The Crookston Fire Department’s has put together their annual 9/11 memorial honoring the 343 firefighters from New York City who were killed during rescue efforts when the World Trade Center towers collapsed during the terrorist attack in 2001.
Crookston Fire Chief Tim Froeber said the memorial is very touching to all the firefighters and described this year’s memorial. “We have a mural on the north wall of the station and 343 flags laid out in a heart to honor our fallen comrades.”
There is also a second mural that is being displayed on the west exterior wall of the fire department’s new north station, both murals were painted by Crookston firefighter Mike Swenson.
Chief Froeber also said that he’d encourage people to stop by the memorial at the main station both during the day once the sun goes down as the lighting has created a really neat silhouette against the side of the building. Today is the 17th anniversary of the attacks that killed 2,996 people and injured more than 6,000 others.
This year’s Crookston Fire Department’s 9-11 display at the Fire Hall. Pictures were taken in the daytime and in the evening
The display at the Crookston Fire Department North Station
