The Morning News reports on a phone call Mayor Mike Rawlings made yesterday to Jenny Wilson, whose husband Stanley died fighting a May 2013 fire at a Dallas condo. Wilson has — quite reasonably, given Dallas Fire-Rescue’s delays in releasing their investigation findings and the suspicious redactions made from early to final drafts of the official report — been quite critical of the city’s response to the death:
Rawlings called to assure her that proposed fixes to department procedures and training will be implemented “in memory of Stanley”:
But Wilson said she thought Rawlings was just parroting top fire officials, who she believes helped cover up for a commander who gave the fateful orders that led to her husband’s death.
“It felt like I was listening to Joel Lavender,” Wilson said, referring to a fire department spokesman. “So when he finally stopped talking, I said, ‘Everything you just told me is a load of crap.’”
She said Rawlings seemed taken aback.
“At that point, my blood was boiling because it sounded like everything I’ve heard from the fire department,” she said. “And like I’m just some small child, and they’re patting me on the head saying, ‘just be nice.’”
