Quote Originally Posted by porkypara
Quote Originally Posted by Sheps
Now i think this is the biggest pile of BS i've ever seen, not only is it insensitive its fake.

I've seen it happen all the time in American History, something tragic or horrific happens and in the true capitalistic way, Movie makers decide to take the story, make people look like hero's, make lots of money and in turn alter history. (We've all seen the WW2 films where the yanks win it all by themselves)

I just think its digusting, the simple fact is the firemen who went into that building were doing their job, they didnt know the towers were going to fall, it was, in the loosest sense, an every day situation for them. They were not hero's.
As a fireman for the past 8 years or so I can tell you that thoes blokes knew they were puting there lives in grave danger and they did not do it coz it was there job or they wanted to be heros they did it out of a sense of duty and knowing that if they did not do something there was nobody eles who could(or would).

Health and safty in the Britian has gone so crazy in the last few years that you cant be orderd into a house fire thats full of choking kids like in the years gone by.
If a fireman thinks its to hot or dangerous they can just say "no sorry its to hot I am not going in",and let the people die and there would be no come back.

But I have never known or heard of any fireman refusing to go into a fire where lives are in danger.If anything I have seen blokes having to be stopped from going into fires where all is lost.


I know at the end of the day its just a job but when lives are at risk we will break our own rules desined to protect us to try and save lives.


I will get off my soap box now.
you go get off ur soap box but ur getting a cc from me mate, my dad was a fireman and attended the biggest fire on the isle of wight bout 15 years back, huge shop burnt to the ground and he was in there as 1 of only 4 fireman who would go in, turns out nobody was inside but they braved the heat and fear for there own lives to make sure all was safe.
i was gonna join the service myself but only retained round here.
u keep up the good work, and yes to millions out there, u r a hero