this is my son and my hero. i challanged him to be better than me [his mom] . he's state cert . class 1&2 f.f. haz-mat and confined space trained . always training to be better than he is now . hes also my best friend and we have fought many a fire side by side . . i tried to talk him into moving to montana when i was there. . . . if i would have stayed longer . i am sure he'd been there on the department . we will never forget 9-11 and the greif everyone shared that day . he's just your average country boy . hard working and hard playing volunteer f.f. giving his all when duty call's . but he's one heck of a friend. and someone i would place my life in his hand s if it got to tough to handle .