MSGT
04-20-2008, 09:32 PM
One dark night outside of Westlake, a small town in Louisiana, a
fire started inside the local chemical plant and in a blink of an
eye it exploded into massive flames. The alarm went out to all
the fire departments for miles around.
When the volunteer fire fighters appeared on the scene, the
chemical company president rushed to the fire chief and said,
"All our secret formulas are in the vault in the center of the plant.
They must be saved. I will give $50,000 to the fire department that
brings them out intact."
But the roaring flames held the firefighters off. Soon more fire
departments had to be called in as the situation became
desperate. As the firemen arrived, the president shouted out that
the offer was now $100,000 to the fire department who could
bring out the company's secret files.
From a distance, alone siren was heard as another fire truck
came into sight. It was the nearby Cajun Hackberry Rural
Township Volunteer Fire Company, composed mainly of Cajuns
over the age of 65. To everyone's amazement, that little run-
down fire engine roared right past all the newer sleek engines
that were parked outside the plant. Without even slowing down,
it drove straight into the middle of the inferno. Outside, the other
firemen watched as the Hackberry old timers jumped off right
in the middle of the fire and fou ght it back on all sides.. It was a
performance and effort never seen before.
Within a short time, the Cajun old timers had extinguished the
fire and had saved the secret formulas. The grateful chemical
company president announced that for such a superhuman feat
he was upping the reward to $200,000, and walked over to
personally thank each of the brave fire fighters. The local KPLC
TV news reporter rushed in to capture the event on film, asking
the chief, "What are you going to do with all that money?"
"Whall," said Boudreaux, the 70-year-old fire chief, "Da first ting
we gonna do is fix dem brakes on dat damn truck!"
fire started inside the local chemical plant and in a blink of an
eye it exploded into massive flames. The alarm went out to all
the fire departments for miles around.
When the volunteer fire fighters appeared on the scene, the
chemical company president rushed to the fire chief and said,
"All our secret formulas are in the vault in the center of the plant.
They must be saved. I will give $50,000 to the fire department that
brings them out intact."
But the roaring flames held the firefighters off. Soon more fire
departments had to be called in as the situation became
desperate. As the firemen arrived, the president shouted out that
the offer was now $100,000 to the fire department who could
bring out the company's secret files.
From a distance, alone siren was heard as another fire truck
came into sight. It was the nearby Cajun Hackberry Rural
Township Volunteer Fire Company, composed mainly of Cajuns
over the age of 65. To everyone's amazement, that little run-
down fire engine roared right past all the newer sleek engines
that were parked outside the plant. Without even slowing down,
it drove straight into the middle of the inferno. Outside, the other
firemen watched as the Hackberry old timers jumped off right
in the middle of the fire and fou ght it back on all sides.. It was a
performance and effort never seen before.
Within a short time, the Cajun old timers had extinguished the
fire and had saved the secret formulas. The grateful chemical
company president announced that for such a superhuman feat
he was upping the reward to $200,000, and walked over to
personally thank each of the brave fire fighters. The local KPLC
TV news reporter rushed in to capture the event on film, asking
the chief, "What are you going to do with all that money?"
"Whall," said Boudreaux, the 70-year-old fire chief, "Da first ting
we gonna do is fix dem brakes on dat damn truck!"