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Fallen EMS workers honored with National moving memorial

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Roanoke, Virginia ā€“ A special moving memorial has been dedicated to hundreds of EMS workers who died in the line of duty.

On Tuesday, the National EMS Memorial was hosted by Roanoke Emergency Services.

A Tree of Life ambulance was present at the event to honor first responders.

In hope of building a national memorial in D.C, the procession will be making several stops, thatā€™ll lead up to service this weekend.

ā€œWe put our lives in danger, as well as fire and police ā€” we all do, brothers and sisters in the line ā€” so weā€™d like to represent those families fallen properly with a permanent memorial, instead of just a temporary memorial yearly,ā€ Megan Harris said, an AMR Dallas EMT.

Each year nearly 30 EMS workers die in the line of duty. That number has increased last year due to Covid-19.

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