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Message: <blockquote data-quote="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)" data-source="post: 1072355" data-attributes="member: 12570"><p>The Webster, NY, tragedy has dominated our local news for the past week or so.  It was reported this morning that they found the body of his sister, whom he did not get along with and who lived on the other side of the house, in the charred rubble of the home.  The part that disturbs me the most is the firefighters were volunteers who put their lives on the line every day in the service of strangers.  They were simply doing their jobs and had no idea they were walking in to an ambush.  I cannot imagine pulling up to the house and preparing to fight the fire only to be shot and killed while doing so.  Do we now need to arm our volunteer firefighters?</p></blockquote><p></p>