Firefighter Says Missing Truck Cost Lives

March 10, 2007 New York - A firefighter who was at the scene of a deadly Bronx apartment fire says a missing bucket truck ended up costing lives. The unidentified firefighter told The New York Post that the closest cherry picker had been dispatched to another fire. We need a bucket truck to get people out and to get those kids out all at once, and not carry them out one by one, he said. Nine people, including eight children, died in Wednesday's fire. The New York Daily News said two scheduled building ...