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DONATION HELD IN JORDAN MELTON’S HONOR. THIS BLOOD DRIVE BUS IS FULL OF PEOPLE LIKE WILLIAM HUDSON JR, WHO ARE EAGER TO DONATE BLOOD IN HONOR OF FIREFIGHTER JAMAL JONES. HUDSON IS RETIRED FROM BIRMINGHAM FIRE AND RESCUE THAT TAKE A SPECIAL PERSON TO GIVE BLOOD BUT IT JUST TAKES SOMEONE TO CARE. YOU JUST HAVE TO CARE. YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE MORE EMPATHY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT WILL BE ALL RIGHT. OH, WE COULD GO TODAY. FIREFIGHTER JORDAN MELTON AND HIS COWORKER JONES WERE SHOT WHILE WORKING AT FIRE STATION NINE IN NORWOOD. MILTON LOST HIS BATTLE MONDAY EVENING AS OF LAST WEDNESDAY, WHICH WAS PROBABLY THE MOST HORRIBLE DAY I’VE EXPERIENCED IN MY 27 YEARS. LIEUTENANT KATINA WILLIAMS SAYS COMING UP WITH A BLOOD DONATION DRIVE IS THEIR WAY OF HONORING THEIR COLLEAGUES. NOT ONLY WILL IT HELP FIREFIGHTER JONES, BUT OTHER PEOPLE WITHIN THE STATE FLAGS STILL FLY HALF STAFF AT FIRE STATIONS. FOR MELTON, WE SUFFERED A LOSS. WE’RE NOT USED TO HAVING TO SUFFER LOSSES LIKE THAT. SO WE ASK FOR YOUR PATIENCE IN KNOWING THAT WE’VE SUFFERED THIS LOSS, WILLIAMS SAYS. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO DONATED WITHIN THE FIRST HOUR, WE HAD PROBABLY 20 PEOPLE THAT HAD SHOWED UP AND HAD GIVEN A NUMBER THAT’S MORE THAN DOUBLED WITH HELP FROM RETIRED MILITARY VETERAN DENNIS LEVIN. TO HONOR THEM AND TO THANK THEM FOR THE WAY THE GIVEN FOR ALL OF US. AND IT’S A WAY TO JUST SAY THANK YOU. BIRMINGHAM POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR A SUSPECT. FIREFIGHTER JONES, I’M TOLD, IS STILL RECOVERING AND HAS A LONG WAY TO GO. AS FOR FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR MILTON, I’M TOLD THEY’RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF THAT IN