FSWNJ attends honor Guard for fallen firefighters

A sobering event for all who attended

Today's Date -- OCTOBER 2002, FSWNJ HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING AN HONOR GUARD UNIT FOR THE NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTER'S MEMORIAL HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

THERE ARE NO WORDS TO EXPRESS THE EMOTIONS WE ALL FELT. OUR EMOTIONS RANGED FROM PRIDE - TO BEING PART OF THE SEA OF BLUE, TO EXTREME SORROW AND GRIEF THAT WE FELT FOR ALL THE FAMILIES WHO WERE THERE WHO LOST A LOVED ONE IN THE LINE OF DUTY. I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO PROUD TO BE A FIREFIGHTER THAT DAY. PROUD TO BE THE AMERICAN THAT I AM WITH ALL THE RIGHTS AND PRIVLEGES THAT GO WITH IT. RIGHTS I KNOW THAT NOT ALL WOMEN IN THIS WORLD HAVE. WE STOPPED IN A FEW HOUSES AND MET THE FIRST FEMALE FF IN D.C. WE ALSO WERE SURROUNDED BY APPROXIMATELY 50,000 BROTHER FIREFIGHTERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD - FROM RUSSIA TO ENGLAND AND ALL AROUND THIS GREAT COUNTRY WE SERVE. WE WERE GIVEN INSIDE SEATS AT THE ARENA. WE SAT WITH OUR BROTHERS FROM FDNY AND THE LIST OF NAMES THEY HONORED FROM 9/11 SEEMED ENDLESS.

I SHED A SPECIAL TEAR FOR MY FALLEN SISTER FIREFIGHTERS WHO GAVE THEIR ALL IN THE LINE OF DUTY. MY PRAYERS ARE ALWAYS WITH THEM-LEAST WE FORGET................

Fire Service Women of New Jersey

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