Every day first responders are sent to critical situations that are often a matter of life and death. But last month, an emergency found its way to them.
Jennifer Griffin and her boyfriend, Tony Brettingham, were on their way back home when Griffin said her boyfriend's health took a turn for the worst.
"He said he felt dizzy and that he was going to faint, so he fainted on me," she said.
From there Griffin said things went downhill quickly.
"I heard him take his last breathe," she recalled.
That's when Griffin said she looked up and saw that she was coming up on Fire Station Nine. She knew she had to think quickly.
"I went in and I banged on the door and I told them that he was unresponsive," Griffin said.
Firefighters quickly jumped into action and began giving Brettingham CPR.
"It was a group efforts between all the first responders that were there," said St. Joseph firefighter Jake Lilly.