I read a story recently about a volunteer fire fighter in upstate New York who was going to propose to his girlfriend one night but was abruptly called to a fire at a local wooded park. Apparently in a moment of showing duty over desire he shoved the ring into his pocket, called his girlfriend to cancel dinner, turned his car around and went to fight the blaze. Evidently while he and his fellow fire fighters were in the midst of putting out the fire the engagement ring fell out of his pocket and disappeared.
You can imagine the disappointment he felt upon learning that the ring he was planning on giving to his girlfriend was lost somewhere amidst the soggy charred timbers of the park forest.
When his fellow firefighters found out that he had lost his ring they took up a collection from all the other fire departments in the state! When it was all said and done they were able to collect enough money for him to upgrade to a ring twice the size of his previous one. So after looking at all the diamond engagement rings available he chose a 2ct solitaire which was up from the 3 quarter carat stone that he previously purchased and he got engaged the same that the new ring arrived. The only other change was where he popped the question. Instead of the restaurant where he had originally planned to propose he instead had they entire volunteer fire department present at the fire house when he brought her in for the big surprise.
Like a band of brothers, this gritty gang of fire fighters came to the rescue of not just some citizen in distress but this time it was one of their own, and last I heard they all were present on the big day.
J.A.ROE
