American First Responders Memorial Monument

In January of 2014 two Toledo firefighters, Stephen Machcinski and Jamie Dickman, responded to their last alarm. Two days after this tragedy, Steve was contacted and asked to draw a sketch depicting a sculpture that would pay tribute to these two fallen heroes. Once the sketch was complete, Steve was asked how long it would take to complete this project. This request came as quite a surprise.

The idea for this tribute has grown from the original idea of honoring two Toledo heroes to a much bigger mission - memorialize all fallen firefighters and other first responders. Thus was born the "American First Responders Memorial Monument".