toronto june nineteen eighty one among
the man at Toronto’s busiest firehouse
George Evans stands out he’s a little
big man I was a smallest guy in the
truck but I was a strongest guy in the
truck he’s in peak condition five feet
eight and ninety kilos of muscle I had a
gym in my basement I had a gym at the
fire hall I was always pumping iron
on this early summer evening a roof fire
breaks out at the Confederation like
building a six-story office in downtown
Toronto 20 trucks respond you Ross sees
the roof is about to go I could see up
through the open elevator shaft the peak
of the building and it was starting the
waiver everybody said get the hell out
it’s everybody out the next thing I know
was the roof collapse
I felt like a pile driver hit me on the
top of the head George is flattened by
debris it was a tremendous thumb I’m in
the dark now like laying on my back I
guess it gets worse the weight of the
Fallen roof is too much just a little
bit down on the fourth floor did it
pound it down out of the third floor
then it found that on the second floor
George has lived only to face death
again
trapped under a 270 kilo beam he can’t
breathe 18 x 18 solid hard work an
enormous weight if he doesn’t move the
beam he’ll die but it’s twice when he
can bench press worse he’s crippled by
dislocated shoulders
George should be completely immobilized
by such severe injuries
he’s in agony but his body has an
antidote his brain instructs the
pituitary gland to release endorphins
the body’s natural painkillers the
endorphins lock into receptors in his
nervous system and block pain messages
from reaching his brain results
temporary euphoria George’s body is also
primed with adrenaline his heart is
pumping extra oxygen and sugar to his
muscles as well as to his brain as a
result his mind is focused on a single
task the surge of endorphins and
adrenaline gives George the boost he
needs he pushes through the pain barrier
the third key to his survival
George spent nine days in intensive care
six weeks in traction three and a half
months in the hospital and two years in
painful physiotherapy then he returned
to work as a firefighter after 30 years
on the service he made district chief he
retired in 1997 to this day his survival
confounds the experts
the man at Toronto’s busiest firehouse
George Evans stands out he’s a little
big man I was a smallest guy in the
truck but I was a strongest guy in the
truck he’s in peak condition five feet
eight and ninety kilos of muscle I had a
gym in my basement I had a gym at the
fire hall I was always pumping iron
on this early summer evening a roof fire
breaks out at the Confederation like
building a six-story office in downtown
Toronto 20 trucks respond you Ross sees
the roof is about to go I could see up
through the open elevator shaft the peak
of the building and it was starting the
waiver everybody said get the hell out
it’s everybody out the next thing I know
was the roof collapse
I felt like a pile driver hit me on the
top of the head George is flattened by
debris it was a tremendous thumb I’m in
the dark now like laying on my back I
guess it gets worse the weight of the
Fallen roof is too much just a little
bit down on the fourth floor did it
pound it down out of the third floor
then it found that on the second floor
George has lived only to face death
again
trapped under a 270 kilo beam he can’t
breathe 18 x 18 solid hard work an
enormous weight if he doesn’t move the
beam he’ll die but it’s twice when he
can bench press worse he’s crippled by
dislocated shoulders
George should be completely immobilized
by such severe injuries
he’s in agony but his body has an
antidote his brain instructs the
pituitary gland to release endorphins
the body’s natural painkillers the
endorphins lock into receptors in his
nervous system and block pain messages
from reaching his brain results
temporary euphoria George’s body is also
primed with adrenaline his heart is
pumping extra oxygen and sugar to his
muscles as well as to his brain as a
result his mind is focused on a single
task the surge of endorphins and
adrenaline gives George the boost he
needs he pushes through the pain barrier
the third key to his survival
George spent nine days in intensive care
six weeks in traction three and a half
months in the hospital and two years in
painful physiotherapy then he returned
to work as a firefighter after 30 years
on the service he made district chief he
retired in 1997 to this day his survival
confounds the experts
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