A playground was dedicated Thursday to Racheal Wilson, a Baltimore firefighter recruit who died during a training fire 15 years ago.
The Racheal Wilson Memorial Park and Playground was built at 145 S. Calverton Road - the site where Wilson died Feb. 9, 2007.
"I'm the daughter of Racheal Wilson. It is an honor to build her this playground and show her how much I do love her as her child," Princess Davis, Wilson's daughter, told WMAR.
The park has is designed to have a fire truck-shaped playground, a large fire helmet and a wall bordering the park has a mural depicting Wilson.
"It took me fifteen years to get it off the ground. When this young lady died, it took everything out of me because I can't believe that she died in a house that was empty," said Jerlene Boyd, creator of Wilson Park.
Wilson was the first female firefighter to die in the line-of-duty in Baltimore and the first African American woman firefighter to die on-duty in Maryland.
