Portsmouth, VA — For firefighter Mark Reynolds, every emergency call is a race against time. But nothing could have prepared him for the horror of arriving at the scene of a car accident only to discover that one of the victims was his own wife.

It was a routine Thursday evening when the alarm sounded at Station 17. A multi-vehicle collision had been reported on the interstate, with injuries. Reynolds, a 12-year veteran of the department, suited up without hesitation, unaware that this call would change his life forever. Continue reading…