Annual Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial in Colorado Springs to immortalize 123 on Saturday

  • Source: The Gazette
  • Published: 09/15/2016 12:00 AM

The names and stories of 123 firefighters who died in the line of duty will be immortalized during the annual Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial in Colorado Springs on Saturday. Held at Memorial Park, the ceremony starts at 11 a.m. The event, which annually attracts thousands of firefighters, paramedics and their grieving families, lands one week after the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Among those being honored include 10 who died from chronic illnesses related to their recovery work at the Ground Zero site in Lower Manhattan. The names of the fallen first responders were etched onto the International Association of Fire Fighters, or IAFF, Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial Wall of Honor, which was part of last year's reconfiguration of the memorial to have Pikes Peak as the backdrop so families could face a statue of a firefighter climbing down a ladder with an infant in one arm.



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