Clayton firefighter Jason Dean to be honored with flyover after dying from COVID-19 complications

Friday, October 9, 2020
CLAYTON, N.C. (WTVD) -- Clayton will honor a late firefighter on Saturday with a flyover in Clayton.

Deputy Chief Jason Dean with the Clayton Fire Department died of COVID-19 complications last month.
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On Saturday, the Bandit Flight Team, which usually does pregame flyovers at Duke and N.C. State football games, will fly from Smithfield over the Clayton fire department. That flyover begins at noon.
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Dean was a respected 20-year veteran of the department and the Deputy Chief of Training and Operations. The 42-year-old died after a month-long battle with COVID-19.

In September, he was honored with the sounding of an old fire siren. Later, a parade of fire and emergency vehicles was held along a 13-mile procession.
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