Hundreds of mourners filled Duke Energy Convention Center Tuesday afternoon and evening to pay last respects to Fire Apparatus Operator Daryl Gordon.Gordon, 54, died last Thursday after falling down an elevator shaft while searching for victims during a fire at a Madisonville apartment complex.Watch this story  |  TimelineGordon바카라 게임 웹사이트�s visitation began at 3 p.m. Since his death, a member of the Cincinnati Fire Department has stood with his casket until his visitation.Firefighters from across the city, state and country filed into the convention center to comfort Gordon바카라 게임 웹사이트�s family and friends. At least 300 people were in line when the visitation began.Interactive funeral procession route map"We feel like we need to pay it back. Pay it forward," Firefighter Terry Reilly said.He and three other firefighters from the Chicago Fire Department came into town for Gordon's visitation and funeral because they know what the loss feels like."Unfortunately, all four of us have lost a couple of friends, a couple of very close friends in the line of duty, at a young age too. And the one thing that resonated with us was how many people we saw in our time of need," Reilly said.Fire officials said the visitation was a chance for the community to honor and celebrate Gordon바카라 게임 웹사이트�s life. The mood was somber inside the convention center as he was remembered as a hero."Daryl was a hero not just in the way that he died, but in the way that he lived," Ohio Association of Professional Firefighters spokesman Doug Stern said. "People are in there celebrating a city hero right now."Others who never met Gordon felt they should honor the fallen firefighter.바카라 게임 웹사이트�It gets emotional for me to think about what these gentleman and women do for our community,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Silverton resident Frank Papia said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�I am going to probably park my motorcycle on Vine Street with a flag and just stand on a corner and pay respects as they pass by.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Thousands of people are expected to line the route of the funeral procession Wednesday morning. The private service begins at 10 a.m. at St. Peter in Chains Cathedral.Gordon was a 29-year veteran of the department. About 50 firefighters have been planning his tribute.One firefighter flew to Cincinnati from Manchester, England, for the service."That's really something that speaks to the family of firefighters, how much one of us, whether we know the person or not, is our brother," Stern said. "It's somber, but people are there because they respect the man that Daryl Gordon was. They respect everything that he did for this city."For Colerain Township Firefighter Ronald Stenger, the service brought back painful memories. This Saturday marks the seven-year anniversary of the line-of-duty deaths of two Colerain Township firefighters."It's in the back of our minds, but we still have a job to do. We have people to serve and a community to protect," Stenger said.Firefighters who attended the visitation dressed in their Class A uniforms. Others are wearing black bands over their badges.