Just three days after two Mineral Point firefighters were killed in a crash, members of their community raised roughly 50 thousand dollars to help support the two men’s families.
Fire Capt. Brian Busch and firefighter James Ludlum died Thursday in a crash on Highway 151 while responding to another crash. Since then, several fundraising efforts have kicked off in Mineral Point including one by owner of The Mineral Point Gallery Ben Brummerhop.
“The only tangible thing I have to offer the world is art, and so I figured I would just paint a painting and then just raffle it,” he said.
Brummerhop said he was inspired to get involved because both his father and grandfather were volunteer firemen.
“It kind of becomes a part of who you are and so when you hear of a first responder being injured or in this case that died it hits home,” he said.