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NEWS RELEASES
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FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE:
Contact:
Carson Chandler, (407) 246 - 2822
Heather Allebaugh, (407) 246 - 3423
Danny Velez , Orlando Fire Department, (407) 832 - 5501
Mayor Dyer and City of Orlando Fire
Department Honor Victims of September 11
| WHAT: |
On September 11, the
Orlando Fire Department will be hosting a guest book signing in
honor of the victims of the September 11, 2001 attack.
Firefighters, law enforcement officers, civilians, and military
officers from the Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marines will post
with the guest books, representing the designated victims of the
tragedy. The goal is to obtain 2,996 signatures in each guest
book one for each victim listed from 9/11. |
| WHEN: |
September 11, 2007
7 a.m. 7 p.m.
12 1 p.m. Mayor Dyer will attend the performance of
the Parris Island Marine Band. The 50 members of the Band will
be performing a tribute in front of Firehouse 1.
7:30 p.m. -- The Orlando Fire Department will hold a
candlelight service honoring the FDNY Firefighters who gave the
ultimate sacrifice on 9/11. The Orlando Fire Department Honor
Guard and Orlando Firefighters Pipes and Drums Corps will
participate in what has become an annual tribute to the brave
men who perished on that tragic day. The lighting of 343 candles
(one for each firefighter lost on September 11, 2001) and the
strains of Amazing Grace by a lone bagpiper will highlight this
poignant event. |
| WHERE: |
Orlando Firehouse 1
439 S. Magnolia Avenue |
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