By Jayme
Introduction by Michael: I wrote an article about firefighters saving the lives of cats and kittens in the USA. Jayme commented on it and this is the comment…..(thanks Jayme)
First, let me say I am humbled by the hard service rendered by the men and women who are our firefighters.
Having said that, I wish to relate my experience as it came down. Sept. 22, 2012 was the worse day of my life, other than putting my first cat down to cancer in Aug of that same year.
Then on Sept. 22, 2012 some family came to visit from Maryland and meet my new fur friend Joey. The day went well and we ended up going out to dinner that night.
On the way home I got the calls that would change my life forever. The firemen were at my home bashing my windows out and tossing my belongings into the street.
Inside on a chair lay my fur friend Joey. Not one firefighter offered any assistance to my friend and ignored him as if he was just a stuffed nothing.
Not one crew member took him outside to work on him. To offer any oxygen or CPR of any kind. My whole family was livid!!
I even had signs on my windows stating that I had pets inside and what they are. Yet, somehow in the nightmare that unfolded that night I will never know what possibilities there were to save my boy because no one EVEN TRIED!!! Am I angry!! You darn right I am!!!
All they had to do was try and they skipped out on the option to see what aid could be rendered to a helpless cat laying there on the chair!!! My family confronted them to see if anything was done… and yelling and crying are you sure he is dead!?!?! Did you try to rescue him… Same answer .. No I am sorry…
I am forever haunted to this day wondering what could of been had those firemen even tried to save my boy!!! No, instead he was stuffed inside a pillow case and placed in the trunk of a car to be taken away to be cremated!!!
I am forever changed by the lack of compassion that night.. I lost not only all my belongings to this electrical fire, but my fur friend Joey as well.. Thanks to no one !!!
Yes, they are brave individuals for risking their lives, but that night no one risked trying to save my pets life… I don’t share in the wonderful bliss shared by many… I am a different person today…In 5 days from now I must once more think of that awful night when I lost my fur friend Joey and all my belongings two years ago. Its tough!
Thanks for listening…
P.S. As I near my 2nd anniversary of my boys death, I now try and think of the joy they brought my life rather than the horror of the loss. It is always with sorrow that I think about them, but as time goes on, its important to think of their contribution to my life. Chad, my boy of 11 years has the greatest impact as I had him for 11 wonderful years. I remembered him in August with 2 balloons that represent 2 years since he left me. I released them into the sky. I felt the sad and I felt the happy. They both made a big impact on my life.
Jayme – This is terrible. What beautiful cats, and how much you must have loved them both. It is beyond comprehension why they couldn’t lift your boy off the chair and carrying him outside, unless they were thinking the roof was ready to cave in. Or perhaps they didn’t see the poor cat I feel for you – and share your sorrow.
Love you forever Joey.
This was Joey relaxing and looking out the living room window. Which would soon be a scene of chaos and terror the night he was killed in the fire.
This is my boy Joey who perished in the fire Sept. 22, 2012. It wasn’t even a month of Chad dying before i had to cremate yet another pet friend. This is his very first picture i took of him after having brought him home from the shelter.
This is the final picture i ever took of Chad. This is what he looked like the day i took him in to the vet to have him put down. I think he knew something was up. He didn’t fight it. I fought all the way. i fought death hard that day. i didn’t want it to happen. This was my final picture to show i had carried him all the way to his final ending. He was a sweetheart. Miss him horrendously!
Chad again.