Memphis Shooting Tragedy

[MetalMedic]

I am sure I speak on the behalf of the members of the Orrville, Ohio Fire Department and the members of The Ohio State University Police - Wooster Campus in extending hearfelt sympathy to the friends and families of our brothers who lost their lives in Memphis, TN today.

Our thoughts and prayers go with you.

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Richard Nester
Orrville (OH) Fire Dept.

[webteam]

Forward E-mail:

Since i am not someone registered onto this website i
thought it might be ok to send my message this way to
where it says "Contact Us". First of all..i am a 16
year old student that lives in Bartlett somewhere
along Highway 70 and i just wanted to say my thoughts
on this. i am sorry if i was wrong in doing this but i
honestly didn't think it would hurt. ok...

My heart goes out to all those who were hurt in this
recent tragedy. It is disturbing to see that violence
not only goes from school to schools across this
country but it even is found in the servanthood of
those who have chosen to protect and serve the poeple
of their community. I don't know the majority opinion
of my generation, but I do know that anyone can see
that those in the Fire Department and the Police
Department are the servants of the community and one
can never understand why someone who takes an oath "to
serve and protect" can turn on their fellow brethern
in the servise that they are in. In 1 Thes 5:21 Paul
says "But examine everything carefully; hold fast to
that which is good." The character of those who
dedicate their lives to service to the community does
exactly this. Those who died in this tragedy held fast
to that which was good and died in their
service...their "line of duty" so thus i say they died
with a hero's heart and memory. Not as one that shows
as a martyr..but one of a servant who did what was
right. It was a bad thing that happened to these
people. The collegue that opened fired on his
co-workers stood alone, so this doesn't mean that all
those who serve this community are the same as him.
His a ctions are not excused, but one must keep in
perspective that those who protect and serve are good
people. He was just one of the exceptions to that
rule. I believe it was Oswald Chambers who said "It is
one thing to go on the lonely way with dignified
heroism, but quite another thing if the line mapped
out for you by God means being a door-mat under other
people's feet." Our servants that died in the line of
duty became exactly as Mr. Chambers described and
still remain with their title as "Undignified Heroes".
I thank God for our firefighters and our police
officiers. They follow a humble path of servanthood
and set an example for the generation that watches
them. I feel for the Memphis Fire Department and
Police Department as well as for the families of these
victims. They are in my thoughts and prayers. God be
with you and grant you the peace to deal with what is
now set before you.

Sincerely,
Cassandra Weaver

[webteam]

Forwarded E-mail:

WHAT A TRAGEDY..HOW OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS GO THROUGH IN THIS
WORLD. AS IF THEY DONT HAVE ENOUGH TO BE STRESSED WITH I KNEW THERE WERE
IDIOTS IN THIS WORLD ..THEY WANT YOU TO SAVE THEM BUT KILL YOU FOR DOING IT.
MY HEART GOES OUT TO THESE FAMILIES AT SUCH A LOSS ..THIS MORNING THEY WOKE
UP AS A FAMILY AND NOW THEIR LIVES ARE CHANGED FOREVER..WE NEVER KNOW WHAT
THE DAY HOLDS. WORLD WAKE UP AND RESPECT THE FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS
WHO PROTECT YOU ..ONE DAY YOU MAY HAVE TO CALL ON THEM TO KEEP YOUR FAMILY
COMPLETE.

[webteam]

Forwarded E-mail:

To the Families of the Memphis Firemen,

Our hearts are heavy with the news of your loss. Our prayers and
thoughts are with you. You do not grieve alone--the whole country
grieves with you.

Beth and Garrett Glaser
Tate County EMS
Senatobia, MS 38668

[livin4him84]

I am praying for the families of the deceased in the shooting in memphis.I also feel for the families .

Just remember god did this for a reason.He will bring someting good out of this.

[webteam]

Forwarded E-mail:


My family and I would like to send our condolences
to each family that lost a loved one today in this tragedy. It is truly a sad
day in Memphis. I wish we didn't have guns in this world but I know that will
never be. There are reports that the rifle he used was a high powered rifle so
he meant to shoot to kill.
Once again all of the families will be in our prayers. May the families
find peace somehow someway.

[MTFirefighter]

The Marked Tree Fire Department in Arkansas would like to send our condolences and prayers to the families and the brothers of the two firefighters and the deputy who passed away today. We love you guys. You are all on our minds and in our prayers.

[shenry32]

We would like to express our deepest sorrows to all of the Memphis Firefighters and Police Officers. Its a terrifing thought that we all must now deal with... so many ways to be hurt while in the service of helping others. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Scott Henry
Kettering (OH) Volunteer Firefighter Association

[webteam]

Forwarded E-mail:

as a nurse of a small town community, my dearsest friends are the
fireman and policeman of our town. my heart and prayers go out to you
the friends, co-workers and families of these men. This world is
getting to be such a crazy place and we do all that we know how to do to
help our fellow community people that in turn do such violent acts.
however, there are still those precious very gracious ones out their
that pray for us, beg for us, and die in our arms and for that we must
go on!!

staci myers
grenada, mississippi

[webteam]

Forwarded E-mail:

as a nurse of a small town community, my dearsest friends are the
fireman and policeman of our town. my heart and prayers go out to you
the friends, co-workers and families of these men. This world is
getting to be such a crazy place and we do all that we know how to do to
help our fellow community people that in turn do such violent acts.
however, there are still those precious very gracious ones out their
that pray for us, beg for us, and die in our arms and for that we must
go on!!

staci myers
grenada, mississippi

[livin4him84]

I am speaking from a first hand experience .My dad was killed on duty he was a firefighter for DeSoto County .He died when I wsa 4.I don't remember all much about him but He died on the line of duty .I don't know how though.

I am sending my condolences to all of the families of the deceased.I feel for the both fir dept.And the Memhis Police Dept.

If I can do anything e-mail me @ Livin4him84@aol.com

[webteam]

Subject: The Tragedy In Memphis, TN
To: webteam@firehouse.com

I wish to extend my condolences to the family of my coworker ("The Deputy")
for the Shelby County Sheriff's Office, and the family of my brothers for
the Memphis Fire Department. I was at work when I heard the news. I
couldn't believe what I had heard. My heart stopped for a moment. Words
can't describe what we are feeling in Memphis. Now I must continue to be
strong for my family. As I read the e-mails I just wanted to thank you all
for your condolences for our falling family member.


Deputy RLE
Shelby Co Sheriff's Office
Memphis, TN

[A.Walls]

Our sympathy in the time of this senseless loss of life. To our brothers in Memphis we grieve for you. Also, condolences to the family of the slain Police Officer.

Allen Walls
President IAFF Local 3204

[This message has been edited by A.Walls (edited March 08, 2000).]

[smokeyemt]

I would like to send my condolences to the families and friends of the fallen fire- fighters and deputy in Memphis, TN. This is a tragedy to everyone. It is hard to believe that this could happen. This is something that you really don't think about when you consider 'Scene Safety' when responding to a house fire. Memphis Fire and the County Sheriff's deptments are in my thoughts and prayers through this tough time.

[jobriath]

3/8/00

Madness...utter madness. I'm sitting here watching local coverage of the horror that has unfolded in my hometown of Memphis, TN. Tears are streaming down my face. 2 firefighters & 1 sheriff's deputy dead...all trying to perform their often-thankless tasks of protecting & serving the public. I grieve for these heroes, for they allow me to live in safety & comfort while they put their lives on the line EVERY DAY. I am forever in their debt.
There are simply no rules anymore. Why do people hellbent on their own self-destruction have to turn their anger outward to innocent victims? How many more times do incidents like these have to happen before this country enacts sweeping gun-control measures? It's being proven over & over again: there is simply no way to make guns available to the general public & expect it to act responsibly. Access to firearms should be limited solely to the military & the police.

[kimmie1120-]

My husband and I are volenteer fire fighters
and we would like to say that our prayers are
with the familys and fellow members of these
fallen men. Our hearts go out to them all.
We just worked a terriable wreck on HWY 64
where a another fire fighter lost his life in
a terriable unnecesarry accident and not long
before that another firefighter lost his life
in an moter cycle accident.

Our thoughts and Prayers are with a fire fighters and police as they go out to sreve their areas.


kimmie1120

[Justin Gershon]

What can you say to this... I lost 2 brothers. Im still in shcok even tho they live many miles away. God. they were are brothers


Justin
Altamont Vol FD
Albany co NY

[kimmie1120-]

My husband and I are volenteer fire fighters
and we would like to say that our prayers are
with the familys and fellow members of these
fallen men. Our hearts go out to them all.
We just worked a terriable wreck on HWY 64
where a another fire fighter lost his life in
a terriable unnecesarry accident and not long
before that another firefighter lost his life
in an moter cycle accident.

Our thoughts and Prayers are with a fire fighters and police as they go out to sreve their areas.


kimmie1120

[Captstanm]

I am outraged that we lose brother firefighters to such a useless thing. I can only say that it is ashamed that the police did not kill the so called "suspect"

Our hearts and prayers go out to the Memphis Fire Department, the families of the fallen brothers and the rest of those afffected.

We will be with you over the next few weeks as your try to recover and grieve your losses.

Stan, Karen, Trey, Ryan (a firefighting family)

[dierk]

To our brothers in Memphis;

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and the families and friends of the two firefighters and police officer killed in the line of duty.It is incomprehensible how anyone can turn on someone trying to help them.


LT. Dennis Dierking
Jeffersonville Fire Department
Local 558