FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Delray Beach firefighter walked into an apartment, looked at a man’s body, determined he was dead and walked out, records show. But when workers tasked with removing the body came an hour and 19 minutes later, they were in for a shock: The man was still alive.
It was a seemingly routine call that led to consequences: The city fired the firefighter, Brandon Hagans, after an investigation found he didn’t properly check the man on June 8 and then allegedly lied about it multiple times afterward. His supervisor also received a 48-hour suspension.
Hagans, 29, had failed to perform any type of medical test on the man and only looked at the body for six seconds from the bathroom doorway before leaving, according to a 30-page incident report by Delray Beach Fire Rescue.
