Local firefighters and law enforcement officials rode their motorcycles across Southern Wisconsin Saturday to honor one of their own.
The second annual Richard Garner Memorial Ride kicked off in Madison on Saturday morning. The ride honors Madison firefighter Richard Garner, who passed away in April 2018 when he collapsed after finishing a shift.
"It's tough anytime anybody at any department loses a brother firefighter, you know, especially somebody who was as large as life as he was," said Lucas Kotschi, Vice President of Axeman Wisconsin Chapter 2, a professional firefighter's motorcycle club.
The memorial ride runs a 130-mile route, starting in Madison and passing through Edgerton, Evansville and several other towns before ending Verona.