http://www.columbian.com/news/2012/mar/12/firefighters-battle-battle-ground-garage-fire/ (this is the link to the article that was on the front page of the Vancouver City paper. Connor is second from the right in the debriefing group)
He was very excited. He texted his family of the events he was so excited (after he was back at the station of course. The green is his and the grey is mine.)
To expand on his text...Their engine was first on the scene. He was with his mentor (and past instructor) Capt.Leavitt, a church friend Firefighter George Lingle, a fellow cadet the past two years, Zabo.
Leavitt and Lingle told Zabo and Connor to hook up three lines and then Connor and Zabo proceeded to put the fire out themselves. As you can see from their text the other firefighters were impressed it was Connor and Zabo.
Connor has also impressed the fire fighters with his cooking skills, by making dinner during his first 24-hour shift. He made a corn chowder. He silenced his critics. He has now made the corn chowder 3 times now in as many weeks - Once for his family, once for his guy friends at the coast for "man weekend", and once for the fire station
I apologized to Jessica for not being as excited for her and her job as a nanny and that she saves those 3 kids every day...I got a classic eye-roll, my day is complete.
For all those little boys out there with a dream to be a fireman...Connor's dream came true.
