KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Following the tragic murder of Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department paramedic/firefighter Graham Hoffman, a Kansas City T-shirt screen printer is stepping up.
"We are just happy we can help," said Dawn Eddings, owner of E2 Embroidery and Screen Print shop.
As of Tuesday afternoon, the effort had raised more than $100,000.
In partnership with firefighters at KCFD Station 10, Dawn and her husband Joe redesigned the Station 42 T-shirt, Hoffman's home fire station, to honor him.
"We have raised $17,067 in an hour," Eddings said early Monday afternoon.
The Eddings family is all about public service.
Joe served 27 years and retired from KCFD.
The couple has kids and other family members who work in the same field.
"It's very much a part of our family," Dawn Eddings said.
To honor Graham Hoffman's line-of-duty sacrifice, all proceeds from the limited commemorative T-shirt will be donated to the Hoffman family.
“We don’t forget our fallen," Joe Eddings said. "We always remember the guys that make the ultimate sacrifice, and even though he may not get to wear that shirt (Station 42) again, once a firefighter, always a firefighter. Whether this tragedy happens here, across the country, a neighboring department, we, as firefighters, we feel that as you would if it were someone next door... He was my brother... He will be missed."
According to the KCFD Station 10 Facebook page at 9 p.m. Monday, there were 4,200 orders from 25 different states and three countries.
"The fire community is something that is unexplainable," Eddings said.
The deadline to purchase a T-shirt is May 9.
Orders can be picked up in person or delivered by mail.
To order a Station 42 T-shirt, click here.
E2 Embroidery and Screen Print is located at 1451 N. Topping Ave, Kansas City, Missouri, 64120.
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