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A procession escorted Cross home to Waldo County on Saturday morning, traveling from the state medical examiner’s office in Augusta past the Morrill fire station to the Riposta Funeral Home in Belfast. Local fire departments lined the roads along the way to pay their respects.
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During the dignified transfer at the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta on Saturday, Morrill firefighters carry firefighter Andrew Cross, who was killed in the Searsmont lumber mill explosion on Friday. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer) Bucksport firefighter Andrew Braley holds his daughter Daisy Braley, 4, as they and other firefighters, watch a Maine State Police officer lead the dignified transfer of deceased Morrill firefighter Andrew Cross at Riposta Funeral Home in Belfast, Maine Saturday May 16, 2026. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)Morrill fire chief Dean Rowlands, nearest camera and other firefighter listen to instructions while participating in the dignified transfer of deceased Morrill firefighter Andrew Cross at the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta, Maine Saturday May 16, 2026. A procession of fire and emergency vehicle transferred Cross to Riposta Funeral Home in Belfast, Maine. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)A crowd gathered in Liberty on Saturday afternoon to honor firefighter Andrew Cross. (Sydney Richelieu/Portland Press Herald)Firefighters salute as the hearse passes during the dignified transfer of Morrill firefighter Andrew Cross at Riposta Funeral Home in Belfast on Saturday. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)Firefighters line up to observe the dignified transfer of deceased Morrill firefighter Andrew Cross at Riposta Funeral Home in Belfast, Maine Saturday May 16, 2026.Cross was transferred in a procession that began at the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta, Maine Saturday. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)During the dignified transfer at the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta on Saturday, Morrill firefighters carry firefighter Andrew Cross, who was killed in the Searsmont lumber mill explosion on Friday. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Rich is a career photojournalist and writer who got his start in newspapers in 1987 at the Fort Morgan Times in Colorado. His appreciation for photography and stories began as a kid while watching slide...
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