Reviews for Rescue Men

The average rating for Rescue Men based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-04-20 00:00:00 David Lundgren In this book "Rescue Men" by Charles Kenney the author interviewed our hero fireman "Jimmy Hardy" for the story of our bad house fire in Feb 1987. The story is published on chapter 14 "27 Wedgemere Road". The story begins on page 209 and it tells the details of how my 3 year old son Mark was trapped in our house which was up in flames. It gives all the details of how courageous Jimmy Hardy was to go into the house to find my son. he had been in the house 2x and was going back in on his 3d attempt to find Mark with barely any oxygen left in his mask and he miraculously found my son! When he found Mark my son was not breathing so Jimmy gave him mouth to mouth and got him breathing again and then Mark went into the ambulance to the hospital. My son was in the Shriner's Burns Inst. for over a month and had to undergo quite a few skin grafting surgeries for several areas of his face and body. My son also had severe lung damage so it was very touch and go for the first few weeks. Jimmy was always there visiting him and he stayed in touch with my son throughout his childhood and they still talk today. In 2007 Jimmy attended my son Mark's wedding and it was a very emotional day for me because I know my son would have not been there getting married if it weren't for Jimmy Hardy's bravery to save his life 20 years earlier. I thank God each day for Jimmy and for giving my son Mark back to me. As a parent seeing your child endure so much it hurts alot. My son endured many years of heartache & pain throughout his childhood and teenage years because of his scars and awful kids would call him very mean names and tease him so badly and my heart ached for him because he never deserved that. I would always be very over-protective of him because of that. Today he is a great man that I am so proud of for all of his accomplishments and for being a great person with a heart of gold a great son, wonderful husband & father. This bad fire is something I will never be able to forget for the rest of my life. I am very grateful to all fireman for they are all hero's in my eyes for their courage & bravery of going into fires to save people's lives each and every day. Thank You!! "God Bless All Fireman"!! Sincerely, Paula Walsh [email protected]

Review # 2 was written on 2016-12-07 00:00:00 Eric Johnson Good read .... Love reading about Boston's brave. I would tell you to read it. It show the world of firefighters and the brotherhood.