Just found this on my shelf and discovered that I hadn't registered it yet.

Passing to my sister to read.

Going into PokPok's Virtual Non-fiction Box

Claimed from the box by Rhonder

Received today, thank you!

This is a great book! I was a little apprehensive thinking that it would be more "technical" about the fire, but it was so much more about the men who fought it and the loved ones they left behind.

"On December 3. 1999, the call crackled in to the men of Worchester, Massachusetts Fire Department: a three-alarm warehouse blaze in a six-story windowless colossus of brick and mortar. Firefighters love the excitement of a triple, but this was a different beast. What happened once inside and how their lives were changed forever offers an unprecedented look at these heroic men whose job it is to rush into burning buildings when everyone else just wants out."

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The story of the Worcester Cold Storage fire in December 1999 - the author actually wrote an article about it for a magazine and later expanded it into this book. This fire took the lives of 6 firemen - 2 who were searching for possible victims and got lost/trapped in the building, and 4 more who went after them. This building was a deathtrap, the perfect fire box - insulated to hold in the heat, chemicals treating the walls, and lots of walls and false turns to confuse even the most seasoned firefighter. The author treats the men - both those who survived and those who died - and their families with respect. I did look up some more about this fire - I remembered it and the mourning that followed - and found out that a new firestation has been built on the site of the warehouse and that there is a memorial to the fallen six men. This was a touching story that has been overshadowed by the actions of the first responders on 9/11.

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This was hard to read, because you know ahead of time that it's the true story of how firefighters were killed in action. Just in case you missed the point, the section of photographs is mostly pictures of the grieving families. Yes, these heroic men deserve to have their stories told, but for me, it was hard to push myself to read toward a tragic conclusion. Anyone else feel this way?

Also, I will respectfully disagree with Rhonder. I would have liked more technical details, kind of like a John McPhee book. I was curious about the history of the building, why the floor plans were so unusual, maybe something about the chemicals used in its construction and why they generated so much heat. Sections like that would have been welcome breaks from the gathering tension.

But that's just one person's opinion. Future readers, what do YOU think of this book?

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