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The GazetteSeptember 23, 2020 | updated 6 years ago
Retired firefighter Ron Bristow, center, and members of the firefighter motorcycle club Wind and Fire MC International honor fallen family and friends at the Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial in Colorado Springs on Sept. 19. (Chancey Bush/The Gazette)
Retired firefighter Ron Bristow, center, and members of the firefighter motorcycle club Wind and Fire MC International honor fallen family and friends at the Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial in Colorado Springs on Sept. 19. (Chancey Bush/The Gazette)Shawn Stevens comforts her daughter Johnna Stevens, 13, as she cries during a prayer ceremony at the Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial in Colorado Springs on Sept. 19. In 2015, the Stevens lost a close family friend and Littleton firefighter, in Eric Sondeen, to cancer. (Chancey Bush The Gazette)Elaine Page, of Dallas, touches the wall where her husband’s name is engraved after placing a rose next to it. Family and friends of fallen firefighters visited the 34th annual Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial at Memorial Park in Colorado Springs on Sept. 19. For others, the annual event was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, it honored 245 firefighters and emergency medical workers from the United States and Canada. Honored union members included those killed on duty and by cancer caused by on-the-job exposure to toxins. (Chancey Bush/The Gazette)
