Cristina Honors Animal Whisperer Husband For First Responder Friday
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00:00We know the hard work and sacrifice they go through serving our community and keeping us safe.
00:06Let's honor another first responder on 99.5 QYK.
00:11We love celebrating first responder Friday.
00:14Kevin and I both have first responders in our lives.
00:18My fiance Paul is a firefighter and his wife is a nurse.
00:22And it's always awesome to learn about others who are serving here in our community.
00:26And today we have Christina on the phone.
00:29And Christina, your husband is in law enforcement.
00:33Is that correct?
00:34Yes.
00:34And tell us what Taylor does.
00:36Where does he work?
00:37Taylor works for the Tampa Police Department.
00:39He does narcotics investigations.
00:41Ooh, wow.
00:42Okay.
00:42So how long has he been doing that?
00:45Quite some time.
00:46I think four or five years.
00:48Okay.
00:48So he's been working narcotics for four years.
00:50And here in your little notes, it says that he's been working for the department for over 16 years.
00:55Yes, he has.
00:57He's been with two different departments.
00:58It's really a passion of his.
00:59So does he do like undercover stuff?
01:02He does.
01:03Yes.
01:04So does he ever tell you about some of the cool things that they get to do?
01:09Yeah, I get to see some of them.
01:10I actually met him on a case.
01:12Oh, did you get to be part of like a case?
01:15Like you were like a decoy or something?
01:16No, I wish.
01:18I keep wanting them to put me in as a CI, but they won't do it.
01:21Yeah.
01:21Oh, man.
01:22But I bet it can be, you know, scary at sometimes because he's probably going into some situations
01:27that are a little unnerving for you when you know about them, when he's honest with you
01:32about what kind of work he's doing.
01:34Absolutely.
01:35The last couple of years have been really hard and there's been a lot of nights where
01:38I didn't get a lot of sleep, but he loves what he does.
01:41He loves helping the community and I fully support him in that.
01:43Well, you're obviously an awesome wife for that.
01:45I also read here that your husband, Taylor, is an animal lover.
01:49He is a self-proclaimed animal whisperer.
01:53He has brought home a couple of cats at this point.
01:58We ourselves have two cats and a dog.
02:00We adopt them out and get them checked out.
02:03But yes, he's got a way with animals.
02:05They love him and he loves them just as much.
02:07I love how you say he's self-proclaimed.
02:09He's like, yes, I am.
02:11I can talk to animals.
02:12What do they like me, which is very insulting, but yes.
02:15So are these animals that maybe he comes across on the job?
02:20Yes.
02:21Wow.
02:21Every now and then, one will jump in his car.
02:25Yeah, it's just kind of random how they've come about, but he protects people and animals.
02:30He doesn't discriminate.
02:31I love that about him.
02:32Well, listen, Christina, we are so blessed and honored to learn more about Taylor, again,
02:37working for the Tampa Police Department, just another one of our great responders here in
02:40our community.
02:41So we would like to gift you two $100 gift cards.
02:45The first from our friends at Crown Buick GMC and also another $100 gift card from our
02:52friends at Demesman and Dover Law Firm.
02:55They're getting together with us so that we can all do something nice for you and Taylor
03:00and you guys can go out, maybe go to dinner, buy something for your house, or maybe use it
03:05to buy dog food for your animals that you're rescuing.
03:08It'll go to a good purpose.
03:11I promise you that.
03:12Absolutely.
03:13Well, thank you so much for nominating your husband, Taylor, today.
03:17Please tell him thank you and thank you for your service here in our Tampa Bay community.
03:23Yeah.
03:24Thank you guys for giving the opportunity to, you know, brighten his day.
03:28We appreciate it.
03:28Nothing better than bragging on a first responder or if you have somebody in your life that
03:33you are close with and you want to brag about them and what an amazing person they are, please
03:38nominate them at 99.5 QIK.
03:41Go to Tampa Bay Morning Crew page and you can find it there.
03:44We love hearing about those in our community.