everyone is trying to figure out what to put in the place where my 9 brothers died. i was thinkin as i sit and talk to a couple of freinds on line, and i think that a park with a memorial should be placed there along with changing the name of that street to the charleston 9 blvd. lots of ppl have simular ideas but i think this shuld have lots of time and thaught put into it. i think that every fireman in s.c. should be honored becuase their the ones who have taught us more than any ook could ever teach. when youre sitin at the table in the mornings and afternoons talking to the older guys and they tell the stories about burning buildings downtown back in the day before we had all this nice equipment, its eye opening and cool. the stuff they tell you will be used someday, mabe not today or tomarrow but ya never know when. i can remember while listening to mr. earl drayton talk he would tell me to notice all the sounds around me in a burning building becuase when things go bad they go bad fast. rite now its hard for me to sleep cuase one of my best freinds had the rack next to mine and its hard to look at that bed and know that your best freid wont be their in the morning to tell me that i snore like a freight train or man that was a hell of a fire last nite, these are the things that i think about and will continue to think aboutfor a long time. last night was the first night since the 18th that i actally got good sleep. but still the last thing at night and the first thing in the morning is that you think of them, the 9 wonderful guys that made me a better fireman. i miss them so much and wish they were here now, i still have alot to learn.but these are some of the things that i think about. like i said in the last blog, keep us in your prayers and thaughts......love you all
