There’s a push to bring back a memorial that honors Stockton firefighters who risked it all.
Earlier this year, the Stockton Fire Department’s memorial statue came down after repeated vandalism, but now there are plans to move it to a new, permanent location.
The site of where the statue used to be is surrounded by a fence and will still be a place for firefighters to host events, but the memorial’s new home is less than three miles away.
For the last six months, the Stockton Fre Department memorial statue has been kept inside an undisclosed storage unit – safe and far away from vandals.
“It’s a shame it was desecrated many times. They tried repairing it and securing it down, but I don’t know people would just tear it up,” said Kathleen Gapusan, who lives in Stockton.