The hardest night of Brett Tetanish’s career as a firefighter started when 911 calls began pouring in at around 1 a.m. AT on Saturday.
It had been raining and thundering very hard all night and floodwaters were rising quickly. While out on a call, his crew became stranded on high ground when several bridges were washed away or submerged in the area. He says he’s still having a hard time processing what happened that night.
“The fact that we’ve lost four people is … we very, very well could have lost many more. But you know, I went home, after two days and no sleep, and I cried with
