Firefighter mourned in Worcester
Thousands of firefighters have gathered to pay their respects to firefighter Jon D. Davies Sr., who died last week searching for a tenant in a burning building.
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Firefighters saluted the casket the casket of fallen Worcester firefighter Jon D. Davies Sr. as it passed by.
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Pallbearers carried the casket into Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Worcester.
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State political leaders who attended the service included US Senators John F. Kerry and Scott Brown.
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At the church, the funeral entourage passed underneath a giant American flag hung between two ladder trucks.
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Prior to the service, the casket was loaded onto the back of Engine 12 and carried through the city.
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Thousands of firefighters from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut gathered to pay their respects.
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Firefighters lined the streets in honor of Davies.
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The procession received a police escort.
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Fellow Worcester firefighters watched the procession from on top of a ladder truck.
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