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April May 2002 Issue

The Final Note

By John Ring, Contributor
April / May 2002

April 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

Practicing "taps" prior to firefighter Michael Lynch's memorial service. "What kind of guy was Michael Lynch?" "I'll tell you what he was," said one of his firefighter coworkers. "There are two different kinds of guys that get on the Department. Those that got on the job, and those that get into the job. He was a guy that got into his work." Lynch was just 33 years old, … [Read more...] about The Final Note

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