DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) —The body of a Durham firefighter who died in the line of duty is being escorted back to his home in Burlington. That’s where memorial services are planned later this week.
Highways are typically loud but for a few minutes Monday morning, sections of I-40 fell silent as the body of Durham firefighter Andrew Brokes traveled through.
Leading the procession was a North Carolina State Highway Patrol chopper following by the Durham Fire Department and several other agencies. All along the procession route, firefighters and other first responders stopped along I-40 overpasses, saluting and waving American flags…