Sons discuss how their dads made an impact on their lives

YOUNGSTOWN — For three men, the decision to follow in their fathers’ footsteps and become firefighters for the Youngstown Fire Department came at a young age.

Nick Hellman, George Zordich Jr. and John Carbon Jr. all said they basically grew up inside the firehouse.

“My brother and sister and I always went down to the station with my dad,” said Carbon Jr., 22, of Youngstown. “We would climb all over trucks and slide down poles. It’s not something every kid could experience.

“My dad was always doing something with us, putting us in trucks and driving us around the block.”

He said growing up, he looked up to his father, John Sr., and grandfather, who were both firefighters, because of what they did for a living, and it didn’t take long to form relationships with the men his father worked with.

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