On Saturday, the Forsyth Township and Gwinn community remember 23-year-old Ben Lauren, a Forsyth Township firefighter who died while battling a fire in a K.I. Sawyer duplex.
"That family gave their son, protecting our community, and we need to make sure our community recognizes that,” said Forsyth Township Firefighter, Bill Nordeen.
"Today, his body is being interred at the Gwinn cemetery, so his fellow firefighters are going to make a procession through town,” said Forsyth Township Supervisor, Joseph Boogren.
Other local law enforcement agencies in the area also joined alongside the fire department to remember the fallen hero.
"When anyone that suffers a loss or an injury, everybody feels it,” explained Boogren.
Saturday’s procession is just one of the ways Lauren will be remembered forever.