Memorial and paddle out for firefighter lost at sea Sunday morning

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department is honoring missing firefighter Brian McCluney with a memorial paddle Sunday morning.

The lawsuit begins astatine 10 a.m. astatine Seawalk Pavillion, followed by the paddle retired astatine 11 a.m. Anyone who would similar to travel is invited.

If anyone has other surfboards, bring them to the lawsuit for others to use.

T-shirts and bracelets volition beryllium disposable for acquisition with each contributions benefiting “Never Alone Widows”.

37-year-old McCluney was an technologist and paramedic astatine Station 31 connected Hillman Drive.

In August 2019, Brian McCluney and his friend, Justin Walker, disappeared during a sportfishing travel disconnected Florida’s eastbound coast.

The men were past seen leaving the Christopher Columbus vessel ramp. The disappearance acceptable disconnected a monolithic search for implicit a week and covered much than 90,000 quadrate miles.

Over the people of the 10-day search, hundreds of volunteers came guardant from crossed the authorities to assistance successful the hunt and rescue mission. The lone idiosyncratic point recovered successful the hunt was Brian McCluney’s tackle bag. The 2 men were ne'er found.