A Monday evening, June 18th in Charleston. Somebody called in a trash fire behind a furniture warehouse on Savannah Highway. The kind of call a company runs, clears, and forgets about by supper.
By the time crews got there the fire was inside and there was still a man in the building. So, they went in after him, that's the job, that's the mission, to save lives. They got him out and he lived, because brave men chose to give it all to save the one.
Then the building turned. The men inside lost their radios, lost their bearings, and one after another keyed up and called mayday. Crews went in after their own. Then the front of the showroom came down.
Nine Charleston firefighters did not come out. Youngest was twenty-seven, oldest fifty-six. Eighteen more were hurt. Worst single loss the American fire service had taken since the towers fell.
Four days later, three hundred rigs ran single file for seven and a half miles past the stations that lost them to honor their fallen brothers: Brad Baity, Mike Benke, Melvin Champaign, Earl Drayton, Michael French, Billy Hutchinson, Mark Kelsey, Louis Mulkey, and Brandon Thompson.
WARMUP: SSHICx27 to honor the youngest life lost, IWsICx18 to honor the date, June 18th, BurpeesOYOx4 to honor the number of stations that lost brothers. Time to work.
THE THANG:
Moseyed to the bars for some Cindy and pullup work.
9 rounds of the following to honor the 9 that gave everything
4 Pullups ( to honor the stations ) & 7 Thrusters ( for the rigs that ran 7+ miles to honor their fallen brothers)
As I gave the PAX the instructions and talked about the why there was an additional ask. For 1 round each PAX was asked to complete 18 manmakers for the 18 brave men who were injured.
Next, we moseyed to one of the bench areas at the school.
4 stations were set up representing the 4 stations that lost brothers. Engine # was the rep count.
AMRAP ( AsManyRoundsAsPossible ), 3minutes at each station. Complete the list of exercises and then repeat as many times as possible.
Engine #5
Burpees, Derkins, BigBoys, Lunges ( ea leg )
Engine #15
Squats, Freddie Mercurys(sc), WideArmMerkins, FlutterKicks(sc)
Engine #16
AmericanHammers(sc), Step-Ups, MountainClimbers(sc), MonkeyHumpers
Engine #19
SSHs, LBCs, IWs(sc), Hello Dollys
Finally, we moseyed back to COT where 2-45lb plates awaited us. Each PAX was asked to carry both plates to/around the 1st parking lot island away and back to the COT island. While the 1 PAX was carrying the weight the remaining PAX called exercises ICx18. The heavy carry was to mimic the honorary rig precession that honored their fallen brothers and the rep count of 18 was to honor the date & the injured. Each PAX made 2 trips.
MARY: No time for her
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel, FMCC maintenance, Read your NL
COT: STK!
