FORT WORTH, Texas — Every day, Brooke Huddleston tells her husband to be safe before he leaves for work.She knows his job of 17 years as a Fort Worth firefighter comes with risk.“I had a feeling,” Brooke said.
When she received a phone call from the Fort Worth fire department and it wasn’t her husband on the other line, she knew something was wrong.“He was like, Hey, just letting you know had a little incident, and we’re just going to take a ride to the hospital,” Brooke said.James, who goes by JB, wasA “mayday” was called as two firefighters jumped from the home’s second-story window. A two-alarm was then called at the home in the 1200 block of East Cannon St.
All three firefighters were transported to Parkland Hospital in Dallas, and JB is the only one who remains in the hospital.JB is now stable and in good spirits. His family said he suffered second-degree burns to his legs, thighs, midsection, sides, forearms and hands. “It was a little bit worse than we had anticipated,” Brooke said. It’s a lot, but when you’re on the burn floor and you see what could be, you have nothing but gratitude for where we’re at. We know we’re gonna make it were gonna be okay but the biggest thing that we ask is just continued prayers.”Before You Leave, Check This OutNotifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings.
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