'It's just legacy:' Florida firefighter's widow helps find hope through new role

  • Source: First Coast News
  • Published: 08/17/2022 12:00 AM

VIDEO: Inside a locker at Fire Station 3, Brian McCluney's clothes are exactly as he left them. It's been three years since he worked here, but signs of him are everywhere. “That is his helmet shield, the emblem that was on the front of his helmet,” Stephanie McCluney, his widow, said pointing to a fire truck. “Just his name and the symbol, it's just legacy, really, honor.” Brian McCluney and his friend Justin Walker, a Virginia firefighter, vanished while boating off the coast of Port Canaveral. “It was a fishing trip to kind of remember Brian’s father who he had suddenly lost a few weeks before, and just to make sure the boat was working properly,” Stephanie McCluney said. “These two men had been on that boat dozens of times before. We grew up on those waters. It was just another day until it wasn’t.”



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