Friday 11.13.09
Ocassionally as Dave plans out a trip for us he will come across an LODD that has occured awhile ago. If it is going to be on our way we make every effort to go there. This was the case with Bill McDaniels. Bill died in the Line of Duty after responding to an alarm at a local high-rise. We arrived in town in the afternoon and the fire house was empty. There was a small store next to the firehouse so Dave went inside to see if we could get some info. After returning he expalined that the owner of the store was related to Bill. We obtained the adress of his widow and set off to see her. We knocked on the door of the house and Bill's wife Debbie answered. We started to explain who we were and as soon as she heard the word firefighter she invited us into her home. Wow! that truly speaks for the immense bond of the brotherhood of first responders. Four big and ugly men show up at the door of this womens house and as soon as she finds out we are fifrefighters she opens the door and invites us in. We are extended this type of welcome almost everywhere we go. It just reiterates part of our message that we share with people. We want them to know that other firefighters and people care about what happend to them; no matter how far away they are or how long ago it happend. The bond between this group is unbelivably strong. As we presented her with the memorial plaque she became extremely emotional. It was obvious that although Bill died more than two years ago she was still hurting. This is when we have an oportunity to share with more of the awesome resources that MARKINC has. It is such a blessing that we have these tools available to minister to these hurting souls. We are thankful that we could visit Debbie in her home and hope that we were able to comfort her in her grief and offer her some hope with the resources we left.
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