The Heart Behind the Hero: A Heartwarming & Inspirational Collection of True Firefighter & Paramedic Stories from Across America - Hardcover

Yoder, Curt; Yoder, Karen; Whitehead, Alfred K.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0970048726 ISBN 13: 9780970048721

Publisher: Stoney Creek Pr, 2000

Synopsis

The Heart Behind the Hero is the recipient of an Honorable Mention Award for Writer's Digest's "2001 National Self-Published Book Awards" in the Life Stories category.

A Heartwarming & Inspirational Collection of True Firefighter & Paramedic Stories from Across America. Includes a Foreword by Al Whitehead, President, International Association of Fire Fighters. Includes a Roll of Honor listing all fallen firefighters as recognized by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.

About this title

About the Author

Curt Yoder is a twenty-five year veteran firefighter with the Costa Mesa Fire Department in California. Since 1998, he has traveled with the Costa Mesa Fire Department Color Guard to the Annual National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Ceremony in Emmitsburg, Maryland, where he assists in escorting families of our fallen brothers and sisters.

Curt comes from a family of firefighters, which includes his father, John A. Yoder, a Battalion Chief who served with the Los Angeles County Fire Department for twenty-nine years before he died in 1983, in the line of duty.

Karen Yoder graduated from California State University at Fullerton in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science in Child Development and Psychology. She is a member of the California State Fire Association Ladies' Auxiliary.

From the Inside Flap

Curt Yoder, a twenty-five year veteran firefighter with the Costa Mesa Fire Department in California, and his wife, Karen, bring you this heartwarming and inspirational collection of true stories, essays and poems from firefighters and paramedics across America.

These touching and beautifully written stories, from the hearts and souls of the firefighters and paramedics who wrote them, reveal the emotions, feelings and spirit of today's American firefighters and rescue workers.

Experience, through their own words, the emotional trauma of holding a dying child--and the fear and adrenaline rush of battling a wild fire.

Relive the drama as they recount their responses to America's most recent heartbreaking tragedies--the bombing of the Alfred E. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City and the shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado.

Laugh with them as they tell stories from their rookie years--and share their sorrow and pain as they pay tribute to their own, their brothers and sisters who sacrificed their lives doing the job they loved.

"The Heart Behind the Hero" offers an in-depth insight to the lifestyles and daily thoughts of these brave men and women who, while waiting to serve those in need, develop lifetime bonds of brotherhood and sisterhood.

This book is sure to warm the hearts and souls of all firefighters, paramedics, emergency medical professionals and citizens who wish to catch a glimpse of ... "The Heart Behind the Hero".

Edition details

• Publisher: Stoney Creek Pr
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0970048726
• ISBN 13: 9780970048721
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208