Katy S’s Reviews > First Responder: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Love on New York City's Frontlines > Status Update
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"Luna felt callers didnt understand they were putting entire groups of people at risk when they called dispatch with meaningless complaints. Or alternatively they did. She said sometimes she could hear hatred and fear in their voices when they described alleged wrongdoers, and casually tossed around degrading identifiers like 'rachet'& 'ghetto'. She wished people would stop calling dispatchers with these complaints."
— Sep 19, 2025 02:06PM
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"We have to tell difficult stories, the stories no one wants to hear. We have to keep telling them over and over and over. We have to, or people will die."
— Sep 28, 2025 01:38AM
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"...it was an occupation that robbed you blind and stole all of your emotional money. Then one unexpected night it replenished it in full."
— Sep 25, 2025 02:25AM
Katy S
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May 2020 George Floyd murder and global protests
— Sep 24, 2025 07:22PM
Katy S
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Very strong, hard-to-ignore, description of April-May 2020 Covid19
— Sep 23, 2025 07:56AM
Katy S
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Very poignant recollection of Spring 2020, Covid19
— Sep 22, 2025 08:13PM
Katy S
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"Tuesday's kids," children who lost parents that day and later became rescuers were called. Those 9/11 Act Two young adults were now rescuers on the street.
Everyone remembered the fallen.
The still falling were forgotten."
— Sep 22, 2025 07:31AM
Everyone remembered the fallen.
The still falling were forgotten."
