Skinny Firefighter to the Rescue
I got a kick out of this story from Fire Engineering.
WESTFIELD, N.J. - At 6-foot-1 and 160 pounds, Jim Pfeiffer is used to being called skinny. But Pfeiffer's beanpole status came in handy Monday, when the 25-year-old firefighter slipped into a narrow crevasse to rescue a toddler trapped 9 feet underground....
Said Pfeiffer: "The guys used to laugh at me for being so skinny, but I guess in this case it paid off."
I can relate to Firefighter Pfeiffer. I'm the designated attic explorer on my fire department since I can fit through the entrance into the attic fairly easily. However, I have to leave the heavy lifting to the big guys on the department.
This story just shows that it takes all shapes and sizes to get the job done.
