Click here for a run down of the Brooklyn fire

The headline in the New York Post reads “Brooklyn Blaze Miracle”. Eight firefighters were injured in Bensonhurst during the three-alarm fire yesterday. Ladder 148’s Andrew Shierer became caught in a porch collapse in the three-story building and received serious, but non-life threatening injuries. Here is how the Post describes it:

A plucky Brooklyn firefighter miraculously escaped death yesterday, plunging 30 feet after a porch collapsed as he battled a blaze at a three-story building, authorities said.

Andrew Shierer, of Ladder 148, injured his shoulder in the frightening fall, cheating death by staying on top of the pile of rubble as it fell two stories.

“He rode the third floor down to the first floor,” a paramedic said of Shierer, whose father was emergency management chief under Rudy Giuliani.

Another firefighter said, “He didn’t get hurt because he slid down the pile of rubble and rolled almost into the basement.

FireGeezer has more on this fire.

FirefighterSpot.com also has all the links you could possibly need to learn about this fire.

Hero yesterday, unemployed tomorrow: Read about the sad state of affairs in Yonkers, NY. FF Gregory DeSousa is one of six firefighters being laid off tomorrow. On Tuesday, DeSousa helped rescue a family from a burning apartment building. Click here.

FossilMedic Mike Ward at FireGeezer is also on the budget cutting beat with a look at rulings by judges in Philadelphia that keep the libraries open and fire companies closed. Check it out.

Picture this: The story behind a 20-year-old Pulitzer Prize winning photograph of a firefighter rescuing a child prompts some pontificating by Dave. Read the details.

Murder charge in Delaware: Chief Billy Goldfeder has the details of new charges against the man accused of killing FF Michele Smith. Check out FirefighterCloseCalls.com.

This time he said no comment: Remember the probie in Kern County, CA who created some big problems with a TV interview blasting the mayor of Bakersfield? It turns out Jason Arvizu was fired two-weeks after his moment in the spotlight. Now he is fighting to get his job back, but the reason he was fired may not be exactly what you think. Find out more.

Pilot warned of high winds: The NTSB has some findings of an air tanker crash in Colorado. Read the story and the report.

Burning corncobs: A stubborn fire in Indiana runs through a large pile of corncobs. It began on Saturday. Read more and see the pictures and video.

Still unanswered questions surrounding trip to Africa: A deadline to reveal details on the cost for Prince George’s County Executive Jack Johnson and others to take a trip to Africa has come and gone. The trip occurred while county workers, including firefighters, were being furloughed to save money. Read the latest.

Year-end review: Over at FireRescue1.com Jamie Thompson tells us about their end of year look at the year that was. Click here to see the coverage. We have something of the sort planned at STATter911.com, but I can assure you it won’t be as high-minded or thoughtful. Tune in at this time tomorrow.

Watch story from WCBS-TV

Gregory DeSousa is one of six Yonkers firefighters who will be laid off on New Years Day. The firefighter isn’t sure what he’s going to do next, but he knows what he did yesterday. Firefighter DeSousa helped save the lives of a woman and her three grandchildren who were trapped in their apartment during a Tuesday morning fire.

DeSousa has been a firefighter since 2000, starting in Scarsdale. He was hired by Yonkers about 18-months-ago.

Click here to read more details.

Watch interview with FF Arvizu on KGET-TV that sparked controversy

For weeks after running our October 15 story about Kern County, CA probationary firefighter Jason Arvizu I ran his name in Google to see if there were any repercussions for speaking out to the news media. I found nothing.

What apparently wasn’t covered until now is that Arvizu was terminated just two weeks after questioning the ethics of Bakersfield Mayor Harvey Hall, who owns the ambulance service serving the area. In his 15-minutes of fame, Arvizu claimed that Hall was standing in the way of paramedic service by firefighters and that it is a conflict of interest. Arvizu’s chief had to apologize and it was the last we heard from the probie until today.

The Bakersfield Californian reports that Arvizu is fighting his termination. But this is something more than just a free speech issue. Many people pointed out, in looking at the pictures of Arvizu, there appeared to be something wrong with his left eye. It turns out he is blind in that eye and it is an issue in the claim Arvizu’s lawyer has made with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing. Here is more from the article by James Burger:

The claim accuses the Fire Department with discrimination for firing him because of his blind eye. It also states he was told he was being terminated for insubordination.

The terminated claim, however, accuses the fire department of transferring him, restricting his job functions and denying him training opportunities.

All the job restrictions took place before his public criticism of Hall, according to a timeline contained in his claim.

By the way, this time Jason Arvizu had no comment for reporters.

Do you recognize the picture above? It was snapped 20-years-ago today and went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for spot news photography.

The picture captures the moment St. Louis Firefighter Adam Long pulled 2-year-old Patricia Pettus from a burning home and tried to breath life into her. The little girl died six-days later.

Michael Schwartzberg, who takes pictures and video for the Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company that we regularly run at STATter 911, sent me an article that ran today in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch detailing the story behind the picture.

Elizabethe Holland writes about the bond that developed between Long, now a battalion chief at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, and photographer Ron Olshwanger. Olshwanger was then, and is now, a director of the Creve Coeur Fire Protection District who takes pictures in his spare time.

It is a beautiful story about a picture that touched a lot of lives. Click here to read it.

It has some connections to the story we ran a-year-ago about Arnold Hardy who died on December 5, 2007, which was two days before the 61st anniversary of the famous fire picture he took. Hardy was the first amateur to win the Pulitzer Prize for his photo of a woman jumping from the burning Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta.

People who know me well, or who are regular readers of STATter 911, know what is coming next about these pictures. It’s the issue I brought up to Michael Schwartzberg this evening: Would these and should these pictures be run today in our papers, on TV and on the web?

For much of the 20th century this was the window the public had to view the heroic actions of firefighters. Pictures like these showed the reality of what it is you do and the toll fire takes on the lives of the innocent. Think of Stanley Forman’s pictures from Boston in 1975 (another Pulitzer winner) of the woman and child falling from a broken fire escape on Marlborough Street. Or Charles Porter’s shot of firefighter Chris Fields cradling Baylee Almon in his arms after the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 (yes, another Pulitzer winner).

From my experience in the news business, what happened starting in the late 1980s and early 1990s, is that we began sanitizing the news. We have often been aided and abetted by many of you in public safety.

For better or for worse, cries that is is too graphic and you are violating someone’s privacy took over the decision making process at your end and my end. Often news photographers are held back by police and firefighters so they don’t see things people think we shouldn’t see.

I have mentioned this before, but take a look at the YouTube video at the bottom of this page. It is a poor quality version of video shot by my late friend Sheldon Levy. What was edited from the story is while DC firefighters and EMS workers were pulling children from a burning home on Missouri Avenue, NW in 1988, a police officer kept trying to get in front of Sheldon’s lens to stop him from shooting. By the way, a little girl who was revived from this fire now works as a TV reporter in Maryland.

I truly understand the arguments on both sides of this issue. The last time I brought up this topic on STATter 911, after Hong Kong TV showed a dead firefighter, I was surprised to see most of the comments came from firefighters who believe we clean things up too much and don’t show the public what it’s really like. I am encouraged by those thoughts.

I haven’t looked at all the news coverage, but did any newspaper or TV station show Michelle Dosso holding up the morgue pictures of her children in a Philadelphia church as she made a plea for everyone to have working smoke alarms?

I’d be surprised if they did. The outcry from the public if you ran something like that, or even the St. Louis picture of 20-years-ago, would likely be immense and not what most newsrooms of today would choose to face.

So, are we better or worse for are modern version of reality? As I have said many times before, you be the judge.

Gert Marais photo from The Denver Post

Read entire NTSB report

From the AP:

A pilot killed this spring while fighting a fire in Fort Carson repeatedly warned officials that winds were too strong but was urged by officials to push on, the National Transportation Safety Board concluded.

The same day Marais died, two other volunteer firefighters working the Ordway fire were killed when their truck crashed where a fire-damaged bridge had collapsed.

Photo by John Terhune, Journal & Courier

Watch story on corncob pile fire

Living our sheltered life here in the East, this is one of those type fires we don’t usually experience. It began on Saturday in Delphi, Indiana.

Here is the previous article on the fire from the Journal & Courier. Here is today’s update from reporter Michael Malik:

A 10-story pile of corncobs that caught fire early Saturday is still burning.

In December 1989, a corncob fire raged for nine days at The Andersons. The cause of that fire also was unknown but destroyed roughly $1.5 million worth of cobs in a 35,000-ton pile.

We had been following the controverial trip to Africa by Prince George’s County Executive Jack Johnson and other county officials. Today, The Washington Post’s Rosalind S. Helderman has an update on getting answers to how the trip was funded:

Prince George’s County officials released no information yesterday about the cost of an African trade mission undertaken by County Executive Jack B. Johnson (D) this month, despite having announced that the total would be tallied by Dec. 29.

Yesterday, county spokesman John Erzen said the process had been delayed because some key employees were on vacation or taking furlough days.

In Walnut Creek, California, east of Oakland, Bay Area Rapid Transit, or BART, put on a show Monday evening. A westbound train apparently ignited a fire on the tracks. This happened sometime after 7:00 PM between Lafayette and Walnut Creek.

A fire on the BART tracks between Lafayette and Walnut Creek has disrupted service to riders tonight, officials said.

From SFGate.com:

Power to the track was shut down as firefighters extinguished the flames, and for a while two trains were stranded on the line.

The two trains have been allowed to move but the track remains shut down (as of 8:30 PM PST) as BART inspectors check it for damage. A bus bridge has been set up between Concord and Lafayette to move passengers between the closed track. No injuries have been reported.

The fire was handled by Contra Costa County firefighters.

It appears a motorist on I-680 caught the action. A police officer in the area said the initial arcing and sparking sounded like a bomb had gone off. No injuries were reported.

I believe this is essentially the same view as the vantage point from the video above. Click the image for the Google Street View tour of I-680 near Ygnacio Valley Road and the Walnut Creek BART Station.

On Sunday, a 3:00 AM fire destroyed two homes and damaged two others in Nashville, Tennessee. The fire was pushed by high winds. The homes were built in 2006 by the Nashville Area Habitat for Humanity. No word yet on what caused the fire inside the house where it began. Click here to read more about the fire.

You may recall in September and October the parent organization, Habitat for Humanity International, took part in the effort to fight residential sprinklers. Habitat lobbied with the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) in what became an unsuccessful effort to defeat the sprinkler requirement as part of the 2009 Residential Code.

Click here to read the NAHB press release about Habitat’s position on sprinklers.

On October 1, CONTRACTORMag.com wrote about Habitat’s involvement in the sprinkler fight. The article pointed out that not all of its affiliates are in agreement on this issue. Here are excerpts from the story by Robert P. Mader:

“Our concerns center on the potential of pipes being susceptible to freezing in colder climates, damage from the accidental discharge of sprinklers and the availability of an adequate water supply in areas served by wells or where water is a scarce resource,” said Sandy Dunn, NAHB president and builder in Point Pleasant, W.Va. “Some homeowners may choose to have them installed anyway, but that’s where these systems should remain: as a choice, not a mandate.”

Momsen-Hudson said sprinklers have saved one of their Habitat houses. The family spent just one night in a hotel and returned to their home the next day.

Photo from Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office via The Washington Post

We have been hearing a lot over the last two days from the friends of Lt. John Patton Jr. of the Loudoun County (VA) Sheriff’s Office. Lt. Patton died suddenly on Saturday. While the police side isn’t our normal beat at STATter 911, John Patton was in on the ground floor of the career fire service in the county.

Click here for a Washington Post article.

Below is the press release from the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office:

It is with deep sadness that the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office announces the sudden loss of 2nd Lieutenant John B. Patton, Jr. The 28-year law enforcement veteran passed away at his home Saturday after apparent heart failure.

Attn: Gift Management Services
5005 LBJ Freeway, Suite 250
Dallas, TX 75244

Watch raw video of fire from KPIX-TV

From the AP:

Fire officials say there are no reports of injuries after a fire roared through a three-story apartment building in San Francisco this morning.

The cause of the blaze is under investigation.

WBFF-TV image. Click here for a brief report on the fire.

More from FirefighterCloseCalls.com

There is still not a lot of detail about three injured firefighters in Baltimore this morning. Here’s what the AP has:

Three firefighters were injured while battling a blaze in Northwest Baltimore this morning, fire officials say.

The cause of the blaze is under investigation.

House that burned this morning on Allendale Road in Baltimore. Click the image for the Google Maps Street View.

IF YOU READ NOTHING ELSE TODAY, READ THIS: The news clip above has has video of the fire and details about the seven people who died Friday night in a Philadelphia house fire. There is also cell phone video of the early stages of the fire. But that isn’t what I want you to see today. The story you should take time to read is about the mother of three children killed in that fire. On Sunday, just 36-hours or so after her children died, Michelle Dosso did one of the most unusual and unselfish acts that I have ever heard about immediately after a tragedy such as this. There were no working smoke alarms in this house and even if there were, it might not have changed the outcome in this case (it sounds as if another way out of the basement may have helped). Still, Ms. Dosso, in a very direct and even graphic way, gave a fire safety message unlike any they have seen before. CLICK HERE TO READ AND WATCH THE STORY.

If you had too much family and not enough STATter 911 for the holidays, well that’s how it should be. Besides the Philadelphia tragedy above, other news did happen since you went away. So here is a run down of what you may have missed.

Baltimore FFs hurt: This one is very fresh (writing this at 3:30 AM). Not a lot known about the fire in the 2700 block of Allendale Road just off of Garrison Boulevard. It came in around 2:15 AM. It is a neighborhood of single-family homes. A report of multiple firefighters hurt and a second-alarm dispatched. More later.

While some may want their front teeth, this couple wants a new front door for Christmas: Or at least the day after Christmas. That’s when the Hamilton, Ohio home of Mike and Cathy Grosse was busted down. It wasn’t a burglar and it wasn’t the cops raiding the wrong home. It was the fire department on a drill. Just a little address mix-up the fire department has promised to fix. Read how it happened.

“We have more firefighters than we need”: That’s the opinion of one person on the committee looking at ways to save money in Brookline, MA. Another reason they are looking to trim as many as 36 fire suppression positions is the belief “that the number of firefighters per truck does not correlate with either public or firefighter safety”. If you don’t believe me, read it for yourself at Boston.com.

Fire destroys former FEMA director’s home: Joe Allbaugh is just happy is family is okay. They escaped the Christmas Eve fire in their Austin, Texas home. Read more (plus a bonus archive picture of Allbaugh with a DC fire chief).

PGFD volunteer out of burn unit: It was a brief stay for Firefighter Kevin Weems, a West Lanham Hills VFD member burned in a Christmas Eve fire. Pictures and video are here.

Christmas Day fire in DC has brought some comments: Read what they are arguing about after we posted the pictures and raw video of a two-alarm fire at store on Florida Avenue, NW.

Christmas roundup: Some incidents from around the country that occurred in Christmas Day and Christmas Eve. It includes a doggy ice rescue that didn’t go bad (we try to find happy endings where we can on holidays … it ain’t always easy in this business). Here they are.

Our video roundup: It includes clips from Los Angeles, San Diego, Baltimore, Soughton, WI and Rowley, MA.

Some holiday nostalgia: We dug around the video and film vault at the STATter 911 archives (still have some of that silver nitrate stuff in there). We have some real, but old firefighting, the cartoon version of putting wet stuff on the red stuff and the Hollywood treatment (some people apparently remember this one more fondly than I do).

FDNY says no to volunteers: According to The New York Times the FDNY and New York’s DOT are standing in the way of money for a new firehouse for one of the city’s volunteer departments. Click here.

He was a rookie in 1962: One member of the Cincinnati Fire Department finally said goodbye 46 years into his career. Click here for details.

You light up my life: If you haven’t yet overdosed on Christmas lights, then click here for a fire truck could have done a better job guiding Santa than Rudolph.

And finally: It is rare that I run anything on this site that isn’t connected to public safety, but yesterday was a special anniversary for Baltimore natives. While I was only three and have no recall of the day, below is what the front page looked like of the newspaper that was delivered to our doorstep on this date, December 29 in 1958.

More fire and EMS news from STATter911.com

Michelle Dosso’s children. Click above to watch video of a mother’s plea.

From the AP:

The mother of three children killed in a fast-moving house fire held up their morgue photographs at a packed church and pleaded with the hundreds in attendance to outfit their homes with smoke detectors to prevent such tragedies.

Showih Kamara, president of the Liberian Association of Pennsylvania, said the group was organizing committees to educate the community about home safety and provide assistance or information.

Photo by Deborah Cannon of the American Statesman.

The Southwest Austin, Texas home of ex-FEMA director Joe Allbaugh was destroyed Christmas Eve. According to the American Statesman, Allbaugh rented the home on Escala Drive in Barton Creek while a property he owned in the same neighborhood was undergoing repairs for mold.

Oak Hill Fire Department Assistant Chief J.J. Wittig said the cause of the fire has not been determined.

From the AP:

A Christmas Eve fire destroyed the home of Joe Allbaugh, the former Federal Emergency Management Agency director who led the agency during the Sept. 11 attacks.

Former FEMA Director Joe Allbaugh in a happier time spent with firefighters. On August 16, 2001 Allbaugh presented this check to DC Fire & EMS Department Chief Ronnie Few and Mayor Anthony Williams to reimburse the city for its expenses during a fire at the US Department of Commerce. FEMA photo by Doug Hill. Click here for more photos of the event.

More recent LAFD history

On Monday, FossilMedic Mike Ward wrote about the YouTube videos showing some of the history of the Los Angeles Fire Department. They are part of the outreach of the Los Angeles Fire Department Historical Society and Educational Institution. We had run some of these videos before. They are being used as part of an upcoming documentary on the department called “Smoke Eaters”. The abandoned church fire above, from Christmas Eve, 2007, is also some of the raw video that will be used for the documentary.

A Christmas fire in 2005

Someone just recently posted this house fire from San Diego.

Car fire in WI

There are a series of response videos from the Stoughton Fire Department in Wisconsin. While just watching fire trucks woo-woo down the street is not usually my favorite thing, the camera here has a pretty good wide angle lens that captures the view from the front seat. This one is a car fire on December 15 a little more than a mile from the station. Other videos are here.

1996 parade

Public Safety Day in Rowley, MA.

Baltimore Fire Academy Drill

A “live fire” drill at the Batimore Fire Department training academy.

Photo by Malinda Hartong, Enquirer

Watch video from the Cincinnati Enquirer

This morning at 7:00 Lt. Al Piening finished his last shift with the Cincinnati Fire Department. His first shift was on May 6, 1962. At 68-years-old the firefighter/paramedic is finally retiring. He could have done so in 1988 and has qualified for an enhanced pension since 1995.

Ben Fischer with the Enquirer spent time with Al Piening as he wrapped up his long career. Click here to read the story.

The best I can tell this is Ladder 1 of the Cottage Grove Volunteer Fire Department in Wisconsin.

Photo by Steve Skipton at PhillyFireNews.com. Click here to see the rest of Steve’s pictures and his description of the fire.

WCAU-TV

WPVI-TV

KYW-TV

Philly.com

From the AP:

A house fire apparently caused by an exploding kerosene heater killed seven people, and six were found huddled together in the basement, a survivor and firefighters said.

Firefighters arrived at the scene within 3 minutes of receiving an emergency call, and it took them 30 minutes to bring the fire under control.

The picture above, by Michael Appleton of The New York Times, shows the century old firehouse of the Broad Channel Volunteer Fire Department in Queens, NY. It’s the same building that is in the picture below from the department’s website.

For a long time the volunteers have been looking to move from the cramped quarters. They secured property in the 1990s and raised a lot of money. Department members thought the goal was reachable in 2005 after $2 million in federal transportation money was secured from the federal government with the help of Representative Anthony Weiner and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.

It turns out they can’t use that money without the backing of New York City’s Department of Transportation. In an article by James Angelos the city’s approval just isn’t happening. Here are some excerpts:

… Marc LaVorgna, a spokesman for the mayor’s office, said that the city would not sponsor the project for several reasons, one of them being that the earmarked money falls short of the $5.9 million that the city estimates as the construction cost — far higher than the volunteers’ own estimate of $2.6 million — and the city, he said, would be responsible for the difference.

Steve Ritea, a Fire Department spokesman, added: “The F.D.N.Y. already provides more than adequate coverage in that area. Any additional funds allotted for fire protection in the city, especially in these difficult economic times, would be best utilized by the F.D.N.Y.”

Broad Channel is one of 10 volunteer departments still operating in the city.

From West Lanham Hills VFD website

Watch interview and story with FF Weems by 9NEWS NOW’s Jim “Ratso” Silman

Being in the holiday mode (which for me means working Christmas Eve and Christmas Day), I somehow overlooked Mark Brady’s original press release on this one. Now that we get around to reporting on the injuries to FF Kevin Weems of West Lanham Hills VFD, he’s already home.

FF Weems was burned on his hands, ears, and thigh in a Landover Hills basement fire at 5128 Flintridge Drive on Christmas Eve.

Read details of FF Weems return from the hospital Friday aboard Engine 282, AKA Engine 828.

Read the Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department press releases here and here.

The picture below is one of three of the fire from a slide show on the West Lanham Hills site. Click here to see it.

No fussin’, no mussin’, no cussin’: You likely recall the last ice rescue of a dog we ran on STATter 911 and how smoothly that all went. It was a heart warming tale to rival 101 Dalmations. That is if Jerry Springer had produced the movie. Click above to see a Christmas rescue of a very cold Lab from Columbia County, NY, courtesy WRGB-TV. No potty mouthed children or adults. No fights. No arrests. How boring.

Pictures and raw video from 2-alarm fire in DC: A Christmas morning fire at a commerical building on Florida Avenue near Georgia Avenue, NW. Contributions from Vito Maggiolo, Bill Rector and Kevin King. Click here.

Frantic 911 calls after Christmas Eve house explosion in CA: One killed and five injured in Rancho Cordova. Click here to listen to the calls and here to read the story. FireGeezer has added some pictures and video from this incident involving natural gas. NTSB has taken over the investigation because it apparently involves and underground supply line.

NJ fire kills little boy

Steve Skipton took this one in while spending Christmas at the in-laws. A 3-year-old boy died in the Pennsauken house fire. See the rest of Steve’s pictures at PhillyFireNews.com.

Vermont fire in former church that became a market: In Fairfax, Vermont, a steeple came crashing down during a large fire. It happened Christmas Eve at the Steeple Market. A former church that housed a store and apartments. Watch the story.

House fire in Buffalo, NY: Good video from a house fire early Christmas day that took out the second floor and attic of a home on Hudson Street. One firefighter was taken to the hospital for observation. Watch the story.

Chicago 3-11: Steve Redick spent his Christmas Day at this fire at a rendering facility on Chicago’s South Side. Read more. Here’s a link to Steve’s SmugMug site.

We all know the cut backs at the Philadelphia Fire Department. Mayor Michael Nutter promised his top staff would share the pain, announcing furloughs and pay reductions.

There is an interesting story at Philly.com this morning by Catherine Lucey of the Daily News. It turns out even with the salary adjustments the mayors people make a total of almost $2 million more than former Mayor John Street’s top people.

Here are excerpts:

Thirty-five people in the mayor’s and managing director’s offices make six figures, not including the mayor. That’s up from 22 under Street in 2007.

“Philadelphia, unfortunately, has had, I think, traditionally lower salaries than other major cities across the country,” Nutter said.

The tab for Nutter’s top staffers – including his chief of staff, managing director, deputy mayors and senior advisers – comes to about $4.7 million. That will be reduced by about $240,000 through salary reductions and furlough days next year, according to Finance Director Rob Dubow.

“You have to invest in people and talent to get done the kinds of things that we want to get done,” Nutter said. “Not only do we have many talented folks in the government, but they’re also getting a lot done. They will 10 times over pay for themselves in the kinds of results that they’ll get.”

Watch raw video shot by DC Fire & EMS photographer Vito Maggiolo

Watch raw video shot by 9NEWS NOW photographer Kevin King

A two-alarm fire at 9:00 AM kept DC firefighters busy for a while. A store at 647 Florida Avenue, NW, selling oils, prayer beads, jewelry, clothing and other items popular in the Muslim community caught fire. The fire spread from the ground floor to the roof.

No injuries were reported. Fire investigators have not announced the cause of the fire, but said there is no indication it is suspicious.

Below are a series of pictures shot before the video was taken. They are from Bill Rector, Engine 11 #1. I don’t know how close the clock on Bill camera is set to the actual time of day, but I added the time references below each picture so you could see the elapsed time.

8:53:55 AM

8:54:02 AM

8:54:14 AM

8:54:51 AM

8:57:08 AM

8:59:30 AM