Since September 11, 2001, the nation's firefighters have been lauded for their courage and selflessness, yet many of their tales remain untold. Medal of Valor Firefighters recounts numerous stories of grace under fire in the words of decorated heroes themselves.
The men and women in this engrossing work, who unflinchingly risked their lives against impossible odds, relate their tales with striking humility. The portraits of courage in this gripping work are fitting tributes to America's bravest.
You'll read heroic, true stories from around the nation such as:
<ul><li>San Francisco: Beneath a house toppled by the earthquake of 1989, firefighter Gerald Shannon uses a chainsaw to cut his way through a maze of burning rubble and volatile gas lines to rescue a trapped woman.</li></ul>
<ul><li>Brooklyn: With his faceplate melting and helmet blistering, Captain John Pritchard finds a child in a burning bedroom and grasps her plastic crib--which melts at his touch and cascades down around his arm.</li></ul>
<ul><li>Atlanta: Dangling under a helicopter on a one-inch nylon rope, firefighter Matthew Moseley performs a daring rescue of a man stranded 225 feet above a burning mill on a crane so hot it has melted the soles of his shoes.</li></ul>

Medal of Valor Firefighters : Gripping Tales of Bravery from America's Decorated Heroes

Engineering & Transportation

MIDDLETON, Michael L.

Engineering

McGraw=Hill

In this brutally honest portrait, Sergeant Michael Middleton--a now-retired veteran of the LAPD--tells the gripping tale of his two decades on some of the America's meanest streets.

Cop : A True Story

Biographies & Memoirs

Middleton, Michael

Professionals & Academics

The author, a retired LAPD sergeant, describes his two decades as a policeman, and shares his impressions of fellow officers, gang members, the drug problem, and violence

Cop: A True Story

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Contemporary Books

A gripping 1st person account from one of LAPD's most heroic foot-soldiers.

COP: A True Story

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