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    A fire truck’s long journey to a second life

    Aug. 12, 2016
    When a group of volunteer firefighters in Managua, Nicaragua, needed a new fire truck, Master Sgt. Jorge Narvaez with the New Jersey Air National Guard stepped in to help. Narvaez, a Nicaraguan native who emigrated to the U.S. in 1981, spearheaded a plan to ship a 1982 Mack 1250 GPM pumper truck being retired by the Princeton, NJ, fire department (along with other vitally-needed firefighting gear) some 3,700 miles to Nicaragua – with the timely help of his fellow airmen and a huge U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy transport plane. (All photos courtesy of the Department of Defense)

    When a group of volunteer firefighters in Managua, Nicaragua, needed a new fire truck, Master Sgt. Jorge Narvaez with the New Jersey Air National Guard stepped in to help. Narvaez, a Nicaraguan native who emigrated to the U.S. in 1981, spearheaded a plan to ship a 1982 Mack 1250 GPM pumper truck being retired by the Princeton, NJ, fire department (along with other vitally-needed firefighting gear) some 3,700 miles to Nicaragua – with the timely help of his fellow airmen and a huge U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy transport plane. (All photos courtesy of the Department of Defense)

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    Sean Kilcarr | Editor in Chief

    Sean previously reported and commented on trends affecting the many different strata of the trucking industry. Also be sure to visit Sean's blog Trucks at Work where he offers analysis on a variety of different topics inside the trucking industry.

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