Video and pictures from the funeral for Firefighter Mark Falkenhan
Additional videos & more coverage of the funeral can found at FireTruckBlog.com
Previous coverage can be found here, here, here and here
Above is video from WMAR-TV of yesterday’s funeral for Lutherville VFC Firefighter Mark Falkenhan. Falkenhan’s 14-year-old son Christian rode on Lutherville’s 1954 Mack that took his father to Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens.
Click the image above to see more pictures from Essex-Middle River Patch. More pictures can be found at BaltimoreSun.com.
The Baltimore Sun today has an editorial about the death of Firefighter Falkenhan that is well worth reading. Here is an excerpt:
The word “hero” gets used too often to describe the most pedestrian of admirable behaviors, from the star quarterback who marches his team for a winning score to the kid who finds a missing wallet and turns it in. But exceptional bravery, special ability, exceptional deeds and noble qualities — those are what define an authentic hero, and Mr. Falkenhan lacked for none of them.
It was not by accidental circumstance or naiveté that he ended up on the third story of that Hillendale apartment complex in the midst of a fire, searching for missing residents. He knew the risks as well as anyone could. But his selfless desire to help others drove him forward into the flames.
That’s what made him exceptional. That’s why his legacy is important. That’s why the community is in his debt.
