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Brooks Pens Letter to Support Medal of Freedom for West Webster First Responders

Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks penned a letter to President Barack Obama in support of awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Firefighter Tomasz Kaczowka, Firefighter Michael Chiapperini, Firefighter Joseph Hofstetter, Firefighter Theodore Scardino, and Police Officer John Ritter.

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