{"id":12655,"date":"2022-09-12T22:14:06","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T02:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?post_type=wfsu-news&p=12655"},"modified":"2022-09-13T14:09:38","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T18:09:38","slug":"thousands-mourn-tallahassee-fire-department-captain-who-died-in-crash-saturday-night","status":"publish","type":"wfsu-news","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/thousands-mourn-tallahassee-fire-department-captain-who-died-in-crash-saturday-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands mourn Tallahassee Fire Department captain who died in crash Saturday night"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Condolences are pouring in for Tallahassee Fire Captain Brenden Rudy, who died in an off-duty accident Saturday night.<\/p>\n

The fire department had just promoted Rudy from lieutenant to captain on August 31st<\/sup> and posted a photo to Facebook of him shaking hands with Chief Jerome Gaines, his face shining with happiness and pride.<\/p>\n

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Just 10 days later, the Department wrote, it had \u201csuffered a tremendous loss\u201d \u2026 Captain Rudy was a family man, leader, and his loss will be felt deeply across our community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thousands of people responded with messages of sorrow and prayer.<\/p>\n

The Tallahassee Police Department, Leon County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Leon County EMS, and many other first responders were among them.<\/p>\n

One friend wrote she would remember him as he was promoted to captain: \u201chis excitement and smiling face!!\u201d <\/p>\n

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