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You should read the story. FDNY hasn't willingly opened its doors to felons. As a matter of fact, the city's notice to applicants still states that convicted felons "are not eligible for appointment to this position."

A year ago today, I was in New York City, right next to Ground Zero...In one of the hotels that overlooks the site. I climbed to remember. I was honored to climb 110 stories within feet of where our Brothers climbed on September 11th. The same Brothers we continue to climb for each year.

Bobbie Slayton was hired by the Roanoke Fire Department on December 6, 1965 at the age of 21. He retired on July 1, 2010 after more than 44 years in the department as Battalion Chief 2 (Northside) on C-shift. Slayton is considered the 2nd longest* serving firefighter in Roanoke City’s history.

After the Captain ran the call and wrote the post "Ramblings", he followed up with another post titled "Update..". In the second post he talks about calling in an order for a pizza for the child just so he knew that the child would have a meal that evening.