Boston Globe: "On injury leave, firefighter stood out as bodybuilder"
For Boston firefighter Albert Arroyo, March and April were ostensibly rough months. He reported falling on March 21 and suffering a back injury so severe that, a few weeks later, his doctor wrote that Arroyo should be granted an accidental disability retirement because he is "totally and permanently disabled."The Globe had previously reported that a suspiciously large number of Boston firefighters were injured on the very day they were filling in for absent superiors, resulting in a supplemental pension payout of about $10,000/year.
Yet, on May 3, after being out of work for six weeks and collecting his full salary tax-free, Arroyo achieved a remarkable feat: He finished eighth in a men's bodybuilding competition, the 2008 Pro Natural American Championships.
2 comments:
Thank you to the Unions for this kind of Crappola. It fits right in with the Socialist mindset they espouse. It is why the Dems always court the union vote.
I know a lot of firefighters here in So. Cal. and the same thing is happening here. A disturbing percentage of firefighters file claims for disability just before retirement to pad their after employment paychecks.
I suppose it is just an artifact of the entitlement mentality. The public employee pension systems are going to break the bank sooner or later.
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