The Other Emergency Responders
I woke up to a snow covered world this morning. Looking out
my window when I got out of bed only confirmed what I already knew I would see.
I knew because during the night I heard heavy work boots striding across my
wood floors, a door slamming, and a pick-up starting. It was my 22-year-old son
who is a snow plow driver. It was 1:30 am, and he had been called into work.
When we think of emergency responders we usually think of
police, paramedics, and firefighters. How grateful we are for these people and
the work they do. But there are other, less visible responders. People like
snow plow drivers, whose work we hardly even notice unless it isn’t done.

And what about tow truck drivers? I’ve passed accident
scenes after the police and paramedics have finished their work and the victims
have been taken away in ambulances. There alone is the tow truck driver,
cleaning up the mess left behind.

I’m sure there are others I haven’t thought of. But I’d like
to thank them nonetheless. I know when I flip a switch and the lights come on
or when I drive on a cleared road after a snow storm or accident, someone has
done their job well. Someone who was pulled from his warm bed to go out into
the cold. Someone like my son.
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