New Mexico firefighter remembered by family and friends

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Alongside family and friends, first responders gathered on the Santa Fe Rodeo Grounds to honor one among their very own. It was a day of music, phrases, and, in fact, horses to honor the lifetime of Matthew Williams.

“He liked outside, he liked horses,” stated Marco Roybal, Williams’ brother. “I’ve by no means seen anyone who liked horses extra.”

“He by no means hesitated to assist, to step up each time there was a necessity. He was at all times there, at all times reliable,” added Roybal.

The long-time New Mexico firefighter died in September, years after being recognized with an auto-immune illness, which impacted his imaginative and prescient and skill to stroll. “He got here out victorious general. They gave him a really brief quantity to dwell and he outlived that by years,” Roybal stated.

Members of Los Alamos and Española fireplace departments, the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Workplace, and New Mexico Search and Rescue all got here to honor Williams.

“He was an expensive pal,” stated one in attendance. “Anybody who knew Matthew knew he was a real humanitarian.”

The one to at all times be there. “Matthew was a kind of ones in one million sorts of one who at all times discovered a means to assist others,” one other individual stated.

“I believe he actually liked serving to individuals. He had a coronary heart for different individuals,” stated Roybal.

Persevering with to encourage others as we speak. “I believe Matthew would need all people to dwell life, get misplaced within the story of life,” Roybal stated. “To take pleasure in life and never fear in regards to the little issues.”