Two Police Escorts Will Guide Fallen Soldiers Through South Tampa This Week

Unless you plan on grabbing a flag in a display of gratitude for a fallen hero, you may want to avoid Bayshore Boulevard during certain times on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The Hillsborough County Sherriff's Office has announced the arrival of two fallen heroes this week on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. First will be Army Staff Seargent Ricardo Seija will arrive at MacDill Air Force Base at 11 a.m. His family and friends will be there for the dignified transfer. After a ceremony on the tarmac, the escort will depart around 11:30-11:45 a.m. The route from MacDill Air Force Base is as follows:

Exit MacDill AFB Bayshore Gate, north on Bayshore Boulevard to east on Platt
Street, to north on Florida Avenue to east on Jackson Street to north on
Jefferson Street to the 1-275 connector. From there the escort will exit on
Sligh Avenue to Manhattan Avenue (past Leto High School), to east on Broad
Street to north on Dale Mabry Highway to Gonzalez Funeral Home, 7209 N. Dale
Mabry.

On Wednesday, Army Specialist Clarence Williams III will arrive at MacDill AFB at 9 a.m. Following a ceremony, the escort (a contingent of personnel from HCSO, Florida Highway Patrol and the Hernando County Sheriff's Office) will depart MacDill through the Bayshore Blvd. gate around 9:30a.m. The escort will go north on Bayshore Boulevard to east on Platt Street to north on Florida Avenue to east on Jackson Street to north on Jefferson Street to the I-275 connector and north. The escort will go through Hernando County and end at the Carnegie Funeral Home in Chiefland.