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 attack. The “Four Fives” custom began with the Fire Department of New York in the 19th century as a way of honoring firefighters who died in the line of duty, according to the website of the New York State Association of Fire Chaplains.