The Nine Lives of Christmas
“Tears were making a crooked river down her soot-streaked face. Her hair was wild. So were her eyes. “Al’s not here!”
Oh, God. Zach was going to be sick. Do your job, he told himself.
He let Daniel the company officer intercept her. It was Daniel’s job to get that kind of information and form a plan of attack. “Where is he at?” Daniel asked Mom as Zach and the others donned their gear and covered their necks and ears with protective fluid to shield themselves from flash burns.
“I don’t know. He ...went to get the cat.”
Into the house? He went back in for the cat? What had he been thinking? Never run back inside when your house is on fire.
Daniel immediately began calling in vital information. “Single family dwelling, ten-zero-seven P.M. Two-story, wood frame. Fire on the first extending to the second. Possible rescue…”
A million thoughts banged at Zach’s brain as he donned his gear and grabbed his ax and fire extinguisher.
What am I going to find when I get inside the house?MoreLess
Oh, God. Zach was going to be sick. Do your job, he told himself.
He let Daniel the company officer intercept her. It was Daniel’s job to get that kind of information and form a plan of attack. “Where is he at?” Daniel asked Mom as Zach and the others donned their gear and covered their necks and ears with protective fluid to shield themselves from flash burns.
“I don’t know. He ...went to get the cat.”
Into the house? He went back in for the cat? What had he been thinking? Never run back inside when your house is on fire.
Daniel immediately began calling in vital information. “Single family dwelling, ten-zero-seven P.M. Two-story, wood frame. Fire on the first extending to the second. Possible rescue…”
A million thoughts banged at Zach’s brain as he donned his gear and grabbed his ax and fire extinguisher.
What am I going to find when I get inside the house?MoreLess
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