In Rescuing Providence, Lieutenant Michael Morse of the Providence, Rhode Island, Fire Department takes you along for 34 nonstop hours in the life of a big-city fireman/emergency medical technician. Ride through the tough streets of South Providence, the historic mansions on the East Side and the tattered but emerging West End as Morse and his EMS team respond to drug overdoses, heart attacks, car accidents, gunshot wounds, suicides, alcoholics, premature births, broken bones and other medical emergencies that are all in a day’s work for them.
This touching, humorous, life-affirming memoir offers intriguing insight into the human condition and the best and worst of our 911 and health-care systems. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, softcover, 164 pp.
Michael Morse is a firefighter in Providence, Rhode Island. He has worked on engine, ladder and rescue companies during his 16-year career. His current assignment is Lieutenant, Rescue 1.
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The Guys
The Guys is a powerfully moving and unexpectedly
humorous film about a New York City journalist (Sigourney Weaver)
who is called upon to help a FDNY captain (Anthony LaPaglia) pay
tribute to the men he lost at the WTC. As the fireman begins
to open up, the two form an unexpected bond, and we rediscover the
quiet heroism and humanity that affected all of our daily lives.
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