Fox News reports the sad news that Maryland Guardsman Eddison Hermond’s body has been found in Maryland after he was swept away by raging flood waters;
Hermond is a sergeant assigned to Camp Fretterd in Reisterstown, Md. He joined the Maryland Army National Guard in 2009 after serving in the Air Force for more than a decade.
Kate Bowman told the Baltimore Sun that Hermond was trying to pull her to safety when he “washed away.”
“I could barely see anything and I could barely hear anything,” Bowman, 41, told the newspaper. “He stepped over the ledge to try to get to me, and he was washed away.”
Bowman said she fled her shop, Clipper’s Canine Café, with her cat through a window because the rainwater flooded the area. The water was waist-high when Hermond spotted her.
Bowman said the rescue “had nothing to do” with her cat.
“He was trying to save me,” Bowman said. “He’s a hero.”
We’re deeply saddened to learn that the body of @MDNG Sgt. Eddison Hermond has been found. There are no words to adequately describe our sense of loss. https://t.co/KZ10njXJZz
— Governor Larry Hogan (@GovLarryHogan) May 29, 2018
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24 responses to “Eddison Hermond; missing National Guardsman found”
Sad. Trying to save someone. Just sad.
RIP sarge.
Very sad. Fair winds and following seas, Sergeant Hermond.
This is the second “thousand-year flood” in two years that hit Ellicott City. Poor folks had just finished rebuilding from the last one.
Prayers for this brave man’s family…
John 15:13
True that…
“Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.”
Rest in peace Sergeant and may the Lord comfort your family and friends.
I’m with that.
No truer citizen soldier can there be. Your sacrifice, Sgt Hermond, will not be forgotten by that woman.
Rest in peace, SGT Hermond. You gave your life in an attempt to save another.
May God comfort your family, friends, and professional colleagues.
Lord have mercy on his family.
A hero.
Pray that God comforts SGT Hermond’s family, and thank Him that such a man lived among us.
RIP Sergeant. My thoughts go out to him, his family, friends, and his unit. American Hero.
So sad.
Thoughts and prayers for his family. May they find peace one day with their loss. And may they find comfort in knowing that many of us join them on their journey of grief.
Rest well fellow NCO…
my family’s prayers to the family and friends and brothers and sisters in arms
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Rest in Peace, Sergeant Hermond.
Amen…
Can he be awarded a Posthumous Soldiers Medal for this?
I feel like he should, but I do t know all of the restrictions/requirements
I believe that he can…I thought I saw a post about a New York Guardsman (or maybe home on leave) being awarded a Soldier’s Medal posthumously for saving folks in an apartment fire.
Yes.
This is the perfect act regardless of tragic outcome.
Easy approval path considering upcoming funeral. Just sign on the line Sir!
RIP SGT, you done good.
A life of service. I salute you, Sir. Wishing you fair winds and following seas.
Rest in Peace.
RIP Sergeant Hermond. God bless your family for raising someone that would commit to such a selfless act to save a total stranger.
Prayers up, Sergeant.