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Photos: Remembering Mark Falkenhan
More than 400 family, friends and others gathered at Columbus Gardens in Perry Hall to remember the life of fallen firefighter Mark Falkenhan.
More than 400 people turned out Friday night to Columbus Gardens in Perry Hall for a benefit for the family of fallen firefighter Mark Falkenhan. Unlike the larger benefit held in May at the Towson Center, this gathering was mainly family, friends and others who personally knew Falkenhan, a Middle River native and Lutherville volunteer firefighter who died Jan. 19 while battling an apartment blaze. Falkenhan, who also spent 16 years at a firefighter/paramedic in the Baltimore County Fire Department before leaving for a job in the U.S. Secret Service, was the first in the county to die in the line of duty since 1984. Katie Haines, Falkenhan's cousin, was among the key organizers of Friday's event, “Falkenhan’s Friends: A Mark Falkenhan Fund…
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