It’s not often that we stop to praise a Massachusetts politician. This state is a disgrace, a corruption filled incestuous hackarama where the outrages pile up so fast and so furious that the citizens canâ??t keep up. Finally, some good news,
Boston Herald
Hero̢??s welcome on the job РMayor wants amputee for BFD
Tuesday, August 8, 2006
Mayor Thomas M. Menino will have one message for Iraq war hero Brian Fountaine when he returns to Dorchester this month: Welcome to the Boston Fire Department.
Menino said itâ??s the â??least the city could do,â? is help Fountaine, a 24-year-old soldier who lost his legs in a blast while serving his second tour of duty in Iraq.
The Herald reported yesterday that, despite the life-changing injury, the Dorchester native never gave up his dream of becoming the third generation in a long line of men who devoted themselves to the Boston Fire Department. The mayor says thatâ??s a dream that will be made reality.
â??Brian is an American hero,â? Menino told the Herald yesterday. â??I would hope that as a city we could at least help him reach his goals. We need to step up and help him realize his dream and get him some sort of job with the Boston Fire Department.â?Â
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