MIRACLES AND MILESTONES

What does it mean to never forget? 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. 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. 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.