Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Exploration Four response from Steven
The fire fighter, Tim Brown, affected my life the most in the way he felt exactly as I would if I knew my best friend died and I made it out alive. It made me feel a lot better knowing he finally came to terms about how lucky he is to have made it and he can continue on to live for his lost friend Terry. "I'm lucky to be alive" Tim stated after about 7 years of grieving. I think Tim's story was a story of a weak man becoming stronger as he grew more mature and came to terms with what had happened. For the first couple years all Tim could talk about is how awful he felt and how he should've died with them. Yet as the years went on Tim finally gained the strength to move on with his life and live for Terry. What I took most from these stories is that time heals all wounds and the hard times we struggle to get through help as grow into a stronger person.
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I agree with you on the thought that Tim's story was a story of a weak man. I also like your view that you get from the stories.
ReplyDeleteThat's exactly what I felt too. It's amazing what this man did with his life after the catastrophe, especially when you look at what he lost. He took the memory of his brother and instead of giving up because he couldn't have him, dedicated what he did to his memory. I loved the line where he said he hoped that they'd be proud of him. It's such a cool line.
ReplyDeleteI believe that him making the rescue team and helping Rudy helped him cope with his lose more then he would have noticed, because he did it for his best friend. Since he did it for him I think he wanted it to be a way to immortalize his best friend.
ReplyDeleteI really admired Brown's love towards his friend. He seemed to always have him on his mind, and it affected his life with severity when he died. What I got from his story is seeing the magnitude of a strong friendship and how much it can affect you. I think it is cool how you had commented this is how you would feel if you lost a friend in the fire.
ReplyDeleteI do agree with you that Brown was a grieving man who finally came to terms and acceptance with Terry's death. I think Brown's story could be like most firefighters that day, many of the men who worked together did become best friends, and it was nice to see Brown live for his friend, but also accept that he was supposed to live and Terry wasn't. I think it is really hard for most survivors to not feel guilty about the loss of those they worked with.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you in that Tim became stronger as life progressed, but I don't think he was weak. I can't begin to imagine how I'd react if I'd been at Ground Zero as the attack took place, but I can see survivor's guilt being an emotional outcome pretty easily. I think Tim's just human, like the rest of us.
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