When Phil Burns became a member of the Fire Department of New York back in 1963, firefighters didn’t wear masks and their turnout gear consisted of rubber boots, a rubber or canvas coat, a helmet, and a pair of gloves. Phil spent a few years crawling down long hallways full of acrid smoke, smoke so think that you could cut it with a knife. Over the course of a career spanning four decades, Phil saw incidents in warehouses, tenements, high rises, ships, churches, subways, and almost every part of the five boroughs. He advanced through the ranks over the years to Deputy Chief in command of the 11th Division. It was this post that he held on 9-11, when 343 of New York’s Bravest answered their last alarm. Laughter, Tears & Muffled Drums is a collection of essays spanning the course of his career, and is dedicated to the memory of all fallen firefighters.
Laughter, Tears & Muffled Drums
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