Detroit, Devil’s Night in the 1980’s.
If you worked those nights, you remember. How did you have enough energy left to drive home in the morning? “And you want me to come back tomorrow and do this again?”
The Superbowl of Firefighting
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Catherine Roach on October 29, 2013 at 11:12 PM said:
I worked in a book store at the Ren Cen back then and I could not believe the
hundreds of newspaper people from all over the world who came here just to
watch Detroit burn. I also worked nights at a downtown bar and lived on the
east side, the smoke was so thick when I was driving home I could barely see
the lights of the car ahead of me. I did get in trouble at my bookstore job for
getting angry with a Japanese photographer and telling him that instead of
coming to my city to watch it burn down he should be doing something to help.
It was worth the 3 unpaid days off.
Scott LaPrade on October 30, 2013 at 5:20 PM said:
Love the Detroit Fire Dept! Engine 52 Ladder 31 Rocks!
Love the Detroit Fire Dept! Engine 52 Ladder 31 Rocks!
I worked in a book store at the Ren Cen back then and I could not believe the hundreds of newspaper people from all over the world who came here just to watch Detroit burn. I also worked nights at a downtown bar and lived on the east side, the smoke was so thick when I was driving home I could barely see the lights of the car ahead of me. I did get in trouble at my bookstore job for getting angry with a Japanese photographer and telling him that instead of coming to my city to watch it burn down he should be doing something to help. It was worth the 3 unpaid days off.