Regional crews remember firefighters who died during 9/11 attacks
Posted Sep 11, 2014 11:02:06 AM.
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It’s the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States.
At the Kitchener Firefighter Memorial, regional members gathered to remember.
A nine minute, eleven second moment of silence was observed in front of the World Trade Centre Artifact.
It began at 8:46, the time the first plane hit the World Trade Centre building on September 11th, 2001.
Kitchener Fire Chief Gary Mann says holding these memorials are important.
“A lot of people of all different services passed on that day, they put themselves on the line and forfeited their own lives for the betterment of others, that was their best intention and that could happen even here at any day or moment,” says Mann.
Members of Waterloo Regional Police came out to show their support as well.
They switched places with firefighters, exchanging an axe, in a show of solidarity.
That is something Fire Chief Gary Mann says is very special.
“It is touching, when you see that exchange,” says Mann. “It really points to that comradery of emergency service personnel and you can tell by the support of the different services here today that they’re here for each other.”
Fire fighters at seven stations across Kitchener, working this morning, held their own tribute, and moment of silence.
Crew members laid flowers, a Fire Department licence plate, and lit a candle on the front of the artifact, at the Kitchener Firefighter Memorial in Civic Centre Park.
