| The weight of a pager...
A Motorola Minitor pager weighs 5 ounces until it goes off. When it goes off, it bears the weight of the world.
It weighs as much as a dying child as a frantic mother drops them into your arms.
It weighs as much as a Lifepak, jump bag and oxygen tank as you race up flights of stairs to your patient.
It weighs as much as hauling that patient back down those stairs.
It weighs as much as Hurst rescue spreaders while removing a car door.
It weighs as much as removing a lifeless body from that car.
It weighs as much as turnout gear, a Scott Air Pack, and a charged inch and a half hose, as you rush into a burning house.
It weighs as much as carrying your friend in a coffin who lost their life while carrying a pager.
Sometimes the weight of that pager is too heavy on your heart and your mind, but you carry it anyways.
You carry that weight because you care and are compassionate.
It gives you pride and honor.
It gives you a sense of purpose in this life.
For those that bear the weight of a pager with honor, thank you. I consider you my brothers, my sisters.
For those that want to help your community, we always have extra pagers and could use help bearing that weight.
We have room for you, young or older. It's never to late to volunteer!
Come join us.... |
