Dr Emil Chynn says he was walking his dogs through New York when he saw the Twin Towers burning on September 11, 2001, prompting him to put his rollerblades on and rush to see what was going on. Nearly 3,000 people died in the terror attack, in which aeroplanes were hijacked and flown into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon outside Washington, DC, and another crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
- PUB DATE: 9/10/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: UNILAD

Fire departments across the country set benchmarks for how long it takes to respond to fires, car crashes and other incidents to track progress and hold themselves accountable, but King William County Fire Chief Laura Nunnally said setting a response time goal for the county’s fire department is not realistic -- yet.
- PUB DATE: 9/10/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Virginia Gazette

The Secaucus Fire Department, in Hudson County, N.J., placed a 28-foot Lake Assault Boats firefighting and rescue craft into service earlier this summer. The department’s firefighting and emergency response area includes a large portion of the Hackensack and Passaic Rivers (and their 28 bridges) that empty into Newark Bay and the Hudson River.
- PUB DATE: 9/10/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Marine Log

It was a hot, dry summer afternoon when Molly Linville glanced out her front windows and noticed a rare storm pushing down the narrow valley where she raises cattle. Then came five lightning strikes in quick succession. And five plumes of smoke. She thought things would be OK. She was wrong. “I wasn’t as concerned as I should have been from the get-go,” Linville said.
- PUB DATE: 9/9/2019 1:56:26 PM - SOURCE: KUOW 94.9FM - Puget Sound Public Radio

In the fire and rescue service, positive outcomes after emergencies are rare — although treasured when they occurred. Two South King Fire and Rescue firefighters recently received the Medal of Valor honor from the department for their exceptional efforts and successful water rescue of a female victim last October.
- PUB DATE: 9/9/2019 1:06:40 PM - SOURCE: Federal Way Mirror