BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – Mexico Seashore is honoring the lives misplaced on 9/11. Firefighters and group members participated within the annual 9/11 By no means Overlook ceremony this morning.
They started strolling round metropolis corridor at 7:46 a.m., the identical time the primary airliner hit the north tower of the World Commerce Heart. They continued strolling till 8:59 a.m., when the primary tower fell.
Then they gathered on the flagpole for a prayer led by the chaplain, after which firefighters lowered the flag to half-staff.
Mexico Seashore Hearth Rescue sounded their emergency sirens 3 times as an evacuation name, then fastidiously lowered the flag from their fireplace truck.
They stick with it this custom to always remember the lives misplaced that day.
“Each day, there’s an unknown. And people guys went to do their jobs. And sadly for them and a number of their households, they didn’t return. So it’s vital that we simply bear in mind not simply the firefighters, however all of the individuals who simply went to work that day on a traditional day, who sadly received caught up in the entire thing,” Mexico Seashore Hearth Chief Sandy Walker mentioned.
Mexico Seashore Hearth Rescue has 9 full-time and 6 part-time firefighters.
They’re quickly working out of the general public works division, with plans for a brand new fireplace station quickly.
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