TULLYTOWN, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- The Tullytown Fire Company is mourning the loss of 50-year-old Assistant Fire Chief Rick Johnson after he died on Saturday morning due to COVID-19.
Johnson went to the hospital on March 18, he also had an underlying condition, officials said.
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Because of how contagious coronavirus is, Johnson's friends and family could not visit him.
Fire Chief and longtime friend Aaron Cohen got a group of firefighters together on Friday night and they drove to the hospital in their trucks.
They hoped Johnson, who was on a ventilator, could hear them.
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"We haven't seen Rick since he went into the hospital," Cohen said. "I had an idea and asked a couple of my members, 'Do you want to take some of the trucks to the hospital?' And hoped and prayed maybe he could come out of this."
Johnson was a volunteer firefighter for 27 years. He held several ranks and several members of his family were also volunteers.