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CFD Firefighter William Grant

Submitted by thomas.j.cook on Thu, 03/29/2007 - 4:54pm.

As a fellow Chicago Firefighter, I was appauled at the medias coverage of
Firefighter William Grant's funeral. No one covered it live and the web
casts that were availale kept freezing and going out. I unfortunately had
to work as did hundreds of other Chicago firefighters. I was glued to the
television at 10:30 and only bits and pieces were aired. Did anyone besides
this mans family and firefighters across the country care? I gues hard
work, dedication and duty are not news worthy.

Yes, it was beautiful. Yes, it was large and impresive. Yes, is was

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