St. Louis Firefighter Is Laid To Rest

Firefighters from county departments salute the remains of St. Louis firefighter Ben Polson while maning the engine house as a Caisson passes by Polson's Engine House 13 in St. Louis on Thursday, January 20, 2022. Polson, the first St. Louis firefighter to die in a fire in twenty years, died while battling a vacant house fire on January 13, 2022. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI