3 Northeast Ohio firefighters to be honored during National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend in Maryland

Saturday will mark the first day of the 43rd annual National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend and three Northeast Ohio firefighters will be honored at the event.

The event will take place in Emmitsburg, Maryland and will pay tribute to 89 firefighters who died in the line of duty last year and 137 who died in years prior. Seventeen firefighters being honored this year are from Ohio, with three being from our area. The local firefighters are Seamus Culligan from the Willoughby Fire Department, Brett Wilson of the Columbia Township Fire Department and James Tansey of the Wakeman Fire District.Culligan, 44, died on Feb. 15, 2022, from brain cancer, which was deemed a line-of-duty death. He served the Willoughby Fire Department from 2002 until 2017. He also served on the Lake County Hazardous Intervention Team. In 2001, he was at Ground Zero to help after 9/11.

Community rallies around Willoughby firefighter battling brain cancer RELATED: Community rallies around Willoughby firefighter battling brain cancerWilson, 23, died on Oct. 27, 2019. Wilson heard a car crash outside of his home on Sprague Road and went outside to help but died when a loose electrical line fell.Two years after his death, Lorain County officials honored Wilson at a memorial for its fallen firefighters and police officers.

Lorain County honors firefighter who died in 2019 while helping others at crash scene RELATED: Lorain County honors firefighter who died in 2019 while helping others at crash sceneTansey, 72, died on Jan. 21, 2021, due to complications from COVID-19. Tansey joined Wakeman's volunteer fire department in 1974 and served as a firefighter, captain and chief there until his death.We Follow Through Want us to continue to follow through on a story? Let us know.

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