Crime & Safety

Live Updates: Procession for Fallen Firefighters

Police and firefighters lined the streets of Boston.

Hundreds of police, firefighters, and bystanders lined the streets of Boston Thursday night as the bodies of fallen firefighters Ed Walsh and Michael Kennedy were transported from Boston Medical Center to West Roxbury.

The procession started at about 6:30 p.m.

Walsh and Kennedy were killed fighting a nine-alarm blaze in Back Bay Wednesday.

Follow the procession in this live feed. (Note: streaming content will be unrelated to the Boston procession after Thursday night.)

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