Our community's lost five first responders in the line of duty in the span of a month. Four were from Kentucky and another was from Indiana.
On Monday, when everyone was focused on the total solar eclipse, a 48-year-old firefighter from Meade County died from a heart attack while on the job. The Ekron Fire Department said Sgt. Richard Givan was surrounded by his brothers and sisters at the firehouse when it happened. In a Facebook post on the department's Facebook page, Cheyenne Clark wrote, "Richard was more than a friend to us all. He was family, and he would do anything for anyone no matter the time of day."
Last week, on April 1, a semi hit an ambulance driven by 26-year-old EMT Chastian McWhorter from Somerset-Pulaski County EMS. Both he and his patient died.