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With a big tip of the hat to WTOP, the D.C. Fire/EMS department has just released this 12-minute video about the rescue effort that followed the June 22 Red Line crash, which killed nine people and injured dozens of others.
The video was shot by D.C. Firefighter Vito Maggiolo.Maggiolo and other fire department officials routinely photograph first responders at various incidents and share the footage with news organizations.
D.C. Fire and EMS spokesman Pete Piringer says much of this footage had been withheld due to privacy concerns for the victims.
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This video bothers me, why? Because it shows what DC Fire and EMS COULD BE and SHOULD BE and SOMETIMES IS. That is, when the best efforts of the highly trained professionals aren't being subverted by inept management, cheap politics, and the conduct of a few people who have no business in any type of public service, let alone a service designed to save lives.
Well the video's a bit over the top, sappy and self-congratulatory, but there's no doubt that first responders are heros on a pretty regular basis and, in particular, during this trajedy.
Can you guys possibly correct the aspect ratio of the embedded video above? Everyone looks squished!
Two trains smashed in to each other. How do you expect them to look?