reply to post by novacs4me
I cannot tell you what I would do in that scenario. I have never been in that scenario or anything like it. I can only postulate on the motivations
of the fire fighters running up those stairs. Each one would have a differant motivation.
Firefighter A may have decided to become a fire fighter because he lost a loved one to a fire as a kid. He never wanted anyone to go through that
pain, so he made a career choice. Now in his career, after saving a few lives, he feels that maybe he can actually make a differance, even if his
life is at stake. So he dutifully runs up those stairs, hoping to save some lives. It's not like he knew the tower would fall. He was going there
to put out a severe fire and save lives
Firefighter B perhaps has a family history of fire fighting. He took on the family business, so to speak. His motivation to run up those stairs is
that it is his job, it's what he has trained for, and to do anything else would be cowardly and a dissapointment to his family.
Firefighter C has a wife and two kids to feed. For all he knows this is just a fire. Yeah, sure planes crashed into the building, whatever, he
doens't care about that, just doing his job and getting the fire out. Just make it through today and tomorrow is his day off. Just get the fire out
and see his wife again.
You see how differant motvations can have the same effect in a particular situation. One was truely selfless, the other was acting on ego, and the
final one was just living life one moment at a time and hoping to get back to his wife.
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