About The Book
A Memoir of Fire, Trauma, and a Dog’s Quiet Grace.
In the fire service, you are trained to be unbreakable. You pack the tragedy into “tight, silent compartments” so you can move on to the next call. But after the retirement ceremony ends and the sirens fade, the compartments begin to crack.
Stan: The One Who Stayed takes you inside the most harrowing calls of a 38-year career:
- Holmes Point Drive: The wreck that became a permanent resident in Mike’s dreams.
- The Daycare Porch: A December afternoon that changed the meaning of Christmas forever.
- The Face at the Window: A thirteen-year-old girl’s desperate plea that no training manual could prepare him for.
