The firefighters of Park number 1, in Zaragoza in line in front of their vehicles, with their uniforms and helmets on and flags flying at half-mast, have observed a heartfelt minute of silence in memory of Juan Luis Alonso Lete. An unusual image in the park on Valle de Broto street, accustomed to the constant coming and going of troops and vehicles, but which this Wednesday has stopped to remember one of its own.
The sound of the sirens has broken the silence for a few moments. Afterwards, the applause of his colleagues served as the last tribute to the firefighter who died during the intervention in the fire of a mechanical workshop in Calatorao.
«The loss of a colleague is the most that can happen to you in a service, we are devastated by the news,» says the head of the guard, Alejandro Loide, for ARAGÓN DIGITAL. «We are supporting our colleagues as much as we can.» Colleagues have been showing their condolences while the Fire Department tries to assimilate what happened.
The tribute held in front of the Tío Jorge park thus adds to the expressions of sorrow for the death of the firefighter. This Wednesday, behind each helmet and each uniform, the feeling was the same: to say goodbye to a colleague who died while doing his job and to accompany those who were with him in one of the toughest interventions that an emergency service can face.
