Expecting the Unexpected
12/20/20 12:32 AM
HANCOCK COUNTY — In the video on the Hancock County 911 Center Facebook page, it is night, and fireman Andrew Heller exits the door of the downtown Greenfield fire station. Walking across the driveway, he hears the jingling of bells. He stops and looks all around. Seeing nothing, he takes a few more steps, and then hears them again. He peers into the darkness and the scene cuts away to the brightly-lit Courthouse Plaza decorations. The bells continue, joined by a more rhythmic sleighbell jingle. He looks up — and here’s the part that gets me — we hear the Courthouse clock — our Courthouse clock — chime. From the look on Andrew’s face, you know he sees something unexpected. But it’s just what he was expecting all along. It’s Christmas Eve in Hancock County, and the firemen are ready.