EMMITSBURG, Md. — Fallen firefighters from our area will be honored at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial this weekend in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
A total of 144 fallen firefighters will be remembered and honored.
The 2023 Roll of Honor includes:
- Firefighter Marvin Gruber, Community Fire Company of New Tripoli,
- Assistant Chief Zachary Paris, Community Fire Company of New Tripoli,
- Firefighter Tod Steese, Mifflinburg Hose Company No. 1,
- Firefighter Stephen Sunday, Scranton Fire Department.
Gruber, 59, and Paris, 36, died in December 2022 while fighting a fire in West Penn Township, Schuylkill County.
Steese passed away in December 2021 at the age of 61. He had been a volunteer firefighter for more than 30 years.
Stephen Sunday died in December 2020 at the age of 28. His death was attributed to complications from COVID-19. He had been with the Scranton Fire Department since January 2020.
The National Fallen Firefighters Candlelight Service will be on May 6 at 7:30 p.m., and the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service will be on May 7 at 10:00 a.m.
Both events are open to the public and will be live-streamed on the homepage of the National Fal Foundation's website and NFFF's YouTube and Facebook pages.
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