Mourners gathered Monday to pay final respects to a hero.
Worcester Firefighter Lt. Jason Menard died in the line of duty on Nov. 13 while responding to a four-alarm fire on Stockholm Street in Worcester. Officials say Menard led one firefighter back to the stairs and pushed another out a window, saving his life, as the flames engulfed the three-decker home that had become an inferno. The 39-year-old Menard leaves behind a wife, Tina, and their three children. The family was scheduled to leave for a vacation at Disney World on the day Menard was killed.
Thousands of firefighters marched from the Mercadante Funeral Home & Chapel on Plantation Street to St. John’s Church in Worcester Monday to honor Menard.