There are times I really get tired of my job. You probably know the feeling; you wake up one particular morning and your head hurts at the prospect of another day at the office.
Yet though I might complain from time to time and have days where all I want to do is stay in bed and watch TV, I never have to worry about my work putting me in harm’s way.
There’s a lot to be said for that, even if it’s not something most of us stop to consider every day. Indeed, it’s easy to forget that there exist professions out there that aren’t just mentally challenging, but also actively hazardous for the people who do them.
Being a firefighter is one. Personally, I don’t think firefighters get enough credit for the bravery they show simply in turning up for their shift each day, but there’s a photo doing the rounds online at the moment that quite rightly pushes firefighters – and awareness as to the insane conditions they’re sometimes expected to operate in – to the fore…
When I was younger, I dreamt of being a firefighter – if my NBA career never took off, that is – but these days I’m rather happy to have other people doing it in my stead.
Call me cowardly, but there are few things I’d relish less than the task of charging headfirst into a burning building.
Fortunately for society, not everyone is of the same mindset as I am. There are brave souls who regularly risk their lives to save others and limit casualties whenever fires break out or serious accidents occur.
And we’re not only referring to pulling people out of burning cars of entering apartment blocks engulfed in flames – both heroic acts, it must be said – but also those times when firefighters are tasked with combatting one of nature’s most terrifying, destructive forces: wildfires.
If you live in a country where wildfires occur, you’ll likely be all too familiar with the damage they can cause. Of course, they don’t simply stop burning on their own, and left to run riot they will destroy virtually everything in their path.
That’s where firefighters come in. Instead of fleeing the affected areas, as everyone else is advised to do, they charge in to do their utmost in an attempt to halt the advance of the fires, saving countless lives in the process.
A few years ago one such wildfire was raging in Portugal, requiring the skills of a combined 1,150 firefighters to slow its spread.
The apocalyptic scene was frightening to behold, but it did produce a rather incredible photograph that paid testament to the incredible work firefighters do to keep people safe.
As per reports, a man named Pedro Brás posted the image, along with the caption: “After a night and a day fighting the Góis Forest Fire we were entitled to 25 minutes of river beach, although it was covered by smoke.”
The picture in question showed a group of firefighters sleeping on a lawn, so overcome by exhaustion that they had pretty much dropped where they stood in order to get some rest.
According to Pedro, the firefighters took a short break of 25 minutes after working nonstop for 24 hours to fight the wildfire.
Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis Hold Hands on ‘Freaky Friday 2’ Set as Sequel Begins Filming
It has been reported by Walt Disney Studios that the sequel will open in theaters in 2025.
Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan are back together.
In a recent picture taken on the set of Freaky Friday 2, Lohan, 37, and Curtis, 65, join hands and smile more than 20 years after their first comedy came out in 2003. They switched positions and sat on the other star’s trailer’s steps.
The news, which was revealed by Walt Disney Studios on June 24, verified that the sequel is now in production and scheduled for a 2025 theatrical release.
The new movie is “in the process,” according to Lohan, who told PEOPLE in March that she was “excited to work with Jamie again and see how much further we can take it.”
We chat about it virtually every other day anyhow, so I think this will be a lot of fun,” Lohan continued.
The two costars got back together for an interview with The New York Times to celebrate Freaky Friday’s 20th anniversary, during which they talked about their “easy” friendship.
“After meeting in an office and going through the read-through, it was really game on.” Curtis remarked, “I had to let go of all control mechanisms and just let it fly. Lindsay was equally supple as I was. She has an extremely remarkable acting facility if you watch “The Parent Trap.” It was a significant task. It was a large-scale event. Our connection was also quite simple.
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