A Sun Prairie volunteer firefighter is remembered at a national memorial service in Maryland. Thousands paid tribute to 119 firefighters killed in the line of duty. It was a solemn tribute to volunteer firefighter Cory Barr.
Barr’s name is now etched on the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
“Daddy is Cory and he is in heaven,” said Barr’s daughter Aubrey.
Twins Haley and Aubrey, only 4-years-old, are missing their father.
“That’s what I have the hardest time with, you know during happy times and sad times. Because even seeing them happy breaks my heart because he’s not here to see those beautiful, smiling faces,” said wife Abby.
Cory Barr was a Captain at the Sun Prairie Fire Department. Barr died responding to a gas leak that lead to an explosion.