Exploitation of FDNY and 9/11

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First, I know every one of these firefighters is more than happy to go wherever they’re needed to save lives. That’s what they do and their bravery or intentions are not being questioned.

But, puhleeze, the FDNY dispatched to the Gulf Coast is shown on CNN putting out fires in New Orleans while 1,400 other firefighters from around the country are handing out fliers?

..“They've got people here who are search-and-rescue certified, paramedics, haz-mat certified," said a Texas firefighter. "We're sitting in here having a sexual-harassment class while there are still in Louisiana who haven't been contacted yet…

Roy Fire Chief Jon Ritchie said his crews would be a "little frustrated" if they were assigned to hand out phone numbers at an evacuee center in Texas rather than find and treat victims of the disaster.

Also of concern to some of the firefighters is the cost borne by their municipalities in the wake of their absence. Cities are picking up the tab to fill the firefighters' vacancies while they work 30 days for the federal government. "

What is the reason the initial FDNY request of 3 Chiefs and one SAR Team sent to Biloxi was suddenly transformed to several hundred sent to New Orleans on Monday? Emotionally, don’t you think the FDNY has been through enough and really shouldn’t be dumped into another disaster unnecessarily? What of the hundreds of firefighters who have been” lounging at an Atlanta airport hotel for days while they await orders….

As of Tuesday, some of the firefighters, like Thomas Blomgren of Battle Creek, Mich., had waited at the hotel for four days. Now he and a colleague have been told they may be sent to a hurricane relief camp in South Carolina to do paperwork rather than help the devastated Gulf Coast.

''FEMA hired the best of the best firefighters, got them together and gave them secretary jobs,'' Blomgren said.”

We’ve been all wrong on this administration. They aren’t reading Machiavelli, they’re reading Shakespeare. “All the world is a stage, And all the men and women merely players.” Including, apparently, the brave men and women of the FDNY.

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