Maryland's 26th Annual Fallen Heroes Day Ceremony is tomorrow at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens. Lutherville's Mark Falkenhan among those being honored.
From a press release from Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens. Click here to read the entire release:
Maryland’s police officers and firefighters who have died in the line of duty during the past year will be honored at the 26th Annual Fallen Heroes Day Ceremony on Friday, May 6, 2011, 1:00 p.m. at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens. Fallen Heroes Day is the only statewide ceremony in the nation that brings together all segments of the public safety community. The ceremony salutes police and correctional officers, firefighters, emergency medical and rescue personnel who risk their lives everyday to protect the citizens of Maryland.
The 2011 Fallen Heroes Day ceremony will honor Sgt. Hector Ayala, Montgomery County Police, who died just before the 2010 ceremony (April 4, 2010); TFC Wesley Brown, MD State Police, Forestville (June 11, 2010); Baltimore Police Officer James Fowler, III (September 27, 2010); Baltimore Police Officer Thomas Portz, Jr. (October 20, 2010); Baltimore Police Officer William Torbit, Jr. (January 9, 2011); and Firefighter/Paramedic Mark Falkenhan, Lutherville Volunteer Fire Department (January 19, 2011).
