finally I put in four. It I 1255 00:59:12.360 --> 00:59:16.519 got it, and uh, you know I had a cool 1256 00:59:16.599 --> 00:59:21.639 people again. Ah and uh just to put a good 1257 00:59:21.639 --> 00:59:24.760 word in and uh it was a done deal. It 1258 00:59:24.840 --> 00:59:26.559 was a done deal. I think. 1259 00:59:26.679 --> 00:59:26.840 Yeah. 1260 00:59:27.000 --> 00:59:28.880 The only guy more weight than you might have been 1261 00:59:29.280 --> 00:59:34.039 the captain there might have been Isaac Isaac, Yeah, got there. 1262 00:59:34.199 --> 00:59:34.559 Probably. 1263 00:59:34.800 --> 00:59:36.440 Oh wait he I think when do you go won 1264 00:59:36.480 --> 00:59:38.320 twenty four as lieutenant. 1265 00:59:38.000 --> 00:59:40.599 Uh he was six, He's been everywhere. 1266 00:59:40.960 --> 00:59:45.079 Was lieutenant one twenty four yep, yeah, fireman in one eleven, 1267 00:59:45.360 --> 00:59:48.559 one eleven, yeah, and then uh, captain of one twenty 1268 00:59:48.599 --> 00:59:50.840 and now he's a chief in the five. Oh yeah 1269 00:59:51.119 --> 00:59:52.880 he might. He might have had a little better fixing 1270 00:59:52.920 --> 00:59:56.360 than you, bro. I think him those spots so so yeah, 1271 00:59:56.400 --> 01:00:01.239 so uh yeah that was uh, what's another job we had? 1272 01:00:01.559 --> 01:00:03.719 What's the story with the horns and the Superman thing? 1273 01:00:04.920 --> 01:00:09.000 So the the Horns was actually, uh, I want to say, 1274 01:00:09.000 --> 01:00:13.320 in the seventies around they they actually got permission, official permission. 1275 01:00:13.320 --> 01:00:15.599 There's actually a letter in the on the apparatus floor 1276 01:00:16.199 --> 01:00:19.039 that the captain at the time asked the commissioner at 1277 01:00:19.079 --> 01:00:21.559 the time in chief of department, I believe, for per 1278 01:00:22.000 --> 01:00:24.960 permission to put that on the on the rig and 1279 01:00:25.079 --> 01:00:29.960 they got the the approval and they they kept it's 1280 01:00:30.000 --> 01:00:30.639 been there since. 1281 01:00:31.119 --> 01:00:33.119 Really, but is it you had any meaning or they 1282 01:00:33.239 --> 01:00:34.519 just like a charge type of thing. 1283 01:00:34.960 --> 01:00:38.079 Yeah, it's like, uh just's it's like a symbolic thing. 1284 01:00:38.440 --> 01:00:39.719 And what about the Superman thing? 1285 01:00:40.719 --> 01:00:44.119 Super that's I think that's from like they called super truck, okay, 1286 01:00:44.320 --> 01:00:50.800 and uh they have the Superman logo and nobody but 1287 01:00:50.880 --> 01:00:54.800 you will, you will, nobody were nobody, Nobody does it better. 1288 01:00:56.119 --> 01:00:57.360 The mechanic used that line. 1289 01:00:58.519 --> 01:00:59.239 Yeah, that's right. 1290 01:01:00.079 --> 01:01:02.239 He had a you know, this was before I was there, 1291 01:01:02.320 --> 01:01:05.360 but I know one flipped the rig and then uh, 1292 01:01:05.719 --> 01:01:07.559 Mike Thompson who was a captain at the time, had 1293 01:01:07.599 --> 01:01:10.920 a major accident with uh with the rig and they 1294 01:01:10.960 --> 01:01:14.760 took out about thirty cars and it was a real, 1295 01:01:14.920 --> 01:01:17.800 real bad accident. And I remember the mechanic came by 1296 01:01:17.840 --> 01:01:19.760 and he's like, I remember when you guys flipped your rig. 1297 01:01:20.400 --> 01:01:22.920 He's like, now and you got this major wreck. He's like, 1298 01:01:23.000 --> 01:01:25.159 you guys really live by that mottol Nobody does it 1299 01:01:25.199 --> 01:01:31.000 better when it comes to fucking accidents? Do it good? Man? Like, 1300 01:01:31.280 --> 01:01:32.440 I don't know if that's a good thing or a 1301 01:01:32.480 --> 01:01:34.079 bad thing, but it doesn't sound too good. 1302 01:01:34.440 --> 01:01:37.039 Oh, the guy's name was Will, the next to who 1303 01:01:37.079 --> 01:01:38.960 was in one twenty at the time. Does that ring 1304 01:01:39.000 --> 01:01:42.440 your bell? Will not Will Hickey? Will Hickey? 1305 01:01:43.000 --> 01:01:47.719 Yeah, okay, Byell's brother, a sister in law, brother in 1306 01:01:47.760 --> 01:01:52.360 law something. He's married Byelo, Skinny by chubby Bison. 1307 01:01:52.599 --> 01:01:54.719 Nobody likes the skinny Bizel right, nobody. 1308 01:01:54.559 --> 01:01:55.360 Likes a skinny Bison. 1309 01:01:55.440 --> 01:01:56.960 Can't get him on the show either, that's son of 1310 01:01:57.000 --> 01:01:57.320 a bitch. 1311 01:01:57.559 --> 01:02:00.599 No too Meig knows nobody likes a skin anybody else 1312 01:02:00.679 --> 01:02:03.719 he's in there, and. 1313 01:02:03.960 --> 01:02:07.559 Uh yeah, so, uh, like I said, I hit it 1314 01:02:07.599 --> 01:02:09.320 off with the guys from day one, and uh I 1315 01:02:09.519 --> 01:02:12.039 just waited it out. You know, I'm sure you guys know, 1316 01:02:12.800 --> 01:02:15.599 to get a truck in the fifteenth division is not 1317 01:02:15.760 --> 01:02:18.840 something that you could get in the in the year. 1318 01:02:18.960 --> 01:02:20.880 You gotta kind of wait it out. This guy's already 1319 01:02:20.920 --> 01:02:23.239 waiting for spots, so you kind of just gotta wait 1320 01:02:23.280 --> 01:02:25.519 your turn, and you know, it is what it is. 1321 01:02:25.639 --> 01:02:29.159 And uh, four years later it all paid off though. 1322 01:02:29.199 --> 01:02:31.480 You know, I finally got the spot even though I 1323 01:02:31.599 --> 01:02:35.000 was working there. You know, your UFO versus being assigned 1324 01:02:35.000 --> 01:02:36.880 by two different things. You know, like once you get 1325 01:02:36.920 --> 01:02:39.039 that front piece and you're assigned to one twenty. On paper, 1326 01:02:39.719 --> 01:02:40.960 you're really part of the team. 1327 01:02:40.800 --> 01:02:43.360 Now, you know, right, and you have like twelve bawl 1328 01:02:43.400 --> 01:02:45.280 guys that hate you because you took the spot from them. 1329 01:02:46.440 --> 01:02:46.639 Yeah. 1330 01:02:46.800 --> 01:02:49.000 Yeah, you get that nice new phrase piece or front piece. 1331 01:02:49.320 --> 01:02:49.719 That wow. 1332 01:02:50.119 --> 01:02:52.239 That I remember. I brought that to the quartermaster and 1333 01:02:52.320 --> 01:02:55.039 he's like, are you kidding me with this? I'm like, 1334 01:02:55.119 --> 01:02:56.679 that's why I came to get a new one. Brother. 1335 01:02:58.639 --> 01:03:01.159 So that was that was night before and after. 1336 01:03:02.960 --> 01:03:05.559 Talk about I remember, like even the chiefs in the 1337 01:03:05.599 --> 01:03:10.840 fourth four. Uh, all those guys were freaking I remember awesome. 1338 01:03:10.920 --> 01:03:13.000 For the most part, I think, who is that? Who 1339 01:03:13.079 --> 01:03:15.920 is the guy from Long Beach Coubs I used to 1340 01:03:15.960 --> 01:03:17.599 play volleyball with that. Can never remember his name. He 1341 01:03:17.719 --> 01:03:19.000 was there a long time in the fourth four. 1342 01:03:21.159 --> 01:03:23.400 He was a chief too, right, Yeah, he was a 1343 01:03:23.440 --> 01:03:25.760 chief in the four four from Long Beach. 1344 01:03:26.360 --> 01:03:28.679 Yeah, he's from Long Beach somebody else, somebody will put 1345 01:03:28.679 --> 01:03:33.599 it in there. And Scanlon was there, I remember Chief Scanning. Yes, 1346 01:03:33.639 --> 01:03:35.440 he was the captain of one thirty six. Somebody will 1347 01:03:35.440 --> 01:03:36.840 put it in the freaking I can't remember. 1348 01:03:37.719 --> 01:03:39.400 Uh, well, the one of the chiefs in the fourth 1349 01:03:39.440 --> 01:03:40.880 for Jimmy McNally was there. 1350 01:03:40.800 --> 01:03:41.679 For long mcnowally. 1351 01:03:41.760 --> 01:03:44.239 Yeah, yeah, yeah he was. He was the fourth to 1352 01:03:44.239 --> 01:03:46.360 fourth commander when I was there. He gave me the endorsement. 1353 01:03:46.559 --> 01:03:48.719 He was, he was the commander. Huh oh yeah, Max, 1354 01:03:49.119 --> 01:03:50.320 Yeah McNally was him. 1355 01:03:51.119 --> 01:03:54.159 And then another he was a captain of one thirty 1356 01:03:54.199 --> 01:03:59.840 six and it was who else long Beach so. 1357 01:04:00.679 --> 01:04:03.119 Well, no, that was it was mcmallly, It was mcmally. 1358 01:04:03.360 --> 01:04:05.559 It was jim mcnollill, okay, yeah, Jimmy mcnoll. Yeah. 1359 01:04:05.960 --> 01:04:08.039 He was great twenty man for a long time. 1360 01:04:09.960 --> 01:04:10.440 Mcbrian. 1361 01:04:10.559 --> 01:04:12.679 Was he on one twenty or twenty three? Bobby was 1362 01:04:13.159 --> 01:04:15.559 fireman a one twenty before I was there, but yeah, 1363 01:04:15.639 --> 01:04:16.760 he was at one twenty. 1364 01:04:16.840 --> 01:04:19.400 Yeah, yeah, we gotta get him on. 1365 01:04:19.920 --> 01:04:21.880 He loved it. He loved one twenty. He always talked 1366 01:04:21.920 --> 01:04:22.199 about that. 1367 01:04:22.760 --> 01:04:24.719 Oh he he loved talking about one twenty. 1368 01:04:24.760 --> 01:04:28.280 I had, Yeah, that could have been. 1369 01:04:28.800 --> 01:04:33.800 No, I was good, yeah, I uh, it was funny 1370 01:04:34.159 --> 01:04:36.719 right around. I don't know the end of the year 1371 01:04:37.199 --> 01:04:43.199 beginning of fourteen, I was in between sequences and uh 1372 01:04:43.360 --> 01:04:46.119 I just finished up at one thirty eight. I just 1373 01:04:46.159 --> 01:04:48.920 finished up at one twenty I'm sorry. In like, there's 1374 01:04:48.960 --> 01:04:50.639 like a couple of sets where your essay before the 1375 01:04:50.719 --> 01:04:54.559 next sequence kicks in. So I actually on New Year's Day, 1376 01:04:54.840 --> 01:04:57.159 I uh, I called the division to find out where 1377 01:04:57.199 --> 01:05:00.039 I was working for the day, and they actually, and 1378 01:05:00.119 --> 01:05:02.119 You're going to the fourteenth Division for the day. I'm like, 1379 01:05:02.159 --> 01:05:04.360 oh really, I'm like that's cool. They're like, you know what, 1380 01:05:04.920 --> 01:05:06.800 call the fourteenth division, find out where they're going to 1381 01:05:06.840 --> 01:05:07.960 send you, and just let us know where you go. 1382 01:05:08.679 --> 01:05:10.440 So I called the fourteenth Division and I said, hey, 1383 01:05:10.519 --> 01:05:13.280 don't sell mirror from the fifteenth I'm going to the 1384 01:05:13.320 --> 01:05:15.360 fourteenth Division. You guys are getting a body today. And 1385 01:05:15.360 --> 01:05:18.360 they're like, yeah, you're going to one thirty eight. Yeah what, 1386 01:05:19.559 --> 01:05:22.800 I'm like eight. I'm like this is like a dream 1387 01:05:22.840 --> 01:05:25.559 come true. Like I'm a lieutenant. I just got promoted 1388 01:05:25.599 --> 01:05:27.559 out of one thirty eight and and now I'm going 1389 01:05:27.679 --> 01:05:30.239 then that was the that was the job we had 1390 01:05:30.320 --> 01:05:35.480 that day. And so I call up Joe Tarantini's driving, 1391 01:05:35.599 --> 01:05:39.079 which was great, right, oh I'm working there today. He's like, 1392 01:05:39.159 --> 01:05:42.320 no shit. I said, yeah, so nine o'clock, you know, 1393 01:05:42.360 --> 01:05:45.199 we're doing roll call nine oh four, tones go off 1394 01:05:45.440 --> 01:05:50.159 fire Private dwelling, multiple calls, people trapped, and we literally 1395 01:05:50.239 --> 01:05:51.519 pulled out of the fire house. We're going off the 1396 01:05:51.599 --> 01:05:53.400 road and the whole fucking sky is black. And I'm like, 1397 01:05:53.440 --> 01:05:57.199 we got a job nice And I said, Joe's like, 1398 01:05:57.280 --> 01:05:59.960 we sure do. And it wound up being a face 1399 01:06:00.239 --> 01:06:04.760 fire unfortunately, And like I went from the happiest moment 1400 01:06:04.760 --> 01:06:05.760 at nine o'clock. 1401 01:06:05.679 --> 01:06:08.079 I think I go back to that picture, go back 1402 01:06:08.119 --> 01:06:08.719 to that picture. 1403 01:06:09.639 --> 01:06:10.280 I think I was that. 1404 01:06:10.480 --> 01:06:12.599 I'm looking at the at the buildings. There was that kid. 1405 01:06:12.719 --> 01:06:13.880 Two kids died at that building. 1406 01:06:13.960 --> 01:06:16.440 That's exactly right. I worked. I was, we were we 1407 01:06:16.480 --> 01:06:18.840 went went to that job that it was it was 1408 01:06:18.960 --> 01:06:21.280 like street than Boulevard. 1409 01:06:21.639 --> 01:06:23.440 Yep. We were to squad there. I remember we went 1410 01:06:23.480 --> 01:06:24.320 into the top floor through. 1411 01:06:24.320 --> 01:06:27.119 It was exactly right. The kids died, Yeah, the kid, 1412 01:06:27.239 --> 01:06:29.800 the kids Like nine o'clock, I'm happiest gonna be to 1413 01:06:29.840 --> 01:06:31.719 work in one thirty eight where I got promoted out 1414 01:06:31.719 --> 01:06:34.559 of a nine oh four. Were, you know, pulling two 1415 01:06:34.679 --> 01:06:36.639 dead kids out of a fire and I remember that 1416 01:06:37.760 --> 01:06:38.599 more than I wanted. 1417 01:06:38.719 --> 01:06:42.199 But they were there. We found out they were there 1418 01:06:42.840 --> 01:06:44.920 with their I think it was three kids. They were 1419 01:06:45.000 --> 01:06:48.000 there with their aunt or their grandmother or something. Yep, 1420 01:06:48.320 --> 01:06:52.639 and the kids lit a fire in a fake fireplace, correct, 1421 01:06:52.760 --> 01:06:55.639 in a fake fireplace, and the kids one of the 1422 01:06:55.719 --> 01:06:58.719 kids got past the fire in the living room and 1423 01:06:58.840 --> 01:07:00.719 the other two kids got call like right at the 1424 01:07:00.760 --> 01:07:01.440 base of the stair. 1425 01:07:02.119 --> 01:07:04.239 Absolutely horrible. One of the kids we found it. The 1426 01:07:04.320 --> 01:07:06.320 We found them at the base of the stairs, and uh, 1427 01:07:06.599 --> 01:07:09.320 you know, unfortunately they both passed. But when we pulled up, 1428 01:07:09.360 --> 01:07:12.440 there was fire blowing out of every opening in that dolley. Yeah, 1429 01:07:12.960 --> 01:07:14.679 you felt that he'd getting off the rig. I'm like, 1430 01:07:14.800 --> 01:07:15.719 this is fucking we. 1431 01:07:15.840 --> 01:07:18.639 Actually when we got there, we same thing. So because 1432 01:07:18.639 --> 01:07:20.920 they get they gave the report of kids trapped and 1433 01:07:20.920 --> 01:07:22.960 all that we got that. We turned out fast and 1434 01:07:23.039 --> 01:07:25.719 that was pretty close. We actually shut up a ladder 1435 01:07:25.800 --> 01:07:28.599 and went in because there was so much fire on 1436 01:07:28.679 --> 01:07:30.519 the first floor, out the door and out the at 1437 01:07:30.559 --> 01:07:33.800 the thing. Yeah, we actually went into the top and 1438 01:07:34.039 --> 01:07:35.599 uh and then we heard the guys say that they 1439 01:07:35.639 --> 01:07:38.880 had they had the kids at the base of the stair. 1440 01:07:39.519 --> 01:07:42.719 Yeah, like I said, it was a terrible situation. And 1441 01:07:42.800 --> 01:07:45.440 then uh, you know, we're packing up. You know, it 1442 01:07:45.599 --> 01:07:47.519 was uh, it was it was nice to be back 1443 01:07:47.519 --> 01:07:49.079 in one thirty eight for the day, even though it 1444 01:07:49.199 --> 01:07:53.280 was just once four. But so fast forward a little 1445 01:07:53.320 --> 01:07:57.440 at that job, you guys remember Chief spatafora Yeah, of course. Yeah. 1446 01:07:58.239 --> 01:08:01.000 He's like, where's one thirty eighth us? And I'm like, 1447 01:08:01.800 --> 01:08:05.880 oh boy, I said, Chief right here. He's like, are 1448 01:08:05.920 --> 01:08:08.599 you assigned to one thirty eight? I said, Chief, I'm 1449 01:08:08.599 --> 01:08:11.119 actually a signed to the fifteenth division. I'm here essay 1450 01:08:11.199 --> 01:08:13.679 for the day. He's like, what put all those tiger 1451 01:08:13.719 --> 01:08:14.880 tails on everyone's helmet? 1452 01:08:16.079 --> 01:08:16.119 What? 1453 01:08:16.880 --> 01:08:17.560 That's what he's got? 1454 01:08:20.199 --> 01:08:22.239 Tales the kids. 1455 01:08:22.159 --> 01:08:24.479 Just died, and he's worried about a tiger tail. But 1456 01:08:25.079 --> 01:08:27.439 he's like, why are they have tiger tails on their helmets? 1457 01:08:28.159 --> 01:08:31.000 I said, Chief, I'm in the fifteenth division. I'm just 1458 01:08:31.079 --> 01:08:32.920 here for the day. But I'm going to get to 1459 01:08:32.960 --> 01:08:39.119 the bottom of this and find out what this. Meanwhile, 1460 01:08:39.520 --> 01:08:43.279 I had too much before that. He's like, this is 1461 01:08:43.359 --> 01:08:45.199 the stupidest thing I've ever seen. He's like, it's a 1462 01:08:45.279 --> 01:08:48.600 hazard on their helmets. I said, Chief, No, no worries. 1463 01:08:48.600 --> 01:08:50.119 I'm going to get to the bottom of it right now. 1464 01:08:51.279 --> 01:08:52.760 So I go to the guys. That says, guys, the 1465 01:08:52.840 --> 01:08:54.000 Chief doesn't like the tiger tails. 1466 01:08:54.000 --> 01:08:55.800 You get on, get on the rig. Yeah, get them 1467 01:08:55.840 --> 01:08:56.399 get on the rig. 1468 01:08:57.039 --> 01:08:59.279 So so he he's actually, I said, you know, you 1469 01:08:59.359 --> 01:09:00.640 gotta cut them off if you want you to cut 1470 01:09:00.680 --> 01:09:02.600 them off, and like fuck that, we're not cutting them off. 1471 01:09:02.640 --> 01:09:12.039 They're like, fuck you, soap. And then he's watching the 1472 01:09:12.119 --> 01:09:14.399 guys to see if they cut him off, and he's like, 1473 01:09:14.520 --> 01:09:18.039 here's me, lieutenant, cut them off now, and I'm like, 1474 01:09:18.119 --> 01:09:21.199 oh boy, so listen. I'm like, I said, Chief, you 1475 01:09:21.319 --> 01:09:23.119 got it. I said, guy, just cut him off. We'll 1476 01:09:23.119 --> 01:09:24.720 put him back at the firehouse. When we get back, 1477 01:09:24.720 --> 01:09:26.359 there's zip tied on. It wasn't the end of the world, 1478 01:09:26.840 --> 01:09:28.960 but he literally washed us and he wanted to see 1479 01:09:29.000 --> 01:09:31.560 the guys cutting the tigertails off. And I'm like thinking, 1480 01:09:31.600 --> 01:09:33.960 I'm like, two kids just died, and like you're worried 1481 01:09:34.000 --> 01:09:34.800 about tiger. 1482 01:09:34.640 --> 01:09:39.079 Jaws and I'm not wearing those things forever. 1483 01:09:39.279 --> 01:09:41.760 I mean that that wasn't like but the ironic part 1484 01:09:41.800 --> 01:09:43.439 about it, he says, asking me, He's like, what the 1485 01:09:43.479 --> 01:09:45.319 fuck's going on with these tigertails? And I'm like, I 1486 01:09:45.399 --> 01:09:48.640 played it off. I don't know what I'll find out 1487 01:09:49.000 --> 01:09:50.880 what's going on here. I'm gonna get to the bottom 1488 01:09:50.920 --> 01:09:51.039 of it. 1489 01:09:51.119 --> 01:09:52.800 I don't even know what what thirty eight is. When 1490 01:09:52.840 --> 01:09:53.079 the hell? 1491 01:09:54.680 --> 01:09:56.720 Yeah, I said, like there're the silly little things they 1492 01:09:56.760 --> 01:09:59.840 have hanging on their helmets. I don't know. I'll find out, though, God, 1493 01:10:00.119 --> 01:10:01.039 go back to that picture. 1494 01:10:01.600 --> 01:10:05.880 Oh, hold on a second, fucking it, that's funny. 1495 01:10:07.600 --> 01:10:11.439 Oh here, who was a big kid next to Tarantini? 1496 01:10:11.720 --> 01:10:14.800 South Sarami? Sarami, that's what it is. Yeah, he's a 1497 01:10:14.880 --> 01:10:15.880 signed to one thirty two. 1498 01:10:16.000 --> 01:10:18.079 Now he got promoted. 1499 01:10:18.199 --> 01:10:21.760 Yeah, he got promoted to lieutenant and he's a signed 1500 01:10:21.800 --> 01:10:26.479 to one thirty two. Yeah, it was Uh, it was awesome. 1501 01:10:27.000 --> 01:10:31.039 He was the baseball coach in myrack. His grandfather was 1502 01:10:31.079 --> 01:10:31.920 my baseball coach. 1503 01:10:32.359 --> 01:10:34.039 Really yeah, familiar that kid. 1504 01:10:34.680 --> 01:10:36.960 He lived on the next block over from my house 1505 01:10:37.000 --> 01:10:37.880 from sixtieth Drive. 1506 01:10:38.560 --> 01:10:40.079 Oh that's all that's how Yeah? 1507 01:10:40.279 --> 01:10:44.920 Yeah yeah nice. And then yeah, so, like I said, uh, 1508 01:10:45.279 --> 01:10:47.399 it was definitely cool to be back in one thirty 1509 01:10:47.439 --> 01:10:48.840 eight for the day, even if it was at least 1510 01:10:48.840 --> 01:10:51.119 of one tour. And it was great to you know, 1511 01:10:51.239 --> 01:10:53.720 be back at home, like you know, and get that 1512 01:10:53.840 --> 01:10:54.760 feeling again. 1513 01:10:54.560 --> 01:11:02.479 Like that's great, that's awesome, and uh yeah it Tarantini. 1514 01:11:03.479 --> 01:11:06.680 Tarantini was working yeah, it doesn't get better than that, right, No, 1515 01:11:07.159 --> 01:11:09.720 he was right. Unless you made sal zones, that would 1516 01:11:09.760 --> 01:11:11.800 be the cherry on it the time. I don't remember 1517 01:11:11.840 --> 01:11:13.600 what we got, I'll be honest with you, but uh, 1518 01:11:14.439 --> 01:11:16.399 I tell you probably went to Malmooks. 1519 01:11:16.840 --> 01:11:21.640 Don't much the leish. But yeah, so that that was. 1520 01:11:21.880 --> 01:11:23.640 That was my tour one thirty eight when I was 1521 01:11:24.079 --> 01:11:27.760 a Boston Like I said, it was definitely uh cool 1522 01:11:27.800 --> 01:11:28.760 to go back for the day. 1523 01:11:29.279 --> 01:11:31.319 Everybody's got a story where they almost shipped the bed. 1524 01:11:31.359 --> 01:11:33.079 They almost by the big one. You have a story 1525 01:11:33.079 --> 01:11:34.600 where you almost when you almost bought it. 1526 01:11:36.239 --> 01:11:38.279 Uh, well, you know it's funny. 1527 01:11:38.359 --> 01:11:38.920 I uh. 1528 01:11:40.439 --> 01:11:42.159 Back to go. You know, I was back in one 1529 01:11:42.239 --> 01:11:47.479 twenty ufo and uh we we were actually calling back 1530 01:11:47.520 --> 01:11:51.039 from a job and uh we were heading back. We 1531 01:11:51.119 --> 01:11:53.000 were taking a couple of minutes time. Guys wanted to 1532 01:11:53.119 --> 01:11:54.760 wash up once in a while. 1533 01:11:54.800 --> 01:11:55.319 We had to do that. 1534 01:11:57.359 --> 01:12:01.920 But another rock and job, like uh you know, by 1535 01:12:01.960 --> 01:12:05.399 two eighty three comes in and we we look in 1536 01:12:05.479 --> 01:12:09.000 that direction and the whole sky is black, and I'm like, 1537 01:12:09.159 --> 01:12:12.960 that looks like a fucking good job. I says, you guys, ready, 1538 01:12:13.159 --> 01:12:16.720 I'm gonna jump on this and They're like, uh, okay, 1539 01:12:16.880 --> 01:12:18.279 you know it's you know, I know you want to 1540 01:12:18.359 --> 01:12:20.159 wash up, but maybe this is a little bit better 1541 01:12:20.199 --> 01:12:23.960 right now. So they're uh, they're getting people trapped reports 1542 01:12:24.000 --> 01:12:27.119 and people trapped and they're asking them for a towel 1543 01:12:27.159 --> 01:12:30.039 ladder to the front of the building. So I said, perfect, 1544 01:12:30.439 --> 01:12:33.600 I said one twenty in Brooklyn with like ad one twenty. 1545 01:12:33.880 --> 01:12:35.520 I said, we're right around the corner from that job. 1546 01:12:35.520 --> 01:12:39.640 You want to send us a ticket that happens, you 1547 01:12:39.720 --> 01:12:43.159 got it. We're not taking time anymore. We're on the box. 1548 01:12:43.359 --> 01:12:44.800 We're gonna go take the front of the building. They 1549 01:12:44.840 --> 01:12:46.960 want a towel adder. They got people trapped, reports of 1550 01:12:47.880 --> 01:12:50.039 and what do you think happens? 1551 01:12:51.399 --> 01:12:52.279 Get into an accident. 1552 01:12:52.479 --> 01:12:56.800 We got into a major fucking action. Well he does 1553 01:12:56.840 --> 01:13:00.960 it better, but the senior guy one twenty al Getz 1554 01:13:01.079 --> 01:13:03.960 was driving me and we literally wrapped a fucking car 1555 01:13:04.000 --> 01:13:07.600 around a telephone pole, and I'm like, oh my god. 1556 01:13:07.960 --> 01:13:10.159 The worst part about it, I'm not even thinking if 1557 01:13:10.239 --> 01:13:12.479 this lady's a larv or not right now. But thankfully 1558 01:13:12.560 --> 01:13:15.119 she had minor injuries. So that's the only reason I 1559 01:13:15.159 --> 01:13:18.119 could joke around about this now. But I had to 1560 01:13:18.199 --> 01:13:19.680 tell Brooklyn where I was. 1561 01:13:21.279 --> 01:13:22.520 That wasn't around the corner. 1562 01:13:23.239 --> 01:13:23.920 It was around the. 1563 01:13:23.920 --> 01:13:25.640 Corner, just not the corner. I told him. 1564 01:13:25.800 --> 01:13:26.239 I'm get. 1565 01:13:27.800 --> 01:13:31.000 So I'm like, ah shit, and I don't even have 1566 01:13:31.119 --> 01:13:33.000 my phone on me, Otherwise I would have called them. 1567 01:13:33.920 --> 01:13:35.720 So I get on the radio. I said one twenty 1568 01:13:35.800 --> 01:13:39.640 to Brooklyn. They're like one twenty, go ahead, I says, 1569 01:13:39.680 --> 01:13:43.800 we're involved in a major accident at the location of 1570 01:13:43.840 --> 01:13:45.520 East New York Avenue and Tomas Boiling. 1571 01:13:46.840 --> 01:13:47.079 Do it? 1572 01:13:47.600 --> 01:13:49.560 So I hope that that's it, and you know where 1573 01:13:49.600 --> 01:13:54.319 I am and leave it alone, right Brooklyn to one twenty, 1574 01:13:54.479 --> 01:14:01.359 where are you? Oh my god? Deep down, I'm like, Brooklyn, 1575 01:14:01.520 --> 01:14:03.560 you know where I am? I just told you, don't 1576 01:14:03.600 --> 01:14:03.920 you know? 1577 01:14:04.800 --> 01:14:08.119 You know what's going on here? You know what everybody does? 1578 01:14:08.279 --> 01:14:11.840 We all lie, We all lie, we all lie. 1579 01:14:12.479 --> 01:14:15.319 So I'm like one twenty we're on East New York 1580 01:14:15.399 --> 01:14:17.439 Avenue and Thomas Boiling, and I'm trying not to be 1581 01:14:17.760 --> 01:14:19.720 so loud. So it's like if that was gonna help, 1582 01:14:19.760 --> 01:14:23.319 But they're like one twenty, all right, we're gonna put 1583 01:14:23.359 --> 01:14:27.359 you out of service, and uh, well, we'll have a 1584 01:14:27.520 --> 01:14:29.680 we'll have an engine see a far and the truck 1585 01:14:29.720 --> 01:14:32.520 come to your scene. So now we're out of service. 1586 01:14:32.680 --> 01:14:34.800 We got to this accident. We're checking on this, lady, 1587 01:14:35.239 --> 01:14:37.239 I hit one seventy six, jumping on this. They're like 1588 01:14:37.239 --> 01:14:39.000 one seventy six. You want to send us to the fire. 1589 01:14:39.399 --> 01:14:41.680 They're like, one seventy six go to one twenties accident. 1590 01:14:41.720 --> 01:14:43.600 I'm like, oh my god, dude. 1591 01:14:44.239 --> 01:14:45.239 Well that wasn't it. 1592 01:14:45.399 --> 01:14:45.760 That was that? 1593 01:14:48.399 --> 01:14:51.159 No, No, that wasn't mine. That was the other accident 1594 01:14:51.239 --> 01:14:53.600 though that The mechanic was breaking my tops about He's like, 1595 01:14:53.640 --> 01:14:55.640 you got it, I got it, I got it ship. 1596 01:14:55.720 --> 01:14:56.840 Let me see if I can find it. Then then 1597 01:14:56.880 --> 01:14:57.880 I thought that was it. I'm like, man, I got 1598 01:14:57.920 --> 01:14:59.840 look in the first show. No, no, no, that wasn't 1599 01:14:59.880 --> 01:15:02.479 a that was another action. But so now one seventy six, 1600 01:15:02.560 --> 01:15:04.159 who wanted to go to this fire, Now they're coming 1601 01:15:04.199 --> 01:15:06.359 to us. I'm like, oh my god, this just can't 1602 01:15:06.399 --> 01:15:10.159 keep it getting worse and worse. Thankfully, the ladies okay, 1603 01:15:10.279 --> 01:15:14.119 she's a little banged up. We're okay. But all day 1604 01:15:14.399 --> 01:15:18.520 I was getting messages to like, what corner are you 1605 01:15:18.600 --> 01:15:22.479 around that you got so far? Launched to East New 1606 01:15:22.560 --> 01:15:25.760 York and Thomas boiling and I'm like very funny, and 1607 01:15:25.920 --> 01:15:27.840 you know, you know, everyone's listening to the radio and 1608 01:15:27.960 --> 01:15:30.640 like that's the last thing that's like the worst thing that. 1609 01:15:30.680 --> 01:15:33.439 Can possibly the scenario that could happen, you know, like. 1610 01:15:34.840 --> 01:15:38.199 You know, you're trying to be proactive and telling me around. 1611 01:15:38.000 --> 01:15:40.239 The corner, and everybody does it. Everybody does it. 1612 01:15:41.399 --> 01:15:44.279 I listen to the old all the time. I can't 1613 01:15:44.399 --> 01:15:46.159 one O three does it all the time. 1614 01:15:46.439 --> 01:15:49.279 We're on the corner. That send it's a dickt. Yeah, 1615 01:15:49.920 --> 01:15:52.119 so you know, you jump on the box. You're just like, 1616 01:15:52.159 --> 01:15:53.479 all right, all we need to do is get from 1617 01:15:53.479 --> 01:15:56.359 point A to be nothing in between and then boom 1618 01:15:57.399 --> 01:16:00.560 shit And I'm like this is this is bad. 1619 01:16:00.640 --> 01:16:04.239 But listen, thank God, like you said, thank nobody got 1620 01:16:04.399 --> 01:16:06.800 uh nobody got service enough. 1621 01:16:08.039 --> 01:16:12.159 Uh it did because they're the windshield cracked. But they 1622 01:16:12.239 --> 01:16:14.359 fixed that in the firehouse and uh and we were 1623 01:16:14.359 --> 01:16:14.720 all good. 1624 01:16:15.000 --> 01:16:18.119 There's not a worse I'm thinking about it now, like 1625 01:16:19.199 --> 01:16:22.720 you're so hyped up to go your you responded to 1626 01:16:22.840 --> 01:16:26.000 a job, Like there's no worse feeling than having to 1627 01:16:26.079 --> 01:16:28.800 get on the radio and say you or just the 1628 01:16:28.920 --> 01:16:31.560 fact that you can't respond anymore, you know, and you know, 1629 01:16:31.680 --> 01:16:33.680 the job's going on, and then people are jumping on 1630 01:16:33.760 --> 01:16:35.800 the box and they're going to the job and you're 1631 01:16:35.840 --> 01:16:36.680 gonna get left out. 1632 01:16:36.840 --> 01:16:38.399 I mean, sitting on your birthday cake. 1633 01:16:38.880 --> 01:16:41.479 Oh my god, it's so bad. Especially then you got 1634 01:16:41.880 --> 01:16:43.920 like sal was saying, like to have to do paperwork 1635 01:16:43.920 --> 01:16:46.079 and comfort bid somebody got hurt, really hurt or something 1636 01:16:46.159 --> 01:16:47.880 like that. I mean, you don't want that shit to happen, 1637 01:16:47.920 --> 01:16:48.720 but it has. 1638 01:16:49.000 --> 01:16:51.279 And like you know, you feel horrible, but like I said, 1639 01:16:52.279 --> 01:16:54.560 what the luck of God, don't really got seriously hurt. 1640 01:16:54.600 --> 01:16:57.439 And we were able to, uh to you know, continue 1641 01:16:57.479 --> 01:17:00.119 on after the RG got windshield fixed and you know, 1642 01:17:00.800 --> 01:17:03.119 lesson learned the mark is still on the bumper till 1643 01:17:03.159 --> 01:17:07.760 this day. And you know, yeah, you know, snappy quick 1644 01:17:07.800 --> 01:17:13.359 one for that one though, huh all words of this. 1645 01:17:13.439 --> 01:17:16.399 One, bro, Like you said, you got to do uh, 1646 01:17:16.680 --> 01:17:18.359 you got to keep your cell phone. Well, now I 1647 01:17:18.399 --> 01:17:20.239 think all the rigs have cell phones. Now I don't 1648 01:17:20.239 --> 01:17:21.039 even know I think they do. 1649 01:17:21.840 --> 01:17:24.880 Yeah, well, every every officer actually has a phone. Now 1650 01:17:24.920 --> 01:17:26.520 they want you to carry while you're on the rig. 1651 01:17:27.159 --> 01:17:29.039 The event of God forbid, you need to call someone, 1652 01:17:29.079 --> 01:17:31.399 you know, whether it's a b I matter or some 1653 01:17:31.600 --> 01:17:33.319 other you know, you got to call the chief speak 1654 01:17:33.359 --> 01:17:36.199 to some you know, privately, not on the radio. Every 1655 01:17:36.279 --> 01:17:38.399 officer has a phone now, which is pretty cool, which 1656 01:17:38.600 --> 01:17:41.640 they did, which was one of the you know, positive 1657 01:17:41.680 --> 01:17:46.680 things that they did for the officers going forward. So yeah, 1658 01:17:46.720 --> 01:17:49.479 but like I said, lesson learned. But you know, listen, 1659 01:17:49.800 --> 01:17:51.800 everyone does it all the time in the fifteenth Division. 1660 01:17:51.840 --> 01:17:55.279 I don't tell you, and I'm sure you know ninety 1661 01:17:55.319 --> 01:17:57.039 percent of the time you'll get away with it. And 1662 01:17:57.439 --> 01:18:03.920 my fucking ten percent. Yeah you gonare it happens. 1663 01:18:04.920 --> 01:18:05.640 We're right around that. 1664 01:18:05.640 --> 01:18:08.560 They're way back sin that was Sweens and Brooklyn. 1665 01:18:08.600 --> 01:18:10.680 Did you have to adapt to the I mean, I'm 1666 01:18:10.720 --> 01:18:12.279 sure what thirty eight had a good turnout, but not 1667 01:18:12.399 --> 01:18:14.680 what you know. It's funny like a couple of guys 1668 01:18:14.720 --> 01:18:18.079 who were actually in Brooklyn at one time and worked 1669 01:18:18.079 --> 01:18:20.640 in one thirty eight they told me, and I have 1670 01:18:20.760 --> 01:18:23.199 to agree with him, being in both now, is that 1671 01:18:24.159 --> 01:18:26.920 nine thirty eight is almost like a Brooklyn firehouse. 1672 01:18:26.960 --> 01:18:29.319 I really a lot of guys have said that on 1673 01:18:29.399 --> 01:18:29.720 the show. 1674 01:18:30.079 --> 01:18:32.079 Yeah, I mean, you know, you go to certain parts 1675 01:18:32.119 --> 01:18:33.960 of the fourteenth Division, I can tell you it's not 1676 01:18:34.159 --> 01:18:37.479 like Brooklyn. Yeah, but to eighty nine, one thirty eight 1677 01:18:37.520 --> 01:18:40.439 as a whole has that Brooklyn vibe and it's there, 1678 01:18:40.479 --> 01:18:42.960 you know, hard chargers into the job and the fire 1679 01:18:43.039 --> 01:18:43.960 duties there. It really is. 1680 01:18:44.399 --> 01:18:47.159 Yeah, always has been. Man, it's always a busy place. 1681 01:18:47.399 --> 01:18:47.600 Yeah. 1682 01:18:48.279 --> 01:18:49.800 But I will say the nice thing about like one 1683 01:18:49.920 --> 01:18:52.399 thirty eight is the other truck is not on top 1684 01:18:52.399 --> 01:18:54.600 of you like it is. And no, and you know 1685 01:18:54.800 --> 01:18:57.039 one twenty one oh three, one twenty one, seventy six 1686 01:18:57.119 --> 01:19:01.600 we're pulling up at the same time, where one thirty 1687 01:19:01.640 --> 01:19:03.680 eight was like you know you were going. 1688 01:19:03.560 --> 01:19:06.000 Six drive backwards. Yeah, you could drive backwards and get 1689 01:19:06.039 --> 01:19:08.399 there first, you know what I mean, what's seventeen fifty 1690 01:19:08.439 --> 01:19:11.159 four thirty six? They all had huge areas, right and no, 1691 01:19:11.359 --> 01:19:11.960 definitely one. 1692 01:19:12.520 --> 01:19:15.119 I mean thirty eight goes all the way down Queens Boulevarts. 1693 01:19:15.199 --> 01:19:19.159 You run over with one fifty one, don't They said, Yeah, yeah, 1694 01:19:19.199 --> 01:19:22.319 one fifty one, you know, one thirty six, one fifty four, 1695 01:19:22.359 --> 01:19:26.680 one twenty nine going towards Flushing huge. They had the 1696 01:19:26.800 --> 01:19:27.319 first two. 1697 01:19:27.279 --> 01:19:29.680 Boxes and Maspiths around the back of Maspith one thirty 1698 01:19:29.720 --> 01:19:32.680 eight would be yeah crazy. 1699 01:19:33.039 --> 01:19:35.920 So uh yeah, it was just uh, you know, but 1700 01:19:36.279 --> 01:19:38.239 like I said that the whole fifteenth divisions, you know, 1701 01:19:38.439 --> 01:19:40.960 like that, and that's the the you know, I don't 1702 01:19:40.960 --> 01:19:42.680 have to tell you we're f you know, to ninety 1703 01:19:42.720 --> 01:19:45.159 one on three. I remember I worked in two ninety 1704 01:19:45.199 --> 01:19:46.960 a couple of times being those guys are on fucking 1705 01:19:47.079 --> 01:19:51.479 two wheels flying it, you know. I remember it was funny. 1706 01:19:51.720 --> 01:19:56.880 Uh one of my first tours essay in two ninety, 1707 01:19:57.840 --> 01:20:01.000 I was like so nervous about, you know, turning out 1708 01:20:01.119 --> 01:20:04.560 and getting on the rig. And we had a we 1709 01:20:04.600 --> 01:20:07.880 had a project run, my first run into ninety and 1710 01:20:08.239 --> 01:20:11.079 I actually carried the stampipe bag into the fire apartment. 1711 01:20:14.199 --> 01:20:19.359 So all I'm thinking is, you know, apartment sixty sixty sixty. 1712 01:20:19.399 --> 01:20:21.479 I gotta get there. I gotta get there. And all 1713 01:20:21.479 --> 01:20:23.520 of a sudden, my control man is in the apartment 1714 01:20:23.560 --> 01:20:25.359 with me. He's like, oh, Lou, I need that bag. 1715 01:20:26.520 --> 01:20:32.000 I'm like, oh yeah, I'm like, what an asshole. I'm 1716 01:20:32.079 --> 01:20:35.399 so tounle visions to get to that apartment. I'm a 1717 01:20:35.439 --> 01:20:38.039 brand new officer. I'm trying to prove myself that I'm 1718 01:20:38.039 --> 01:20:38.880 not a fucking idiot. 1719 01:20:38.920 --> 01:20:39.960 That's That's it. 1720 01:20:41.199 --> 01:20:44.319 I got the stanmdpipe bag in the apartment with me, I'm. 1721 01:20:44.239 --> 01:20:48.239 Like, oh, that's uh, that's a lot of times. That's 1722 01:20:48.319 --> 01:20:50.760 really the key is, especially when you're even though you 1723 01:20:50.800 --> 01:20:53.119 had ten years on the job as a new lieutenant, 1724 01:20:53.239 --> 01:20:55.760 right especially in the covering companies, and you know, you're 1725 01:20:55.760 --> 01:20:57.159 not one hundred percent sure where you're going to be, 1726 01:20:57.239 --> 01:20:58.880 but you want to make a good impression if you 1727 01:20:58.960 --> 01:21:02.600 have a job all at so you're constantly it's in 1728 01:21:02.680 --> 01:21:04.439 the back of your mind and you can make it, 1729 01:21:04.880 --> 01:21:07.039 you know. I think the first time I came back, 1730 01:21:07.840 --> 01:21:09.680 I I had I used to wear a baseball hat, 1731 01:21:09.840 --> 01:21:11.640 you know, and I got off the rig with my 1732 01:21:11.720 --> 01:21:14.319 baseball hat because I thought I had my helmet on, 1733 01:21:14.479 --> 01:21:16.439 you know what I mean, because it was something was 1734 01:21:16.479 --> 01:21:18.920 on my head, you know what I mean, you saw something, right, Yeah, 1735 01:21:19.600 --> 01:21:21.359 so you just gotta uh. 1736 01:21:22.039 --> 01:21:24.119 And by the way, that STAMPI bag in two ninety, 1737 01:21:24.159 --> 01:21:25.479 I don't know what the fuck is in there? 1738 01:21:26.239 --> 01:21:28.319 Well, there was definitely probably a couple of five They 1739 01:21:28.399 --> 01:21:30.840 used to put extra you know, five pound plates in there, 1740 01:21:31.319 --> 01:21:32.960 just because they had so much shit in there for 1741 01:21:33.079 --> 01:21:37.119 every listen, they had, for every scenario that could happen. 1742 01:21:37.439 --> 01:21:39.680 If you get up there and it doesn't have the wheel, 1743 01:21:39.720 --> 01:21:41.760 it doesn't have the stem, it doesn't have this, doesn't 1744 01:21:41.760 --> 01:21:43.399 have that. They had a wrench for this, a wrench 1745 01:21:43.479 --> 01:21:46.359 for that, a wheel for this, grip, you know whatever 1746 01:21:46.439 --> 01:21:48.560 it was. But the guys would suck und. 1747 01:21:49.399 --> 01:21:50.239 Don put that together. 1748 01:21:50.760 --> 01:21:53.680 Yeah A Dominic Carrino Carina, right. 1749 01:21:53.960 --> 01:21:55.960 Yeah, they used to put like if a guy ever 1750 01:21:56.119 --> 01:21:59.760 complained or said anything, they would put five pound plates in. 1751 01:21:59.760 --> 01:22:02.159 There, just you know, not in a bad way. But 1752 01:22:02.199 --> 01:22:03.479 I asked the guy, he said, what's in this that 1753 01:22:03.680 --> 01:22:05.279 it's so heavy? He's like, we got two of everything. 1754 01:22:05.319 --> 01:22:07.159 I'm like, he also need two hands to carry it, 1755 01:22:09.119 --> 01:22:11.600 and like, you know, guy, he told me, he's like, 1756 01:22:11.600 --> 01:22:13.279 you gotta you gotta be on the rigs super quick. 1757 01:22:13.319 --> 01:22:13.439 Here. 1758 01:22:13.640 --> 01:22:15.560 I remember the tones went off that door. You guys 1759 01:22:15.640 --> 01:22:18.760 had red fucking guy. So not only am I bleeding 1760 01:22:20.279 --> 01:22:24.319 like the dog, it's all you guys told me to 1761 01:22:24.359 --> 01:22:25.720 get on the rigs super quick. I did that, and 1762 01:22:25.760 --> 01:22:26.439 the dog just. 1763 01:22:28.399 --> 01:22:28.960 Now he's dead. 1764 01:22:30.239 --> 01:22:31.760 Yeah, unavailable for all the time. 1765 01:22:32.239 --> 01:22:33.439 So yeah, I did not. 1766 01:22:35.399 --> 01:22:35.760 Read that. 1767 01:22:37.279 --> 01:22:39.520 Was there when I was there. That was Duke my dad. 1768 01:22:39.720 --> 01:22:41.680 My dad owns a butcher shop, So they said, you 1769 01:22:41.760 --> 01:22:44.479 got any bones for Duke? So I found this fucking 1770 01:22:44.600 --> 01:22:48.479 dinosaur bone and he carried that thing everywhere. The thing 1771 01:22:48.600 --> 01:22:50.479 was tremendous, but he loved it. A lot of meat 1772 01:22:50.479 --> 01:22:50.880 on that thing. 1773 01:22:52.640 --> 01:22:56.880 We talk about Sally before we forget talk about Captain 1774 01:22:56.960 --> 01:22:58.239 Higgins in the engine there. 1775 01:22:59.680 --> 01:23:01.720 So he he was the assigned captain when I started 1776 01:23:01.760 --> 01:23:03.920 covering in one twenty. He was that guy is like 1777 01:23:03.960 --> 01:23:10.199 a warrior, you know, school old school lieutenant there. Captain there, 1778 01:23:11.039 --> 01:23:15.000 awesome man, you know, And and he was a lot 1779 01:23:15.039 --> 01:23:18.600 of times always a smile on his face, you know. 1780 01:23:18.640 --> 01:23:21.239 I remember I remember one of my first rough nights 1781 01:23:21.239 --> 01:23:24.199 in Walking Street. We probably did about twelve thirteen runs. 1782 01:23:24.199 --> 01:23:29.079 After midnight, I'm fucking shot and I'm like drinking coffee 1783 01:23:29.119 --> 01:23:31.720 in the kitchen and you know, guys started to come in. 1784 01:23:31.840 --> 01:23:34.680 Higgins is there, and I remember one of the guys 1785 01:23:34.720 --> 01:23:36.520 went to Higgins. He's like, what's up. Cap? He's like, 1786 01:23:36.560 --> 01:23:40.319 what's up? And uh, He's like, how is the night? 1787 01:23:40.960 --> 01:23:45.840 He's like, uh, not bad? Not bad? What the fuck? 1788 01:23:48.239 --> 01:23:49.760 I make the same night with you? And I did 1789 01:23:49.840 --> 01:23:54.159 thirteen runs and you had thirteen runs plus? Yeah, what 1790 01:23:54.239 --> 01:23:55.199 does this guy talking about? 1791 01:23:55.239 --> 01:23:55.680 Not bad? 1792 01:23:56.199 --> 01:23:58.680 I didn't say a word. I kept it to myself. 1793 01:23:58.800 --> 01:24:01.520 I'm like and what the fuck is a good night? 1794 01:24:01.760 --> 01:24:03.359 Yeah, that's one of those things you don't want to 1795 01:24:03.359 --> 01:24:04.079 speak out loud. 1796 01:24:04.439 --> 01:24:08.359 No, he would that guy would never complain. I know 1797 01:24:08.479 --> 01:24:10.119 I worked, but I worked in the truck and I 1798 01:24:10.560 --> 01:24:13.720 felt bad a few times him running out the door 1799 01:24:14.520 --> 01:24:16.279 for im. I mean, one after the other, you know 1800 01:24:16.319 --> 01:24:16.720 what I mean. 1801 01:24:17.000 --> 01:24:19.439 He was an older guy's you know, yeah he was, 1802 01:24:19.600 --> 01:24:22.880 but but like like a warrior, like nothing faced him, like, 1803 01:24:23.279 --> 01:24:25.359 he kept going and running and running and running. He 1804 01:24:25.439 --> 01:24:25.680 loved it. 1805 01:24:25.800 --> 01:24:28.079 And you said he was a lieutenant there he came 1806 01:24:28.199 --> 01:24:31.800 back for more punishment as a captain, right, he loved it. Yeah. 1807 01:24:31.800 --> 01:24:33.600 A lot of times, you know, guys get promoted, they're like, 1808 01:24:33.600 --> 01:24:35.640 all right, now I can slow it down. He wanted, 1809 01:24:35.800 --> 01:24:38.279 he wanted to come right back into that you know, 1810 01:24:38.520 --> 01:24:43.279 uh ruling uh running around again. And like I said, 1811 01:24:43.319 --> 01:24:45.039 he wasn't a young guy who was an older guy 1812 01:24:45.079 --> 01:24:47.720 but cut from a different cloth man like. 1813 01:24:47.760 --> 01:24:48.800 Old never complained. 1814 01:24:48.960 --> 01:24:51.800 Never, Yeah, and I still see him. He still turns 1815 01:24:51.840 --> 01:24:53.880 out to everything. What an absolute gentleman, that guy. 1816 01:24:54.039 --> 01:24:55.880 Yeah, he said he was a sweetheart. I remember he 1817 01:24:55.960 --> 01:24:57.960 stuck out to me like uh and then his he 1818 01:24:58.039 --> 01:25:01.279 played hockey because I used to play hockey in other Uh. 1819 01:25:03.640 --> 01:25:10.800 Nobody. His son was a Ranger, I believe was. 1820 01:25:10.840 --> 01:25:13.479 A Canadian, a montre Canadian, and he played for the 1821 01:25:13.600 --> 01:25:15.560 Rangers for a short time. And I don't know where 1822 01:25:15.760 --> 01:25:17.680 if he's still on, if he's still in the NHL now, 1823 01:25:17.760 --> 01:25:20.199 but yeah, you know. 1824 01:25:20.439 --> 01:25:22.159 But yeah, he still comes to all the events and 1825 01:25:22.199 --> 01:25:24.239 stuff like that. I see him with an absolute gentleman. 1826 01:25:24.960 --> 01:25:25.479 He really is. 1827 01:25:26.439 --> 01:25:27.560 What about the squid? 1828 01:25:28.600 --> 01:25:32.800 He still comes around Calamary. He's pure entertainment to talk to. Man. 1829 01:25:32.920 --> 01:25:34.520 I didn't get to work with him because, like I said, 1830 01:25:34.600 --> 01:25:37.399 Chris Isigen was the captain when I started covering in 1831 01:25:37.560 --> 01:25:40.199 Walkin Street. But he still turns out to all the 1832 01:25:40.279 --> 01:25:49.560 events and he is entertainment one, you know. Dealing with 1833 01:25:49.640 --> 01:25:52.560 people in the project, My god, have me in tears 1834 01:25:53.079 --> 01:25:56.199 the stories that I hear about how we talked to 1835 01:25:56.279 --> 01:25:57.880 people and and the. 1836 01:25:59.399 --> 01:26:02.199 Calamary and uh oh my god, we had a list 1837 01:26:02.239 --> 01:26:04.479 when he had him. I think he did three hours 1838 01:26:04.520 --> 01:26:04.960 when we had. 1839 01:26:07.079 --> 01:26:07.159 Ye. 1840 01:26:11.880 --> 01:26:14.840 Where do you think he enjoyed it better as a 1841 01:26:14.880 --> 01:26:16.560 fireman or as a as an officer? 1842 01:26:18.960 --> 01:26:19.119 Uh? 1843 01:26:20.119 --> 01:26:23.920 I mean I got as a fireman, I I uh, 1844 01:26:24.920 --> 01:26:29.640 I felt more as like uh like a kid like 1845 01:26:30.239 --> 01:26:32.000 like a kid, like being a kid in a family, 1846 01:26:32.159 --> 01:26:33.720 like almost like you know, you can kind of do 1847 01:26:33.800 --> 01:26:36.479 what you want and have fun and goof around and 1848 01:26:36.520 --> 01:26:38.359 stuff like that. But then when you become a lieutenant, 1849 01:26:38.399 --> 01:26:41.000 you're almost like a parent. Now you know, we're like 1850 01:26:41.119 --> 01:26:43.479 you could have that fun, but you also got to 1851 01:26:43.520 --> 01:26:45.640 have that little fine line between you and the guys. 1852 01:26:45.760 --> 01:26:48.159 I love hanging out in the kitchen. Like you can 1853 01:26:48.239 --> 01:26:50.279 ask anyone on Walker Street. I loved hanging out in 1854 01:26:50.319 --> 01:26:52.720 the kitchen. I loved being part of the ball, breaking 1855 01:26:53.239 --> 01:26:56.279 the kitchen atmosphere. I would have stayed there all night 1856 01:26:56.399 --> 01:26:58.039 if I didn't have to, you know, shut it down 1857 01:26:58.039 --> 01:27:01.159 for a little bit. But uh, I loved being in 1858 01:27:01.359 --> 01:27:04.439 that mix and hearing everything going on and the gossip, 1859 01:27:04.520 --> 01:27:07.840 the rumor mill. I loved it all. And you know, 1860 01:27:08.199 --> 01:27:09.760 part of me still wanted to be one of the 1861 01:27:09.840 --> 01:27:11.560 guys where once in a while I'd be like, all 1862 01:27:11.640 --> 01:27:14.600 right now I gotta go upstands in the city time 1863 01:27:14.800 --> 01:27:22.439 or or you know, lieutenant duties and yeah, b I and. 1864 01:27:24.199 --> 01:27:24.600 Yants. 1865 01:27:25.399 --> 01:27:28.840 Louis doesn't know about we mentioned it, but listen, I 1866 01:27:29.079 --> 01:27:32.560 I uh I'd love you know, like I said, I 1867 01:27:32.600 --> 01:27:35.479 love being a fireman. Being a boss was great because 1868 01:27:36.039 --> 01:27:38.720 you know, I was able to instill a little knowledge 1869 01:27:38.760 --> 01:27:41.680 into the younger guys and give them some you know, 1870 01:27:42.119 --> 01:27:46.439 training tips and little tactical tips at jobs. Walking Street 1871 01:27:46.520 --> 01:27:48.920 was a very young house. Guys didn't really stay there 1872 01:27:49.000 --> 01:27:52.479 past ten years. That was a huge promotion house. You know, 1873 01:27:52.600 --> 01:27:56.560 guys always studied, they always had tremendous amounts of people 1874 01:27:56.640 --> 01:28:00.000 on the promotion lists, and guys always always got promoted. 1875 01:28:00.239 --> 01:28:01.960 I mean, I remember one of the senior guys told 1876 01:28:02.000 --> 01:28:04.000 me when I got there, They're like, you could probably 1877 01:28:04.039 --> 01:28:06.199 do ten years max here and then you're gotta be like, 1878 01:28:06.479 --> 01:28:08.760 I gotta move on. I gotta do something else, whether 1879 01:28:08.800 --> 01:28:11.880 we get promoted, retire. You know, some guys go to 1880 01:28:12.000 --> 01:28:16.520 SOCC but you know, ten years in Walking Street, they said, 1881 01:28:17.119 --> 01:28:20.159 was enough to so cold, you know, get promoted to 1882 01:28:20.199 --> 01:28:22.880 lieutenant or go to rescue two, or go to a 1883 01:28:22.920 --> 01:28:25.159 squad or you know, whatever it is to move on 1884 01:28:25.640 --> 01:28:27.760 was you know, it was it was time to make 1885 01:28:27.840 --> 01:28:31.359 roo for the next guy. And it's it's a very 1886 01:28:31.520 --> 01:28:34.399 you know, physically demanding house. No different than like you 1887 01:28:34.479 --> 01:28:36.880 know one O three you were there. I mean, you know, 1888 01:28:36.960 --> 01:28:39.680 you're in a ghetto truck as they call. You know, 1889 01:28:39.760 --> 01:28:42.119 you're in a busy, busy area with a lot of 1890 01:28:42.199 --> 01:28:45.680 coal volume. You know, every run you're doing something stuck elevator, 1891 01:28:45.720 --> 01:28:47.800 it's a BS run, but you're physically getting off the 1892 01:28:47.880 --> 01:28:49.439 rig and you're going up there and you're walking up 1893 01:28:49.479 --> 01:28:53.600 and you're doing something. But it also teaches you so much. 1894 01:28:54.439 --> 01:28:56.640 And that's why like young kids going there, you know, 1895 01:28:56.720 --> 01:29:00.239 they learned so much from from being there because the 1896 01:29:00.520 --> 01:29:02.920 experience that they got from the coal volume, which was 1897 01:29:03.199 --> 01:29:07.000 in the fire duty, you know, it was really beneficial. 1898 01:29:07.039 --> 01:29:09.079 And then then if they if they went the promotion route, 1899 01:29:09.359 --> 01:29:12.159 they were a well rounded firefighter forever wherever they went. 1900 01:29:13.119 --> 01:29:16.079 And how did they get along with the soccer units? 1901 01:29:16.159 --> 01:29:18.840 One twenty uh for the most part not bad. 1902 01:29:18.920 --> 01:29:21.319 I mean Rescue two really wasn't on top of us 1903 01:29:21.399 --> 01:29:23.159 till you know, the last couple of years when they 1904 01:29:23.239 --> 01:29:27.399 moved on to uh Bergen uhlie go for Bergen onto 1905 01:29:27.600 --> 01:29:32.239 uh Stirling. So when they moved they were kind of 1906 01:29:32.319 --> 01:29:33.840 right on top of us, you know, similar to like 1907 01:29:33.920 --> 01:29:35.800 what one twenty three had to deal with for years 1908 01:29:36.239 --> 01:29:39.680 now one twenty had to deal with and you know 1909 01:29:40.000 --> 01:29:42.039 they you know, for the most part, we got along, 1910 01:29:42.279 --> 01:29:45.880 you know, uh well with them. You know in the 1911 01:29:45.960 --> 01:29:47.840 beginning there was a little you know, growing pain here 1912 01:29:47.920 --> 01:29:50.760 and now, but nothing that wasn't resolved, you know, right away. 1913 01:29:50.880 --> 01:29:53.880 And you know we, uh we had respect for them, 1914 01:29:53.920 --> 01:29:56.560 they had respect for us, and you know we uh 1915 01:29:56.640 --> 01:29:59.600 we we had a good understand working relationship. 1916 01:30:00.680 --> 01:30:02.399 Got to beat them in that's it. 1917 01:30:03.119 --> 01:30:05.399 Yeah, no, we we But like I said that, you know, 1918 01:30:05.439 --> 01:30:07.000 it was tough when they were right around the corner. 1919 01:30:07.399 --> 01:30:09.159 You know, we had our certain ways of going to 1920 01:30:09.319 --> 01:30:11.920 certain boxes. And now they're they're new to the game, 1921 01:30:12.079 --> 01:30:13.520 you know, not new to the game where they're on 1922 01:30:13.600 --> 01:30:16.000 a box now, but they're much closer than they were, 1923 01:30:16.359 --> 01:30:19.319 so they're gonna get there that much sooner. So you know, 1924 01:30:19.600 --> 01:30:20.279 it kind of. 1925 01:30:22.359 --> 01:30:26.960 From to whiche which way they coming, you know, another accident. 1926 01:30:27.199 --> 01:30:35.039 Yeah, a lot oft even more accident may yeah, but yeah, no, 1927 01:30:35.399 --> 01:30:36.880 like I said, it all worked out. They had their 1928 01:30:36.960 --> 01:30:39.760 means sorro affairs that they usually try to stick on 1929 01:30:40.000 --> 01:30:42.840 and stay with, and so we kind of knew on 1930 01:30:43.000 --> 01:30:45.279 certain boxes where where they'd be popping at them, so 1931 01:30:45.399 --> 01:30:47.000 we knew that they were coming and stuff like that, 1932 01:30:47.840 --> 01:30:50.079 and uh, like I said, it all worked out. You know, 1933 01:30:50.159 --> 01:30:51.279 we got the job done. 1934 01:30:51.359 --> 01:30:56.279 And so talking about pick Avenue like that fucking like, 1935 01:30:56.640 --> 01:30:58.039 have you got fire on that block? 1936 01:30:58.119 --> 01:30:58.239 Right? 1937 01:30:58.319 --> 01:31:00.760 It's just always some ship going on all the time 1938 01:31:00.840 --> 01:31:01.279 on there, right. 1939 01:31:01.880 --> 01:31:05.680 Yeah. Those uh not that I was there for a 1940 01:31:05.720 --> 01:31:07.840 tremendous amount of time, but when I first started covering 1941 01:31:07.880 --> 01:31:10.920 in one twenty to towards the end, that Pickin Avenue 1942 01:31:11.039 --> 01:31:16.439 became so ridiculously congested. If if you got a fire 1943 01:31:16.560 --> 01:31:19.800 run at three in the afternoon, it was unbearable to 1944 01:31:19.840 --> 01:31:20.520 get through traffic. 1945 01:31:20.600 --> 01:31:21.199 It was horrible. 1946 01:31:21.520 --> 01:31:24.359 It was like it was it was just no one moved, 1947 01:31:24.800 --> 01:31:26.760 no one could even go anywhere, like you were literally 1948 01:31:26.800 --> 01:31:29.520 at gridlock. And it was so frustrating because you know, 1949 01:31:29.600 --> 01:31:32.000 you get multiple calls loading up the box and you're like, 1950 01:31:32.119 --> 01:31:35.800 we can't fucking move, we can't go anywhere, and it 1951 01:31:35.960 --> 01:31:38.720 was it was very frustrating. But you know, Pickin Avenue 1952 01:31:38.800 --> 01:31:41.359 you gotta fire and Picking Avenue those buildings were fucking 1953 01:31:41.439 --> 01:31:42.359 death traps, man, dude. 1954 01:31:42.399 --> 01:31:45.079 I had a few jobs on Picking. It was always, 1955 01:31:46.119 --> 01:31:49.159 you know, some shit going on, like this door was 1956 01:31:49.239 --> 01:31:51.279 locked or that door. You know, everywhere you went like 1957 01:31:51.520 --> 01:31:54.159 it was just always just yeah, took off everywhere. It 1958 01:31:54.319 --> 01:31:55.960 was just always some situation. 1959 01:31:56.079 --> 01:31:57.680 All the time we had they had they had a 1960 01:31:57.800 --> 01:32:00.920 you know, unwritten rule, you know, no more than ten 1961 01:32:00.960 --> 01:32:04.359 minutes if we're not making headway, we're out. We're getting 1962 01:32:04.399 --> 01:32:07.960 out of the building. The modifications that were done on 1963 01:32:08.000 --> 01:32:12.319 some of these buildings feel plating. I mean talk about overloaded. 1964 01:32:11.880 --> 01:32:14.199 Always something, always something, And. 1965 01:32:14.319 --> 01:32:16.439 A lot of these windows have still placed behind them, 1966 01:32:17.000 --> 01:32:20.439 exits are welded shot like it's just it's a death trap, 1967 01:32:20.520 --> 01:32:22.960 it really is. And you know, like I said, we 1968 01:32:23.279 --> 01:32:25.560 had a thing. If ten minutes we weren't making headway, 1969 01:32:25.600 --> 01:32:27.800 we were getting the fuck out because we were gonna 1970 01:32:27.800 --> 01:32:31.159 be a fucking problem there, getting fucking ourselves in a 1971 01:32:31.479 --> 01:32:33.680 bad situation. And that was the last thing we wanted 1972 01:32:33.760 --> 01:32:37.399 to do. But Pitkin Avenue, you know, whether it was 1973 01:32:37.520 --> 01:32:40.279 traffic that you couldn't get through or the death traps 1974 01:32:40.319 --> 01:32:44.399 in these buildings, it was definitely, uh, definitely a challenge 1975 01:32:44.600 --> 01:32:50.720 for the most part. That's uh. Those are the three amigos. 1976 01:32:50.760 --> 01:32:55.119 That was one of my last tours. So obviously that's 1977 01:32:55.239 --> 01:32:57.399 me on the left and the guy to my right 1978 01:32:58.159 --> 01:33:03.479 is Al Gets He's the senior guy. His right is 1979 01:33:03.880 --> 01:33:07.520 Chris Perdicone, and uh, we were known as sal Al 1980 01:33:07.800 --> 01:33:14.800 and the the Pal. They nicknamed U sal Al and 1981 01:33:14.840 --> 01:33:18.079 the Pal and Uh. Chris was like a little tag 1982 01:33:18.119 --> 01:33:20.560 along with us and Uh. We were being al both 1983 01:33:20.600 --> 01:33:22.680 in Group twenty four. So he was my seat at chauffeur. 1984 01:33:23.079 --> 01:33:25.880 We worked a lot together. We always had a great time, 1985 01:33:26.479 --> 01:33:30.760 and he was a senior guy in UH in one twenty. 1986 01:33:30.800 --> 01:33:35.159 He's got twenty two years now, I believe. And his 1987 01:33:35.319 --> 01:33:39.439 plan is to be the longest ever latter one twenty 1988 01:33:39.560 --> 01:33:42.800 firefighter in the history of Walking Street. So he's and 1989 01:33:42.920 --> 01:33:44.800 I think that I think that that ear mark is 1990 01:33:44.880 --> 01:33:46.399 thirty one years if I'm not mistake. 1991 01:33:46.479 --> 01:33:46.720 Wow. 1992 01:33:47.159 --> 01:33:48.840 So he wants to do like thirty one years in 1993 01:33:48.880 --> 01:33:52.000 one day in in Wakin Street to have that that 1994 01:33:52.680 --> 01:33:56.199 championship belt, you know. Wow. Oh yeah, And like I said, 1995 01:33:56.279 --> 01:33:58.399 you know, ten years is a lot walking Street. He 1996 01:33:58.479 --> 01:33:59.399 wants to do thirty one. 1997 01:34:00.079 --> 01:34:01.359 Oh my god, dude. 1998 01:34:01.960 --> 01:34:08.039 Yeah. So that kid, that kid, Pardicure, was his father 1999 01:34:08.159 --> 01:34:08.600 on the job. 2000 01:34:09.960 --> 01:34:13.479 I No, I don't think so. No, No, Chris product, No, 2001 01:34:13.520 --> 01:34:16.960 I don't believe so. But yeah, So that was Sally 2002 01:34:17.000 --> 01:34:20.479 out on the palle Man and whatever were working. They 2003 01:34:20.560 --> 01:34:23.199 used to h think it was very cute. They're like 2004 01:34:23.279 --> 01:34:24.199 Sally out on the pallet. 2005 01:34:24.319 --> 01:34:24.479 Yeah. 2006 01:34:26.159 --> 01:34:28.560 Uh, we we definitely had a lot of laughs. 2007 01:34:28.960 --> 01:34:31.439 Great, great guys, man, I'm trying to remember who I 2008 01:34:31.760 --> 01:34:33.399 was calling from one to try and get him on 2009 01:34:33.560 --> 01:34:38.720 Larry Yeah, yeah, yeah, he's oh that was Uh. 2010 01:34:39.279 --> 01:34:40.960 One of the schools pulled up. They're like, we're having 2011 01:34:40.960 --> 01:34:42.239 an event at the school. We want to know if 2012 01:34:42.279 --> 01:34:45.119 you can bring the fire truck. I'm like sure, I'm 2013 01:34:45.199 --> 01:34:48.000 like what time. They're like now, So we go up 2014 01:34:48.079 --> 01:34:50.279 that's on Sutter Avenue. I remember we were going down, 2015 01:34:50.560 --> 01:34:53.079 uh mother guess and we went down Souder and we 2016 01:34:53.119 --> 01:34:56.920 see animals fucking running around the street. What is going on? 2017 01:34:58.039 --> 01:35:00.319 I'm like these animals are like no, can you get that? 2018 01:35:00.760 --> 01:35:02.960 Like a little fucking horse running around. I'm like, what 2019 01:35:03.279 --> 01:35:06.319 is this? So we got the thing on the sidewalk 2020 01:35:06.359 --> 01:35:07.800 and we're like, let's take a group picture if you 2021 01:35:07.800 --> 01:35:11.239 can see we're holding it, and uh we took a 2022 01:35:11.319 --> 01:35:14.119 quick shot with the with the horse and uh it 2023 01:35:14.279 --> 01:35:16.359 was a lot of laugh man. The kids get one 2024 01:35:16.359 --> 01:35:18.880 on the fire truck and we did a little community relations. 2025 01:35:19.680 --> 01:35:21.800 I'm not sure what the animals were for, because, like 2026 01:35:21.960 --> 01:35:23.399 you know, I don't know if the kids were riding 2027 01:35:23.479 --> 01:35:24.840 on them or what the hell was going on. But 2028 01:35:25.760 --> 01:35:26.680 the whole thing was bizarre. 2029 01:35:26.720 --> 01:35:29.199 It wasn't very well, I'll tell you what. Thing even 2030 01:35:29.239 --> 01:35:31.159 in the fire department nothing you know, any way you 2031 01:35:31.239 --> 01:35:34.640 work in the fight apartment, I would say, nothing surprises here, right, 2032 01:35:35.239 --> 01:35:38.359 but even over there, like it's it just amped up 2033 01:35:38.399 --> 01:35:40.800 a little bit more that nothing would surprise you. Like 2034 01:35:40.880 --> 01:35:43.399 it's just like when you're in the Get. It's just crazy. 2035 01:35:43.479 --> 01:35:44.319 What the wild West? 2036 01:35:44.520 --> 01:35:47.520 Yes, a wild West. It's just absolutely insanity. 2037 01:35:48.079 --> 01:35:50.359 But I'm like, I'm like, I'm telling the lady. I says, 2038 01:35:50.359 --> 01:35:52.399 just like animals walking in the streets, Like now we 2039 01:35:52.520 --> 01:35:54.600 got that for the kids. I'm like, I understand that, 2040 01:35:54.680 --> 01:35:57.079 but I think they're supposed to be like something, they 2041 01:35:57.199 --> 01:35:58.439 gotta get hit by a car. 2042 01:35:58.960 --> 01:36:02.680 Yeah, Christ it was. 2043 01:36:03.560 --> 01:36:04.680 It was. It was pretty funny. 2044 01:36:05.159 --> 01:36:06.560 It's like bizarro world out there. 2045 01:36:06.600 --> 01:36:10.600 Bro, it really is, right, this is yeah, okay, it 2046 01:36:10.680 --> 01:36:13.199 really is. To make sure you got the group shots. 2047 01:36:12.920 --> 01:36:15.000 And what makes you want to pack it in then? 2048 01:36:15.079 --> 01:36:18.760 So honestly, I was. My plan was to probably do 2049 01:36:18.840 --> 01:36:22.399 close to twenty five years. And I went to go 2050 01:36:22.479 --> 01:36:26.720 see Al Connolly just for you know, curiosity, and I 2051 01:36:26.880 --> 01:36:29.439 had a lot of overtime, like my overtimes through the 2052 01:36:29.520 --> 01:36:32.199 roof because they were down in the lieutenant Frank and 2053 01:36:32.640 --> 01:36:38.039 I had over twelve hundred hours. Wow, wow, you know. 2054 01:36:38.119 --> 01:36:41.159 He went over my numbers and they were talking about 2055 01:36:41.199 --> 01:36:43.920 mass promoting lieutenants, which are actually doing right now. They're 2056 01:36:43.960 --> 01:36:47.039 they're flooding the ranks. They're doing sixty four lieutenants at 2057 01:36:47.079 --> 01:36:49.960 a clip, you know, back to back to back to back, 2058 01:36:50.000 --> 01:36:52.520 so that they're they're getting rid of all these vacancies 2059 01:36:53.279 --> 01:36:56.279 because the overtime is astronomical. I mean, you have lieutenants 2060 01:36:56.399 --> 01:36:58.640 making more money than a safe chief and like, I 2061 01:36:58.680 --> 01:37:01.920 don't think Downtown was happy about that. So I ran 2062 01:37:02.000 --> 01:37:04.600 my numbers and like you know, Al asked me a question. 2063 01:37:04.640 --> 01:37:05.920 He's like, are you are you ever going to be 2064 01:37:06.159 --> 01:37:08.000 Like I told him, I'm not ready. I'm not sure 2065 01:37:08.039 --> 01:37:10.640 I'm ready to go now, And exactly what I said 2066 01:37:10.640 --> 01:37:12.520 to him, He's like, are you gonna be ready in 2067 01:37:12.600 --> 01:37:15.359 five years? I'm like, I'm not so sure. I don't 2068 01:37:15.399 --> 01:37:18.119 think I'm ever going to be ready. He's like, so 2069 01:37:18.439 --> 01:37:20.039 you got to ask yourself if you're not going to 2070 01:37:20.079 --> 01:37:21.840 be ready today and you're not going to be ready 2071 01:37:21.840 --> 01:37:23.720 in five years. You're not gonna be ready in ten years. 2072 01:37:25.960 --> 01:37:28.720 What's what are you waiting for? Like to get hurt 2073 01:37:28.760 --> 01:37:31.039 and gossa and never be able to work again, gosam 2074 01:37:31.119 --> 01:37:34.359 and get killed like so, you know, I had my hours, 2075 01:37:34.399 --> 01:37:38.479 but my final salary was astronomical. And I'm like, you 2076 01:37:38.560 --> 01:37:41.920 know what if I could lock this in and and 2077 01:37:42.319 --> 01:37:44.520 lock it in for life and I'm still healthy, I'm 2078 01:37:44.560 --> 01:37:47.680 in my forties, like I did twenty three years total, 2079 01:37:47.720 --> 01:37:49.159 I did twenty one with the fire too, with the 2080 01:37:49.319 --> 01:37:51.319 MS which I bought back, I did twenty three years. 2081 01:37:51.760 --> 01:37:53.479 My kids are still young. I says, I can make 2082 01:37:53.520 --> 01:37:56.039 this really, you know, work for me and right and 2083 01:37:56.439 --> 01:37:58.960 run with it. And you know, I like, you earned it. 2084 01:37:59.079 --> 01:38:02.560 You didn't earn it. Did think about how many run 2085 01:38:02.640 --> 01:38:04.279 if you if you got paid by the run with 2086 01:38:04.439 --> 01:38:08.279 that money. I think you're losing money. 2087 01:38:09.600 --> 01:38:12.600 But but that's just it, you know. And uh and 2088 01:38:12.760 --> 01:38:16.000 and I kept telling myself that, I says, I'm gonna 2089 01:38:16.000 --> 01:38:18.239 be Like, as much as it sucks to have to 2090 01:38:18.319 --> 01:38:21.399 cut the cord now and leave the fire department, that 2091 01:38:21.920 --> 01:38:24.520 feeling is always going to be there. Yeah, it's not 2092 01:38:24.640 --> 01:38:28.199 gonna ever not be there in five years. If I waited, 2093 01:38:28.239 --> 01:38:31.000 all I did is I pushed the envelope further down. 2094 01:38:31.079 --> 01:38:32.560 And you might only have two hundred hours. 2095 01:38:32.600 --> 01:38:35.960 Then that's exactly why. And and Al said that. He's like, 2096 01:38:36.000 --> 01:38:38.479 if if they start getting rid of the overtime, you 2097 01:38:38.680 --> 01:38:41.640 might wind up giving money back. And I'm like, whoa, 2098 01:38:41.880 --> 01:38:44.239 what are you giving money back back? He's like, if 2099 01:38:44.239 --> 01:38:46.079 you're if you're if you have two hundred hours now 2100 01:38:46.119 --> 01:38:47.880 and next year you have four hundred, and the year 2101 01:38:47.920 --> 01:38:50.640 after that you have three hundred, your average just went 2102 01:38:50.720 --> 01:38:53.000 down astronomical, you might be giving back thirty to forty 2103 01:38:53.039 --> 01:38:55.479 grand I'm like, whoa, I'm not doing that. I says, 2104 01:38:55.520 --> 01:38:57.680 you know what I'm gonna I'm gonna do it. I'm 2105 01:38:57.720 --> 01:38:59.399 gonna do it. I'm gonna do it on my terms. 2106 01:38:59.479 --> 01:39:03.039 And and I did, and and uh, you know, do 2107 01:39:03.199 --> 01:39:04.760 I miss the Firehouse? Absolutely? 2108 01:39:04.840 --> 01:39:05.600 I missed the guys. 2109 01:39:06.000 --> 01:39:07.680 I popped in there a couple of times just to 2110 01:39:07.760 --> 01:39:10.760 say hello. But the reality is is there's always something 2111 01:39:10.840 --> 01:39:13.279 going on that brings you back to that feeling of 2112 01:39:13.399 --> 01:39:16.199 being part of that crew again. You know, whether it's 2113 01:39:16.279 --> 01:39:20.760 the show yeah, whether it's like the show sorry me 2114 01:39:20.840 --> 01:39:22.960 to cut you off, I'm trying to work in the 2115 01:39:23.000 --> 01:39:24.479 show here a little bit. It's what we're doing. You 2116 01:39:24.600 --> 01:39:27.920 catch your table, you know. Sorry, whether it's whether it's 2117 01:39:28.000 --> 01:39:31.079 promotions where I'm gonna hang out with the guys, whether 2118 01:39:31.159 --> 01:39:36.640 it's uh, Chris. Every time I go up to one 2119 01:39:36.680 --> 01:39:38.439 of these events, it's like I never left. I pick 2120 01:39:38.560 --> 01:39:40.560 up like where I left off, and the same guys 2121 01:39:40.600 --> 01:39:43.119 are there and the same conversations, and I'm like right 2122 01:39:43.199 --> 01:39:44.840 back in the mix, and it's like I never left. 2123 01:39:45.039 --> 01:39:46.920 The only thing that's different now is I don't have 2124 01:39:46.960 --> 01:39:48.640 to wake up in the morning or wake up in 2125 01:39:48.680 --> 01:39:50.119 the middle of the night to go on a stuck 2126 01:39:50.159 --> 01:39:53.760 elevator or you know, or or another run. 2127 01:39:54.000 --> 01:39:56.399 Listen, say that all the time, So think about how 2128 01:39:56.800 --> 01:40:01.319 that until you retire, right, you never think about how 2129 01:40:01.359 --> 01:40:03.000 long you're going to live. You know, when you're on 2130 01:40:03.079 --> 01:40:04.800 the job, you know, you know, you never think about that. 2131 01:40:04.920 --> 01:40:06.399 You had all your bunk of gear on all the time, 2132 01:40:06.479 --> 01:40:08.359 nobody gave a shit about you know, none of that stuff. 2133 01:40:08.359 --> 01:40:11.119 As soon as you retire now you're like, oh shit, 2134 01:40:11.359 --> 01:40:14.239 you know, like you know, if you wait until you 2135 01:40:14.319 --> 01:40:17.560 was sixty three or whatever, it's it's it's a little late, 2136 01:40:17.640 --> 01:40:19.880 you know, what I mean. I think, you know, like, yeah, 2137 01:40:19.920 --> 01:40:21.319 I love the job and I wanted to do it, 2138 01:40:21.439 --> 01:40:23.600 but I also want to have some time to enjoy 2139 01:40:23.680 --> 01:40:26.039 my te you know, maybe it all Christmases and all 2140 01:40:26.079 --> 01:40:27.840 the fucking track meets and everything. You know. 2141 01:40:28.239 --> 01:40:30.319 I was I'm super close to Bobby Sarno. 2142 01:40:31.199 --> 01:40:31.640 Never heard of it. 2143 01:40:31.880 --> 01:40:36.119 He was on your show, and like, yeah, that guy's 2144 01:40:36.239 --> 01:40:39.279 he's a fucking legend too. That guy's a warrior. And 2145 01:40:39.960 --> 01:40:41.680 I remember he really me one day in two eighty 2146 01:40:41.760 --> 01:40:43.239 three in the morning, He's like, how was the night? 2147 01:40:43.319 --> 01:40:46.520 I said, fucking horrible? I said, we ran all night long. 2148 01:40:46.560 --> 01:40:47.800 I'm like, I don't know how you do this shit, 2149 01:40:48.840 --> 01:40:51.600 and like we did CEPR three times in the middle 2150 01:40:51.600 --> 01:40:54.640 of the night, three times an hour clip. I said, bom, 2151 01:40:54.760 --> 01:40:59.279 this this is like a torture chamber here, And like, 2152 01:40:59.880 --> 01:41:01.560 I gotta give him a credit. Man, that guy stayed 2153 01:41:01.600 --> 01:41:02.600 till the end. He did. 2154 01:41:02.680 --> 01:41:04.880 That guy loves it. You love it, I love it, 2155 01:41:05.000 --> 01:41:08.199 Coops loves it, Gonza loves it. That guy loved it. 2156 01:41:08.800 --> 01:41:11.039 He did. But the funniest thing about Sarnos, I remember, 2157 01:41:11.279 --> 01:41:13.159 I'm like, what do you got plans for retirement? He's like, 2158 01:41:13.199 --> 01:41:17.039 I'm finally gonna get my hip done. I'm like, say 2159 01:41:17.199 --> 01:41:20.920 that what you look to the requirement? I can't wait 2160 01:41:20.960 --> 01:41:24.159 to get my hip replay? Like you should have done 2161 01:41:24.199 --> 01:41:27.159 that while you were working, man. But like that's what 2162 01:41:27.359 --> 01:41:30.520 I say, is like I wasn't a medical leave guy. 2163 01:41:30.600 --> 01:41:32.920 And actually, as a matter of fact, I never tapped 2164 01:41:32.920 --> 01:41:34.880 out as a lieutenant. As crazy as that sounds, I 2165 01:41:34.960 --> 01:41:37.159 know people are gonna say that's anti union, whatever it is. 2166 01:41:37.520 --> 01:41:40.520 I never tapped out as a lieutenant. A few times 2167 01:41:40.520 --> 01:41:42.920 as a fireman, I did. They actually put me on 2168 01:41:43.000 --> 01:41:46.279 medical leave because I had COVID during during the COVID 2169 01:41:46.960 --> 01:41:50.960 you know, pandemic, and uh I I had to go 2170 01:41:51.039 --> 01:41:53.640 out for that obviously, But I never tapped out, not 2171 01:41:53.760 --> 01:41:56.399 saying I never got hurt, but you know, it's just 2172 01:41:56.640 --> 01:42:00.319 I love going to work, hurt DHS game, I love 2173 01:42:00.439 --> 01:42:05.560 being able to go to work, go to fires, fucking 2174 01:42:05.760 --> 01:42:09.520 rock and roll. Yeah, And you know, and like I said, 2175 01:42:09.520 --> 01:42:12.319 I didn't get three quarters. I retired regular and the 2176 01:42:12.399 --> 01:42:14.680 money was a little bit of a lot, a little 2177 01:42:14.720 --> 01:42:17.560 bit most of the incentive to pull the trigger. But 2178 01:42:17.760 --> 01:42:20.640 I gotta tell you, the feeling of going down to 2179 01:42:20.720 --> 01:42:23.279 handle my paper and was probably one of the worst feelings. 2180 01:42:23.319 --> 01:42:27.720 Every ducked and I felt nauseous as a matter of fact, 2181 01:42:27.760 --> 01:42:30.520 like I wanted to throw up because like as much 2182 01:42:30.560 --> 01:42:32.840 as people would kill to have this job, I'm actually 2183 01:42:33.039 --> 01:42:34.000 I'm quitting basically. 2184 01:42:34.960 --> 01:42:35.359 And it's a. 2185 01:42:35.399 --> 01:42:39.680 Crazy concept, but everybody has to pull that court eventually. Everybody, 2186 01:42:39.720 --> 01:42:43.039 whether it's because of a medical injury, you voluntarily retire, 2187 01:42:43.399 --> 01:42:46.760 everybody has to cut that court sooner or later. How 2188 01:42:46.880 --> 01:42:50.560 you justin it's good, Listen. I have two young kids. 2189 01:42:50.600 --> 01:42:52.319 I have an eleven year old and a thirteen year old. 2190 01:42:52.640 --> 01:42:54.800 I'm literally going to every single event that they have, 2191 01:42:54.920 --> 01:42:58.680 whether it's a track need or lacrosse game or flag football. 2192 01:42:59.359 --> 01:43:02.600 Like it's awesome. I'm not missing a second of their 2193 01:43:02.720 --> 01:43:05.760 childhood that has some value to it. 2194 01:43:05.880 --> 01:43:09.760 It really does, has all the value exactly, it really does. 2195 01:43:09.840 --> 01:43:11.479 And like you know, they're gonna be eighteen, they're gonna 2196 01:43:11.479 --> 01:43:13.119 go off to college and go their own way, and 2197 01:43:13.199 --> 01:43:15.159 then they're not gonna want to know me. But at 2198 01:43:15.239 --> 01:43:17.720 least for the next five to seven years, you know, 2199 01:43:17.920 --> 01:43:21.800 with the eleven and thirteen year old twenty four to seven, 2200 01:43:21.960 --> 01:43:25.760 a part of their childhood, part of their you know, 2201 01:43:26.239 --> 01:43:30.800 extracurricular activity, sports or you know, I haven't missed a 2202 01:43:30.880 --> 01:43:32.640 single thing since every time for them. I went to 2203 01:43:32.720 --> 01:43:35.279 my son's art show the other day. My daughters tracked me. 2204 01:43:35.640 --> 01:43:36.800 I can't tell you. I don't have to tell you 2205 01:43:36.840 --> 01:43:38.680 guys that. You guys know, I miss so much shit 2206 01:43:39.319 --> 01:43:41.359 because I wanted to work over time. I wanted to 2207 01:43:41.399 --> 01:43:43.119 make money. I wanted to do this. It was all 2208 01:43:43.199 --> 01:43:47.000 good intentional stuff, you know, But you can't have both. 2209 01:43:47.039 --> 01:43:48.680 You can't be at the track meet and work over 2210 01:43:48.760 --> 01:43:50.560 time in when twenty It just doesn't work. 2211 01:43:50.640 --> 01:43:51.439 And don't get that. 2212 01:43:52.680 --> 01:43:55.840 If you right, if you stay to sixty three right 2213 01:43:55.920 --> 01:43:59.880 before they kick you out, you miss everything, that's right. 2214 01:44:00.079 --> 01:44:01.760 They wrote the song about that, The Cats and the 2215 01:44:01.800 --> 01:44:04.119 Cradle and the Silver Spoon, right, you know you missed. 2216 01:44:04.359 --> 01:44:06.840 My boy was just like me. You know, you miss everything. 2217 01:44:06.960 --> 01:44:09.159 So what's what's worth that money? Nothing? 2218 01:44:09.560 --> 01:44:11.760 Know what I appreciate it is the everyday stuff, getting 2219 01:44:11.840 --> 01:44:13.319 up in the morning and having breakfast with my g 2220 01:44:13.560 --> 01:44:16.000 my boys, you know, every being home when they come 2221 01:44:16.039 --> 01:44:18.920 home from school, the simple stuff. Not only the track 2222 01:44:19.000 --> 01:44:20.840 me eats and and all that other ship, but the 2223 01:44:20.920 --> 01:44:22.199 every day ship that you didn't have. 2224 01:44:22.800 --> 01:44:25.359 I just I just hit a year out now. I 2225 01:44:25.479 --> 01:44:27.920 retired March one of twenty four and I just hit 2226 01:44:27.960 --> 01:44:29.399 a year this past a little while. 2227 01:44:29.439 --> 01:44:31.039 It's a little bit more to get used to it, 2228 01:44:31.159 --> 01:44:31.319 you know. 2229 01:44:31.680 --> 01:44:33.600 Yeah, I have dreams once in a while that I 2230 01:44:33.640 --> 01:44:40.239 miss it. Time time, bring ahead time. Ask the question 2231 01:44:40.720 --> 01:44:41.399 single guy. 2232 01:44:41.239 --> 01:44:42.560 I was gonna ask you, do you have the dream 2233 01:44:42.600 --> 01:44:43.159 when you miss a. 2234 01:44:43.199 --> 01:44:45.800 Run all the time? And I'm like, I asked my 2235 01:44:45.880 --> 01:44:49.159 wife and can't finde your boots that I missed the run. 2236 01:44:49.199 --> 01:44:51.239 They left without me. I'm like, fluck, and I just 2237 01:44:51.319 --> 01:44:54.199 go back to bed. But you know it's funny. I 2238 01:44:54.520 --> 01:44:56.439 just I went for a physical not too long ago 2239 01:44:56.520 --> 01:44:58.640 with my doctor and I lost twenty pounds since last 2240 01:44:58.720 --> 01:45:01.720 physical last year. I lost twenty pounds since I've been retired. 2241 01:45:01.760 --> 01:45:05.000 And like, I didn't change anything with my eating habits. 2242 01:45:05.039 --> 01:45:06.880 I'll be honest, I just don't go to the firehouse 2243 01:45:06.920 --> 01:45:10.800 and eat all that delicious doughnuts and cakes. Like I 2244 01:45:10.840 --> 01:45:12.760 remember one day my wife said, she's like, how are 2245 01:45:12.840 --> 01:45:18.000 you fat? She's so healthy at home, Like she makes 2246 01:45:18.079 --> 01:45:21.239 fucking kin wa grilled chicken. Like She's like, how are 2247 01:45:21.279 --> 01:45:22.960 you fat? We don't have any bad food in the house. 2248 01:45:23.000 --> 01:45:25.199 And I'm like, it's not really here that I'm eating bad. 2249 01:45:25.279 --> 01:45:28.640 I go to work and like, you know, I ate dinner, 2250 01:45:29.079 --> 01:45:31.159 and then so it'll be like, oh, someone just dropped 2251 01:45:31.159 --> 01:45:33.000 off a crave case and I'm like, I gotta try 2252 01:45:33.039 --> 01:45:36.560 those cheese bater and like there's no filter, and I'm 2253 01:45:36.600 --> 01:45:39.399 at the firehouse and like no routine, you know, in 2254 01:45:39.479 --> 01:45:41.760 all different times, and you're eating at night, late at night, 2255 01:45:41.920 --> 01:45:44.000 late at night, late at night, you're up all night, 2256 01:45:44.039 --> 01:45:48.039 you're running around you know, uh, Walking Street was notorious 2257 01:45:48.079 --> 01:45:49.840 for having tons and tons of ice cream in. 2258 01:45:49.840 --> 01:45:51.880 The Fruze ice cream freezer. 2259 01:45:51.920 --> 01:45:52.039 Bro. 2260 01:45:52.319 --> 01:45:55.840 So I'd go help myself to that. And then they 2261 01:45:56.000 --> 01:45:59.600 got Lemon, They got a tough from Lemon ice Can 2262 01:45:59.720 --> 01:46:03.520 and and that was my thing. I loved Isis loved them, 2263 01:46:04.680 --> 01:46:08.359 so you know, so you basically when I retired, I 2264 01:46:08.760 --> 01:46:11.439 took all of that out of the mix. Now and 2265 01:46:11.560 --> 01:46:13.720 whatever my wife makes for dinner now is what I'm eating. 2266 01:46:14.520 --> 01:46:17.720 And Speedos again, bro. 2267 01:46:18.520 --> 01:46:21.520 Yeah, they're coming out. That was my last tour. Man, 2268 01:46:21.800 --> 01:46:24.479 what an unbelievable turnout. And I couldn't thank these guys enough. 2269 01:46:24.880 --> 01:46:28.640 They literally all came out, you know, to uh to 2270 01:46:29.039 --> 01:46:31.279 be part of my last tour. And uh it was. 2271 01:46:31.600 --> 01:46:34.960 It was an awesome, awesome night. And I couldn't thank 2272 01:46:35.000 --> 01:46:37.920 these guys enough, you know, from day one, from making 2273 01:46:38.000 --> 01:46:40.840 me part of the Waking Street family to the last 2274 01:46:40.920 --> 01:46:44.239 day that I worked to uh you know, to to 2275 01:46:44.399 --> 01:46:47.439 my last run with these guys, like you know, they 2276 01:46:47.479 --> 01:46:50.640 were the absolute best and there was a privilege to 2277 01:46:50.720 --> 01:46:53.399 be their officer. These guys made me shine every day 2278 01:46:54.159 --> 01:46:58.119 and you know, I really I couldn't have been more 2279 01:46:58.199 --> 01:47:01.520 fortunate to work with these guys. That was my last 2280 01:47:01.640 --> 01:47:04.600 roll call, and uh, you know, I told these guys 2281 01:47:04.680 --> 01:47:07.479 you know how you know, every day is a learning experience, 2282 01:47:07.520 --> 01:47:09.760 you know, and to to take in as much as 2283 01:47:09.800 --> 01:47:14.960 you can because you know you you will only learn 2284 01:47:15.119 --> 01:47:19.920 and become a better firefighter bye by doing things, by 2285 01:47:20.159 --> 01:47:25.279 asking questions, by learning bye bye by your mistakes unfortunately 2286 01:47:25.399 --> 01:47:28.840 sometimes and that's what will make you a good firefighter. 2287 01:47:29.199 --> 01:47:31.560 You know. The tradition in Wackin Street is like no other, 2288 01:47:31.680 --> 01:47:33.920 It really isn't. And uh you know that's why a 2289 01:47:34.000 --> 01:47:36.880 lot of their fathers have their sons working there. 2290 01:47:36.960 --> 01:47:37.079 Now. 2291 01:47:37.199 --> 01:47:39.800 There's a lot of legacy kids there because their father 2292 01:47:39.920 --> 01:47:43.000 witnessed first tand how wonderful that place was. They wanted 2293 01:47:43.039 --> 01:47:45.079 the kid to have part of that that that uh 2294 01:47:45.560 --> 01:47:48.560 you know experience. Yeah, that was it, man. That was 2295 01:47:48.600 --> 01:47:51.760 when I hung it up. And like I said, I 2296 01:47:51.800 --> 01:47:55.239 couldn't have been you know, more thankful to have, you know, 2297 01:47:55.439 --> 01:47:57.800 Chris iSER bring me in there from day one to 2298 01:47:57.920 --> 01:48:00.760 try me out. You know, he's that he's a tough 2299 01:48:00.840 --> 01:48:04.199 cookie man. You gotta really impress him to stick out. 2300 01:48:04.680 --> 01:48:08.079 And I guess I made the cut, made the cup. 2301 01:48:08.199 --> 01:48:10.960 Bro you know, he left, like I said, unfortunately, Mike 2302 01:48:11.039 --> 01:48:14.479 Thompson was the next captain. He you know, kept me there, 2303 01:48:14.520 --> 01:48:15.319 which was awesome. 2304 01:48:15.800 --> 01:48:16.680 You know, he was great. 2305 01:48:17.199 --> 01:48:19.560 He was a captain there for a few years. Then 2306 01:48:20.520 --> 01:48:22.920 Danny Kudlack, he was my twenty four partner. I was 2307 01:48:22.960 --> 01:48:26.319 opposite the captain, so I always worked my twenty fours 2308 01:48:26.359 --> 01:48:31.079 around the captain, you know, me and him. So Danny Kudlack, 2309 01:48:31.079 --> 01:48:33.000 he's a chieftain. He was a captain for a little bit. 2310 01:48:33.399 --> 01:48:36.159 I had four captains while I was there, and Scott 2311 01:48:36.279 --> 01:48:39.560 Coin Scotti Coyne was a lieutenant there. You guys probably 2312 01:48:39.560 --> 01:48:42.000 remember him, and he went back there as a captain. 2313 01:48:42.800 --> 01:48:45.159 Great guy, man, what a what a wealth of knowledge 2314 01:48:45.800 --> 01:48:48.279 knows that area like no other. His father was in 2315 01:48:48.439 --> 01:48:54.800 Walking Street. He's he's an awesome, awesome guy, Captain die 2316 01:48:54.880 --> 01:48:57.479 Hard Walking Street. You know, he was a lieutenant there, 2317 01:48:57.600 --> 01:48:59.800 knee engine at first. Then he went to the truck, 2318 01:49:00.000 --> 01:49:03.439 got promoted, made his way back because that's how much 2319 01:49:03.520 --> 01:49:07.039 that house meant to him, and it was it was 2320 01:49:07.119 --> 01:49:09.239 great to have him back, you know, as a captain. 2321 01:49:09.359 --> 01:49:13.479 When I was peers with him as lieutenant Billy Rodgers, 2322 01:49:13.960 --> 01:49:15.880 great lieutenant. You know, did a lot of time. They 2323 01:49:15.920 --> 01:49:17.680 did about ten years there. I took his spot when 2324 01:49:17.720 --> 01:49:20.039 he got made, so he was great. And then I 2325 01:49:20.119 --> 01:49:21.960 had the other two lieutenants that were there when I 2326 01:49:22.039 --> 01:49:27.640 was there, Donnie Gleason and Danny Quinn, both the lieutenants 2327 01:49:27.640 --> 01:49:29.600 when I was there pretty much for the majority of 2328 01:49:29.680 --> 01:49:33.640 the time during my stay in Walking Street, and those 2329 01:49:33.680 --> 01:49:36.359 guys were great. I don't know if you guys know, 2330 01:49:36.560 --> 01:49:38.680 I was kind of a minute man with my relief. 2331 01:49:39.640 --> 01:49:43.840 I always wrote it out. I always wrote it out. 2332 01:49:44.119 --> 01:49:46.880 I always rode till the bell. But I also didn't 2333 01:49:47.119 --> 01:49:51.520 always get to work. Merlin. I got there, you know, 2334 01:49:51.560 --> 01:49:53.600 I wasn't really late, but I kind of got there 2335 01:49:53.680 --> 01:49:56.359 five thirty and the night tore and eight thirty in 2336 01:49:56.399 --> 01:49:58.159 the morning. But a lot of the guys wrote it out. 2337 01:49:58.239 --> 01:50:02.439 But I just want to say those guys for for 2338 01:50:02.560 --> 01:50:06.439 waiting for me for all those years when uh, when 2339 01:50:06.479 --> 01:50:09.720 I was coming in for the tour. But uh, like 2340 01:50:09.840 --> 01:50:12.279 I said, I wrote till the end every day because 2341 01:50:12.479 --> 01:50:15.640 that's how much I loved being there and you know, 2342 01:50:15.800 --> 01:50:18.000 hoping there was a lot of a lot of last 2343 01:50:18.199 --> 01:50:20.760 minute jobs right before the end of the tour. I'm 2344 01:50:20.800 --> 01:50:23.640 sure you guys experienced those, you know, like it paid 2345 01:50:23.680 --> 01:50:25.960 to ride it out, you know, not only you know 2346 01:50:26.000 --> 01:50:27.600 whether it was for the late run over. 2347 01:50:28.920 --> 01:50:30.399 Time you know you would get if you worked in 2348 01:50:30.399 --> 01:50:31.960 those companies. You were getting a late run. 2349 01:50:32.560 --> 01:50:34.319 Whether it was a stuck elevator you're gonna get a 2350 01:50:34.399 --> 01:50:37.199 late run on or a job. You know, that's what 2351 01:50:37.279 --> 01:50:39.159 you really that was the golden goose if you if 2352 01:50:39.199 --> 01:50:41.520 you got a job at five point thirty because you 2353 01:50:41.600 --> 01:50:44.520 wrote it out, you know it was it was definitely 2354 01:50:44.560 --> 01:50:49.880 a bonus cash baby belt to bell, belt to bell. Yeah, 2355 01:50:50.359 --> 01:50:53.560 so uh it was, Uh, it was definitely good. And 2356 01:50:54.319 --> 01:50:57.560 those yeah, those busy companies late runs were notoriously bigs. 2357 01:50:57.640 --> 01:50:58.520 We finally got them. 2358 01:50:59.319 --> 01:51:01.159 Yeah, great career, great story. 2359 01:51:01.359 --> 01:51:03.560 Appreciate it a lot of runs too many. 2360 01:51:08.920 --> 01:51:09.119 Time. 2361 01:51:09.520 --> 01:51:12.800 Why you know why you ten? Because I was on 2362 01:51:12.880 --> 01:51:19.479 the boat cruise, I went solo. I won't even ask, Yeah, 2363 01:51:20.520 --> 01:51:31.000 yes it is that time. It is this time for ohuddy, 2364 01:51:31.039 --> 01:51:31.479 take it away. 2365 01:51:31.960 --> 01:51:34.600 So yeah, So my old school tip of the day is, uh, 2366 01:51:34.960 --> 01:51:39.680 you know. I I would advise every you know, firefighter 2367 01:51:39.800 --> 01:51:43.439 who's uh you know on the job to uh never 2368 01:51:43.520 --> 01:51:47.159 short change yourself. One thing I regret, you know, although 2369 01:51:47.199 --> 01:51:50.199 it was a lieutenant, I I wanted to make it 2370 01:51:50.279 --> 01:51:54.680 the captain eventually, and unfortunately I did pass the test, 2371 01:51:54.720 --> 01:51:56.720 but not high enough where I was in promotable range. 2372 01:51:57.359 --> 01:52:00.680 And I just want to from experience tell you that 2373 01:52:00.840 --> 01:52:03.640 if you are ever thinking about going up through the ranks, 2374 01:52:05.000 --> 01:52:07.000 give it one hundred percent. You know I didn't. I 2375 01:52:07.039 --> 01:52:10.239 didn't give the captain test enough time that it deserved 2376 01:52:10.760 --> 01:52:13.479 and I got the score that I deserved. But no 2377 01:52:13.680 --> 01:52:16.439 fault except my own as to why I never got 2378 01:52:16.479 --> 01:52:19.520 promoted to captain. So you know, I always hear stories 2379 01:52:19.560 --> 01:52:21.479 of guys like you know. I wish I would have 2380 01:52:21.479 --> 01:52:23.279 studied harder. I wish I would have taken that test. 2381 01:52:23.319 --> 01:52:25.680 I wish it had went to sock. If you want 2382 01:52:25.720 --> 01:52:29.800 to do something on this job, do it, go all out, 2383 01:52:30.439 --> 01:52:33.800 do one know one hundred and ten percent, put your 2384 01:52:33.840 --> 01:52:36.039 mind to it. If you want to take that next test, 2385 01:52:36.199 --> 01:52:40.640 whether it's lieutenant, captain, chief, study your ass off, rock 2386 01:52:40.720 --> 01:52:43.640 the test. This way, you're not in this limbo area 2387 01:52:43.800 --> 01:52:46.159 like I was in for the captain's test. Where am 2388 01:52:46.199 --> 01:52:47.600 I going to get promoted? Am I not going to 2389 01:52:47.640 --> 01:52:49.800 get promoted? You want to go to the squad, you 2390 01:52:49.840 --> 01:52:52.199 want to go to rescue, Don't let anyone talk you 2391 01:52:52.279 --> 01:52:53.880 out of it. Don't don't let anyone you go to 2392 01:52:54.079 --> 01:52:57.359 work with those guys. This is your career. This is 2393 01:52:57.840 --> 01:53:02.720 the only person that matter to is you. Don't do 2394 01:53:02.880 --> 01:53:05.239 things in your career because other people are telling you 2395 01:53:05.359 --> 01:53:07.479 to do it. Do it because you want to do 2396 01:53:07.560 --> 01:53:10.600 it and make yourself happy. You only got one shot 2397 01:53:10.640 --> 01:53:13.560 at this and the one shot has to count. So 2398 01:53:14.159 --> 01:53:16.159 if there's ever something that you want to do, whether 2399 01:53:16.239 --> 01:53:18.560 it's you know, go to another company, whether it's want 2400 01:53:18.600 --> 01:53:20.640 to go to SOCC, you want to study, you want 2401 01:53:20.680 --> 01:53:24.159 to get promoted, do it, do it, don't let anyone 2402 01:53:24.239 --> 01:53:26.319 talk you out of it. Do it and do it well, 2403 01:53:26.479 --> 01:53:29.399 and do it right, and you will get that next 2404 01:53:29.920 --> 01:53:32.760 step when your career, like whether it's promotion or whether 2405 01:53:32.840 --> 01:53:37.039 it's you know, special, start to work, special training, do 2406 01:53:37.199 --> 01:53:40.760 it because this career will come and go so quick. 2407 01:53:40.960 --> 01:53:43.000 And I can tell you firsthand. You know, I didn't 2408 01:53:43.000 --> 01:53:45.199 do thirty forty years. I did twenty three years and 2409 01:53:45.439 --> 01:53:47.119 that one quick. You know, they tell you in provary 2410 01:53:47.119 --> 01:53:49.239 school your career is going to fly by, and I 2411 01:53:49.279 --> 01:53:52.119 can honestly tell you that it flew by. It flew by. 2412 01:53:53.159 --> 01:53:54.960 I am so thankful that I got to work with 2413 01:53:55.039 --> 01:53:56.840 the people I did and the companies I did. From 2414 01:53:56.880 --> 01:53:59.560 Corona to walkin Street, I worked with the elite of 2415 01:53:59.600 --> 01:54:02.760 the elite man and I am so grateful for it. 2416 01:54:03.199 --> 01:54:06.640 And I have zero regrets with my career. Was I 2417 01:54:06.720 --> 01:54:08.880 hoping to get promoted to the captainy Absolutely, but it 2418 01:54:08.920 --> 01:54:11.880 didn't work out. But you know what, by not getting promoted, 2419 01:54:11.920 --> 01:54:14.039 I got to say walkin Street. So that's kind of 2420 01:54:14.039 --> 01:54:17.640 a blessing within itself, you know. And like I said, 2421 01:54:18.119 --> 01:54:21.119 go after it. Don't let anything prevent you from doing it. 2422 01:54:21.479 --> 01:54:23.720 You want something, go get it, Go out and get 2423 01:54:23.760 --> 01:54:26.880 it and it'll be yours and you'll thank yourself at 2424 01:54:26.880 --> 01:54:29.680 the end because the way that you got there is 2425 01:54:29.720 --> 01:54:31.680 the way that you deserve to get there, and you 2426 01:54:31.760 --> 01:54:34.640 will be very grateful that you could look back one 2427 01:54:34.720 --> 01:54:37.359 day and be like, you know what that paid off 2428 01:54:37.399 --> 01:54:39.560 of gled I did that it was beneficial not only 2429 01:54:39.640 --> 01:54:42.319 to me, but the people I got to work with, 2430 01:54:43.000 --> 01:54:44.760 the people that you bring your knowledge to. 2431 01:54:45.359 --> 01:54:46.960 You know, you go to socc it's not you know, 2432 01:54:47.119 --> 01:54:50.319 it's other people who you were going to work with 2433 01:54:50.359 --> 01:54:52.279 are not going to benefit from your presence there because 2434 01:54:52.319 --> 01:54:54.399 you have a wealth of knowledge that you bring with 2435 01:54:54.479 --> 01:54:56.920 you wherever you go, you know, And that's what makes 2436 01:54:56.960 --> 01:55:01.680 this job awesome, you know, is the the colleagues that 2437 01:55:01.760 --> 01:55:05.159 we work with, the peers that we work with. Everyone 2438 01:55:05.279 --> 01:55:08.359 brings something to the table. And when everyone brings something 2439 01:55:08.399 --> 01:55:11.039 to the table, you have a table full of knowledge, 2440 01:55:11.199 --> 01:55:15.319 a table full of experience. And that's what makes this 2441 01:55:15.600 --> 01:55:19.720 job so special. And the teamwork all pays off in 2442 01:55:19.760 --> 01:55:25.640 the end because of everyone's level of experience, level of knowledge, 2443 01:55:25.720 --> 01:55:28.359 and what they have to offer, and the fact that 2444 01:55:28.439 --> 01:55:30.079 we work together is. 2445 01:55:31.560 --> 01:55:32.000 Amazing. 2446 01:55:32.199 --> 01:55:35.199 And the FD and Y has never been able to 2447 01:55:35.279 --> 01:55:38.239 not get something accomplished, and that's because of everyone's dedication, 2448 01:55:38.359 --> 01:55:44.399 everyone's hard work, everyone's commitment, everyone's desire and it pays off. 2449 01:55:44.720 --> 01:55:47.079 And that's why this is the greatest fire department in 2450 01:55:47.119 --> 01:55:49.800 the world is because of all this and it shows. 2451 01:55:50.560 --> 01:55:53.640 And I'm glad that I could tell everyone that I 2452 01:55:53.720 --> 01:55:56.199 ever meet who doesn't know that I was part of 2453 01:55:56.239 --> 01:55:58.119 the fd and Y And you know, I hope I 2454 01:55:58.239 --> 01:56:01.520 left an impact there was. It definitely left an impact 2455 01:56:01.560 --> 01:56:07.560 on me. So I thank them. Amen, and thank you guys, Sally. 2456 01:56:07.640 --> 01:56:09.680 Guys like you is what makes this job perfect. 2457 01:56:10.520 --> 01:56:10.560 You. 2458 01:56:11.600 --> 01:56:16.000 Dennis Smith to his uh he said on the show 2459 01:56:16.079 --> 01:56:19.680 with us, What did he say? Cool? He's like, I 2460 01:56:19.720 --> 01:56:22.319 could do anything because I am f d n Y trained. 2461 01:56:24.319 --> 01:56:28.399 Yeah, there's never been a scenario that we couldn't overcome 2462 01:56:28.600 --> 01:56:32.680 or get through. No ever. Yeah, we make shit happen. 2463 01:56:34.359 --> 01:56:36.479 Yeah, that's not doubt. That was a great, great line 2464 01:56:36.479 --> 01:56:36.920 that he had. 2465 01:56:38.000 --> 01:56:40.319 Yeah, it's true, and that's it. 2466 01:56:40.439 --> 01:56:41.600 Any shout outs we got. 2467 01:56:42.640 --> 01:56:45.079 We have Harrisburg. And you're gonna do anything for friends 2468 01:56:45.119 --> 01:56:45.720 of firefighters? 2469 01:56:46.000 --> 01:56:48.279 Yes, put that up for a friends of firefighters. 2470 01:56:48.520 --> 01:56:50.079 Yeah, sure, here we go. 2471 01:56:50.239 --> 01:56:53.119 We'll put the description in the link below having the 2472 01:56:53.239 --> 01:56:56.840 chili cookoff. Thanks for the support, guys, it's helping them 2473 01:56:56.880 --> 01:56:58.960 out a lot. But we still need to give more 2474 01:56:59.079 --> 01:57:02.000 to keep those doors open. So save the date Friday, 2475 01:57:02.039 --> 01:57:04.439 May sixteenth, six to nine night down. You left the 2476 01:57:04.920 --> 01:57:08.159 chili cook off, we'll put the guns. We can put 2477 01:57:08.159 --> 01:57:08.680 that in a link. 2478 01:57:08.600 --> 01:57:10.720 Below right in the It's ready in the chat now 2479 01:57:10.800 --> 01:57:11.600 and here it is here. 2480 01:57:12.159 --> 01:57:17.680 Excellent give border, so yeah, excellent. They need to help, guys, 2481 01:57:18.159 --> 01:57:21.520 definitely need to help. But it's well worth it. And 2482 01:57:21.680 --> 01:57:23.399 of course Louis and I will be in Harrisburg. We 2483 01:57:23.439 --> 01:57:25.039 will not have a show next week. We will be 2484 01:57:25.079 --> 01:57:28.640 in the Harrisburg. Come down and see me and the 2485 01:57:28.800 --> 01:57:33.279 rough Apotamus. Save the date the sixteenth and the seventeenth. 2486 01:57:33.279 --> 01:57:37.199 Down in the Armors country. Love. 2487 01:57:39.359 --> 01:57:44.399 They come with their pagers and their suspenders. Come and 2488 01:57:44.439 --> 01:57:48.720 see me and Ruffie. We'll be down there. I'll be 2489 01:57:48.840 --> 01:57:52.119 gimping around. ROUFFI be doing most of the work. So great, 2490 01:57:52.199 --> 01:57:54.920 career man, glad you so much for having me. 2491 01:57:55.000 --> 01:57:55.600 It was a pleasure. 2492 01:57:55.640 --> 01:57:58.640 Guys excellent, gods you look great, tanned hands. 2493 01:57:59.239 --> 01:58:01.920 I'm trying really quick. Did we have a couple of 2494 01:58:02.239 --> 01:58:04.159 l O. D. D's or somebody passed away? Was it 2495 01:58:04.279 --> 01:58:06.199 the captain from Edge Company eight? 2496 01:58:07.159 --> 01:58:10.439 I don't know, or we did that. We did the 2497 01:58:10.520 --> 01:58:12.840 fives for him we did yeah, I blink. 2498 01:58:12.920 --> 01:58:15.079 So if not, we'll get it together. We'll do it 2499 01:58:15.159 --> 01:58:22.159 the next show. Yeah, all right, tans Aponamus so great 2500 01:58:22.239 --> 01:58:24.840 job man, your. 2501 01:58:24.800 --> 01:58:26.640 Retirement, Yeah, enjoyed. 2502 01:58:26.960 --> 01:58:28.439 Just uh, let us know when you wake up and 2503 01:58:28.479 --> 01:58:30.640 you can't find your gear. Okay, one thing missing a run, 2504 01:58:30.920 --> 01:58:31.880 let us know about the gear. 2505 01:58:34.399 --> 01:58:39.039 Alright, guys until next next week, following week, stay long 2506 01:58:39.039 --> 01:58:40.359 and go hi. 2507 01:58:40.439 --> 01:58:42.399 Everybody will see it the big one. Thank you again, sal. 2508 01:58:42.680 --> 01:58:45.640 Thank you all right, guys, thanks son, thanks for everybody 2509 01:58:45.720 --> 01:58:47.720 tuning in, and we'll see you soon. Remember we're rolling 2510 01:58:47.720 --> 01:58:49.159 heavy down here in South Florida, baby,