AMR Springfield: First responders killed in the line of duty honored in national march
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) – American Medical Response in Springfield is helping honor fallen EMS workers as part of a 9,000 mile national journey.
On Monday, a Moving Honors procession stopped outside City Hall featuring a specially wrapped ambulance carrying the Tree of Life from Redding, California to Arlington, Virginia.
The Tree of Life bears the names of first responders killed in the line of duty and will be formally unveiled at the national EMS memorial service.
AMR paramedic Megan Haverkamp is part of this year’s escort crew traveling with Chief Ted E. Bear. She says the moving honors helps families get closure no matter how old the member is.
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