Update: The helmet has been returned. More information here
Update: If you have any information on the helmet, please contact Framingham Fire at 508-532-5930, Fire Dispatch at 508-532-5940, Framingham Police at 508-872-1212 or Middleborough Police at 508-947-1212.
Update: $1000 reward posted by the Board of Selectman in Framingham. Read more here
Framingham Firefighter Mike Urban, 57, died on January 7th after a battle with lung cancer.
Framingham Fire Department and IAFF local online
Immediately after Urban’s funeral service, Urban’s helmet was stolen.
Framingham firefighter Tim Campion stands with the helmet of Mike Urban, a fellow firefighter who died of cancer, as his casket is placed on a 1970 Framingham fire engine for the procession to St. Stephen's Church for the Jan. 11 funeral. Credit: Allan Jung/for Daily News and Wicked Local
What? You have got to be kidding me right?
Delaney said the helmet ended up in his son Ben’s car after the funeral. Ben Delaney had to pull over in Middleborough later that day when his car broke down. He called some friends to take him to a friend’s house about a mile away, his father said.
About 10 minutes later, Delaney said his son got a call from another friend.
“He was asking if he was OK, because it turned out his (car’s) windows were all smashed,” he said.
What is this world coming to?
I certainly hope they can find this helmet and return it to Urban’s Widow.
I can’t think of too many things that might serve as mementos of our lives as firefighters that are even close to having the same value as our fire helmets. The helmet should be a family heirloom showing the service of our fallen brother.
More coverage:
Fallen firefighter’s helmet stolen from family: MyFoxBOSTON.com
It doesnt get any sadder…
I hope it is returned immediately. And if it’s not? I hope that firefighter haunts the heck out of whomever was stupid enough to steal it. Dumbass.
Very sad to read this! Sure hope it is returned to the proper place with the family!
There are some other details in the comments on the news links above about the story…apparently there are some leads the the PD might be able to use to find the helmet. That is if the scumbag who took it didn’t pitch it.