MaShawn Plummer was proud to be a firefighter and had aspirations to climb the ranks to chief one day.
Plummer was so dedicated to the job, in fact, he went to the Black Fire Brigade every Sunday to be tutored.
Lt. Quention Curtis, one of Plummer’s mentors and founder of the Black Fire Brigade, described the late rookie firefighter as “a great kid” and “motivated.”
He “wanted the job so badly and lived for the job,” Curtis recalled. “And just wanted to learn a lot.”
Curtis was among the many who walked into Leak and Sons Funeral Home in Chatham on Wednesday evening with a heavy heart. “It’s going to be hard… [He’s] a kid that I’ve seen on his first day, I’ve seen him on this journey to becoming a firefighter.