VIDEO: Sometimes the best way of thanking your heroes is becoming one of them. A young man is now firefighter after he credits them for saving his life. The new recruit says he is ready to give others second chances. Zack Jones always had one dream job and that was to be a firefighter. “I grew up around just hearing the stories and it always sounded really cool to be a part of the department that saved my life,” said Jones. Zack's story begins on March 5, 2001. At just 2-years-old he choked on a gumball. His mother tried removing the candy but had to get help from a neighbor who got the candy out and called 9-1-1. Tim Jones was out of town for work when he got the call that Hendersonville first responders were taking his son to the hospital where he was then airlifted to Huntsville.