Next, we'll need Douchey McSnarkington to take a break from his job doing something inconsequential to inform us that this was all his job and that it was no big deal.

Yeah, he should suck it up and deal. I mean, I spilled some coffee on my desk today but you don't hear me whining about it.

Says the guy who spent uncounted comments blaming the Norwegian massacre on Islamic militants. Glad that PhD in sociology gave you such great insight into humanity.

You again? You're hardly smart enough to argue with. I'll say this - I admitted I was wrong and there were a lot of people more learned in the matter than I say EXACTLY what I was saying. So as usual, fuck right off, grampy.

Your final sentence is eloquent as always. College tuition well spent. Also, a very mature and convincing argument. "Well, they said it, too!"

You're sundowning, old man. Get off the internet, stop picking fights with strangers and enjoy the twilight of your years. Maybe join a friendship club for old douchebags or something.

he is a lucky man. if he'd breathed in the heat it would have closed his windpipe shut. get well boss! don't worry about all of the fuckin haters

Not to diminish what he did, but first and second degree isn't "badly burned." It hurts like hell, but it will heal. Third degree is permanent skin damage.

And yet your comment directly diminishes the selfless act this gentleman performed. It's kind like when someone says' "not to be racist, but..." The next sentence out of their mouth is always racist.
Way to be a dick.

Not to be disrespectful... oops. Too bad for you.

Seriously, can you or can you not dispute that first and second degree burns are not serious, especially when they're on a relatively small percentage of the body? If you can't, then my point stands that he's not "badly burned." Any doctor would say the same. And how exactly does not being "badly burned" denigrate the man? It was a comment on the writing, not on the man. Definitely a dick around here.

Actually some of the burns are quite a bit worse than reported here. Yes he received full thickness burns. Though second are much mote painful.

I see that now in one of the real papers (not the Post). I stand corrected. Third degree on the face. Damn. That does, however, mean that Robbins' writing is even worse than I gave him credit for since he didn't report it properly.

Any burn to the face is considered critical due to the potential for severe airway damage whether it be second or third degree. His airway could close at any second. The potential for life threatening infection is high also without immediate medical treatment at a specialized burn center (Cornell, SIU-N, Harlem). Not to mention this guy is a hero for getting a civilian out of harm's way. I find it strange that you would pick a small detail such as this to argue about when you clearly lack medical knowledge. This isn't about some cosmetic defect on the guy's face. Bottom line he potentially saved this guy's life and suffered a critical injury because of it.

Any burn to the face is considered critical due to the potential for severe airway damage whether it be second or third degree. His airway could close at any second. The potential for life threatening infection is high also without immediate medical treatment at a specialized burn center (Cornell, SIU-N, Harlem). Not to mention this guy is a hero for getting a civilian out of harm's way. I find it strange that you would pick a small detail such as this to argue about when you clearly lack medical knowledge. This isn't about some cosmetic defect on the guy's face. Bottom line he potentially saved this guy's life and suffered a critical injury because of it.

I challenge you or John Joyce to point out anywhere in my comments where I wrote anything disparaging about the man rather than the article. Gothamist relies more and more on embellishment and exaggeration for page views, and calling first degree burns "badly burned" seemed like another instance of it. The linked article at the Post said he only had first degree burns on his face as well as second degree on his ear and hand, so your comments wouldn't have applied if that had been true.

If you really want to get up in arms about this, Buckhelt was savaged on other sites as a fool, but I didn't see you defending him there. Somebody asked why he's considered a hero for getting into the car when the car driver was already out of danger. The reasoning was that once the driver had stepped away, the priority was to keep people at a safe distance, not move the car. It's only property and it's covered by insurance.

Let's hope for a speedy recovery. This is what these guys do every day, look out for us.

sorry to hear. wish him the best!!!  get well bravest.