Joseph Plant graduated from North St. Paul High School and passed away unexpectedly on January 12th, 2008 at the age of 24.

Joe was a healthy, active 24 year old who had just recently “lived his dream” of becoming a police officer in his hometown city of St. Paul, Minnesota. He had completed several distance running events, including severall marathons, as well as passed through the physically tasking police academy. Joe had a significant family history of heart complications, including a father who passed away at the age of 33 from a cardiac arrhythmia leading to sudden cardiac arrest. Joe never had a chance to meet his father.

In January 2008. Joseph awoke with severe chest pains and rushed to the hospital. He was quickly diagnosed with a thoracic aortic aneurysm which fatally burst just hours later.