NM first responders remember fire lieutenant who died from COVID-19 at age 35 Share Updated: 9:45 PM MST Feb 26, 2021 Share Updated: 9:45 PM MST Feb 26, 2021
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Show Transcript WERE IN THE STATE’S CURRENT PRIORITY GROUP. A SECOND SHOT EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE SAME LOCATION IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS. TONIGHT, FIRST RESPONDERS STATEWIDE ARE REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF A FIRE LIEUTENANT WHO DIED FROM COVID-19 AT JUST FIVE YEARS OLD. SHELLY: IT IS THE FIRST LINE OF DUTY, COVID RELATED DEATH FOR THE SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT. ACTION 7 NEWS ANCHOR KALYN NORWOOD JOINS US LIVE IN ALBUQUERQUE. KALY THE PROCESSION BECAME HERE, AT THE RIVERSIDE FUNERAL HOME, AND WENT ALL OF THE WAY TO HIS HOME OUTSIDE OF LAS CRUCES. THE CHIEF WHO WORKED WITH HIM CALLING, THE SUPPORT OVERWHELMING. A FLAG FLOWN HIGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON OVER THIS ALBUQUERQUE OVERPASS TO REMEMBER A FALLEN FIREFIGHTER. THAT IS OUR MAIN PRIORITY. HE HAS NOT BEEN HOME SINCE DECEMBER. K