"A Month in New York City"

Kevin is back for his first episode since returning from New York
City. Sully is happy to have him back and the boys have a lot to
talk about. Kevin starts off by bringing up his first days at Fort
Totten, the FDNY base for Fire Officer training.

The first night he got there, he got a look at his new "home" for a
month, and met all of the people he would be in class with. He had
guys from Albany, New Rochelle, Yonkers, North Tonawanda, Auburn,
Glens Falls, Cohoes, Watervaliet, Westchester and Henrietta with
him. Kevin said all the guys were great people and they're really
what held the class together. They encountered some different
times, because they didn't have an "RA" for about a week and a
half, normally there are 2 assigned to the FLSTP's (First Line
Supervisors Training Program) class. They got let out of class on
multiple occasions much later than they were required, and a few
more things. The guys leaned on each other a bit through humor (go
figure), busting balls, and just relaxing and enjoying the
experience. They took a few "field trips" to the Empire State
Building, World Trade Center Memorial, Citi Field (Home of the
Mets), Yankee Stadium, and FDNY Marine 1, the fire boat. They had
dinner as a class at Lombardi's (Pizza) in downtown Manhattan, as
well as, Toni DiNapoli's (Italian) in Times Square. For a normal
dinner, there was a "chow hall" on the fort where they could eat
for free. Every single meal had carrots in it.... which, made them
decide to cook out for themselves one night. They had some drinks,
played some corn hole and got to know each other more on that fun
night.

All in all, Kevin said it was a memorable experience that he was
fortunate to be a part of. However, when asked if he would do it
again, he replied back quickly... "Oh hell no."