The fire gutted the Anchorage Inn, a landmark restaurant in Rouses Point. The Canadian firefighters would not have been able to save the building but would have provided exhausted New York firefighters quicker relief by arriving sooner.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/11/14/fire_trucks_delayed_at_us-canada_border/9250/
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Yeah, and probably for smoking pot. That boarder cop saved Amerika from another evil terrist while watching it burn!
But, this is economics 20th and 21st century style.
Ed Deak.
It all ties into profits for the crime families who are running the show.