Thursday, May 5, 2011

Fallen Firefighters

This display appeared spontaneously at a West Hartford fire station the morning after Osama bin Laden was killed.  Each flag represents a firefighter killed during the destruction of the World Trade Center.
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28 comments:

  1. KateMay 5, 2011 at 6:23 AM

    Wow! How symbolic is this!!! This has been quite a week so far!

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  2. SRQMay 5, 2011 at 6:25 AM

    Very nice remembrance.

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  3. Greensboro Daily PhotoMay 5, 2011 at 6:53 AM

    Wow! This is why the City Daily Photo community is so great! Thank you for sharing.

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  4. brattcatMay 5, 2011 at 7:53 AM

    so interesting to go from gardens of tulips to gardens of flags.

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  5. LowellMay 5, 2011 at 8:04 AM

    Very interesting. I like Brattcat's phrase, "gardens of flags."

    Re your comment about Concord! I know where it all happened. I taught American history! But some dumb dumbs don't and I was referring to the person you mentioned! Heh, heh!

    Re the "beauty": Guess you'll just have to take my word for it ... ;-)

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  6. Dave-CostaRicaDailyPhoto.comMay 5, 2011 at 9:07 AM

    This is a moving tribute and demonstrates the bravery and sacrifice of first responders. It is a fitting epilogue to the tulips.

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  7. Cezar and LéiaMay 5, 2011 at 9:53 AM

    A beautiful homage in your picture.Lovely flags!
    Léia

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  8. LoisMay 5, 2011 at 11:02 AM

    What a beautiful tribute! Thanks for sharing.

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  9. HalcyonMay 5, 2011 at 11:31 AM

    A lovely way to memorialize our heroes. Nice capture!

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  10. lizziviggiMay 5, 2011 at 12:25 PM

    The sadness just takes my breath away. There were so many of them.

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  11. KarlMay 5, 2011 at 12:33 PM

    Really a moving tribute, Respect! I did not know there were so many firefighter killed!

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  12. Leif HagenMay 5, 2011 at 12:34 PM

    That's amazing and very moving! Firefighters are heros!

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  13. Sylvia KMay 5, 2011 at 12:59 PM

    A very moving tribute indeed!! It is still painful to remember how many died that nightmare of a day. Marvelous capture, Jack, thank you!

    Sylvia

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  14. VPMay 5, 2011 at 2:31 PM

    A well deserved and spectacular tribute!

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  15. DawnMay 5, 2011 at 2:32 PM

    Wow. Very moving and also inspirational. A lot of feeling here!

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  16. RedPatMay 5, 2011 at 3:04 PM

    A wonderful remembrance!

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  17. jennyfrecklesMay 5, 2011 at 3:10 PM

    Very evocative memorial - and somehow all the more so after the tulips of the day before. Firefighters tend to be unsung heroes. We've hundreds out battling wildfires all over the country at the moment.

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  18. cieldequimperMay 5, 2011 at 3:38 PM

    I like the 'spontaneous' here. I just shudder when I think back on it. This is such a wonderful gesture.

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  19. Regina KMay 5, 2011 at 5:36 PM

    Wonderful display and remembrance

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  20. MichelleMay 5, 2011 at 9:26 PM

    Really a powerful image.

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  21. RandyMay 5, 2011 at 10:46 PM

    Nice memorial.

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  22. CarolineMay 6, 2011 at 1:33 AM

    Very poignant. We live in interesting times.

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  23. SharonMay 6, 2011 at 8:41 AM

    Beautiful gesture!

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  24. UnknownMay 6, 2011 at 1:12 PM

    Spontaneously? This is truly amazing!

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  25. EG CameraGirlMay 6, 2011 at 2:28 PM

    Amazing and wonderful!

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  26. youth_in_asiaMay 6, 2011 at 3:41 PM

    This is a beautiful tribute, Jack.

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  27. GunnMay 7, 2011 at 4:00 AM

    A STRONG image!

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  28. AmandaMay 11, 2011 at 5:53 PM

    Very poignant image.

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