Heroes are not always dressed in capes. Sometimes, they’re dressed in fire suits and air tanks.
Bearuegard Volunteer firemen and other first responders were honored with a luncheon at Providence Baptist Church in Lee County on Sunday.
“They’re volunteers,” pastor Rusty Sowell says. “I mean they don’t get paid a dime. But they have a heart for people and they want to be there and they want to help.”
Fire Chief Mike Holden says at times, he felt overwhelmed looking at the damage that was left behind. The support from the community was even more overwhelming, he says.
“This has been an overwhelming response from our community, from our county,” Holden says. “The response from the other agencies who came in and helped us was just astronomical.”