Stratford Star

Lt. Thomas McCabe answers his final call

Written by John Kovach
Saturday, 28 January 2012 16:16

Led by his brothers in the Stratford Fire Department, and firefighters and police from Stratford and neighboring towns, Lt. Thomas McCabe was laid to rest Saturday, Jan. 28.

McCabe, 54, died unexpectedly Tuesday, Jan. 24. He was not on duty at the time.

Part of Huntington Road was closed to traffic as most of the Stratford Fire Department assembled near Company 2, located at Bulldog Boulevard. When the funeral procession from downtown neared the firehouse, two Trumbull police officers on motorcycles escorted the procession, led by the color guards from the Stratford fire and police departments, then columns of Stratford’s bravest.

At the firehouse, the procession passed below a large American flag hanging from Stratford’s ladder truck and a tower ladder from Echo Hose Co. in Shelton.

A second group of Stratford firefighters walked between the columns and more apparatus. One fireman carried McCabe’s helmet.

Fire apparatus slowly rolled behind the marchers. Engine 3, based in Lordship, carried McCabe’s turnout gear and a memorial wreath.

From Company 2, the procession turned on Wigwam Lane for a Mass at St. Mark Church. Interment followed at Union Cemetery.

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