Tempe Firefighter Tommy Arriaga's widow says beloved trailer full of memories was stolen

  • Source: KNXV-TV ABC 15 Phoenix
  • Published: 08/28/2020 12:00 AM

VIDEO: Back in the spring, Monica Arriaga lost her husband Tommy Arriaga to cancer determined to be work-related. Thirty-six-year-old Tommy Arriaga, a City of Tempe firefighter, lost his battle to cancer, a loss Monica says "no child should ever have to endure." Tommy left behind his wife, along with two girls, ages 7 and 4. Earlier this week, Monica was notified that their family trailer, used to go camping up north, was taken from a storage lot provided by the homeowner's association in their Tempe community. "The girls love it...that's what we did with Dad," said Monica during an early morning Zoom interview with ABC15. "That was one of his favorite things to do...he'd get off his shift and we'd load up the trailer and we'd take the girls up north to get out of the heat." Before Tommy's passing, Monica told her husband she'd learn how to tow the trailer in order to continue with the Arriaga family tradition of going up to Northern Arizona for camping.



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