Jessica DeRubbio

Jessica DeRubbio

Interview transcript

Jessica DeRubbio (JdR):When he died I was 12. Sometimes it’s hard for me to remember him because I was little. But I have to say that his hugs, like, I remember them so much. When I used to hug him, the whole world disappeared. He would cover me and that would be it.

Ever since I could remember he wanted to be a firefighter. He wanted to be just like his brothers. I remember he finally did it he called me on the phone. He was just ecstatic , like, he didn’t know what to do. He couldn’t believe it. It was his dream.

He never wanted to move up. He never wanted to be a captain. He wanted to stay a firefighter for the rest of his life. No matter how much I want him to be here, I still know that his dream was to be a firefighter. And I don’t think he would have wanted to die any other way