Steve,
Firefighters are the very best people there are. I have known a few, and they are just made differently than the rest of us. They have a strength I could never know. So many of them lost their lives on September 11th. They knew the risks, and yet they went in anyway when every instinct in their body was telling them to run the other direction. They are heroes, every single one of them, and I literally cried when I heard how many of these wonderful people we lost.
There is a national holiday to remember those that have fought and died for our country. I am of the opinion that there should also be a day to remember the firemen and police officers that have died in the line of duty. It is the very least we can do for them.
Edit: of the 2,977 people that died on 9/11, 412 were emergency responders. 341 members of the FDNY and 2 paramedics, 37 police officers from the New York port authority and New Jersey police department, 23 officers from the NYPD, and 8 EMS paramedics and technicians. 412 heroes.
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