Fireboat by maira kalman biography summary

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Fireboat by maira kalman biography summary: Fireboat by Maira Kalman.

In The John J. Harvey fireboat was considered a useless scrap heap after once being considered the largest, fastest, shiniest fireboat of its time. A group of friends decided to save the boat and fix it up. Then on September 11th the twin towers were struck by planes causing tragic destruction and sadness. When the firemen arrived they realized that the water pipes were broken and buried so that no water could be pumped to put the horrible fires out.

Harvey fireboat was called to come and fight the fires. After 4 days and nights the fireboat pumped water to fight the fire.