Theomen\'s "You can eat my asshole" award goes to...

the firefighters and police in this town;

The man arrested for rushing into a burning apartment to save his dog tells News 2 he\'d do it all again.

Jarrod Martin is charged with recklessly endangering his life and the lives of firefighters working to put out a blaze at a west Nashville apartment complex. But he tells News 2 he had no choice; if he didn\'t act fast, the family dog was going to die.

Jarrod Martin tells News 2, Bishop is part of the family, so much so that when Jarrod returned to a burning home, he took drastic steps to save the pit bull locked inside.

"He would have been burnt. The floors were burnt, our couch and everything was gone," Jarrod said.

But Jarrod got into some serious trouble when going to rescue the one-year-old dog. Going against police demands, Jarrod broke through the safety zone and grabbed a firefighting tool.

Home video shows Jarrod breaking the glass to get to Bishop, then throwing the dog and himself over the balcony - a move police are condemning.

"What Mr. Martin did was very dangerous. He put his life in danger as well as the lives of firefighters on the scene," Metro Police spokesman Don Aaron said.

"He provided an opening for oxygen, which can easily cause a fire explosion, or what we call a backdraft," said Assistant Fire Chief Kim Lawson.

Jarrod was arrested at the scene and charged with disorderly conduct and reckless endangerment. But to Jarrod, it\'s a move that warrants no regrets.

"I\'d would have done again. I sure would."

Just like 16 other families displaced from Wednesday\'s fire, Jarrod and bishop will be staying with friends until he can find another place to live.

Fire investigators are still working to determine what caused the fire at the Premier West Apartments.

http://www.wkrn.com/Global/story.asp?S=1238117&nav=1ugFFIwz

[Titan]

I hate that law, I really do. When you have to save someone or something that is part of your family, go ahead.

His name is Jarrod.
He owns a Pit Bull.
He lives in Nashville, TN.

Nuff Said.

I\'m not saying he should have been arrested, but it was pretty stupid.

Well if it were my dog, I would have gone in there without a second thought.  Maybe it\'s one of those things where you have to have a dog/child/something important to you, to understand.

well u cant blame the guy for trying to save his dog. but its true, what he did was very dangerous backdrafts are a bitch, many firefighters have died coz of this phenomena.

I love my dog.
I wouldve done it. They would have to hold me back pretty hard to get me from not doing it.

Although- arresting him for it is stupid. Anyone wouldve done it.

pffft... what a load of crap. It\'s his life, he has every right to endanger it; more so if it\'s in a cause in saving a loved one. Human or animal. Some laws are so stupid.

Originally posted by Vapor Snake
pffft... what a load of crap. It\'s his life, he has every right to endanger it; more so if it\'s in a cause in saving a loved one. Human or animal. Some laws are so stupid.

It wasnt that he was just endangering his life... he was risking the life of all those firefighters.  Hey fed oxygen to the fire which could have caused a backdraft.   What if he saved the dog and killed 3 fire fighters in the process?

I\'m sure he wasn\'t thinking that at the time as wouldn\'t anyone else that had a loved one, think rationally here not like some lawyer. He did what he had to do to save something he loved, I know some of y\'all would of gone in after your games/game systems, so don\'t bs.

Originally posted by Coredweller
His name is Jarrod.
He owns a Pit Bull.
He lives in Nashville, TN.

Nuff Said.

I\'m not saying he should have been arrested, but it was pretty stupid.

True that. Dog or not, what he did was stupid.

[Kurt Angle]

I would probably do the same thing