To the editor: I wish to deal with this letter to the firefighters and different first responders in Los Angeles.
My husband and I dwell in Mandeville Canyon. To say we have been in hurt’s approach is an understatement. We have been within the direct path of the Palisades fireplace, apparently destined to be the subsequent group of properties to go up in flames.
It takes a uniquely sturdy, courageous, devoted individual to depart family members behind and sacrifice his or her personal private security and life to assist hundreds of full strangers. You aren’t heroes. In my eyes, you might be superheroes.
This was Armageddon. The eyes of the world have been on you. And regardless of horrendous adversity, your willpower by no means wavered, overpowering one of many worst disasters in California historical past. If the fires weren’t stopped at Mandeville Canyon, it might have been a further lack of unfathomable proportion. However you extraordinary women and men risked all the things to be sure that didn’t occur.
Simply as these horrendous fires shall be remembered as one of many worst occasions ever in California, your work can even have a spot in historical past. You fought an unattainable battle and wouldn’t settle for defeat.
Once more, my heartfelt because of all of the firefighters, cops, first responders, Nationwide Guard and all different courageous souls for doing such a unprecedented job.
Claudia Kanne, Los Angeles
