Zoneton Fire, community prepares to say goodbye to battalion chief who lost COVID-19 battle
Battalion Chief Garry Key lost his month-long battle with coronavirus, the second chief with the department to die from COVID-19. Author: Jessie Cohen Updated: 11:18 PM EST February 21, 2021
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Saying goodbye unexpectedly is never easy, especially when you must do it twice in nearly three months.
Battalion Chief Garry Key lost his month-long battle with coronavirus, the second chief with the department to die from COVID-19.
Rich Carlson said this is much more than losing a leader.
“Well, it’s like losing your dad and your uncle very close together,” he said. “It’s more than just a work relationship – you know, we are a family.”
Currently on ventilator: 246
Top counties with the most positive cases today are: Jefferson, Fayette, Warren, Daviess and Madison. Each of these counties reported 100 or more new cases; Jefferson County alone reported 418.
The red zone counties for this week can be found here. Community leaders, businesses, schools and families in these counties should all follow red zone reduction recommendations, as well as other orders and guidance.
Those reported lost to the virus today include a 68-year-old man from Boyd County; a 62-year-old woman from Caldwell County; a 77-year-old and 80-year old man from Daviess County; an 88-year-old woman from Graves County; a 77-year-old man from Hardin County; five men from Jefferson County, ages, 61, 64, 78, 83 and 92; a 90-year-old man from McCracken County; and three women from Ohio County, ages 87, and two, both of whom were 91.