Relatives, colleagues and friends gathered Friday to honor the life of a Los Angeles firefighter who died two days after falling from a ladder during a training exercise.
Kelly Wong, 29, fell from a Los Angeles Fire Department aerial ladder while participating in an exercise in downtown Los Angeles on June 3. He died at a hospital.
A procession began at 8 a.m. at Main and First streets, led by an LAFD fire truck bearing the casket, followed by an honor guard and mourners who will walk north on Main Street and go west on Temple Street to the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels for the 9 a.m. service, LAFD spokeswoman Margaret Stewart said.