@MamaMia- with all due respect, nothing will “help my grief”. This isn’t about my grief rather it’s about making sure nothing like this can ever happen again. With the poor management and leadership still in place, I have no confidence that it won’t. I am consumed. Who wouldn’t be? Everyone can go on about their lives at the end of the day. Never can I. My life is forever changed. The shock wave that was sent by this negligence will forever remain with me and my family. ‘Take a step back’ ? Never. I will continue to take steps forward for my son that can no longer. I will continue to fight for the men and women of the AFD until they are confident in their leadership. If I bring justice to Austin. If I save just one life. If I can fix something that was obviously broken, only then can I take a ‘step back’
Contrary to the city, I have no ill will. I have fought for the betterment of the AFD members. I have treated everyone with respect. I used to meet with Wylam every Friday to talk about an action plan. No, I don’t manage the fire department, but neither does he. I am however a manager in a large company. I do manage a team. I am responsible for a budget and equipment. With that said, I can bring value to AFD.
Instead of questioning me, why do you never question the management and leadership of the department? Clear and documented evidence shows that the department failed. They mayor himself admits to the failure of training. Why don’t you question him how he ignores to take action to those that failed? Why don’t you question why he treats me like I am nobody? Why do you not question him for minimizing the wrongful death of my son? His own firefighter. His own employee?
I don’t expect an answer from you but I hope I was able to illiterate where I’m coming from and how I got here. I would gladly lay my own life down for my kids. Take a step back? That will help with my grief? Finishing what I started out to do almost a year ago will not fix it, but it will help.
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