CHARLESTOWN â The last of four volunteer firefighters who suffered burns while battling an intentionally-set house blaze near North East earlier this month returned home Friday night - in ceremonious fashion - after spending nine days at the Bayview Burn Center in Baltimore.
A motorcade comprised of eight fire and police vehicles streamed into the Charlestown Volunteer Fire Company parking lot shortly after 8 o clock that evening, with sirens blaring and emergency lights flashing.
Standing in a line near the entrance, fellow firefighters and other well-wishers were there to greet the procession. Chesapeake City Volunteer Fire Company and Singerly Volunteer Fire Company fire trucks were present, too, as were some of their members.
NORTH EAST â Thereâs an unofficial movement sweeping across the country and right here in Cecil County in an effort to infuse joy into an otherwise dismal year.
Koty Wright in North East and Amanda Cameron Vaughan and Britt Fraker in Rising Sun have become the faces of the local effort to get folks to stand outside their homes at 6 p.m. Dec. 24 and ring bells.
âItâs just two minutes and it gives us some hope,â Wright said. âI hope a ton of people do it.â
âWouldnât it be great if the whole county could join in for just a little bit of togetherness?â Vaughan said. âThis is such a simple thing we can do to bring that magic moment, that feeling.â