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Read with Us: City Life – a book by Michael Morse – Chapter 16, 17, end…
Publisher’s Note: We have been fortunate to bring our readers over the last many weeks, the entire book, CITY LIFE, by Rhode Island author, Michael Morse. We are grateful to him for allowing this READ WITH US feature – look for an upcoming book by a new Rhode Island author next week. And – follow…
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by Michael Morse, contributing writer Chapter 13 – Helmets He could have been my brother or friend or a guy I work with. If not for the drool dripping from the corner of his mouth and helmet he wore on his head, he looked like your typical thirty-eight-year-old guy. He lived with people three times…
Read MoreRead With Us: CITY LIFE – a book by Michael Morse – Chapter 12
by Michael Morse, contributing writer Chapter 12 August – Mercy The fifteen floors of the Hartford Avenue housing projects loomed behind us as we walked through the oppressive late-night air toward our patient’s apartment. She lived in a one-level unit, identical to others scattered about the area, some urban planners’ good intentions gone bad. Broken…
Read MoreRead With Us: CITY LIFE – a book by Michael Morse – Chapter 11
Home Sweet Home Zimba and Lakota have settled in nicely. Cheryl and Michael still have a way to go! Look What I Found Back to work tomorrow. I finally found time to take the dogs for a walk . . . look what I found! I knew the water was around here somewhere, just didn’t…
Read MoreRead With Us: CITY LIFE – a book by Michael Morse – Chapter 10
by Michael Morse, contributing writer Atlas Shrugged Just wondering: How did a nice old lady have a CVA on May 5 in the Dominican Republic, get on a flight to the US of A, get from the airport to her family’s house, but then need to call 911 for a two-mile ride to the emergency…
Read MoreRead With Us: CITY LIFE – a book by Michael Morse – Chapter 9
by Michael Morse, contributing writer Chapter 9 Different Worlds At 0330 hours, Rescue 1 responded to a home on Blackstone Boulevard for a fifty-two-year-old female suffering from back pain. We arrived at 0335. The groundskeeper met us at the end of the driveway and escorted us past a Bentley and a Mercedes, through a beautifully…
Read MoreRead With Us: CITY LIFE – a book by Michael Morse – Ch. 8
by Michael Morse, author, City Life – contributing writer, RINewsToday April Busy Day A lot happens in the course of a day. It started at 0700, a little kid, two years old, was left in his father’s car while his dad went in search of some crack cocaine. Two hours the little guy sat alone…
Read MoreRead with us: City Life – a book by Michael Morse – Ch. 7
by Michael Morse, contributing writer March Hard Times He sat on the cold street holding his foot in his hands. It was still attached to his leg, but barely. I winced every time he tried to put it back where it belonged. With help from the crew of Engine 8 we loaded him into the…
Read MoreRead With US: CITY LIFE – a book by Michael Morse – Ch. 5
by Michael Morse, contributing writer, excerpts from his book, City Life Take a breathtaking ride ride along with emergency responders. Rescue Lieutenant Michael Morse brings you into the homes, minds and hearts of the people who live in one of America’s oldest and most diverse cities. He takes you along for a breathtaking ride as…
Read MoreRead with us: CITY LIFE – a book by Michael Morse – Ch. 3
by Michael Morse, contributing writer, excerpts from his book, City Life Take a breathtaking ride ride along with emergency responders. Rescue Lieutenant Michael Morse brings you into the homes, minds and hearts of the people who live in one of America’s oldest and most diverse cities. He takes you along for a breathtaking ride as…
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