Portsmouth, VA \u2014 Firefighter Mark Reynolds never imagined that a routine emergency call would become his worst nightmare. On a typical Thursday evening,<\/p>\n
Station 17 was dispatched to a multi-vehicle crash. Reynolds, a 12-year veteran, rushed to the scene, unaware his own life was about to be shattered\u2026..CONTINUE READING IN BELOW<\/p>\n
At the crash site, two cars had collided head-on,<\/p>\n
and a third hit the guardrail trying to avoid the wreck.<\/p>\n
Reynolds and his team quickly worked to stabilize the situation and help the injured.<\/p>\n
Then came the moment no first responder ever wants to face.<\/p>\n
As Reynolds approached an overturned car,<\/p>\n
something caught his eye: a silver heart pendant hanging from the mirror.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was the necklace I gave Lisa for our anniversary,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember freezing for a second\u2026 I kept telling myself,<\/p>\n
*It can\u2019t be her.* But then I saw her hand, and I knew.\u201d<\/p>\n
The call that began like any other ended in tragedy\u2014one<\/p>\n
that would forever change Reynolds\u2019 life.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Portsmouth, VA \u2014 Firefighter Mark Reynolds never imagined that a routine emergency call would become his worst nightmare. On a typical Thursday evening, Station 17 was dispatched to a multi-vehicle crash. Reynolds, a 12-year veteran, rushed to the scene, unaware his own life was about to be shattered\u2026..CONTINUE READING IN BELOW At the crash site, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t