Colerain Twp. Fire Department remembers 2 fallen firefighters 13 years after their deaths
Colerain Twp. Fire Department honors fallen firefighers By Ken Brown | April 4, 2021 at 3:23 PM EDT - Updated April 4 at 10:26 PM
COLERAIN TOWNSHIP, Ohio (FOX19) -The Colerain Township Fire Department is remembering two firefighters who lost their lives 13 years ago Sunday.
Capt. Robin Broxterman and firefighter Brian Schira fell through the floor and into the basement of a fiery home on Squirrels Nest Lane on April 4, 2008, while trying to put out the blaze.
The gravity of what happened inside the home weighed heavy on the firefighters and witnesses.
“It was just unbelievable. There was just a silence and just a sadness I’ve never seen,” a neighbor Silvia Tilton Smith said in a 2008 interview with FOX19 NOW.