'FAT CHANCE!' Published Dec. 12, 2007 By Brandon McNeil Via e-mail -- I thought "The Fire Within" story (September/October issue, page 12) was very well written. The photos and story really grabbed my attention. But one thing did keep nagging at me. You say Airman 1st Class Erin Metzger, the main fire school student featured in the story, "couldn't have been more than 5 feet tall and a hundred pounds, dripping wet." I realize she was the women's push-up champ, but it just seems to me that firefighters, man or woman, would need to be bigger to meet the extreme physical demands of the job. Case in point, in the same issue, you run a story titled "A 'Growing' Problem" (page 8). It's all about how Americans are getting larger and larger and asks the question, "Are troops too fat to fight?" How does someone as petite as Metzger, even if she is in top shape, pull these ever growing Americans out of a burning building? I admire her moxie. But practically speaking, is that really a good fit? ... Fat chance!