Chicago Fire Department pays tribute to MaShawn Plummer who died last year

CHICAGO - The Chicago Fire Department paid tribute to one of their own on Friday.

Officials joined the family of firefighter and EMT MaShawn Plummer for a ceremony, adding his badge to the Memorial Wall at the Quinn Fire Academy.

Plummer collapsed last December while battling a fire in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood. He passed away a few days later.

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Plummer had been on the job for only a year before his death.

Plummer was a member of the Engine 94 Firehouse in Portage Park.

The services Friday also included a brick dedication at the Firefighter Memorial Park at McCormick Place Lakeside Center.