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Governor Ned Lamont

05/20/2021

Governor Lamont Directs Flags to Return to Full-Staff Thursday Evening

(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is directing U.S. and state flags in Connecticut to return to full-staff at sunset on the evening of Thursday, May 20, 2021.

Flags have been flying at half-staff statewide since May 12 as a mark of respect for New Haven Firefighter Ricardo Torres, Jr., who died in the line of duty while responding to a residential fire.

Funeral services for Firefighter Torres are scheduled to be held on Thursday morning in New Haven.

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