His three adult children
Firefighter Ruediger made an emergency response driving an apparatus to a structure fire. He and members of his department cleared approximately three hours later, and Firefighter Ruediger returned home.
When his daughter could not reach him the following morning, she went to his residence and found him deceased from an apparent heart attack, still wearing the same clothes he had on the night before.
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