First Responder Friday - Brent Lapatra
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00:00No one understands the dedication and sacrifice it takes to be a first responder better than their loved ones.
00:06Tampa Bay's morning crew would like to honor someone in our community.
00:09It's First Responder Friday, brought to you by our friends at Primeline Capital Home Loan Experts on 99.5 QIK.
00:17Well, we got Janessa on the phone today for First Responder Friday.
00:21Good morning, Janessa. How you doing?
00:23I'm good. How are you guys?
00:24We are great. We're so glad you reached out to us.
00:27Tell us about your boyfriend, Brent.
00:28Right. So he is from, you know, the Tampa area.
00:33He's a firefighter with Tampa Fire, and he's been doing it for, I think, almost five years now.
00:39So I just wanted to reach out to you guys because, you know, he loves what he does.
00:42He's always picking up overtime shifts and working really hard.
00:45And were you dating Brent before he decided to be a firefighter?
00:48No, actually, we've known each other for years, just like from back in the day in high school.
00:53And we've been friends, but we just started dating this past year.
00:56But he's been doing this for a while now.
00:58Now, if you think about Brent back in high school, did you see any signs or do you think now, like,
01:03oh, I could have totally called it that he was going to become a firefighter?
01:07I don't think so.
01:08I mean, I don't know.
01:09I think it was something he just decided to go for, and he really has loved it, you know, his whole career.
01:14Well, now that you know him better, what do you think makes him a great firefighter?
01:18I think he's just really passionate about what he does.
01:20The other day, I think one of the best ones was he's an animal lover, and he got to save a dog,
01:25and he just came home so excited.
01:27Aw.
01:27I love that.
01:28Aw, that is...
01:29That just made Brent Lana's favorite person in the world.
01:32If there's a dog involved and someone saved, that is Lana's favorite.
01:35He would have kept it if he could have.
01:37Yeah.
01:38And what kind of things do you and Brent like to do when he's not working at the fire department
01:42here in Tampa?
01:44So, we enjoy, you know, country music, obviously.
01:47That's why I listen to your station.
01:48We're going to Tortuga this weekend.
01:49We like to travel and go to the beach.
01:51Very nice.
01:52That'll be a fun weekend.
01:54Yeah, I love that.
01:55It's like everything mixed into one.
01:56We like going to the beach.
01:57We like country music.
01:58Why not Tortuga?
01:59Exactly.
01:59Exactly.
02:00Well, Janessa, we are so glad you reached out to us today and to recognize Brent.
02:05Please pass our love and our thanks on to Brent.
02:07And because you nominated him, a small token of our appreciation, we wanted to give you
02:12a $100 Visa gift card from our friends at Primeline Capital, Home Loan Experts.
02:17Just our way of saying thank you.
02:18And we also have a concert we want you to check out.
02:20That's right.
02:21We're going to hook you up with a pair of tickets to Lauren Alaina and John Fogarty are
02:26coming for the Charity Pros for Heroes show coming up on the 20th of November.
02:32Oh, my God.
02:32That's so awesome.
02:33Thank you guys so much.
02:34I know he'll really appreciate that, too.
02:35It is our pleasure, Janessa.
02:37Thank you so much and hang on for us, OK?
02:39OK, thank you.
02:40Well, if you want to nominate someone for First Responder Friday or Military Monday, we would
02:44love to hear from you.
02:45Just go to 995QIK.com.