A town firefighter who was also the freshman boys basketball coach at St. Joseph High School in Trumbull died suddenly at home on Monday, as firefighters and medics worked to save him.
Jason “Jay’’ Carrafiello, 38, “was an outstanding firefighter and was held in high regard by all of the officers and firefighters,’’ town Fire Chief Robert McGrath said.
Carrafiello was also a state-licensed emergency medical technician who worked with the Stratford EMS, friends said. “We got called to his home on a call of respiratory distress at 12:40 p.m.,’’ a still-shaken Fire Marshal Brian Lampart said Tuesday. “He was a big, strong guy, an ox, and he had a wife and two kids.’’
Mayor John Harkins ordered that town flags be lowered to half-staff.