Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It’s about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high and the consequences really matter. It is about laying the groundwork for others’ success, and then standing back and letting them shine. – Chris Hadfield

LODD’s:

Dec 08, 2011

Fire fighter collapses at residential fire due to sudden cardiac event – New York.

Dec 08, 2011

Career fire fighter dies and another is injured following structure collapse at a triple decker residential fire – Massachusetts.

Dec 08, 2008

Lieutenant suffers a fatal cardiac event after completing live fire training – Wisconsin.

History:

December 8, 1991 – The USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) ceased to exist, as the leaders of Russia, Byelorussia and the Ukraine signed an agreement creating the Commonwealth of Independent States. The remaining republics of the former USSR, with the exception of Georgia, joined the new Commonwealth.