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Ohio orders flags to half-staff for fallen firefighter Ryan Milligan
Read the full articleGov. Mike DeWine ordered flags lowered to half-staff at the Ohio Statehouse and across North Royalton in honor of fallen firefighter Ryan Milligan. Milligan died Monday battling a house fire in Broadview Heights, while injured colleague Andrew Protsman remains hospitalized recovering.
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Ohio governor orders flags fly at half-staff for fallen firefighter
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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Wednesday ordered U.S. and Ohio flags flown at half-staff in honor of North Royalton firefighter Ryan Milligan.
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Wednesday afternoon, DeWine ordered U.S. and Ohio flags to fly at half-staff in honor of firefighter Ryan Milligan of the North Royalton Fire Department.
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Firefighter Milligan, 36, of Seven Hills, died Monday evening while battling a house fire in the 2100 block of West Royalton Road in Broadview Heights.
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Firefighter Milligan, 36, of Seven Hills, died Monday evening while battling a house fire in the 2100 block of West Royalton Rd. in Broadview Heights.
Under the gubernatorial directive, flags will fly at half-staff at all public buildings and grounds throughout North Royalton and at state facilities in Columbus, including the Ohio Statehouse, the Vern Riffe Center and the Rhodes State Office Tower.
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Ohio Governor Mike DeWine ordered the United States flag and the State of Ohio flag to be flown at half-staff at all public buildings and grounds throughout North Royalton, the Ohio Statehouse, the Vern Riffe Center, and the Rhodes State Office Tower.
The flags will remain lowered until sunset on the day of Milligan’s funeral.
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The flags will remain lowered until sunset on the day of Firefighter Milligan’s funeral.
A second firefighter, 38-year-old Andrew Protsman of Parma, suffered serious injuries in the same fire.
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A second firefighter, Andrew Protsman, 38, of Parma, suffered serious injuries in that same fire.
Firefighter Protsman remains hospitalized, but is expected to recover.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
According to the City of North Royalton, Milligan served with the North Royalton Fire Department since 2016.
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According to the city of North Royalton, Firefighter Milligan has served with the North Royalton Fire Department since 2016.
A 2009 graduate of Normandy High School, he previously served with the Seven Hills Fire Department.
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And, Firefighter Milligan is a 2009 Normandy High School graduate.
On Wednesday morning, a procession was held for Milligan from the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s office to a local funeral home.
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A procession was held Wednesday morning for North Royalton Firefighter Ryan Milligan, who was killed in the line of duty earlier this week.The procession was from the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s office to a local funeral home.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the fallen firefighter and his family, as well as our injured firefighter and his family,” North Royalton Mayor Paul F. Marnecheck II said in a statement issued Tuesday.
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“Our thoughts and prayers are with the fallen firefighter and his family, as well as our injured firefighter and his family. I ask our community to join me in keeping our firefighters and their families in your hearts and prayers, while respecting their privacy,” said North Royalton Mayor Paul F. Marnecheck II in a statement Tuesday.
Marnecheck asked community members to join him in keeping both firefighters and their families in their hearts and prayers while respecting their privacy.
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“Our thoughts and prayers are with the fallen firefighter and his family, as well as our injured firefighter and his family. I ask our community to join me in keeping our firefighters and their families in your hearts and prayers, while respecting their privacy,” said North Royalton Mayor Paul F. Marnecheck II in a statement Tuesday.
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The flag was flown at half-staff in front of the fire department on Royalton Road in memory of the fallen firefighter.
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The flag is flying at half staff in front of the fire department on Royalton Road in memory of the fallen firefighter.
The fire happened around 8 p.m. Monday in the 2100 block of West Royalton Road.
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The fire happened around 8 p.m. Monday in the 2100 block of West Royalton Rd.
A 2009 graduate of Normandy High School, he previously served with the Seven Hills Fire Department.
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Ryan dedicated his life to serving others through his work with the Seven Hills and North Royalton fire departments.
The Parma City School District shared condolences mourning Milligan and extending sympathy to his wife, children, family and friends.
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“The Parma City School District joins our community in mourning the loss of firefighter Ryan Milligan, a 2009 Normandy High School graduate who died in the line of duty. Ryan dedicated his life to serving others through his work with the Seven Hills and North Royalton fire departments. We extend our heartfelt condolences to his wife, children, family, friends and fellow firefighters. Our thoughts are with all who knew and loved him,” shared Parma City School District.
The Ohio Fire Chiefs’ Association announced that the LODD Team has been activated and is assisting the department.
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The LODD Team/LAST has been activated and is assisting the department. Our thoughts and prayers are with the members of the North Royalton Fire Department, the firefighters’ families, and their loved ones. We extend our deepest condolences to the family of the fallen. May he rest in peace,” shared the Ohio Fire Chiefs’ Association.
On Tuesday afternoon, the body of the firefighter was transported from MetroHealth Medical Center to the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s office as multiple fire departments gathered outside to pay their respects.
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On Tuesday afternoon, the body of the firefighter was transported from MetroHealth Medical Center to the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s office. Multiple fire departments were outside the medical examiner’s office to pay their respects.