Coop It was April of 1966 when the Atlantic Highlands Journal covered the story highlighting how hardworking, helpful, and enveloping is the work of the Highlands Fire Department.
The story started
“And some people think all firemen do is put out fires…”
It continued:
Shortly before 6 p.m. Wednesday night, police received a call that a pigeon was caught in a tree on Washington Avenue.
Firemen were summoned, and answered the call with a ladder truck. More than half a dozen men responded to the call and went to the scene.
There a pigeon was dangling, head down, from a branch of a tree approximately thirty-five feet above ground. It had evidently gotten its feet caught in some fishing line, and the line caught on one of the branches.
While fireman Bob Mazzacco climbed the ladder with a pole to free the line, Harold Foley and Jim Smith, in true lifesaving fashion, held a fire jacket spread below to catch the freed bird when it fell. The bird, though a bit ruffled, will live to fly again! And fire men can add another item to the extent of services they provide.
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Great story! Lucky pigeon.