3 Valley firefighters honored at 43rd annual National Fallen Firefighters
by KGBT
KGBT— HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Three Rio Grande Valley firefighters were honored during a national fallen firefighters memorial service. This weekend, the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation hosted its 43rd National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend in Emmitsburg, Maryland. The foundation hosted a national tribute where they honored 89 firefighters who died in the line of duty in 2023 and 137 firefighters who died in previous years. Among those who were honored []
WKBN.com—Ceremony held to honor fallen firefighters. Holding the service also reminds us that their deaths had lasting impacts on their departments.
WKBN.com—Help needed in honoring fallen Valley veterans. Before solemn ceremonies are held on Memorial Day, there is a lot of work taking place to get cemeteries ready.
ABC Columbia—Annual ceremony honors fallen officers of Lexington County. "Anytime you put the badge on, you know when you leave the house, you may not come home. And it's something we've all lived with and accepted and run towards danger when citizens run away from it, so it's our calling and it's what we do, but we do know and understand that one day our number may be called and we may be called to lay down our life in the line of duty," says Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon.