Ann Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Italian Firefighters > > One dark night in the small town of Garfield, > NJ, a fire started inside > the local sausage factory. In a blink the building > was engulfed in flames. > The alarm went out to all the fire departments for > miles around. > > When the first volunteer fire fighters appeared > on the scene, the > sausage company president rushed to the fire chief > and said, "All of our > secret sausage recipes are in the vault in the > center of the plant. They > must be saved. I will donate $50,000 to the fire > department that brings them > out and delivers them to me." > > But the roaring flames held the firefighters > off. Soon more fire > departments had to be called in because the situa > tion became desperate. As > the firemen arrived, the president shouted out that > the offer to extricate > the secret recipes was now $100,000 to the fire > department that could save > them. > > Suddenly from up the road, a lone siren was > heard as another fire Truck > came into sight. It was the fire engine of the > nearby Lodi, NJ Volunteer > fire department composed mainly of Italian > firefighters over the age of 65. > To everyone's amazement, the little run-down fire > engine, operated by these > Italian firefighters, passed fire engines parked > outside the plant, and > drove straight into the middle of the inferno. > > Outside, the other firemen watched in amazement > as the Italian old > timers jumped off and began to fight the fire with a > performance that was as > if they were fighting to save their own lives. > Within a short time, the Lodi > old timers had extinguished the fire and saved the > secret recipes. > > The grateful sausage company president joyfully > announced that for such > a superhuman accomplishment he was upping the reward > to $200,000, and walked > over to personally thank each of the brave elderly > Italian > firefighters. > > A TV news crew rushed in after capturing the > event on film. The "on > Camera" reporter asked the Italian fire chief, "What > are you going to do > with all that money?" > > "Wella," said Chief Pasquale De Luccinellavanti, > the 70-year-old fire > chief, "de fursta tinga we gonnna do isza fixa uppa > de brakes on dat > fockinna truck!!" > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Ann that wassa so a gooda..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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