Ladder 49

Watch Ladder 49 just now, what a emotional show. It is a movie that play with individual emotion. Having watch HK firefighter show too, the story line is aint much different from it. Fire can be a good servant as well as a bad master. How true is this statement. Watching the show just bring back memories of my very own fire fighting experience. I believe any son, daughter and wife would be proud of my dad for his calmness and protectiveness over me and my mom then. The fire was big, it broke off at my house kitchen, my dad’s left arm is covered by flames. How would a normal person behaves when part of their body being covered by fire and their son and wife is with him too. Confuse, scared, Panic? Screaming for help? Not my dad! His is one brave man! No panic, just the claming look and soothing voice “Get out of the house, ask neighbours for help and call fire-station for rescue” Nodding my head and off I go…. Running out of my house leaving my dad alone fighting the fire. Images of fire on his left arm still running through my head. Wasn’t sure what to do but was just following my dad instruction. So I was out of the house and asking neighbours to help us out. My mom was worried sick. Soon people were seen rushing in and out of my house with pails and pails of water. Not long after, sirens of fire engine can be heard. There came those fireman trying to rescue the whole situation. My dad was brought to the hospital, he came back the very night. After the whole incident, patches of black color can be seen all over the house. It is aint black paints but black soot resulting from those fearsome flames! Till today my dad still has that burnt scar on his left arm, neither him nor me can forget that incident. For him, it leaves a deeper impression, for there are still scar to remind him of his close encounter and firefighting with the fire. Whereas for me, I will never forget, for I saw what actually happen, the terrifying moment, the braveness I saw in my dad. The fearful scene of that very instant of my dad’s left arm being covered by fire, could not forget how dangerous the whole situation was. It was really a close encounter with that bad master side of fire.

Back in my navy days, I got a chance to learn how to fight fire. Wearing those suits and carry those oxygen tanks, playing with fire extinguisher, putting out fire with fire extinguisher and water hose. It was a terrific experience. Did manage to learn how to control the fire with all sorts of techniques. From all my experience I had, I can definitely duly feel what Ladder 49 this show is trying to bring out.

A good show overall, it shows how brave all those firefighter are. The dilemma of each fireman feels when they have a family to take care of, the concerns of each family members about their own hero in the house. The feeling of a lost collegues... tt kind of feeling can reallie kills! The feeling of losing a close kin! That is sooo much worse! For all those firefighter that has risk their life to saves soooo many lives and prevent many broken family. They duly deserve my utmost respect! *Salutes!