What to Know
- Firefighters in three states are honoring a U.S. Marine and firefighter who was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.
- A funeral procession carrying the remains of Staff Sgt. Christopher Slutman left Dover Air Force Base in Delaware Monday morning.
- The police-escorted procession made its way up the New Jersey Turnpike then into New York.
Firefighters in three states are honoring a U.S. Marine and firefighter who was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.
A police-escorted funeral procession carrying the remains of Staff Sgt. Christopher Slutman left Dover Air Force Base in Delaware Monday around 10 a.m. It then traveled up Interstate 95 and across the Delaware Memorial Bridge. From there, it headed along the New Jersey Turnpike and across the George Washington Bridge to New York City.
Firefighters along the way lined overpasses, saluted and waved American flags to pay their respects to Slutman, who was a 15-year veteran of the New York City Fire Department.
Those members of the general public who wanted to pay respect also did so from overpasses along the route.
The 43-year old and two other members of a Massachusetts-based Marine Reserve unit were killed on April 8.
