Rachel Marrie grew up in a little home in Austin Texas. With her mother being a paramedic and her father being a firefighter she was left figuring things out by herself. At the age of twelve Rachel lost her mother to cancer and that's when she decid...
Hey, I'm Rachel Marrie. Growing up I lived in a lovely house in Austin Texas with my mother and father. When I was younger I used to always have a babysitter with me since my parents would be at work and some days I wouldn't even see them for 27 hours. The reason for that was because my mom was a paramedic and my dad was a firefighter. As I got older I got into drawing and while I was home alone I would draw my dads gear, I'd draw trucks for him as well and sometimes I'd draw a photo of him and mom. When I was about 12 my mom passed away from cancer so it was just me and dad. I spent most of my free time drawing a photo of her for my father.
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I was so intrigued with what my father did as a profession I wanted to be exactly like him. I started waking up when he did. Went on runs with him. Went to the gym and worked out with him for several years. One day my dad went on a call to a manure factory that was burning. That night he never came home. It wasn't a shock for me at first until I got a phone call from one of the men my dad worked with, Judd Ryder. Apparently a part of the factory exploded resulting in my father and five others dying that day. I never gave up training the same way I did with my father. I was going to make him proud and become a firefighter just like he was. At the age of 18 I was accepted into a team and loved it but it felt as if something was missing, like I had a hole that needed filling. I ended up quitting at the age of 20. Thats when I heard news of a new captain who was going to remake my dads old station. Station 126.
