Late Firefighter Daniel Inglis, 25, Showed ‘Uncommon Valor’

The paralyzed Lacey firefighter and Union City police officer was laid to rest Friday

Before the casket draped with an American flag was placed on the back of a Lanoka Harbor fire truck to be transported to its resting place, bagpipes sounded to “Amazing Grace.” An emergency scanner went off with a member of the Ocean County Sherriff’s Department speaking in honor of Daniel Inglis Jr. “You will be sorely missed but not forgotten. Rest in peace Daniel,” the scanner said. Inglis, 25, of Lanoka Harbor — a police officer with the Union City Police Department and a volunteer with the Lanoka Harbor Fire Department — died on Monday, a year and six days after he suffered paralyzing injuries due to a motor vehicle accident. Inglis was transported by fire truck to the Lanoka Harbor Fire Department where a fireman’s funeral service …

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