I just want some answers. reporter: louise mills is still waiting for investigators to identify her brother s remains. 41-year-old morris bridges, the father of three children, he joined the west volunteer fire department three years ago. he was one of the first people on the scene. so you just pray he didn t suffer? yes. i do. every day. i know he didn t suffer. i know he didn t. we re suffering. we want him back. reporter: louise mills says her brother loved wearing his bright red firefighter shirt and showing off his bang. for more rhys bridges, jumping into harm s way is how you earned the firefighter s badge of honor. and, christine, that powerful display of solidarity, on full display later on today. we are seeing at the site of the memorial service will be held, firefighters showing up in fire trucks from around the region, thousands and thousands of them
We re suffering. we want him back. louise mills said her brother loved wearing his bright red firefighter shirt and showing off his volunteer firefighter badge. for morris bridges, jumping into harm s way is how you earned the firefighter s badge of honor. reporter: in a poignant sign of solidarity here in the central texas area, the city employees in the town of west have been given thursday and friday off so they can attend memorialer is vess and funerals for all of their friends who were killed in this explosion. it s city waco employees who will help cover and help out with the city government there in the town of west over these next couple of days so those workers can attend the funerals. that s wonderful to hear and to see. ed lavandera live for us. thank you for that. happening right now, dangerous weather has people picking up the pieces this morning. look at this. residents in this new orleans suburbs assessing a damage after a pair of tornadoes ripped through that ar
it s killing me. killing me bad inside. i just want some answers. reporter: louise mills are waiting for investigators to identify their brother s remains. morris bridges, father of three children, joined the west volunteer fire department three years ago. he was one of the first people on the scene. you just pray he didn t suffer? yes, i do. every day. i know he didn t suffer. i know he didn t. we re suffering. we want him back. reporter: louise mills says her brother loved wearing his bright red firefighter shirt and showing off his volunteer firefighter badge. for morris bridges, jumping into harm s way is how you earned the firefighter s badge of honor. and, brooke, already a powerfully emotional scene unfolding here on the campus of baylor university in waco, a procession will come down the road here that will lead up to
A lot to get to, greg is kicking it off. i hate to be grim. here is a list of the dead from the west texas fertilizer explosion because we don t hear enough of them. morris bridges. carrie calvin, jody, judith monroe. joey cyrus reed, marianne know. kevin sanders. robert knockhouse. doug snokhouse. bug utmoore and adolf lander who has got to be a great guy. imagine losing your life at 96 not of natural causes. bob: no kidding. and you are up. this story could have been sad but it does have a happy ending. florida father went on a canoe trip with his young son. his little boy was attacked by an 8-foot alligator the dad stepped in and saved his little boy, joey welch 6 years oldened he escaped with just minor scrapes and bruises.
The street. we were able to evacuate those people. there could have been, 30, 40 lives lost because they didn t delay the fire. reporter: for the first time we are hearing from firefighters who were inside that terrible disaster. they say the explosion instantly tore apart two of their fire trucks. flattened homes nearby, and killed their friends on site. my wife and my kids are keeping me, help keeping me together. reporter: the fire fighter was killed in the force of the blast. he worked at the fertilizer plant, and organized the yearly barbecue where he and brothers at the firehouse raised thousand of dollars for new equipment and new trucks. the absolute grill master. reporter: they lost morris bridges, who loved his motorcycle. kenneth lucke harris, lucke with an e. and both iron workers, fathers and husbands.