Kendall was a volunteer firefighter. When a call came in about an accident just a mile from his house, he went—he’d only been watching TV, but that’s just who he was. I texted him to say I made it home safely, but he never replied. I assumed he’d fallen asleep. Then I heard my dad say, “He didn’t make it,” with my mom sobbing in the background. I was completely confused—nothing made sense.
