VIDEO: More first responders die by suicide than in the line of duty each year, and today, many grieved a local name behind the numbers.
Motorcycles and fire trucks filled the streets of Henderson. A giant flag waves silently over a grieving community.
It's in honor of 35-year-old Robbie Pettigill.
Friends and family said the second-generation firefighter had a passion for service. “For those of us who worked with Robbie in station 83, there's one echoing statement we all share: it was the funnest time of our careers” said Nick Sabastian, a friend of Robbie’s.
“He would always ask forgiveness instead of permission. He was so, so funny,” said his sister Nikki Lepore.
But on September 17th, the department said Pettigill took his own life after struggling with work related PTSD.
Chief Shawn White says the department is heartbroken.