One dark night in the small town of Garfield , NJ ,
a fire started inside the local sausage factory. In
a blink the building was engulfed in flames. The alarm
went out to all the fire departments for miles around.
When the first volunteer fire fighters appeared on
the scene, the sausage company president rushed to the
fire chief and said, "All of our secret sausage
recipes are in the vault in the center of the plant. They must
be saved. I will donate $50,000 to the fire department that
brings them out and delivers them to me."
But the roaring flames held the firefighters off.
Soon more fire departments had to be called in
because the situation became desperate. As the firemen arrived,
the president shouted out that the offer to extricate
the secret recipes was now $100,000 to the fire
department that could save them.
Suddenly from up the road, a lone siren was heard as
another fire truck came into sight. It was the fire engine
of the nearby Lodi , NJ volunteer fire department
composed mainly of Italian firefighters over the age of 65.
To everyone's amazement, the little run-down fire
engine, operated by these Italian firefighters ,
passed fire engines parked outside the plant, and
drove straight into the middle of the inferno. Outside, the other
firemen watched in amazement as the Italian old timers jumped
off and began to fight the fire with a performance that was
as if they were fighting to save their own lives Within a
short time, the Lodi old timers had extinguished the fire
and saved the secret recipes.
The grateful sausage company president joyfully
announced that for such a superhuman accomplishment
he was upping the reward to $200,000, and walked over to personally
thank each of the brave elderly Italian firefighters.
A TV news crew rushed in after capturing the event on
film. The 'on camera' reporter asked the Italian fire
chief, "What are you going to do with all that money?"
"Wella," said Chief Pasqual De Luccinellavanti, the 70-year-old
fire chief, "de fursta tinga we gonnna do isza fixa uppa de brakes ona
dat fockinna truck!!"
a fire started inside the local sausage factory. In
a blink the building was engulfed in flames. The alarm
went out to all the fire departments for miles around.
When the first volunteer fire fighters appeared on
the scene, the sausage company president rushed to the
fire chief and said, "All of our secret sausage
recipes are in the vault in the center of the plant. They must
be saved. I will donate $50,000 to the fire department that
brings them out and delivers them to me."
But the roaring flames held the firefighters off.
Soon more fire departments had to be called in
because the situation became desperate. As the firemen arrived,
the president shouted out that the offer to extricate
the secret recipes was now $100,000 to the fire
department that could save them.
Suddenly from up the road, a lone siren was heard as
another fire truck came into sight. It was the fire engine
of the nearby Lodi , NJ volunteer fire department
composed mainly of Italian firefighters over the age of 65.
To everyone's amazement, the little run-down fire
engine, operated by these Italian firefighters ,
passed fire engines parked outside the plant, and
drove straight into the middle of the inferno. Outside, the other
firemen watched in amazement as the Italian old timers jumped
off and began to fight the fire with a performance that was
as if they were fighting to save their own lives Within a
short time, the Lodi old timers had extinguished the fire
and saved the secret recipes.
The grateful sausage company president joyfully
announced that for such a superhuman accomplishment
he was upping the reward to $200,000, and walked over to personally
thank each of the brave elderly Italian firefighters.
A TV news crew rushed in after capturing the event on
film. The 'on camera' reporter asked the Italian fire
chief, "What are you going to do with all that money?"
"Wella," said Chief Pasqual De Luccinellavanti, the 70-year-old
fire chief, "de fursta tinga we gonnna do isza fixa uppa de brakes ona
dat fockinna truck!!"
