Ladder 49
Ladder 49 is a 2004 American drama film, directed by Jay Russell, about the heroics of fictional Baltimore firefighter Jack Morrison, who is trapped inside a warehouse fire, and his recollection of the events that got him to that point. The movie is a celebration of the firefighting profession and the lifestyle associated with it. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix and John Travolta.
After graduating from the fire academy, Jack is sent to work on Baltimore City Fire Department BCFD Engine Company 33, in the busiest firehouse in the city. Quartered with Engineis Ladder Company 49. On Engine 33, Jack learns the ropes of firefighting. He quickly becomes close friends with his fellow firefighters, including Mike Kennedy, his Captain at the time. Jacks first fire takes place at a burning vacant rowhouse. Engineand Ladder 49 respond and are the first companies on the scene. Jack and Mike enter the building with a hose line and tackle the blaze, with Jack on the nozzle of the hose. They quickly and triumphantly extinguish it.After some time working on Engine 33, Jack arrives at the scene of another vacant rowhouse fire, where a fellow firefighter from Ladder 49, Dennis Gauquin Billy Burke, dies after falling through a roof of the building. Jack decides, although it is more dangerous, to take his friends position as a truckie, a search and rescue member on Ladder 49 by transferring to the Truck. ........
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