The eighteen month old baby was turning blue when the firefighters arrived. There was a life and death decision that had to be made and the Virginia firemen chose to transport the baby in the fire truck in order to get it to the hospital as quickly as possible.
James Kelley, the twenty-year veteran fire fighter and his colleague had to make a calculated choice to drive the child to the hospital, as waiting for another emergency vehicle to arrive to transport would have put the baby’s life in grave danger.
The fire fighters have now been suspended because of their choice to transport the child in the engine. According to Kelly, he and his colleague were suspended because the engine in not a licensed transport unit.
Instead of being haled heroes for making this choice and ultimately saving the baby’s life, they are now having to sit at home and wait for their suspension to be lifted.
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As a firefighter I would do the exact same thing! We have a calling to help others!!!
Carl Maddox. Rewarding the bad, and punishing the good! Sad days.
Thank you!
I have no words for how despicable this is.
They should be HONORED NOT PUNISHED!!!!
Unreal needs to stop
OMG he save a baby life, please give this man a Second chance Not fair at all
For shame. A Fire Truck is automaticly an emergency vehicle. Where’s the Union in this
I would hesitate to chastise any one in fire department, and I don’t know if I have the whole story, thank you fire department workers, your wonderful!! But what’s up with this, has there been a mistake made punishing this guy??!!??
This is so wrong!