{"id":16674,"date":"2019-01-24T11:29:28","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T16:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=16674"},"modified":"2019-01-24T11:29:28","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T16:29:28","slug":"blood-brothers-baldwin-co-firefighters-helping-one-of-their-own-after-serious-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=16674","title":{"rendered":"‘Blood brothers’: Baldwin Co. firefighters helping one of their own after serious accident"},"content":{"rendered":"

(WGXA<\/a>) \u2013\u00a0A Georgia firefighter with strong ties to Baldwin County is now fighting to recover after an accident in Walton County on Friday.<\/p>\n

John Richardson\u2019s fellow firefighters are helping him and his family overcome this situation as he remains in serious condition at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re family. It\u2019s the same as if you had a blood brother. These guys are blood brothers to me. We go to different calls to help other people. Now it\u2019s one of our own that needs to be helped,\u201d Devin Morris said.<\/p>\n

Richardson was in a firetruck heading to a structure fire in Social Circle when the truck missed a turn, over-corrected and flipped several times.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are raising money for the family to help them with any food or anything they need while they\u2019re here to visit,\u201d Chief Steven Somers said. \u201cWhen he worked for us full-time and as a volunteer he\u2019s really dedicated to his job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Richardson works part-time with the Baldwin Fire Rescue and full-time in Social Circle. Now that he\u2019s in serious condition, it\u2019s no coincidence who are the first to respond.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust really hate that this happened to him. We hate this for him and his family. We really hate him leaving when he had to go to Social Circle but really a nice guy and we just hate that this happened to him and we\u2019re really praying for him and his family,\u201d Kenny Weldon said. \u201cAll throughout the state of Georgia we all try to stick together as firefighters. This is one of our brothers and we\u2019re trying to work with his family and he still lives in Baldwin County, he\u2019s still a resident in Baldwin, so we look to him as being family here also.\u201d<\/p>\n

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