COLUMBUS — In honor of the life and service of Town and Country Fire District Lieutenant Paul Charles Mickolick, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has ordered that the flags of the United States and the state of Ohio to be flown at half-staff.
Mickolick, 43, with the Town and County Fire District, died as a result of injuries incurred while trying to help a motorist stuck in a ditch. Mickolick and Tylor James Green, 33, of West Salem, were both struck by a passing motorist. Green was transported from the scene to an Akron hospital with serious injuries.
The order was issued on Saturday and is to be recognized upon all public buildings and grounds throughout Wayne County, the Ohio Statehouse, the Vern Riffe Center, and the Rhodes State Office Tower, and will remain until sunset on the day of Mickolick’s funeral.
All other public buildings and grounds throughout the state may fly the flags of the United States and the state of Ohio at half-staff at their discretion for the same time period.
The governor’s full statement is listed in the PDF below.