A volunteer firefighter is being remembered for his heroism after he lost his life trying to save a pair of tourists from the rough waters off the coast of St. George Island.
On the afternoon of Aug. 25, 56-year-old Brian Smith, who was a member of the St. George Island Volunteer Fire Department, and other first responders attempted to save a man and a child from the Gulf of Mexico waters, but Brian was tragically pulled under and drowned. The swimmers were returned to the shore, but a deputy who aided in the rescue was hospitalized.
