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Firefighter Patrick Wolterman: "Focused On Helping Others"

Tana Weingartner
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WVXU
Firefighters carry Wolterman's casket into the church.

Thousands, including firefighters from all over Ohio and around the country, came to Butler County to honor fallen firefighter Patrick Wolterman. Packing the spacious Princeton Pike Church of God in Liberty Township, they said goodbye to the Hamilton firefighter who died early Monday morning from injuries suffered while battling a house fire.

Jay Hanselman brings more than 10 years experience as a news anchor and reporter to 91.7 WVXU. He came to WVXU from WNKU, where he hosted the local broadcast of All Things Considered. Hanselman has been recognized for his reporting by the Kentucky AP Broadcasters Association, the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists, and the Ohio AP Broadcasters.