Firefighter/Paramedic Frank Delano Gilbert Jr.

FF/Paramedic Gilbert was in the back of an ambulance treating a patient being transported with lights and siren to a hospital. As the ambulance was passing a dump truck on the left, the dump truck made a left turn. The ambulance swerved and hit a tree.

FF/Paramedic Gilbert was thrown to the front of the ambulance where he landed on his head and neck causing paralysis from the neck down. He died from complications of his injuries seven months later.

He was well known for his work with the fire Dept and the city's SWAT Team. He was Indiana's Paramedic of the Year in 1995. He was an EMT, CPR, and ACLS instructor, a member of the Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Team and a Medic in the Marine Reserve Unit.