Officer Craig Lehner’s life was taken during a tragic accident while he was training with the Underwater Recovery Team of the Buffalo Police force in the Niagara River.
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As a part of the dive team, Lehner dove off of Bird Island Pier on Friday, October 13, 2017. Soon after, he went missing beneath the rushing currents of the river.
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At 4:48 p.m. on Oct. 17, 2017, the end of watch call went out over Buffalo Police radios for Officer Craig Lehner. Today, we WOD in his honor.
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Lehner, 34, was a nine-year member of the Buffalo Police force. He served in the K-9 Unit with his dog, Shield, named after Officer James Shields, who was killed in a car accident while responding to a burglary call in 2002.
-Warm Up-
3 rounds
8 eccentric ankle dorsiflexion
Dumpster run
8 shoulder openers
8 banded face pulls
3 squat cleans (loaded barbell)
- increase in each warm up round
3 pull-ups
-WOD-
“Lehner”
AmRaP 34
24 pull-ups
600m run (200s)
9 squat cleans 155/105
*If you have a weight vest, use it!