Comments for SoundsLA - Fire Engine Sirens

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This piece belongs to the series "The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions"

Produced by Jihana Mendu and Angie Mogilefsky

Other pieces by Open Orchard Productions

Summary: Fire engines roar through the city with their sirens warning cars to move out of the way. For most of us, these sirens are nothing more than that, a passing warning. To Tom Ewald though, a fire fighter of over 30 years, those sirens mean much more.
 

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Achieving a dream

Whenever most people hear sirens from a fire engine they want to follow it to see what is going on. Well, this 45 year old fire fighter has wanted to be a fire fighter since he was a little boy. When he was 16 he would always follow the fire trucks to see what was going on and whenever he heard the sirens he got a huge rush of adrenaline. Well, as a 45 year old fire fighter he still gets that rush of adrenaline whenever he is on his way to put out a fire.