Nine firefighters died in a furniture store fire. David Griffin was pumping water at the panel when it happened.

This episode goes deep with Assistant Chief David Griffin of the Charleston Fire Department — a man who lived through one of the deadliest days in American fire service history. From rookie years to command, from trauma to transformation, Griffin walks us through the 2007 Super Sofa Fire, the cultural reckoning that followed, and the lifelong burden of survivor’s guilt.

He didn’t just survive. He rebuilt. And he’s still here.

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