Families of two Maryland fallen heroes no longer have home mortgages to pay [Video]

BALTIMORE — The families of two Maryland fallen heroes received an early Independence Day gift, thanks to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.

The non-profit charitable organization on Tuesday paid off the home mortgages of late Baltimore City Fire lieutenant Paul Butrim and Wicomico County Sheriff’s deputy Glenn Hilliard. 

Butrim and two fellow firefighters were killed in the line of duty on January 24, 2022, while battling a vacant house fire on Stricker Street.

Butrim and his wife Rachel lived in Colora, before their daughter Paisley was born after his death.

Hilliard was shot and killed while chasing down a wanted felon on June 12, 2022.

He left behind a wife, Tashica, and three children, De’Aijah, Jersi, and Trenton.

The couple purchased a home in Berlin prior to the tragedy.

Now both families no longer have to worry about future mortgage payments.

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