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Vestavia Hills Police Dept. Patch
Resided: Adamsville AL, USA
Born: Feb. 02, 1969  
Fallen: Apr. 06, 2022
Race/Sex: Caucasian Male / 53 yrs. of age
Agency
Dept: Vestavia Hills Police Dept. - AL
1032 Montgomery Hwy  
Vestavia Hills, AL   35216   USA
(205)823-1153
County: Jefferson
Dept. Type: Municipal/Police
Hero's Rank: Officer
Sworn Date: Unk
FBI Class: Death - Biological
Weapon Class: COVID-19
Agency FB:
Badge: 815
On The Job: 27 years
Bio: Darryl Wayne Fortner was a loving husband, father and grandfather. He loved his mother and sister with all of his heart and had sorely missed and loved his father and sister that had gone before him. He was a good Christian man who loved the Lord with all of his heart and shared his love of the Lord to anyone he met. He was a blessing and used his wit and humor to bring joy to those around him and he will be missed by many. He retired from the Birmingham Police Department in 2014, after serving 20 years, and then began working for the Vestavia Hills Police Department. He loved all of his brothers in blue and gained a lot of close friends that he loved and respected along the way.

Survived by:
Wife
& son, daughter

Fatal Incident Summary
Offender: No Info
Location: AL   USA   Mon. Feb. 07, 2022
Summary: Officer Darryl Fortner died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.

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COVID-19, a flu-like virus, originated in Wuhan, China. Worth a mention, the Chinese Government had a biological research facility in that very province. At this point, it was widely held that COVID-19 was a bat-coronavirus and the first case was discovered in Wuhan in Oct. 2019.

On Dec. 31, 2019, Chinese authorities alerted the World Health Organization of pneumonia cases in Wuhan City, Hubei province, China, with an unknown cause. Jan 7, 2020 Chinese authorities identify a new type of coronavirus (called novel coronavirus or nCoV).

Despite deaths and an entire Chinese Province(Hubei) quarantined by the Chinese Government, the World Health Organization(WHO) simply declares a global public-health emergency. Despite this serious understatement, on January 31st, President Trump bans foreign nationals from entering the US if they were in China within the prior two weeks. Despite a large public outcry of racism, this move likely saved 1000's of American lives, it would later be deemed.

After a full blown global infection, and an entire country being declared on 'Lockdown'(Italy), on March 11th, WHO declared the outbreak a pandemic. This same day, President Trump bans all travel from 26 European countries. On Mar. 13th, a US national emergency is declared over the novel coronavirus outbreak.

On Mar. 23rd, New York City confirms 21,000 cases, making it the biggest epicenter of the outbreak in the US. On Mar. 31, more than 1/3 of humanity is under some form of lockdown. On Apr. 2nd, the world passes one million COVID-19 infections.

On April 7th, roughly 95% of all Americans are under lockdown, as 42 states issue stay-at-home orders. The entire American economy has ground to a halt. Congress passed laws awarding trillions in grants, loans and other types of assistance to the American working population and businesses.

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