While this is not a Line of Duty Death in Firefighting, this is no doubt a Line of Duty Death in the Military. United States Army Specialist Benjamin Moore was killed on January 12, 2011 in Ghanzi Province, Afghanistan from injuries after enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device (IED).
He was assigned to the 7th Engineer Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum. Benjamin joined the Army in 2009 and was deployed to Afghanistan last May.
Moore was also a volunteer firefighter and EMT with the Hope Hose Fire Company in Bordentown, New Jersey. Moore was posthumously named Chief of Hope Hose Fire Company and will be named honorary Mayor of the Bordentown at their next meeting of the City Commission.
Links: Bordentown FMBA - Coverage of his funeral – Hope Hose Company on Facebook
Watch this moving tribute to SPC Benjamin Moore below. I assure you it will at least make your hair stand on end!
Honor, Respect, Brotherhood
Godspeed Ben!
That more than makes my hairs stand on end! Very, very moving. Im amazed at the obvious brotherhood and camaraderie that is on show. That would never happen (to that level) over here in the UK,
Thoughts go out to the family and all of his colleagues.