COBB COUNTY, Ga. — The body of a Marietta firefighter returned home Saturday morning, officials said.
Ron Herens, 23, who was killed in a car crash Monday night while on vacation in Los Angeles, returned on Delta Air Lines Flight 926.
Marietta Fire Chief Jackie Gibbs struggled with not only losing one of his department’s best and youngest but with the frustration of dealing with the loss of Herens happening so far away.
Gibbs said Herens and four other young firefighters, the class of 2013, were wrapping up a vacation trip in LA when their rental car was rammed at an intersection.
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Herens returned home to Georgia on Saturday April 15 on Delta Flight 926.
The flight landed at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport at 8:21 a.m.
The procession left Hartsfield around 9 a.m. and traveled from the airport North on I-75 to Windy Hill Road then West on Windy Hill Road to the West Cobb Funeral Home.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Trinity Church, which is located at 4665 Macland Road in Powder Springs. A celebration of Herens’ life will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Trinity Chapel. Interment will follow at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park.
Departments wishing to participate in the procession to the grave site are asked to arrive at the church by 12:30 p.m.
The City of Marietta Fire Department receives FF Ron Herens for his journey home. Thank you to the many departments and citizens who supported this final ride home to Cobb County and all those first responders who lined the streets and overpasses in the City of Atlanta, City of Smyrna, City of Marietta, and Cobb County. LAPD Headquarters Los Angeles FD Los Angeles County Fire Department Marietta, Georgia Police Department Cobb County Sheriff's Office City of Atlanta Police Department Marietta Wrecker Service City of AtIanta
Posted by City of Marietta, Ga., Government on Saturday, April 15, 2017
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