A Charlotte firefighter was one of several recognized for exceptional service as a member of the Charlotte Fire Department.
In February, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officers responded to a call in reference to a suicidal subject. The Charlotte Fire Department dispatched Engine 42 and met CMPD on scene.
One of the crew on the fire department’s team was Fernando Rojas. Rojas walked into the home and noticed the subject’s wife was visibly upset.
“There was a language barrier, so I was able to translate in Spanish,” Rojas said. “I was talking to the wife saying, ‘what’s going on?’ she just said that her husband’s not acting correctly.”
She only spoke Spanish, so she communicated with Rojas, stating that the subject had contemplated suicide within the last three months and that he was upstairs in the bedroom and had talked about hurting himself.