English: “I didn't have the privilege of knowing either man personally. But I knew them. They were confident, committed, trustworthy, passionate, and always, always, always loyal. I knew them because men like them saved the lives of my two sons when their mother and sister were killed when a tractor trailer broadsided them. They spent hours with the Jaws of Life saving their lives. I knew them when my fire company saved my life in the middle of a blizzard, getting me down to Walter Reed for a craniotomy to take care of an aneurism. They got me there in time. I knew them because they saved my home and my Jill when lightning struck our house and engulfed our home in the thickest, blackest smoke that you could not see literally six inches in the window. I knew them. Thank God for all of you.” —Vice President Biden at a memorial in Delaware for Lieutenant Christopher Leach and Senior Firefighter Jerry Fickes, two fallen firefighters