An Iowa fire department's recent act of "brotherhood" for a fallen firefighter of another department was showcased in a video that has gone viral. James Lee Franciskovic, 52, of Burlington was killed in a single-vehicle, weather-related crash Friday evening at mile marker 46 of Iowa Highway 163 in Mahaska County, just east of Pella.
On Sunday morning, the Pella fire and police departments honored Franciskovic as the West Burlington department transported his body back to Burlington, setting up trucks on an overpass and standing in salute of their fallen brother just miles away from where Franciskovic was killed.