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Father Of St. Paul Firefighter Tommy McDonough Speaks Out After His Son’s Sudden Passing
He is sharing his heavy loss with the hope it will lead others to find help.
By Liz Collin
September 30, 2020
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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Twin Cities father is sharing his heavy loss with the hope it will lead others to find help. St. Paul firefighter Tommy McDonough died from suicide last month. He was 28 years old.
There is a struggle among Minnesota firefighters to respond to their own silent emergency.
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The youngest of five, Tommy McDonough or junior as he went by — wanted nothing more than to follow in his father’s footsteps. Tom McDonough was a long-time training chief for the St. Paul Fire Department and currently serves as the State’s Emergency Response Teams Coordinator in the MN Fire Marshall’s Office.
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