one of my brother s supposed fire brothers. reporter: what s your advice to this guy, this firefighter? watch your back, you know. the last two guys involved with danielle, one s dead, one s in prison. reporter: as for dianne, she s now left to reflect on a life with sam that could have been. did you two talk about marriage? yes. reporter: and was that in the cards? oh, absolutely. reporter: did you ever feel like i m being punished for having this affair? oh, yes. i might have said those exact words myself. reporter: it all started in a club with an innocent conversation. mm-hmm. reporter: was it all worth it? falling in love with sam? i would never change having met sam. reporter: was he the one? he was the one. without a doubt. he still is the one.
trish wasn t the only one at the scene. her upstairs neighbor also tried to aid the victim. there was just blood everywhere. i didn t know what to do. i ran back into my apartment and i got towels. as the minutes ticked by, trish began to worry the shooter might still be in the area. then all of a sudden you start to think, i wonder where the people is that did this and for all i knew the person upstairs shot him. the questions would have to wait. soon paramedics arrived on the scene and learned the victim was one of their own. it was sam. the paramedics air lifted sam to the nearest trauma center as word of the shooting fell. it was danielle. she was screaming.
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story. it s so twisted. it s a knot. i m not sure that it will ever come undone but there s more to the story than has been told. it all began in 1998 when a 26-year-old local firefighter met the love of his life. they were the ideal couple. he seemed crazy about her. sam s older sister was thrilled when she found out sam had a serious new girlfriend. what was your first impression? she was really sweet. she seemed crazy about him. she liked the outdoors. she liked to travel. they had a lot in common. so it was no surprise when sam announced he was ready to
pop the question. as for how he proposed, the firefighter didn t disappoint. he hired a sand sculptor to build a rather large sand sculpture of a treasure chest and placed the engagement ring in the box. he pulled the ring out and got down on one knee and proposed to her. sam s a romantic. yeah. the lucky in love newlyweds became equally suck saysful at work. he climbed rising to the rank of lieutenant at the young age of 33. he loved the fire service. loved being a paramedic. danielle was just as ambitious. finding her stride in the administrative office of a local hospital. she became the regional marketing operator for the whole corporation. sam and daniel didn t have children but they had sam s great niece aubrey kate. you re like the daughter i