ON MEMORIAL DAY – AT 12:52 P.M. ET:  A sacrifice on Memorial Day.  From Fox: 

Rescuers are searching for a 39-year-old National Guard member Monday who was reported missing a day after he was swept away by fast-moving floodwaters in Maryland’s Ellicott City while attempting to rescue people during devastating floods, family and officials said.

Eddison Hermond, of Severn, was reported missing around 12:30 a.m. Monday, hours after sudden, violent floodwaters destroyed businesses, submerged vehicles and left some flipped and in pieces, Howard Co. Exec Allan Kittleman said. Friends and relatives on Facebook said Hermond, a National Guard member, was rescuing people after 4 p.m. Sunday when he was swept away by floodwaters, FOX45 Baltimore reported. 

Hermond was last seen in the La Palapa area near Lot D on Main Street around 5:20 p.m. Sunday, Howard County Police Department said. Hermond was described as being 5 feet 10 inches tall and 160 pounds.

"He has not been located despite ongoing searches of the area," police said. 

COMMENT:  Our armed forces do many things, and most of them are dangerous.  We hope that Eddison Hermond is found alive, but the picture is grim.

May 28,  2018