Right now

Right now four families are getting a knock on the door.

Right now four families are opening their door to a sight they never wanted to see.

Right now four Chief Officers are saying words they never wanted to say.

Right now four families are hearing words they never wanted to hear.

The world will mourn.

Right now six families are getting a knock on the door.

Right now six families are opening their door to a sight they never wanted to see.

Right now six families are hearing words they never wanted to hear.

Right now six Chief Officers are saying that they don't know how bad it is.

The world will hope and pray.

Right now scores of fire officers are wondering how it could have gone so wrong.

Right now cell-phones are ringing off of the hook.

Right now a tear runs down my cheek.

I hope the rumors are wrong.


UPDATE-
Los Angeles County Fire Department announced the passing of Fire Capt. Tedmund "Ted" Hall, 47, of San Bernardino County, and firefighter Specialist Arnaldo "Arnie" Quinones, 35, of Palmdale. They were killed about 2:30 p.m. yesterday when the vehicle they were in went over the side of a road south of Acton, near Mount Gleason, and overturned.

The rumor mill was burning up with snippets of information when I wrote the above words. Thankfully, some of the information was wrong, but the news is no less tragic. I have many friends and a relative that work for LAC, my deepest sympathies to the families and co-workers.