Why be a Smoke Jumper? Why take the chance? Does risk- taking protect us from the bland disasters of daily life? Falling in the tub, a Mac truck swerve? a tumor? I must ask a fireman. Is it the desire to serve, to save, to risk for the sake of another or something more sinister, or a combination of the two. Being a physical coward, I cannot comprehend the attraction. Fire flies, a flash of life, then whoosh.
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