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2013 Rewind: Saying Goodbye to a Firefighter and a Miracle Baby
Patch looks back at notable events in the Reisterstown/Owings Mills area in 2013.

In 2013, members of the Reisterstown community said goodbye to a firefighter killed in the line of duty and a 20-year-old who baffled doctors with a rare medical condition.Â
Firefighter Gene Kirchner, 25, died May 2 after being seriously injured in an April 24 fire a short distance from the fire station. Kirchner began his career with the Reisterstown Volunteer Fire Company when he was only 14. Read the story here.Â
Brooke Greenberg, of Reisterstown, baffled doctors when she stopped physically developing more than 15 years ago, when she was a toddler. Greenberg died on Oct. 24 at the age of 20. Read Reisterstown's Unaging Miracle Baby Dies at Age 20.
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