First responders observe Patriot Day
MOSES LAKE - Moses Lake Fire Department firefighter Dustin Boyd rings a bell Sunday morning to sound “the Four Fives” to honor the 2,977 victims — including 343 New York City firefighters and 71 law enforcement officers — who died in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. Boyd was one of a group of Moses Lake Firefighters, Grant County Fire District 5 firefighters, Grant County Sheriff’s Office deputies and Moses Lake Police Department officers at a ceremony Sunday at the city 9/11 Memorial in front of the library to mark the anniversary of the att…
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Moses Lake Fire Department firefighter Dustin Boyd and Moses Lake Police Department officer Caleb Welsh mark a moment of silence at the city’s 9/11 Memorial during a short service of remembrance Sunday morning.
Moses Lake Police Department, Grant County Sheriffs Office and Grant County Fire District 5 personnel honor first responders who died in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, during a short ceremony Sunday in Moses Lake.
MOSES LAKE — First responders from around the Columbia Basin gathered in Moses Lake on Sunday in a ceremony of remembrance on Patriot Day. Thousands of victims, including hundreds of first responders, died in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Each year, the nation takes time to remember the fallen on the anniversary of the attacks.
