It hadn’t hit Emmanuel Escobar yet — that he’s the first Latino person elected chief of the Southampton Fire Department — on Friday, January 13, the day after his official swearing-in: “It hits me more when people talk about it,” he said. Born in Mineola, Escobar said he feels like he’s an American first. Still, he believes his heritage — his mother, Bertha Gonzalez, immigrated to the United States from...