LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — Did you know a picture can be worth a thousand words? This one? It’s worth 2 to 3 million! That’s how many people interacted with the photo of 10 Black female firefighters from Central Arkansas. But here’s the truth—the claim of an all-Black female crew? It’s misleading. Channel 7’s Ryan Houston spoke with the first Black female Captain of the Little Rock Fire Department to get the real story behind the photo.
A viral lie online can spread just as fast as flames burning down a house. Captain Quatecia Wilson knows a thing or two about putting out fires after 12 years with the Little Rock Fire Department.
“And I just kept saying, seeing the photo pop up on there, like, oh, you know, people that actually knew me, some of my friends kept sharing it and stuff. I thought, ‘Oh, okay, well, this is doing something. ‘And like I said, it’s two years old,” said LRFD Captain Wilson…