Representives from the Camas Fire Department and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4278 participated in Sunday's 9-11 commemoration ceremony in front of the Camas Public Library.
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Camas Fire Department engines blocked off Northeast Fourth Avenue, between Everett and Franklin streets during the remembrance event. During a speech, Camas Interim EMS Capt. Cliff Free recognized the 418 firefighters and police officers who died as a result of the terrorist attacks. That day they knew only of their duty, he said of the fallen heros. Their duty to place the suffering of others above that of their own. Nearly 3,000 people including military personnel and civilians men, women and children were also killed that day.
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Camas Battalion Chief Allen Wolk (left) and Fire Capt. Chuck Bettis (right) raised the flag at the library to half-mast. In addition to members of the Camas Fire Department, Sundays event included members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Camas-Washougal Post 4278. Organizer Camas Firefighter/Paramedic Chris Richardson said Washougal Fire Department personnel staffed local stations so that CFD employees could participate in the memorial.
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Washougal Fire Chief Ron Schumacher (right) and Longview Battalion Chief Kevin Taylor (left) stand at attention as Camas Battalion Chief Allen Wolk and Camas Fire Capt. Chuck Bettis (not pictured) raise the American flag to half-mast in front of the Camas Public Library Sunday morning, in recognition of the 10-year anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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Camas Firefighter/Paramedica Chris Richardson rings the bell during the event memorializing the Sept. 11, 2011 terrorist attacks. The bell was run first 3 times, then four times, then three times again, to recognize the 343 firefighters who died in New York City and Washington D.C. on that day.
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