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Bridgeport's Tears
Bridgeport’s Tears
It began as a normal job Fire showing, second floor We set out to begin our tasks Like a thousand times before Nothing special about this house Just two and a half story wood In through the back door Adjusting pacs, gloves and hood Though the heat was oppressive This should be over quick Engine men place their hoseline And Ladder men their stick We all have responsibilities Which all work hand in hand Water, ventilation, forcing doors They have all been pre-planned On that day search and rescue Was Ladder 11’s assignment So up to the third floor Their company was sent It looked like a quick stop As the fire darkened down But it had traveled upward As smoke showed, dark brown Suddenly we heard “Mayday” Then “Mayday” once again We all knew that trouble Had found one of our friends The Rapid Intervention Team Was swiftly deployed To recover our brothers Before the building was destroyed Though we got to them quickly And pulled them to the street We worked feverishly to save them On the blazing hot concrete Saving lives is our profession The inevitable to postpone But we just couldn’t pull it off For two of our own Nothing left for us to do But to honor these brave men The Lieutenant and the rookie Will serve together again Firefighters from all over In a show of respect Will send off these heroes Sworn to serve and protect Thousands of brothers will gather And they’ll remember for years The day they came together To share Bridgeport’s tears Lt. Tom Kenney Providence Fire Department |
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