WBUR Newsroom Election 2008 CommonHealth Blog Boston Weather BBC World News NPR Top Stories NPR's Morning Edition NPR Topics: Books NPR Topics: Movies Fresh Air All Things Considered Marketplace Submit a Story Idea RSS Feeds Podcasts "Rescue Men" By Bob Oakes Listen to story (Real Audio) "Rescue Men" by Charles Kenney chronicles generations of Boston firefighters. BOSTON, Mass. - April 12, 2007 - On the Saturday night after Thanksgiving, 1942, almost a thousand people were at the Cocoanut Grove club in downtown Boston, when a fire broke out in the club's downstairs "Melody Lounge." In less than 15 minutes, the blaze killed almost 500 people and left hundreds more gravely injured. Writer Charles Kenney has grown up hearing a lot about the Grove tragedy. He comes from three generations of Boston firefighters; his grandfather "Pops" was the first. Pops rescued people from the Cocoanut Grove, but the fumes he inhaled that night left him permanently disabled. The fire haunted Charles Kenney's grandfather. It also haunted his father, "Sonny," himself a Boston firefighter disabled in the line of duty. Sonny later spent years researching the Grove fire. Charles Kenney's new book "Rescue Men" reveals Sonny's discovery and delves into why three generation of Kenney men became firefighters. RELATED LINKS National Fire Protection Association's page on the Cocoanut Grove fire. National Fire Protection Association's home page. Boston Public Health Commission's web site on Cocoanut Grove. Hear this story on your MP3 player! Click here to get WBUR's free daily news podcast. Rescue Men View photographs of the Cocoanut Grove fire.    From The WBUR Newsroom Red Sox Sting Rays in Tampa; 1-0 in ALCS ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (October 11, 2008) Unhittable most of the game, Daisuke Matsuzaka and the Boston Red Sox taught Tampa Bay all about dominant postseason pitching. Wood Heat Sparks Enviro Worries BOSTON (October 13, 2008) We report on environmental and health concerns, as more people in northern Massachusetts and New Hampshire are burning wood to save money on home heat. City Council Candidate Out to Shake 100,000 Hands BOSTON (October 13, 2008) The election for Boston's city council is more than a year away. But that has not stopped candidate Doug Bennett from going door to door to introduce himself to voters. Connecticut's High Court OKs Gay Marriage in Ruling BOSTON (October 10, 2008) Connecticut has become the third state where gay marriage is legal, following the lead of Massachusetts and California.				Sponsor