San Jose Fire Station 16 announced a celebration of life for the three kids of a fire captain who were killed in a car crash.
Capt. Steve Biakanja lost his 14-year-old twin daughters Leigh and Lucy, and 12-year-old son Ben, last month in a deadly accident on Highway 156 in Hollister. The children's mother and captain's ex-wife Lisa, also died in the crash. Station 16 set up a GoFundMe to help lessen the financial burden for Biakanja. That fund raised nearly $280,000 which prompted Capt. Biakanja to create a scholarship fund to send three underprivileged students from Carmel Middle School on the annual field trips to Washington D.C. as a way of honoring his children. "This was a trip that both of his 8th-grade daughters were supposed to attend," Station 16 firefighters said.