St. Louis Medal of Valor goes to 24 area residents
STLtoday.com (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
... Gary M. Gaertner Jr. spoke haltingly about slain Kirkwood police Sgt. William Biggs and Officer Tom Ballman, and about Sgts. Paul Faulstich and Stephen Guyer, the two officers who confronted and stopped the killer in a hail of gunfire Feb. 7 at City Hall."It's been a very difficult year for our community and I think that what happened to Kirkwood is really exemplary of how difficult it is...
