Michael Estrada

Ineptitude at a San Francisco Fire and The DarC Side Michael Estrada

Michael Estrada is a 25-year veteran of the Fire and Emergency Medical Service. He rose out of one of LA's toughest neighborhoods and applied everything he learned on the streets to navigate through this world with only a 9th grade education. He taught himself how to read, write, and studied books on mathematics, sciences, geology and chemistry. He will tell you adamantly that "I shall fear no man but GOD, thou I walk through the valley of the shadow of death". With his fearless mindset at the young age of 19, he tackled one of the most difficult courses there is to pass: Paramedic training. Prior to suffering traumatic injuries due to the negligence of others while fighting a 3-alarm building fire as a Firefighter/Paramedic with the San Francisco Fire Department, most people that knew him then would tell you that his charm was infectious, but after this traumatic experience, he was diagnosed with PTSD and bipolar-depression. He lost many friends, family and his wife due to this fact. Writing this book is a form of therapy and is based on truthful experiences, and "truth" only has negative affects on those who are living a "lie".