Shelley Martin retraced the last steps of her husband in the Edinburgh blaze because she wants to give as many answers as possible to their kids.
The widow of firefighter Barry Martin who died after battling the Jenners blaze has told how she retraced his last steps inside the burnt-out former department store.
“He would not have been happy doing anything else. Firefighting was in his blood and he wouldn’t have been him if he wasn’t doing that job. Barry, 38, left home at 6am to start a 12-hour shift with Blue Watch at McDonald Road Community Fire Station in Edinburgh when they got the call that the historic Jenners building was ablaze.
“Seeing Barry was hard. He was really badly injured. He was still my Barry but he never regained consciousness. The next four days passed in a blur. a devoted father and my one true love. That afternoon I had to tell our boys their daddy had died. No parent ever wants that job. “We were very aware of the risks and talked a lot about what would happen if he died but I urged him to follow his dreams and I don’t regret encouraging and supporting him.
She said: “Barry was a hands-on, devoted dad and the boys just adored him. Oliver has all his cheek and charm. “When Barry went into the fire service, they both wanted to be firefighters but now they are not so sure. If they do decide to follow in their dad’s footsteps, it will be entirely their choice.
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