Tucu López is a volunteer firefighter and had to abandon his cell phone when the alarm went off

El Tucu López (43) He is a volunteer firefighter and in an interview with Mariana Fabbiani For DDM, Mariana’s diary (America, at 2:30 p.m.), he said how it changes your life because it carries out this solidarity activity.

At a certain point during the conversation he had with his cell phone at the San Isidro fire station, the alarm went off and he had to cut the message to put on protective equipment and get into the truck with his colleagues from the station to go to the station, accident site.

The situation was as unexpected as it was shocking. To the point that at first Mariana Fabbiani herself doubted that it was a show put together specifically for the program. But no, it was serious.

With evident admiration for the new activity of Tucu López, host of DDM He stated: “This actor, for 8 months, put his body into action, simply out of his calling to serve.”

Mariana, after congratulating him, asked him: “What led you to do this and how long did it take you to prepare to become a firefighter?”

“The teaching lasts a year – replied El Tucu – in fact the new candidates arrive this evening and start with what I did a year ago, more or less”.

El Tucu López: “I always wanted to be a firefighter”

“I’ve always wanted to be a firefighter – he added – and being as old as I am (43 years old) I said: ‘I’m not leaving for later, because when I’m no longer there, there are things I still have pending.'”

“In Tucumán I had a fire station near my house, four blocks away,” he explained, “and I thought about seeing the fire trucks coming out… I saw the guys inside and… I don’t know, something made me it remained in my soul and I said: ‘Let’s make dreams come true.'”

When Fabbiani asked him if he had to “get busy”, El Tucu said yes and regarding the task itself he noted: “You have to have a lot of vocation, a lot of desire. If you don’t feel it, you won’t last. On the one hand there is a lot of adrenaline. And on the other hand it’s nice to know that you will lend a hand in a complicated situation.”

“We are volunteer firefighters, we don’t get a penny. Many of my colleagues finish working eight or nine hours and come here,” López clarified.

“I’m doing the work Rascals“I’m on tour and when I’m not on tour, I come here, to the barracks,” he said.

“In the San Isidro barracks you have to obey 52 hours of guard duty monthly plus one Guard 12 hours obligatory weekend and you also have to do it stay once a week in the barracks. And add to all that You cannot report to the barracks for more than 72 hours“.

“It’s a sacrifice!” said Mariana Fabbiani. “Yes, it’s a change in life, but it’s for the better,” said El Tucu, explaining that when he had to go on a theater tour, he had to ask permission from the barracks.

“Did they recognize you in some episodes in which you had to intervene?”, asked the presenter. “Yes, between a couple of services, yes,” she replied, “Especially when the service ends and we take off the helmet and the hood… It happened and it was fun.”

Reality turns, in the middle of the note, The alarm sounded and El Tucu had to run with his companions to prepare and go do his duty as a volunteer firefighter.