VIDEO: Abby Leach is a member of the Class of 2020 at Padua Academy and during what was supposed to be a graduation photo shoot on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, she received a lights and sirens surprise.
Leach was having her picture taken in her cap and gown on the front steps of the school on Broom Street when off-duty firefighters bearing flowers and well-wishes arrived and gave her a round of applause.
Then, it got loud. A line of Wilmington fire apparatus with lights flashing, sirens wailing, and firefighters waving and applauding then drove by.
Leach is the daughter of Chris Leach, one of three Wilmington firefighters who died in a Canby Park arson in September of 2016.
The fire also claimed the lives of firefighters, Jerry Fickes and Ardy Hope.