FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS HONORED

TWELVE SIOUX CITY FIREFIGHTERS WHO DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY OVER THE YEARS WERE HONORED FRIDAY MORNING IN A CEREMONY AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER'S MEMORIAL OUTSIDE CITY HALL.

CITY FIRE CHIEF TOM EVERETT WAS AMONG THOSE PAYING TRIBUTE.



FIREFIGHTER DUSTY JOHNSON READ A ROLL CALL OF THE 12 MEN WHO DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. THAT LIST INCLUDES HIS FATHER, MICHAEL JOHNSON, WHO DIED FIGHTING THE "HEN HOUSE" BUSINESS FIRE ON WEST 7TH STREET IN 1982:

DUSTY JOHNSON WAS ONLY TWO YEARS OLD WHEN HIS FATHER AND FELLOW FIREFIGHTER KIRK WICKER PERISHED WHEN THE FLOOR OF THE BUILDING COLLAPSED DURING THAT 1982 FIRE.

THEY ARE THE LAST TWO LOCAL FIREFIGHTERS TO DIE IN THE LINE OF DUTY.