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Police cars, motorcycles, firetrucks and ambulances flooded downtown Minneapolis Thursday afternoon to honor health care workers and 

The procession shut down what little traffic there was in downtown Minneapolis, as emergency vehicles circled Hennepin Healthcare with lights and sirens blaring. Hospital workers in scrubs and masks waved to the parade from the skyway. 

Masked Hennepin County paramedics and EMS workers stood at attention, lining Seventh Street as Sheriff Dave Hutchinson walked the line to offer his condolences and the parade of vehicles stopped to pay their respects.

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Police cars, motorcycles, firetrucks and ambulances flooded downtown Minneapolis Thursday afternoon to honor health care workers and Hennepin County EMS paramedic Karl Meek, who died Tuesday.

People in brown EMS jackets stand with their hands behind their backs. 

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Police vehicles led by motorcycles parade through downtown Minneapolis. 

People in EMS uniforms line the side of a street.

People in scrubs stand on the street as emergency vehicles drive past. 

Police cars pass by a line of EMS workers.

Photos: Emergency vehicles honor health care workers and fallen paramedic

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