[Sean_330]

John,

I usually do not reply to people's posts to disagree, but your last one really offended me. To call someone "MORONIC" for giving their one life to save another person's life is really out of line. It is fine and acceptable for you to label yourself a moron and apply that standard to yourself, but to label someone else a moron is unacceptable.

To put it in more personal terms for you, I am an EMT (Emergency Medical Technichan/ the person on an ambulance). It's my job to save lives on a one on one basis. When I did my field internship time for my certification, I picked the city of Compton. Compton is one of the most dangerous cities in the nation and in the time i was down there, I almost got shot, got exposed to AIDS, and was assaulted in the line of duty. Therefore it offends me for you to imply that if someone such as myself or any other EMT died helping a single person, is moronic. The job of emergency workers is hard enough. However, as anyone in the emergency services will tell you, we are willing to give it all to save a single individual or even attempt to make a save. Thats right, no mass rescues, no dramatic multiple rescues, just a single rescue that may cost us our life every time we respond.

Furthermore, John, I submit to you, that the reason I mourned 9/11 was because of all the innocent life lost. In addition to the workers at the WTC, 343 firefighters, 77 police officers and 8 single role EMTs lost their lives that day. All of them were people I deeply respect. To say they are not part of MY society is wrong. Being involved with EMS, I understand the great sacrafice the people that respond to emergency calls make. Therefore, I know first hand, they are not morons. Actually, they are just normal people who are here to help you when you need it the most, and sometimes die for that.

In conclusion, I am not trying to preach, however, I am trying to express my opinion to you. I feel that it is a noble cause to lose your life while saving someone else. I feel that if I died while saving someone else, my life would be well spent. So, while you may think that it is moronic to sacrifice your life for someone else, i will willingly lay my life down to save another even if it was to save you John, or anyone else that thinks its moronic.


Sean Roberts, EMT 1D
Just another "moron" willing to save.