Mirror, Mirror on my Head

Iraqi
firemen try to extinguish a burning oil truck, after it was struck by
a suicide car bomb attacker in Baghdad, Iraq Friday, June 17, 2005. The
suicide car bomber slammed into the loaded fuel tanker, killing two people
and injuring another six, after missing an Iraqi army patrol, police
said.

(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

When we first saw this dramatic photo in our morning
paper, our first thought was "Where can we get one of those Mondo Cool
mirrored fireman’s helmets"?. Didn’t Darth Vader have a helmet like this in one of the early Star Wars movies? We still remember our first
fireman’s helmet – red, of course – and how uncomfortable it was to
sleep in. We
refused to take it off for a week. Finally, Norma Yvonne made us put
it on the shelf with the rest of our 9/11 memorabilia…..

photo and story from AP