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AFTER HE BOUGHT A ONE-WAY PLANE
TICKET TO NEW ZEALAND.
IF KNOW ABOUT THE TEEN'S WHERE
ABOUT, CONTACT POLICE.
A FINAL SALUTE FOR A
BELOVED FIRE CHIEF.
THE DAVIE FIRE CHIEF PASSED
AWAY SUDDENLY AFTER SUFFERING A
HEART ATTACK.
FAMILY AND FRIENDS GATHERED
THIS MORNING TO SAY GOOD-BYE.
MARYBEL RODRIGUEZ IS LIVE WITH
MORE.
Reporter: GOOD AFTERNOON.
AN EMOTIONAL TRIBUTE.
FIREFIGHTERS FROM ACROSS THE
STATE ARE HERE TO PAY THEIR
RESPECTS AND HONOR THE BELOVED
MAN WHO NOT ONLY SERVED AS THE
FIRE CHIEF OF THE TOWN OF DAVIE
FOR 10 YEARS BUT HE WAS ALSO A
FATHER, SON AND GRANDFATHER.
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Reporter: WITH FULL HONOR,
THE DAVIE FIRE CHIEF WAS
REMEMBERED.
HE WAS A SOLID FAMILY MAN.
YOU KNOW, VALUES THAT HE HAD
WAS FAMILY, FAITH AND THE
PROFESSION.
HE LOVED THE FIRE SERVICE.
HE GAVE IS HUNDRED%.
HE WAS A STRONG-WILLED
INDIVIDUAL AND HE SAW
EVERYTHING THROUGH AS BEST AS A
PERSON COULD CARRY OUT THAT
JOB.
Reporter: ON SATURDAY, THE
57-YEAR-OLD CHIEF PASSED AWAY
SUDDENLY IN HIS HOME.
HIS LOSS IS A BIG LOSS TO
THE DEPARTMENT.
HE IS A MENTOR AND A LEADER.
WORKED WELL WITH A LOT OF
PEOPLE.
AND POLITICALLY AS WELL AS THE
RESIDENCES AND IT'S GOING TO BE
A -- THE RESIDENTS AND IT'S
GOING TO BE A BIG LOSS.
Reporter: FIREFIGHTERS STOOD
IN FULL SALUTE AS THE CHIEF WAS
BROUGHT TO THE WORD OF LIFE
FELLOWSHIP CHURCH ON ONE OF
THEIR FIRE ENGINES.
ONE, TWO --
Reporter: FOR THE PAST 10
YEAR, HE SERVED AS FIRE CHIEF
FOR THE TOWN OF DAVIE FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
BEFORE HE SPENT 25 YEARS WITH
PEMBROKE PINES.
A WELL-RESPECTED AND LOVED MAN
WHO TOUCHED AND SAVED MANY
LIVES AT FOR THAT, HE WILL
ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED.
HE WAS A PRETTY HUMBLE
INDIVIDUAL.
I MEAN, REALLY WOULDN'T LOOK
FOR THIS KIND OF FANFARE.
BUT IT'S A TRIBUTE TO THE
LEGACY THAT HE LEFT IN THE FIRE
SERVICE HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY.
Reporter: AND ONCE IS THE
SERVICE IS OVER, THERE WILL BE
A PROCESSION ON THE WAY,
THEY'LL PASS BY ONE OF THE
PEMBROKE PINES FIRE STATIONS AS
WELL AS ALL FIVE DAVIE FIRE
STATIONS BEFORE THE CHIEF IS
LAID TO REST HERE AT THE
SERVICE.
HIS FATHER, HIS CHILDREN AND