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Seth keep up the fight you will get over this. Also there are over 100 in service M8s waiting for you.

Seth,
Awesome that your coming back to NY. I feel terrible for you for your health and money crisis. I wish the best for you in the upcoming weeks. I hope to see you photographing soon!
Prayers are with you..

Hi guys,
I've had a rough couple of months.
I became critically ill in June while on a trip to Chicago, and was hospitalized in ICU intubated for several days.
A few days after I got home to Texas, same thing happened, I had a procedure to corrrect the problem, but while I was intubated I aspirated vomit somehome and came up with severe double pneumonia. Physically, I can only use the computer for a limited amount of time right now, and am still extremly weak but am getting better by the day.
While I was in the hospital, I had no access to my phone or computer. I lost my job because I wasn't elegible for FMLA yet and I ran out of time that I could use, so I'm on a very tight budget. I can reapply for my job, but read on to find out why I won't.
My PayPal account that I use to pay for this site was hacked, and I was cleaned out of all the funds for this site. Although PayPal will be reimbursing me, it will be several weeks. I'm on a limited budget right now, and bills for the website are due soon and I can't bill, sell, or design any ads right now to raise money, nor will I be soliciting donations.
Earlier this week, my luck started to turn around the best it can at this point. A very awesome longtime friend and great person helped me out, big time. I am thankful for him and his bosses because his actions and concern gave me great motivation to keep going and renewed my passion. For right now, all I'm going to be saying is that I'm moving back to NY in the next week.............................I think I'll be much happier back there, especially because I miss all my friends from NY and working there. I LOVE Austin and Texas and will miss it (I've lived here for 4+ years already), and have been succesful and had awesome experience with the agencies I worked for , but at this point I need to start taking care of myself. After I was no longer healthy enough to be a career firefighter anymore, my heart was broken and I really wasn't the same-it destroyed me, but I've finally had closure on that and want to have the old pre-2007 Seth back.
There is MUCH more to this story, but please don't speculate.
I also apologize for not getting back to all those who hae been calling and emailing, it just gets a little overwhelming right now as I recover.
I have over 1,500 emails personally from friends, collegues, and EMTBravo members and related to me since May 26th, and eventually I will get to them all.
I traded in my car and sold off a lot of my things and bought a small 2005 Ford F-350 Super Duty/Winnebago Aspect 23' RV with only 7,000 miles on it. It's got all the comforts of home, and is cheaper and easier for me to live, especially since I will still have the home in Texas.
Does anyone know of RV Parks in the NY/CT area that are affordable and have electric and water hookups?
I was hoping I could park it at an FD or EMS, and in exchange join that agency and they would technically have a driver in house. I am stilll a certified Firefighter and Paramedic, and am capable of driving, operating, and maintaining any type of emergency vehicle. I can drive ambulances, midmount and rearmount aerials and tower ladders, engines (I am certified in pumping and water supply), rescue trucks, tankers, brush trucks, etc. If someone knows of an agency that could work something out with me, I would greatly appreaciate it. Email me at seth@emtbravo.com if you know of anything, even if short term.
I hopefully will have a job lined up, but I am looking for a second job, if anyone knows anything that's open and pays decent. It doesn't have to be emergency services. Email me at seth@emtbravo.com .
I wish I never gave up some of my Westchester jobs I had, I always thought the grass was greener and kept moving up jobs, but I look back now and had it great right where I started.
Thanks guys for your concern, and whatever help you can offer me. I hope that some of you guys can come up and hang out with me when I get back.
There is more to what I am going through, but please don't speculate or comment on that.

Correct me if I am wrong but by claiming seizure activity caused an accident, does that not cause DMV to suspend a license for medical reasons for uncontrolled seizures since this is new onset with no know cause.

County Control recieved multiple 911 calls stating a reckless driver on I-684 in Armonk, not knowing the driver of the "reckless driver" was Kerry Kennedy.
It has been a ROUGH couple of weeks/months for that family, for sure.
A few articles about it. As of 7/18/12 she reportedly had a seizure and she wont be charged, but to the driver of the truck that she hit.
http://www.nytimes.c...-not-drugs.html
http://www.usatoday....rges/56269472/1
Any thoughts/comments?

Nice Pics Thanks for Sharing

Thanks to all who complimented, etc. I really appreciate it. I have answered more then 4 PM's by uploading these photos, thats why theyre delayed..
By Brewster & Bedford's parades I will probably have a much nicer and better lens, so expect much better photos. Althought these are pretty good I could do better.
Any questions feel free to PM me ( or ask it here, doesnt matter )

. x4093k Thanks for sharing your photos here, they look great. I got there late in the parade so I didn't get too many photos. Here is Pleasantville TL5 and Thornwood TL 1 side by side

Mamaroneck TL20

Engine 38

Engine 259

ENG199INE Any folks wishing to see a picture of a certain rig not posted, I have EVERY single one.. PM me..

The BUSY Tower Ladder 57..

For all you old style folks...

Rescue 85 =)

Pleasantville Ladder 5 Set up..

New RES85CUE.. Very well done job Armonk Folks..

Bedford engine 109... A very NICE engine in general..

Mount Kisco EMS

Rescue 15.. For a long time (not seeing it up close) I thought the unit was like a Putnam County unit, 9-1-1 ! they put it in the normal identification area..)

Cortlandt Engine Company - Best Overall and 1st place 31 and over
Ossining- 2nd place 31 and over , best ladder, best chiefs car and best firematic color guard
Mahopac Falls- 3rd place 31 and over
Only ones I heard from where I was standing.

Somers FD TL18

Somers FD Lieutenants

And back to the rig pics...