Living with Legends

A reader writes:
"Hey just read your most current blog post and thought I’d send some photos I took of the
firefighters Friday night.  I had just returned from an evening exploring the east Village when I saw all the fire engines outside the hotel.  The first thing that popped into my head was, ‘Wow, this is just like Ed’s story.’ 

Also– strangely enough– I was on the east elevator with the Jamaican maid and bellhop
(sorry don’t know their names) when it got stuck between the 1st and 2nd floors.  We pried the door open and got out before we got seriously stuck.  It was still out of order when I checked out. 
Seems like the hotel was flexing its muscles this weekend."