The Rise and Fall of Structural Fires

In 1956, we probably had 200,000 structural fires in the city. Just think of that number. And just in the Bronx, 300,000 families were burnt down. It was terrible. Thank God we'll never see that again. They're the most experienced firefighters in the world and you've probably interviewed a lot of them. You know, he modified duty. Guys like Vinny Dunn, Bob Farrell, all those guys, they wrote the book on firefighting. I'm sure they're amazing. Well, I want to get to your military career before we kind of walk you through your fire service journey. So when you're in high school, were you dreaming of entering the military