A local couple dedicated their careers to helping others. Phil and Sue Cervantes are both retired now, but they worked in the Toledo Fire and Rescue Department. It’s their decades of service to this city that makes them our First Responders of the Week.
Sue and Phil met on the job. They were the department’s first married couple, and she was one of the first female firefighters. They were nominated as our First Responders of the Week by their sister-in-law, Deb Calabrese.
They both spent decades serving this city. Sue says while there were difficult and challenging days, it was truly a privilege to serve the people of Toledo.
“I am honored and humbled by this award, but I was just doing my job. I think everyone else who does this would say the same thing. We are just doing what we love to do, in the city we love,” said Cervantes.