“If you’re not making some notable mistakes along the way, you’re certainly not taking enough business and career chances.” – Sallie Krawcheck (CEO & Co-Founder, Ellevest)

LODD’s:

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Oct 17, 2018

36-year-old probationary firefighter suffers cardiac arrest after completing SCBA drill – Arizona.

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Volunteer fire department probationary member is killed after the pumper/tanker he was operating leaves the roadway and overturns – Alabama. – 2013

Live-fire exercise in mobile flashover training simulator injures five career fire fighters – Maine. – 2003

Today in History:

October 17-25, 1944 – The Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle in history, took place off the Philippine Islands, during World War II in the Pacific. The battle involved 216 U.S. warships and 64 Japanese ships and resulted in the destruction of the Japanese Navy including the Japanese Battleship Musashi, one of the largest ever built.