Ciara Sullivan, 30, worked as an emergency management specialist for FEMA and previously served as a 911 dispatcher in Shrewsbury.
A community is rallying behind a firefighter in a small town outside Worcester after his wife and 11-day-old twins died Friday following a medical emergency.
The Rutland community held a candlelight vigil last Thursday for Patrick Sullivan’s wife, Ciara, and twins James and Elizabeth. The babies were delivered prematurely by an emergency cesarean section after Ciara, 30, experienced a severe medical emergency on Dec. 16, according to a fundraiser for the family and the department.
At the vigil, Patrick’s colleagues described the Sullivans as a loving couple, shared poems from first responders, and shared their experiences responding to the 911 call for Ciara’s emergency.
“It broke my heart to see my brother firefighter crying and yelling while his wife was laying on the front steps,” one first responder said at the vigil. “I can tell you, Pat, every single person on that call including the hospital gave it their all, physically, mentally, and emotionally.”