Former Meriden Fire Captain Roger Kindschi knows all about the emotional toll that tragedy can take on a person.
After the September 11 terrorist attacks, the veteran firefighter was asked to set up a crisis and intervention center at Ground Zero to help injured victims and their families deal with the trauma. Several years later, Kindschi was dealing with his own emotional distress issues that his lawyer claims were brought on by “bullying” at the hands of colleagues at the Meriden Fire Department. Kindschi said a deputy fire chief threatened him, turned the rest of the station against him, and that his fire equipment had been tampered with, endangering his life.
