CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM LOREK

Officer Rank: Special Agent
Memorial Panel: 8-W: 29
Department: Federal Bureau of Investigation
End of Watch: May 17, 2013
Cause: FALL
Age: 41
Years of Service: 16
Description: Special Agent Lorek and Special Agent Stephen Shaw were killed after falling from a helicopter during a training exercise off the coast of Virginia Beach, Virginia. The agents were participating in a maritime counter-terrorism training exercise. During the exercise, the agents were fast-roping from a helicopter to the deck of a ship when the helicopter encountered in-flight difficulties. Both agents were thrown from the rope into the water from a height of 150 feet and died instantly.
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