Hearts were heavy Friday in the neighborhood where fallen Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Zachary Fink lived in Port St. Lucie.
“Yeah, everybody knows you’re in the line of duty, but that doesn’t mean that it is easy when it actually happens,” neighbor Karen McCall said.
McCall said she has lived in the neighborhood for 50 years, and Fink and his fiancée moved in within the last two years.
WPTV“Zachary was always waving at everyone saying hi. He introduced himself when he moved in to everyone in the neighborhood,” McCall said. “He was so young and so full of life, that’s incredibly unfair.”
She said even with his odd schedule, the two would find a way to say hello to each other daily.
“How are you feeling right now knowing that that was him?” WPTV reporter Joel Lopez asked.
“My heart hurts because I know that he won’t be there, but because I know that’s a life snuffed out that’s so young that is way before it’s time,” McCall said.