Here is another reason to be a fireman - making cars fly.
It's also another reason to not have a barn fire on a lazy Saturday afternoon in Sheepjaw, New Mexico. Victor Aerbos was admittedly disappointed by the local fire department's slow response to put out the fire that erupted in his main cattle barn. But when he he overheard two of the late responders still laughing about the "cool flying fire hose car" and then made further inquiries, he got down right angry.
With a little help from his ex-wife, who is employed as a dispatcher with the SFD and currently going through another divorce with the Fire Chief, Ted Beauwing, Mr. Aerbos obtained a copy of the fire hose car video and sued for damages, claiming the department's use of all available fire hoses to make the automobile fly amounted to negligent abandonment of duty.
However, after Judge Karen McDonnell-Douglas of New Mexico District Court's 8th Precinct (DC8) heard the case, she accepted the defense's argument that the fire deptartment was merely testing new methods to extract accident victims from underneath cars. Aerbos is expected to appeal the case against Beauwing.
One more thing - I made this whole story up. It seemed so much more interesting than just saying, "Here's a cool video of fire hoses making a car fly."