Chapter 14
“Hey Trav!” Ben called.
Travis glanced up from where he was waiting in the cherry picker, the bucket mounted to the lift on the fire truck. The crew had been called to a fire at a residence on the far side of town. They’d arrived to find all of the residents safe, but the daughter had been crying and nearly inconsolable over her dogs trapped upstairs. He and Ben had volunteered to try to save them. The fire had started in the woodstove, which happened to be beside the stairs. As such, the only way to get upstairs to rescue the dogs was with the handy cherry picker. Travis had already crawled in and pulled one dog out. The dog in question sat panting by his feet in the cherry picker, while Ben was now returning with the other dog.
Travis adjusted the controls on the cherry pi
