First there was Paxton's "The Bravest", now we have InOBU's song and Les Barker's poem, which will be a song soon if it isn't already.

I don't think any of us look at firemen in the same way any more.

Here's the one who meets the danger,
Facing death for workman's wage;
Facing death for friend or stranger,
Unremarked by history's page.

Only this time they provided some of the most vivid visual impressions of the disaster, and inspired many of us by their courage and selflessness.

God protect their weeping widows, and raise up each weary head
Be a father unto the orphans, let them never cry for bread
Death will pay us all a visit, they have only gone before
And we'll meet up with those noble firemen where explosions are no more

(The Trimdon Grange Explosion, with appropriate updating)

Alan