07/25/2018
Just incredible... Rest easy Brother.
On June 06 2018, Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services assisted Anne Arundel County Fire Department with a technical rescue (Box 06-15) at Bacon Ridge Trail located in Crownsville, Maryland.
I took what photos I could from one staging area before I moved onto the next which was at the entrance of the trail.
I saw Howard Tower 10 coming toward us while I was at the command buggy, the positioning of the Tower caught my eye and I started taking photos of it.. It came out just the way I wanted it.
The Tech Rescue/Special Ops crews were to follow.. I started taking photos of the crews as they got off the apparatus and approached the command post.
I remember one Firefighters helmets said 'Nathan' on the front, it stuck out to me because as he walked by; he was the only one I saw with his name on the front. His first name, which was different to me.
Tonight I decided to go through the photos again that I posted of the incident, I went back to look at the Firefighter who had 'Nathan' on the front. It was Firefighter Flynn.
Normally I delete the photos I don't post and I'll keep the edited ones, I figure I'd take a look to see what I had if anything left.
I opened the folder and for some reason I didn't (not yet) delete the originals from this incident, I don't know why and I'm still wondering why I didn't because even more recent incidents have been deleted.
I'm going with 'things happen for a reason' in this case, these are the photos I have of Firefighter Flynn.
These are the last photos I'll have of him.
You made the ultimate sacrifice, and we are thankful for your service.
We have it from here.