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Narrated by:
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A. T. Al Benelli
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By:
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Joe Corso
About this listen
Every firefighter has a treasure trove of interesting stories to tell and the stories more often than not are instructional, as well as exciting. When I was a firefighter, I kept notes of the fires I responded to. Now that I am retired, I have reflected on my career as a firefighter and have written a book about the men alongside whom I worked, facing dangerous situations daily.
This book is a compilation of five FIRE short stories written between 1964 and 1972, from notes I wrote after returning from fires.
"FIRE: Box 598" tells the tragic story where 12 New York City firefighters lost their lives in a fire. The short book won the Readers Favorite 2013 award in the short story category.
"FIRE: Trapped on the Fourth Floor" takes place in the mid-1960s and was written from notes I took after the fire. While the story was still fresh in my mind, I added a sub-story about a friend of mine who I worked with in the FDNY. While searching through boxes I hadn't opened in decades, I came across notes about the day I drove my buddy Joe Black to the hospital and I decided to honor his memory by including a few words about what happened that day in this short story.
"FIRE: The Bouncing Lieutenant" occurred at the Keneret Restaurant cellar fire on Jane Street in lower Manhattan and was taken from notes written by me almost a half century ago. As I wrote this story, the memories of that night came flooding back in vivid detail. I hope that I have successfully captured and conveyed the drama of the moment to the listener.
"FIRE: The Broadway Central Hotel"
"FIRE: Mutual Aid"
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2 out of 5 stars
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stog was good
- By Bagladybl on 08-24-21
By: Dennis Smith
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3000 Degrees
- The True Story of a Deadly Fire and the Men Who Fought It
- By: Sean Flynn
- Narrated by: Richard Rohan
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 305
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 205
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 202
On December 3, 1999, the call crackled in to the men of the Worchester, Massachusetts Fire Department: a three-alarm warehouse blaze in a six-story windowless colossus of brick and mortar. What happened next - and how their lives and community were changed forever - offers an unprecedented look at these heroic men whose job it is to rush into burning buildings when everyone else just wants out.
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5 out of 5 stars
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a book about a very heroic breed
- By Andy on 06-03-03
By: Sean Flynn
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Under the Wire
- Marie Colvin's Final Assignment
- By: Paul Conroy
- Narrated by: James Clamp
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 27
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Story5 out of 5 stars 24
Marie Colvin, described as "the greatest war correspondent of her generation", was killed in a rocket attack in February 2012 while reporting on the desperate suffering of civilians inside Syria's besieged Homs. Paul Conroy, who had forged a close bond with Colvin as they put their lives on the line time and time again to report from some of the world's most dangerous conflict zones, was with her.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A riveting read
- By S. Perreten on 01-24-14
By: Paul Conroy
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'50sVille Vol. 5
- By: Paul Ibbetson
- Narrated by: Tom Kruse
- Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 21
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 20
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Story5 out of 5 stars 20
Imagine a town where the people perpetually live in the 1950s, a place where time has all but stopped and where everyone loves his family, job, and life. In this strange place, only a select few people ever leave the city limits, and even then they leave reluctantly. This is what 15-year old Benjamin Granault faces as, through a string of amazing events, he finds himself living in a town where he can never talk about modern technology or current events.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It dead, Freedom and Lost
- By Dennis on 11-18-20
By: Paul Ibbetson
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The Astounding, the Amazing, and the Unknown
- A Novel
- By: Paul Malmont
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 54
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story4 out of 5 stars 41
In 1943, when the United States learns that Germany is on the verge of a deadly innovation that could tip the balance of the war, the government turns to an unlikely source for help: the nation’s top science fiction writers. Installed at a covert military lab within the Philadelphia Naval Yard are the most brilliant of these young visionaries. The unruly band is led by Robert Heinlein, the dashing and complicated master of the genre. His “Kamikaze Group,” is tasked with transforming the wonders of science fiction into science fact....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Pulp Perfection!
- By Jim N on 08-31-12
By: Paul Malmont
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The Merchant of Death
- Pendragon, Book 1
- By: D. J. MacHale
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,555
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,291
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,292
Bobby Pendragon is a seemingly normal 14-year-old boy. He has a family, a home, and even Marley, his beloved dog. But there is something very special about Bobby: he is going to save the world.
And not just Earth as we know it. Bobby is slowly starting to realize that life in the cosmos isn't quite what he thought it was. And before he can object, he is swept off to an alternate dimension known as Denduron, a territory inhabited by strange beings, ruled by a magical tyrant, and plagued by dangerous revolution.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Merchant of Death (Unabridged
- By Bronwyn on 07-26-08
By: D. J. MacHale
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SYLO
- SYLO, Book 1
- By: D. J. MacHale
- Narrated by: Andrew Bates
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 161
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 148
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 147
They call themselves SYLO and they are a secret branch of the U.S. Navy. SYLO's commander, Captain Granger, informs Pemberwick residents that the island has been hit by a lethal virus and must be quarantined. Tucker believes there’s more to SYLO’s story. He was on the sidelines when the high school running back dropped dead with no warning. He saw the bizarre midnight explosion over the ocean, and the mysterious singing aircraft that travel like shadows through the night sky. He tasted the Ruby - and experienced the powers it gave him - for himself.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Loved the journey but not the destination
- By Crystal on 09-15-13
By: D. J. MacHale
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Train Man
- By: P. T. Deutermann
- Narrated by: Bruce Reizen
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 202
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 132
Only six major rail bridges cross the Mississippi River and connect one half of our country to the other. When one of them collapses as a freight train is crossing, the FBI sends agents Hush Hanson and Carolyn Lang to investigate. Hush and Carolyn suspect a bomb, but there are no clues to suggest who planted it.
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3 out of 5 stars
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First book of Deutermann that bored me to death
- By Rebecca on 02-23-12
By: P. T. Deutermann
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102 Minutes
- The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers
- By: Jim Dwyer, Kevin Flynn
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 836
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 571
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 574
At 8:46 a.m. on September 11, 2001, 14,000 people were inside the twin towers; reading e-mails, making trades, eating croissants at Windows on the World. Over the next 102 minutes, each would become part of a drama for the ages, one witnessed only by the people who lived it, until now.
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4 out of 5 stars
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102 Minutes--A Review
- By Leadinglove421 on 02-13-05
By: Jim Dwyer, and others
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Undercurrents
- A Lou Boldt - Daphne Matthews Novel, Book 1
- By: Ridley Pearson
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 137
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 122
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Story4 out of 5 stars 120
Police Sergeant Lou Boldt heads a special task force within Seattle’s Homicide bureau. His job: find and stop the Cross Killer, a twisted, perverse serial murderer who has eluded police for six months and paralyzed the city. But when a body washes up on the shore of Puget Sound, Boldt thinks the killer has finally made a mistake. This body shows some of the work of the Cross Killer - but a job badly botched. Did this woman die while trying to escape? Did she knowingly jump in the water to preserve a clue? And is she now desperately trying to tell Boldt something?
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1 out of 5 stars
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Waste of a credit
- By Elizabeth on 08-07-12
By: Ridley Pearson
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Darkside
- By: P. T. Deutermann
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 17 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 407
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 263
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 258
When a midshipman plunges six stories to his death, the U.S. Naval Academy begins investigating an apparent suicide. But there's a bizarre twist: the young man's body is found wearing undergarments belonging to Midshipman Julie Markham, a senior at the academy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Darkside is worth your credit
- By shelley on 02-07-14
By: P. T. Deutermann
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Sick
- A Project Eden Thriller
- By: Brett Battles
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,161
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,955
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,965
Daniel Ash wakes after midnight to the cry of his daughter. Just a bad dream, he thinks. She's had them before. Yet he can't help but worry when she cries out again as he pads down the hallway. Stepping through her doorway, he expects to find her sitting up in bed, frightened by a nightmare. But the nightmare is his. It's real. And it's just beginning....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyably addictive story!
- By Amanda on 12-03-13
By: Brett Battles
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Alien Hunter
- Flynn Carroll, Book 1
- By: Whitley Strieber
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 125
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 116
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Story4 out of 5 stars 120
A young wife disappears in the night, never to be seen again. There is no evidence of kidnapping - in fact, everything indicates that she left on purpose. Her husband, a brilliant police detective, cannot believe this - but he also can't find her. Flynn Carroll’s lost love becomes his obsession. He begins amassing a file of similar cases nationwide.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Don't waste time or credit
- By modok on 06-11-14
By: Whitley Strieber
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Strangers
- By: Dean Koontz
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 29 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5,932
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,697
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,697
A writer in California. A doctor in Boston. A motel owner and his employee in Nevada. A priest in Chicago. A robber in New York. A little girl in Las Vegas. They’re a handful of people from across the country, living through eerie variations of the same nightmare.
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3 out of 5 stars
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It depends on your personality I guess
- By Robert E. Swale on 10-05-08
By: Dean Koontz
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In the Still of the Night
- By: David L. Golemon
- Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
- Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 332
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 298
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 298
Five years ago, the ghost hunting Supernaturals disbanded after being accused of faking their experiences at Summer House. Now, the eccentric, but brilliant, team of scientists and paranormal experts are being asked to join forces once again - this time to save the president. Through strenuous investigation and mysterious messages about returning home, the team soon discovers the long lost home of the president: a small town in California called Moreno, a modern ghost town.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent follow up tale to the Supernaturals
- By Not my name on 12-03-17
By: David L. Golemon
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Unfiction
- By: Gene Doucette
- Narrated by: Brad Wills
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 106
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Story4 out of 5 stars 94
When Oliver Naughton joins the Tenth Avenue Writers Underground, headed by literary wunderkind Wilson Knight, Oliver figures he'll finally get some of his wild imaginings out of his head and onto paper. But when Wilson takes an intense interest in Oliver's writing and his genre stories of dragons, aliens, and spies, things get weird. Oliver's stories don't just need to be finished: they insist on it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perfectly Captured Tone and Well Matched Wit
- By Ian on 08-04-17
By: Gene Doucette
What listeners say about Engine 24: Fire Stories
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- Merlinfan
- 07-21-16
God Bless the NYFD... and all our public defenders
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Absolutely... Most of my friends are New Yorkers... they'd love this, because it's TRUE stories of the best of the best. To add to this, my father was a New York City firefighter with 43 Hook & Ladder in upper Manhattan. This book took me back to the days when he told his stories... and brought me to the firehouse to meet his "brothers".
What did you like best about this story?
It was a great combination of the drama and terror of a fire and life in and around the firehouse... as experienced by Joe D'Albert (aka Joe Corso) an NYFD firefighter in the turbulent 60"s and 70"s in downtown Manhattan... the Village. Joe's stories bring the perils and personalities of a special breed of public servant. I love stories of the NYFD and this one is/was top notch. I can't wait to hear the next volume.
Which character – as performed by A. T. Al Benelli – was your favorite?
Wow... this is hard. The book is told as a narrative in the first person from the perspective of Joe D'Albert, a larger than life, genuine New Yorker... complete with all the accent, attitude and urban charm of a man's man. But I also loved the voices around him... Bill, Joe Black and Captain McLaughlin, with his trace of an Irish brogue. Benelli seems to be a master of characterization. You can distinguish the participants without the drudge of a million "he-saids" or "she-saids" that ruin the transition from printed books to audio productions. In summary... I liked 'em all!
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
This book definitely tugs on your emotional duffel-bag. I'm pretty sure I didn't laugh out load or shed tears but it brought me back to some sad times. My dad attended the funeral of the 12 brave firefighters lost while responding to the infamous Box 598 alarm in the 60's... That one hurt. I was just a teenager, but I still remember my dad crying... not a sight I saw very often. Then there were the "pranks" that all firemen pull... and endure. I know I smiled listening to those. The "peanut butter" incident was hilarious. I wonder if I could get away with something like that with my buddies.
Any additional comments?
I've listened to a lot of the collaborative works of Joe Corso and Al Benelli... they make a great team... but this was the best to date and I hear there's more "...Fire Stories" coming. Can't wait!
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