Here's to Lew Goldberg

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I just found out that an old friend of mine and Ex-partner from New Jersey

died recently. His name was Lew Goldberg and while I am sure many of didn't

know him I know more then a few did. I had known him since 1985.

He was a really good street smart EMT, an even better partner and yet a

better friend. The kind of guy if you called in 15 minutes before the end of

his

tour and said could you cover half an hour or so it was never an issue, you

call him while he's off duty and he'd helping you swap a starter on your POS

POV (true story there, in the parking lot of CHEMS 13-4 EMS, no less with

their tools too boot, don't tell Perla).

We would keep bumping into each other in life as we ended running in very

similar settings having very similar part time EMS gigs and the like. We last

worked together in bucks county, PA for a transport service, we only did 24

hour tours on their only dedicated 9-1-1 truck (contracted to about 30

facilities). No one could figure out why we were never at each others throats

since

we seemingly agreed on nothing as far a how this business works or more often

than not does not work but in reality we saw more eye to eye then most folks

in this bushiness did. The other thing that drove them nuts is we'd get

compliments on our service and the other 24 hour crews got complaints, they

could

never figure out why those " old guys " got kudos.

I knew he was sick and we chatted a few times over the time I've been here

in Texas mostly when Lew would send me a joke or something like that and we'd

strike up a too short lived conversation. Well just be fore I found out he

died I got this link from Chief Goldfeder the other day and man does it

seem to be appropriate at this time.

So with that I share this with Y'all

_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4ySSg4QG8g._

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4ySSg4QG8g.)

Oh and if you're say under 25 take my word for it this video and song are

based in reality. It seems like yesterday when I ran behind a BRT for the first

time and watched a working dwelling fire, that was 1972.

Enjoy this one for Lew, RIP Brother.

Louis N. Molino, Sr., CET

FF/NREMT-B/FSI/EMSI

Owner and President of LNM Emergency Services Consulting Services (LNMECS)

Freelance Consultant/Trainer/Author/Journalist/Fire Protection Consultant

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