Canadian firetruck responding to U.S. call held up at border

[brooklynite]

(CNN) -- A Canadian firetruck responding with lights and sirens to a weekend fire in Rouses Point, New York, was stopped at the U.S. border for about eight minutes, U.S. border officials said Tuesday.

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Fire officials battling the blaze called for help from fire departments in nearby Quebec, using a longstanding and often-used mutual aid agreement. But the first truck that arrived at the small Rouses Point border crossing was delayed as officials checked documentation of the firefighters and their truck, officials confirmed.

Two other trucks that arrived at the crossing next were cleared in less then two minutes each, a time that one fire official said was still too long considering the situation.

"It's embarrassing," said Chris Trombley, chief of the Champlain Volunteer Fire Department and deputy fire coordinator for Clinton County Emergency Services. "We're calling for help from another country and the first roadblock they hit is at our border."

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/14/border.firetruck/index.html

Well, if the firetruck was red, maybe they were protecting us from Communist infiltrators...

[Gormy Cuss]

1. You never know. That firehouse could be a terrorist cell.

Besides, what's a few minutes delay when a house is on fire?
:sarcasm:

[LakeSamish706]

2. Why the hell didn't a border guard just get on board the damn fire truck and ride ...

with them to the scene and figure it out on the way? Geez...

[C_U_L8R]

3. Idiots along the parapets

These seal-the-border maniacs are like the keystone cops

[Lasher]

4. Kinda like putting Ted Kennedy on a no fly list.

You would think that some people would get pre-approved.

It works going back the other way too. Canada won't let you in if you had a misdemeanor conviction decades ago. Guess we're all supposed to feel safer now.

[EFerrari]

5. "This is why 9/11 happened." -- Mom n/t

[Jim__]

6. And this is done to increase our security, right? - n/t

[UTUSN]

7. Well, think how many suitcase bombs would fit in it!1

http://notexasborderwall.com/

[whirlygigspin]

8. link to video

http://www.wptz.com/video/14577400/index.html

The Achorage, a great old Inn right on the lake.

[opihimoimoi]

9. Just suppose the fire was in a school ...with 68 kids dead and 465 injured...?

Them border guards would be hunted down and shot.