On a foggy Lexington on Saturday, fire trucks lined Main Street to honor three firefighters who died — not from fire, but from the job-related cancers that are now recognized in more than 40 states as a cause of increased numbers of firefighter deaths.
The names of Joseph M. Vissing, Matthew J. Logsdon and Assistant Chief James A. Branham were added to the Fallen Firefighter Monument in Phoenix Park near the central library. More than 100 people attended the event, during which Major Maria Roberts played the bagpipes while her son Danny played a drum.