First responders and families lean on each other at Brewer funeral

As the funeral procession wound its way to Pierce Township Cemetery Friday, it passed hundreds of people who lines the roads with blue ribbons and American flags. One of them, Jennifer Harcourt, said she went to high school with Brewer for a year. "He was a great guy," she said. Sarah Gadbury also watched the procession going by, holding a sign that read, "Honoring the ultimate sacrifice." She's friends with DeRose, and they are the godparents of each other's children. "It's sort of surreal," she said. "It's good to see all the people who came out to support our law enforcement and the people who put their lives on the lines every day."