"PHILADELPHIA -- Hundreds of people paid their final respects Thursday to the second of two Philadelphia firefighters who died in the line of duty last Friday night.
A viewing and funeral Mass was held Thursday for Rey Rubio, 42, at Incarnation Roman Catholic Church in North Philadelphia. Led by Mayor John Street, many city officials joined firefighters from as far away as Ottawa, Canada, to say goodbye to Rubio.
"Rey was a fun guy. He always had a smile on his face. It was good to have Rey around. He was a good guy. I miss him a lot. It breaks my heart I won't see him again," said Capt. Eric Fleming, of the Philadelphia Fire Department.
On Wednesday, firefighters from all along the East Coast and Canada came to in Huntington Valley, Pa., to pay their respects to fallen firefighter Capt. John Taylor.
"He had something to say that was helpful towards our mission all the time," said Acting Commander Lloyd Ayers of the Philadelphia Fire Department. "Focused on the mission, focused on the members, focused on his job and his role and that's a very important thing for our dangerous type of occupations."
After the services at St. Albert the Great Roman Catholic Church, the 32-year-old veteran, hailed by many as a great man, was taken to his final resting place.
His engine company, who were with Taylor when he died, escorted his coffin to his grave.
His battalion company also stood in a missing man formation for a fallen firefighter who risked his life trying to save a friend.
http://www.nbc10.com/news/3681325/detail.html"Fire officials said that Rubio may have become trapped in the haphazard wiring for lighting that was being used to grow marijuana plants. They said Taylor may have stayed behind to help Rubio.
Yesterday, Adrian Rubio said that he was angry that his brother died because somebody was growing drugs. He said his brother was a driven firefighter who joined the department out of a desire to help others.
Those who gathered at retired firefighter Dennis Magrann's North Philadelphia home yesterday to share stories about Taylor said the way the two firefighters of Engine Company 28 in Port Richmond died made it more difficult to handle their deaths.
"They lost their lives over pretty much nothing," Bowman said."
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/9471255.htm"Philadelphia District Attorney Lynne Abraham called suspect Daniel Brough "reckless," "foolish" and "greedy" for his role in the deaths, and said he should have known that the growing array posed a fire hazard.
"This is unacceptable criminal conduct," she said.
CBS 3's Tamsen Fadal has learned the men died of asphyxiation. Both of their oxygen tanks were reportedly empty. Neither man’s body was badly burned.
Sources tell Fadal officials suspect the victims became tangled in the maze of wires rigged to grow the marijuana plants."
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