Miracles and Milestones

<p><strong>What does it mean to never forget? </strong></p><p></p><p>Especially if one of the most significant days of your life involved experiencing September 11 2001 as an FDNY dispatcher and still a new-to-New York transplant from Ohio. In this engaging testimony to the miraculous moments that define our personal journeys Christopher Blake Carver offers his remembrance. </p><p></p><p>Sharing experiences from being adopted at birth to being an out gay person in the fire service and a member of the greatest group of fire dispatchers in the world. There he learned from incredible leaders and mentors and experienced some of the most significant fires and emergencies in recent New York history. His personal journey involved the terrifying heartbreaking and inspiring. </p><p></p><p>Through it all he learned firsthand what we should never forget about challenging times including September 11th starting with the incredible power of community and connection. Insights are ever more important as we approach 9/11's 25th Anniversary and experience our current times of turmoil fear and division. All of us need the kind of support hope and empathy often revealed in the shadow of our darkest days. </p>