 He quickly threw his wife and daughter down and jumped on top of them to protect them from the onslaught. Corey's daughter, Allison, called him a real-life superhero on Facebook, and his wife wrote that Corey died the hero he always was. The governor of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro, echoed the family sentiments. Corey was a girl dad. Corey was a firefighter. Corey went to church every Sunday.