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(sad music)

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- [Paul] Nobody knows
why firemen are firemen.

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Not even they can tell you why.

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But it is time somebody tried.

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Fire fighting is the most
risky of all dead end jobs.

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Yet also the one where most
workers are most likely

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to punch in early.

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(sad music)

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(crackling fire)

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Any day at the firehouse
the bell from hell

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puts the dispatcher on the horn

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with a tenement tinderbox address

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into bunker pants, rubber turn out coats,

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grab the mask and go.

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Minutes later you're on site

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as others run out, you go in.

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You'll need all you can carry.

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The four pound ax, the six foot
hook, the Halligan pry bar.

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(sad music)

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Search, rescue, ventilate.

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Eventually it's over and out.

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You're smoke-smudged and
sleepless and rung out.

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But this one you won.

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Behind the graffiti-fouled walls

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you've saved what you could.

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But the raging blaze,

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that wanted to consume
adjacent buildings, did not.

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And it did not,

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because you were there.

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(slow music)

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Wanting to go and fight a fire

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it's something that you want to do.

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And that sounds crazy to people.

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But it's what we've trained for.

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It's like Marines,

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to me I relate it to Marines.

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Where they want to do
what they're trained for.

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That's why they sign up.

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They wanna protect the nation.

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We want to protect the citizens

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and their property and their families.

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(sad music)

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A firefighter to me, is
just being a man for others.

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And just sacrificing being
at home for being at work

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for 48 hours and being there

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to help people that are in need.

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People call 911 'cause
they need your assistance

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and we're expected to show up

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and perform to the top of our abilities.

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(slow music)

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- [Paul] It's a quiet
voice from nowhere saying,

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"We're salvaging things
and people from flames."

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(slow music)

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I have to rely on your hands.

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(slow music)

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(sirens blaring)

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(helicopter blades spinning)