title: Breath of Life: The Life of a Volunteer Firefighter
author:  Daniel B. McVey 
description: Daniel McVey was born and raised in Floral Park, New York, a suburban village outside New York City. His father, Frank McVey, was a retired battalion chief in the New York City Fire Department. In 1981, he graduated from New York Institute of Technology with a degree in criminal justice. He is presently a court clerk.
zlib_text: TWO HEARTS RESCUE
  
  DANIEL BANNER
  VORPAL WORDS
  
  CONTENTS
  Foreword
  INTRODUCTION by Daniel Banner
  Chapter 1
  Chapter 2
  Chapter 3
  Chapter 4
  Chapter 5
  Chapter 6
  Chapter 7
  Chapter 8
  Chapter 9
  Chapter 10
  Chapter 11
  Chapter 12
  Chapter 13
  Chapter 14
  Chapter 15
  Chapter 16
  Chapter 17
  Epilogue
  About the Author
  Author’s Note
  Playlist for Two Hearts Rescue
  Sample Chapter from Rescue My Heart
  Sample Chapter from Rescue Me
  Sample Chapter from Rescued by Love
  
  W
  FOREWORD
  e see firefighters on TV and in movies risking their lives on a daily basis. Through years of
  friendship with Daniel Banner, and dozens of conversations about what it's really like to be a fireman,
  I've learned the hard part about the job has much more to do with the repetitive stress of always being
  in the middle of someone else's emergency.
  IT IS the long nights with no sleep while being expected to perform perfectly while lives are on the
  line. It's living with up to ten other men and women just as worn out and broken as you in a sta