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"It's taken me a while to get here, but 17 years later I finally get to go through this school," said Joshua Xenakis, Fire Captain on Rescue One, VBFD.
Not. >> what did she say about robert? >> he was never there. he always worked. >> well, he was a fire captain and he worked a lot of shifts. >> yes, he did. >> that was a problem? >> yes. >> bob tried to make things right. in early september 2016, he took his family on a trip to mexico. it was a chance to reconnect. >> reporter: six days later, robert poynter was dead and not in a fire. i detective michael berke drove out to country go 25 95 to investigate his first career homicide. >> i grabbed my investigation equipment, mostly at that time, a camera only. >> and then you get to the scene. ...
To come down, he was very nervous. we were talking with the firemen and crew, the firemen were staged waiting for orders there. the fire captain and lieutenant said to me let's take him down when this is over so i said hey, you got it, we'll go up a couple more floors make sure no one is still on the floor. unfortunately that judgment and his best friend and the firemen did not make it. john and i continued up to the 44th floor where we were clearing the floor down making sure no one was hiding under their desk or staying behind. we pushed the stairwell completely so it was clear and i had jus...
To come down, he was very nervous. we were talking with the firemen and crew, the firemen were staged waiting for orders there. the fire captain and lieutenant said to me let's take him down when this is over so i said hey, you got it, we'll go up a couple more floors make sure no one is still on the floor. unfortunately that judgment and his best friend and the firemen did not make it. john and i continued up to the 44th floor where we were clearing the floor down making sure no one was hiding under their desk or staying behind. we pushed the stairwell completely so it was clear and i had jus...
To come down, he was very nervous. we were talking with the firemen and crew, the firemen were staged waiting for orders there. the fire captain and lieutenant said to me let's take him down when this is over so i said hey, you got it, we'll go up a couple more floors make sure no one is still on the floor. unfortunately that judgment and his best friend and the firemen did not make it. john and i continued up to the 44th floor where we were clearing the floor down making sure no one was hiding under their desk or staying behind. we pushed the stairwell completely so it was clear and i had jus...