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UPDATES ON AIR AND ONLINE AS WELL. ITS 1110 RIGHT NOW. THE COMMUNITY IS COMING TOGETHER TO REMEMBER AND HONOR A RACINE FIREFIGHTER KILLED IN A MOTORCYCLE CRASH. 31 YEAR OLD MAXWELL BAYER DIED THURSDAY IN THE CRASH NEAR ALPINE VALLEY. 12 NEWS MALLORY ANDERSON JOINS ME HERE IN THE STUDIO. AND MALLORY YOU TALKED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE RACINE FIREFIGHTER UNION WHO WORKED WITH BAYER? I DID GERRON AND HE DESCRIBED BAYER AS A BRIGHT AND FRIENDLY PERSON AND THE HAPPIEST GUY TO BE AROUND. BAYER WORKED FOR 14 YEARS AT THE RAYMOND FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT, RISING TO THE RANK OF CAPTAIN, AND JOINED RACINES FIRE DEPARTMENT ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. HE EVEN WENT A STEP FURTHER IN HIS PASSION TO HELP OTHERS, GETTING EMT CERTIFIED LAST YEAR. BAYERS DEATH HAS BEEN DEVASTATING FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS. ITS MADE EVEN WORSE BY THE FACT THAT BAYER AND HIS WIFE KAITLIN, WHO JUST CELEBRATED THEIR ONE YEAR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY, ARE ALSO EXPECTING THEIR FIRST CHILD DUE IN THE SPRING. NOW, THE RACINE AND RAYMOND FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE STEPPING UP TO HELP BAYERS BABY, CREATING A SCHOLARSHIP FUND TO HELP THE CHILD WITH FUTURE EDUCATIONAL PATHS OR ANY OTHER DREAMS THEY MAY HAVE. BABY BEAR NEEDS TO KNOW THAT THEIR DAD WAS A HERO, AND WERE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RACINE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND I KNOW THE RAYMOND FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE THERE. ITS ALL ABOUT THE FUTURE. AND THIS ONE THING WE CAN TAKE OFF THEIR PLATE. A SCHOLARSHIP FOR A KID IS JUST ONE FINANCIAL THING. YOU DONT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT, AND WE HOPE WE RAISE ENOUGH MONEY WHERE THATS THATS THE THATS THE CASE. THAT SCHOLARSHIP IS ACTIVE RIGHT NOW. WE DO HAVE A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE AND ON THE 12 NEWS APP. JOSE CARBAJAL, WHO YOU JUST HEARD FROM, SAYS THEY DONT HAVE A GOAL FOR THE FUNDRAISER. THEY JUST REALLY WANT TO RAISE AS MUCH AS THEY CAN TO TAKE ANY SORT OF FINANCIAL PROBLEMS OFF OF KAITLIN OR THAT BABYS PLATE. YEAH, ITS GREAT TO SEE THE COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER TO STEP IN FOR THAT FAMILY. WE KNOW THAT BEARS FUNERAL IS FRIDAY AT THE RACINE M