Quick Takes: May 2, 2011.
Pizza shop & video store burn: This looks like fairly early video of a fire Sunday in Prince George, BC that took out Boston Pizza and Blockbuster video on Central Street. Read more.
TOP STORY – Osama Bin Laden dead: Almost a decade after the attacks of September 11th that left almost three-thousand people dead, including 343 New York firefighters, al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden has been killed by U.S. forces in a mansion outside the Pakistani capital of Islamabad. President Barack Obama made the official announcement from The White House just after 11:30 PM Sunday night. Retired FDNY lieutenant, Kenneth Specht told CNN a short time later, "I hope he rots in hell". You will find plenty of coverage on TV and across the Internet.
Roof operations at East Palo Alto apartment fire : From California, helmet-cam video taken by a Menlo Park truck crew a the two-alarm fire. Click here.
It's rodeo time: Glenn Usdin's FireTruckBlog.com is featuring video from the fire truck rodeo that was part of the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival and has links to the firefighter's parade video. Click here.
Rescued teen now is in the business of saving others: From Gowanda, New York, the story of a teenager who owes his rescue after falling off a cliff while hunting to volunteer firefighters. Now Andrew Carriero is a member of the Gowanda Fire Department. Read his story.
Warehouse fire with explosions: Watch the video from the UK.
A really nice story: Firegeezer has Steve Roth's photos from a farewell tour by the long-time fire commissioner in Hanover, Pennsylvania. And the commish got to ride on the back step one last time. Check it out.
