Firefighters brought their fire trucks to overpasses from Winston-Salem to Asheville this afternoon to honor an Asheville firefighter who died fighting a blaze this week.
The firefighter, Capt. Jeffrey Bowen, went into cardiac arrest while fighting a fire at an Asheville medical center on Thursday. His body was taken to Wake Forest Baptist Health for an autopsy.
Winston-Salem Assistant Fire Chief Terry Carter said Bowen's body was taken back to Asheville this afternoon. To honor him, Carter said, firefighters from each jurisdiction brought their trucks to the bridges over the highway and left their lights flashing as Bowen's body passed.
"We do it just to show our respect to our brother firefighter," Carter said. "We did our part to the city limits and then the county unit took over, and then your county stations such as Clemmons and so on all the way down the highway."
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