Florida first-responder couple survives Spain train crash that killed 69 then leapt into action to save lives

A Florida firefighter and his nurse wife survived a high-speed train crash which killed at least 69 people in Spain — then leapt into action to save lives.Josue Garcia Otero, his wife Diamary Garcia and six other members of their family were involved in the high-speed collision of two trains in Urda, near Toledo in central Spain on Wednesday morning, according to Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.“We got to safety first, then began treating other patients that were critically injured,” Garcia-Otero said in a statement provided by the department.“My wife is a nurse, and she was helping too.”Garcia-Otero has been with the department for four years and is assigned to its Critical Care Team, which is made up of highly trained paramedics.“Josue had every reason to focus on his own family and nothing more,” Jacksonville Fire Chief Percy Golden II said.“Instead, once they were safe, he and his wife went to work.That just goes to show the caliber of first responders they are.”Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department said that Garcia-Otero had featured in its Hispanic Heritage Month series.“In that feature, he said the month is a time to honor the values his grandparents passed down, ‘especially caring for others,'” the department said.“On Wednesday, he and his wife put those values into practice thousands of miles from home.”It was not immediately clear which of the two trains involved in the horror crash Garcia-Otero and his family were on.Spain’s Transport Minister Oscar Puente said the disaster happened after several trains stopped due to a signal failure.A state-run Renfe train was then authorized to proceed at normal speed, even though there was a stationary Iryo-operated train ahead, Puente said.Rescuers picked through mangled cars on Thursday searching for victims in what was Spain’s second fatal high-speed train crash this year.After cranes had worked through the night on Wednesday, emergency workers were seen carrying what appe...