Firefighters remember the fallen at 9/11 ceremony in Kelowna

KELOWNA – Firefighters from around Kelowna will hold a wreath-laying ceremony and march this weekend for first responders killed in New York fifteen years ago.

To honour the memories of lives taken during the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre towers in 2001, a march will leave Kelowna Fire Station #1 at 9:40 a.m., Sunday, Sept. 11, followed by speeches and a wreath-laying ceremony.

Enterprise Way between Dilworth Drive and Leckie Road will be closed to traffic from 8:30 a.m to 10:30 a.m. 


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Adam has lived in B.C. most of his life. He was born in the Caribou, grew up in the Okanagan, went to university on Vancouver Island and worked as a news photographer in Vancouver. His favourite stories incorporate meaningful photography and feature interesting, passionate locals. He studied writing at UVic and photojournalism in California. He loves talking tractors, dogs and cameras and is always looking for a good story.


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