Hoan Bridge will be lit red May 4 to honor two Wisconsin firefighters, one from Milwaukee
Milwaukee firefighter Doran Jose Kemp Jr. and De Pere EMT/paramedic Tyler Kreiter will be honored and remembered for their service. The Milwaukee Fire Department and Light the Hoan are partnering with the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation to honor them.
Kreiter served as a Green Bay Metro Firefighter for 17 years. He died at age 43 on Dec. 12, 2024, after a three-and-a-half-year battle with Synovial Sarcoma, a kind of soft tissue cancer.
Kemp worked in the Milwaukee Fire Department for 25 years and became a recruiter after being a firefighter. He died at age 44 on July 8, 2024, after a battle with glioblastoma, a type of brain cancer.
Kemp and Kreiter will be remembered with a brief reading of their service history, with fire apparatus and fire crews from around the area. After silent prayer and refection, the Hoan Bridge will be illuminated to honor them.
The Hoan Bridge is Milwaukee's most prominent bridge on Interstate 794, which crosses the Port of Milwaukee and connects the Bay View neighborhood with Milwaukee's downtown.
It will be held at the Summerfest parking lot, 650 East Erie St., Milwaukee.
Cathy Kozlowicz can be reached at 262-361-9132 or cathy.kozlowicz@jrn.com. Follow her on X at @kozlowicz_cathy.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Here's why the Hoan Bridge will be red on May 4
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