“He was a man who got up every morning to come to work so he could help others and save lives.” During the news conference, Houston Firefighter’s Union representative Patrick “Marty”
Lancton described the day as “a very sad day for the Houston Fire Department.” Four years after his father died while on duty, a 25-year-old Oakland firefighter drowns in San Diego.
We pray and grieve together, but above all, we remember our brother and his life. During the news conference, he said, “We honor it together.”
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John Whitmire, the mayor of Houston, said he had just met Garcia and called him a “young man with his life in front of him.” Whitmire told reporters,
