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Offline flowers

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Firefighters fear colleague who routinely flees fires
« on: May 17, 2015, 05:51:59 pm »
http://nypost.com/2015/05/17/firefighters-fear-for-their-lives-over-fire-fleeing-colleague/

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Michael D. Johnson won’t fight fires. Instead he stays on the sidelines as his Engine Co. 257 colleagues rush into burning buildings, FDNY insiders told The Post.

Nicknamed “Tragic Johnson” by rank and file, he’s managed to evade the smoke and flames several times since joining the Canarsie, Brooklyn, firehouse last year, sources confirmed.

“To have a guy that you know to be afraid is not going to be there for you when you need him to be — it’s frightening,” said one FDNY source.

The latest fright unfolded April 2 at a three-alarm blaze on East 78th Street, when Johnson’s irked captain radioed a “mayday” after discovering Johnson was AWOL, sources said. He had been assigned as “backup” to the nozzle man carrying the hose into the burning two-story building.
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Re: Firefighters fear colleague who routinely flees fires
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2015, 06:08:09 pm »
If a restaurant hired a cook that won't cook, they will fire him.

Why is this guy still a fireman?
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Re: Firefighters fear colleague who routinely flees fires
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2015, 06:19:51 pm »
Quote from: Luis Gonzalez on May 17, 2015, 06:08:09 pm
If a restaurant hired a cook that won't cook, they will fire him.

Why is this guy still a fireman?
Government Employee Union?
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Re: Firefighters fear colleague who routinely flees fires
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2015, 07:19:54 pm »
Quote from: Luis Gonzalez on May 17, 2015, 06:08:09 pm
If a restaurant hired a cook that won't cook, they will fire him.

Why is this guy still a fireman?
He is of color.
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Offline Fishrrman

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Re: Firefighters fear colleague who routinely flees fires
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2015, 07:20:36 pm »
Luis asked above:
[[ If a restaurant hired a cook that won't cook, they will fire him.
Why is this guy still a fireman? ]]

He's black.

If he was a white or Asian guy, he'd be outta there.

Does that answer your question?

BTW, the country elected a president who won't do the job, either...
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Offline Lando Lincoln

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Re: Firefighters fear colleague who routinely flees fires
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2015, 07:39:37 pm »
(Faux/artificial) Diversity, political correctness, the inability to speak frankly and assess honestly.  All products of today's and decades past liberalism are on display here.
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Re: Firefighters fear colleague who routinely flees fires
« Reply #6 on: May 18, 2015, 11:56:22 am »
Within the past week or so we've heard of a female who couldn't pass the tests to become a firefighter, but is being made one anyway. Maybe she and this guy should stand together on the sidelines of the next fatal fire and contemplate their good fortune.
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