Tag: 9/11
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First responders in the Pikes Peak region remember 9/11
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save From climbing the Incline in full gear to biking across the country, first responders in the Pikes Peak region dedicated their mornings to remembering the 343 firefighters lost in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Hundreds of first responders and military personnel met at the…
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‘We are going to war’: 24 years after 9/11, veterans remember fury, shock, sacrifice
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When planes flew into the World Trade Center, Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania 24 years ago, the nation was filled with emotion — awash in shock and fury, followed by an outpouring of patriotism. Former…
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Pikes Peak region to honor 9/11 losses at multiple events
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Springs area will commemorate the nearly 3,000 who died and 6,000 people who were injured in the 9/11 terrorist attacks 24 years ago during several memorials. Former President George W. Bush declared the anniversary of the attacks Patriot Day in 2005 to memorialize…
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Procession for Colorado Springs fire captain who worked at ground zero set for Friday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Retired Colorado Springs fire Capt. Patrick Rogacki, who died Aug. 1, will have a procession at about 12:30 p.m. Friday, according to a post on social media by the Fire Department. CSFD is encouraging the…
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Retired Colorado Springs fire captain who worked at ground zero dies
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs is mourning the loss of retired fire Capt. Patrick Rogacki, who died Aug. 1 of an aggressive form of cancer he developed from working at ground zero in New York after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, according to a news release from the department Friday.…
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Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Colorado Springs honors next wave of 9/11 victims
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Sixteen years after the 343 New York City firefighters who died in the collapse of the twin towers on 9/11 were honored at an annual ceremony in Colorado Springs, another wave of victims of the terrorist attack is being added to the memorial wall. Nineteen…