Fire fighters - I have no idea what makes these folk tick,
and don't really want to know.
Here's a short, exciting story today about two of them doing their thing
at midnight on the Willamette River in flood stage with all sorts of logs and debris coming down.
(P.S., the pic is summertime with low, warm water levels)
OregonLive.com
Lynne Terry
1/26/12
Portland firefighters risk their lives, rescue man from frigid Willamette River