now who was frederick freeman? he was a naval officer attached to the island just north of here. he was on a torpedo destroying boat and he came into the city earlier that morning. in fact i have a photograph that was taken from the bridge of his boat. and when he got here, he realized that he, the city was burning furiously, and that he had to try to save the lifeblood of the city. the lifeblood of the city, of of course being the wharf area, the piers, because if they weren't saved, it would take this city much longer to come out of this terrible emergency and disaster. and he did. in the next four days, lieutenant freeman, this great military naval lieutenant, led his men, which were mostly sailors, some marines and some firefighters as well joined them, and they completely stopped the fire at the water front area and they completely stopped the area at the rail road sheds, which was open where lincoln hill used to be. and he did a very, very commendable job. now, in the history of san francisco's heroes, there's a huge photograph and 400 people in this photograph and general