METRO DETROIT — While many spend the holidays with family and friends, the police and firefighters who keep them safe continue to work in the dark and cold, never certain they will come home at the end of their shift.

The stakes are made clear at the annual Project Blue Light ceremony, which remembers first responders who died in the line of duty. The gathering pays tribute to fallen officers statewide and is attended by police and fire officials from all over.

This year’s event will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, at St. Mary Magdalen Church, located at 50 E. Annabelle Ave. in Hazel Park, at the northeast corner of John R Road and Woodward Heights Boulevard. All are welcome.

“It definitely honors the fallen, but more than that. It speaks to those still doing the job, who are out

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