WELLSBORO, P.A. (WENY) - One local paramedic was brought home and laid to rest after a two-week battle with COVID-19 in the ICU.

Wellsboro ALS held a procession in honor of Brian Tarabori Wednesday morning. Friends, family members and colleagues gathered at the Wellsboro Fire Department Annex at 8:00 A.M., where they then headed straight to the Williamsport Hospital.

Afterward, the group returned back to Wellsboro and proceed to bring Tarabori to his home in Galeton, where he was laid to rest.

Brian and his wife, Ariane Tarabori, tested positive for COVID-19 at the end of November.