Tommy Traylor “Tray” Gross III was a recruit firefighter for Tuscaloosa Fire and Rescue in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Tray was in firefighter recruit training and was going through a burn building at the Alabama Fire College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama when he collapsed on March 19, 1997. Tray subsequently passed away in the hospital on March 22, 1997. His cause of death was ruled a heart attack.