Injured LAFD Firefighters Share Recovery Stories

Aug. 20, 2020
Firefighters who suffered injuries during an intense fire at a smoke shop in downtown Los Angeles in May share their stories from that day and the recoveries that followed.

Firefighters who suffered injuries during an intense fire at a smoke shop in downtown Los Angeles in May share their stories from that day and the recoveries that followed.

“We started bailing from the roof, down our aerial ladder, and pretty much at that point it sounded like a 747 was flying over our heads,” said firefighter Ian Soriano, who was the second to last firefighter to get off the ladder. “The ground was shaking, the roof was shaking.”