Thank you, Chief ... and thanks for sending your men to the funerals. As noted, many services are jam-packed and folks can only wait outside along with the firefighters and others who are there to salute the procession. My sister has been overwhelmed by how many men are coming from all over the nation ... foregoing a bunk at the firehouse and paying their own expenses just to be there in solidarity with their brothers' families and friends.
Truly, we've had some tearful conversations about all this and it only confirms for me that firefighters are a special breed.
Thanks again.