These Firefighting Twins Shed Their 'Macho' Hang-Ups to Beat Prostate Cancer Together February 27, 2020 It was nearly dark, but firefighter Paul Malenczak could still make out the wisp of smoke funneling through a window in the third story of the apartment building. Moving fast, he climbed a nearby fire escape in his coat, helmet, and breathing apparatus. He broke a window and stepped inside, right where the smoke seemed thickest.It was smoky but not that smoky, so Paul let the rest of his team in and took off his mask. That was nearly four decades ago—April 1982—and the men of Ladder 132 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, rolled hard and felt invulnerable. Some smoked Camels all day and hung off the back of the truck as it banged toward blazes. Small things like ditching your gas mask to move faster? It wasn’t even a calculation.Except there was no fire. The smoke came from a grenade that had detonated phosgene, a lethal choking agent.Read the full article here.Source: Jordyn Taylor - Men's Health Prostate Cancer News
It was nearly dark, but firefighter Paul Malenczak could still make out the wisp of smoke funneling through a window in the third story of the apartment building. Moving fast, he climbed a nearby fire escape in his coat, helmet, and breathing apparatus. He broke a window and stepped inside, right where the smoke seemed thickest.It was smoky but not that smoky, so Paul let the rest of his team in and took off his mask. That was nearly four decades ago—April 1982—and the men of Ladder 132 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, rolled hard and felt invulnerable. Some smoked Camels all day and hung off the back of the truck as it banged toward blazes. Small things like ditching your gas mask to move faster? It wasn’t even a calculation.Except there was no fire. The smoke came from a grenade that had detonated phosgene, a lethal choking agent.Read the full article here.Source: Jordyn Taylor - Men's Health
