Nearly 100 members of the Los Angeles Fire Department heroically deployed to NYC in 2001 to help 9/11 recovery efforts.
Twenty-two years ago, nearly 100 members of the Los Angeles Fire Department were deployed to help with emergency response and recovery efforts following the, city and county elected officials, firefighters and members of law enforcement from throughout L.A. County came together not only to remember those who perished in the attacks, but to pay tribute to the heroes who responded to the call of duty more than two decades ago, and to the survivors and their loved ones.
“We come together faithfully and with pure purpose, each and every year, to honor and remember the lives taken from us,” Crowley said. Crowley said 343 firefighters and paramedics, and 23 police from New York City, along with 37 officers from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, died that day while trying to save workers in the Twin Towers, not to mention thousands more who died later due to health issues stemming from exposure to hazards during the rescue and cleanup efforts in the months that followed.
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass recounted how firefighters from Los Angeles boarded a plan to Fort Dix in New Jersey hours after the 9/11 attacks, unsure what their tasks would be upon arrival but with the understanding that they had been called to service.
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