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Macon County Firefighter Darrell Plank suffered a traumatic brain injury at a house fire on Saturday, May 20th, 2017.

May 24, 2017

Macon County Firefighter Darrell Plank suffered a traumatic brain injury at a house fire on Saturday, May 20th, 2017. Serving his community, he made the ultimate sacrifice as he passed away Tuesday, May 23rd after an outpouring of love from his community of family, friends and fellow firefighters. To show your support for this brave […]

Macon County Firefighter Darrell Plank suffered a traumatic brain injury at a house fire on Saturday, May 20 th , 2017. Serving his community, he made the ultimate sacrifice as he passed away Tuesday, May 23 rd after an outpouring of love from his community of family, friends and fellow firefighters. To show your support for this brave man, please donate to the family he left behind in any way possible. Plank leaves behind five children and a wife. Any financial help, big or small, is greatly appreciated.

You can donate here.

To learn more about Mr. Plank, you can read more about him here.

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