Controlling Chaos::NYC Fire Photos
When I was in Manhattan a few weeks okay, there was a fire in a building at the end of the block. I blogged about it last week and posted the snaps I had taken on the street. Alec had captured better photos of the building but had forgotten his "My Picture" password. So, it took a little while to get them uploaded and transferred. As I mentioned in my previous post, I was amazed at how quickly they arrived, how many came and how quickly they got it under control.
The most shocking thing was watching the firefighters race into the building and, a few short minutes later, heard their axes crashing through the apartment glass to give the fire and smoke an escape route. Several crashes later, an opening allowed the ladder truck to pump water into the burning building. You can easily see that in these photos. As quickly as it began, it was contained and under control.
So, earlier in the week, when I heard about the doctor who blew up his building on the Upper East Side (rather than lose it in his divorce), I was not at all surprised when I saw the footage. The chaos looked under control.
