COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — The Columbia-Richland first responders’ community is mourning the sudden loss of one of their own.
Beloved 9-1-1 dispatcher Chad Lamar passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, December 10.
Wendy Royal, Director of the Columbia-Richland 9-1-1 Communications Center and colleague of Chad, said there’s one call from Tuesday night she wishes she had never taken.
“I picked up this phone call at about 8:40-ish. The lady on the other line said, ‘my son is a dispatcher,’” Royal said…