High school honors Massachusetts marine slain in Tennessee
CHICOPEE, Mass. (AP) – A marine from Massachusetts killed in the attacks on military facilities in Tennessee last year is being honored by his high school.
Pope Francis High School on Wednesday held a ceremony to announce that a plaza at the school’s new Springfield location opening next year will be named for Gunnery Sgt. Thomas J. Sullivan.
The 40-year-old Sullivan was one of five service members killed during the attacks in Chattanooga in July 2015. The gunman was killed by police.
Sullivan was a 1994 graduate of Cathedral High School, which merged with Holyoke Catholic High School, to form Pope Francis. Students are currently attending classes at a temporary site in Chicopee.
His brother, Joseph Sullivan, says the plaza is “a fitting way to maintain the legacy of my brother, who loved this school.”
