READER SUBMISSION
This month’s ERL Reader Submission features Pinch Volunteer Fire Department Tower 2, Engine 21, and Engine 23, along with Frame Engine 343, East Bank Utility 121, KCEAA 592 and 197, Malden Chief 3, WV ANG, and WV DEP, who were staged on the Elkview overpass to pay their respects to a fallen brother firefighter, John Forbush of the Gassaway VFD in Braxton County, as he was being escorted home from Charleston on I-79. Photo was submitted by the Pinch Volunteer Fire Department.
JUNE 2022
John was only 24 years old and had served as a volunteer firefighter for 4 years. ERL and the Elk River community send their sincere condolences and continued prayers for the family and the Gassaway VFD. Photo from the Charleston Gazette Obituaries.
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